Social Responsibility

Over the festive season a number of achievements and milestones for social responsibility have been celebrated.

The University of Manchester and its main construction partners – Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine – have established a £20,000 fund to support neighbourhood initiatives in areas closest to the University’s construction sites around Oxford Road and near Owens Park, Wilmslow Road.

This year’s Great Manchester Run takes place on Sunday, 20 May and includes a 10k and ½ Marathon.

Do you know a University of Manchester student, member of staff or alumnus who you think is worthy of a Volunteer of the Year Award? Then please make a nomination.

Sustainability Champions form a University-wide network of individuals who are leading positive change for sustainability in their own areas and in a range of ways.

We are delighted to confirm that The University of Manchester has successfully maintained its Fairtrade University status.

The 10,000 Actions fund is open

The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is holding its third annual Better World Showcase to recognise and communicate the outstanding social responsibility activities across the Faculty and to celebrate the efforts of staff and students who are making a difference.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, based in Manchester’s Central Library, received a collection of publications from the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) which, following a comprehensive digitisation project, are now available to everyone online via the Library’s digital image platform Luna.

LGBT History Month has been marked in the UK since 2005 and at the University we have held events every February since 2010.