Social Responsibility

The Disability Staff Network (DSN), supported by the Whitworth, the Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester are marking the 25th anniversary of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).

As part of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology’s (MIB) community engagement collaboration with Multilingual Manchester (MLM), two researchers visited a local language community group to do a tailored outreach session.

For the first time, the Environmental Sustainability Team and Central Procurement Office collaborated to deliver the annual sustainability celebration and awards and the inaugural supplier awards.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is marked annually on 20 November in memory of those who have been killed as a result of transphobia.

The Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) at Alliance Manchester Business School and the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) are involved in an innovative project that supports older residents in two Manchester localities to come together to shape local services with the aim of creating a better quality of health, community life and local well-being for people over 50.

Four students from the School of Materials spent their summer volunteering with the Amrita Live in Labs programme in India, where they took part in lemongrass distillation and areca nut leaf press projects in rural communities.

Following on from the success of #ScienceX over the last two years, this weekend-long science and engineering extravaganza will be returning to the intu Trafford Centre on 14-15 April 2018.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre (AIU Centre) based within Manchester Central Library and open to all members of the public, has recently introduced new resources focusing on the themes of Hip Hop, Grime, Spoken Word, education and social justice.

The Dalton Nuclear Institute’s Dalton Cumbrian Facility team has inspired hundreds of teenagers to pursue careers in science, engineering and the arts after delivering the highly successful Infinity Festival of Science and Technology in West Cumbria.

Two projects on a massive scale designed to increase knowledge of sustainability issues among staff and students at The University of Manchester have won an award.