Social Responsibility

In 1917, the Nobel Prize winner Ernest Rutherford became the first person to create an artificial nuclear reaction, here in laboratories at the University.

I would like to welcome all colleagues back from the summer to the new academic year.

Come join the celebrations at the next Corridor cycle breakfast as we mark the 10th anniversary of UMBUG – University of Manchester Bike User Group!

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said the changes to Oxford Road, which include Dutch-style cycle lanes and improved pathways for pedestrians, would serve as a ‘blueprint’ for the rest of the city.

On the 12 October the University Tree Trail will go live.

Following on from conferences in partnership with Oxford and Coventry, UMI3, The University of Manchester’s Innovation Company, hosted Anchor Institutions – Home Grown – Local Roots spreading Global Shoots.

At 30, new Rwandan Minster for Transport, Jean de Dieu ‘Jado’ Uwihanganye is the youngest ever minister in the country and a hugely successful project manager, but none of this would have been possible without the backing of a unique scholarship from The University of Manchester.

Five students from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health took part in the University’s flagship overseas volunteering project ‘Team Uganda’ this summer – this is a partnership project between the University and S.

As part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science 2017 and one of our global inequalities research beacon public events for The University of Manchester, the University will be hosting a free film screening of the Oscar winning documentary, The White Helmets.

The University of Manchester’s Migration Lab researchers are collaborating with the award winning Take Back Theatre collective to explore migrants’ borders to belonging.