Social Responsibility

After spending time in Zomba, Malawi for fieldwork, Global Development Institute (GDI) PhD student Mapenzie Tauzie, wanted to engage with the community where her research assistants lived.

In July, the University marked a decade of award-winning public engagement with an event that celebrated how we have worked with thousands of people of all ages and from all sectors, across Manchester and beyond.

The University has joined the Government in its declaration of a ‘climate emergency’, reaffirming our position and commitment to being a world-leader in sustainable development.

The University joined over 170 global organisations and news outlets by signing up for Covering Climate Now, a collaboration committing to proactively increase climate coverage in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September.

For four years, our Cultural Explorers signature programme has provided a cultural entitlement for all ten year olds in wards neighbouring the University, funding all the costs of their school trips to our cultural institutions: the John Rylands University Library, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, Manchester Museum and the Whitworth.

Each year the THE editorial team ask their data colleagues to take a fresh look at the data they collect for their suite of world rankings to find patterns of information that reveal something not necessarily obvious in their published results.

A University of Manchester academic has been recognised by the European Union (EU) for his work on tackling energy poverty.

This year the Widening Participation team in the Division of Medical Education ran their first ever residential summer school for aspiring medical students from widening participation backgrounds.

The total figure donated by our staff to charities via our Payroll Giving Scheme has exceeded £1million.

A central difficulty in resolving urban issues such as air pollution, traffic congestion and road safety is the large number of potential actors involved, each with competing perspectives and interests.