Social Responsibility

On Thursday, 7 June student volunteers and some of the University’s construction partners collaborated to give a makeover to the garden at a centre for vulnerable women.

Professor Mahesh Nirmalan, Vice-Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, has secured major funding from the Ogelsby Charitable Trust.

‘SharkFest’ is the UK’s only festival dedicated to shark and ray enthusiasts and five students from the Sheils Lab went along to share their knowledge with the public!

Roger Harrison and Joanne Pennock have secured funding from The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Team’s Ignite grant to support the continued development of innovative game-based activity ‘OUTBREAK’ to educate children and families about antibiotic drug resistance.

Crawford Healthcare develops treatments and effective dermatological, wound care and diagnostic products for the care and repair of skin.

The impact of 70,000 students vacating Manchester at the end of each academic year is vast and there are many unwanted items that could go to better use.

Local residents, councillors and project partners gathered in Ardwick to celebrate the University of Manchester’s Campus Tree Planting project that has resulted in more than 70 trees planted across the city.

Manchester pupils use technology to help overcome social issues by ‘Powering Transformation’

Policy@Manchester has launched a collection of essays from researchers which looks closely at extremism and social cohesion in the UK.

The University, in conjunction with colleagues from Greater Manchester’s Programme Challenger and Stop the Traffik, hosted a successful event on 15 May as part of the National Crime Agency Week (14-18 May 2018) on Forced Labour.