Social Responsibility

For the first time the winner for the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Sustainability’ category of the Making a Difference Awards will be decided by a public vote as well as a judges votes.

The Sugar Group is a Moss Side support group for older African-Caribbean people with Type 2 diabetes, which addresses the heightened risk of diabetes for black and minority ethnic communities.

The University’s Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) is a leading research centre working to answer fundamental questions about ageing.

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health welcomed science journalist, broadcaster and author, Angela Saini, to talk about the themes discussed in her latest book ‘Inferior – How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story’ and their impact on women today.

Our 10,000 Actions programme, the UK’s largest environmental sustainability initiative for staff in higher education, has been shortlisted in the Sustainability Project category of the Guardian University Awards.

Phase one of planting started at the end of March at a variety of locations across our campus, including to the west of Oxford Road, Dover Street and the Armitage Centre.

The University’s Environmental Sustainability Team has held its first resilience training programme for the University’s Sustainability Champions.

The University has scooped a Champions of Champions award for inspiring thousands of staff and students to opt for more sustainable journeys to work.

The Great Science Share for Schools has won the Charity of the Year award from Chemicals Northwest.

Workshop on Sustainable Collaboration