Social Responsibility

Since 2014 the University of Manchester has been involved with the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme, an initiative that aims to transform the way the nation thinks, acts and talks about dementia.

In this article we hear from Professor Yaron Matras from School of Arts, Languages, and Cultures about the benefits of promoting language diversity.

The University’s commitment to supporting students in becoming socially responsible and highly employable citizens of the world has stepped up a gear, with a new initiative that seeks to encourage all Manchester students to become ‘the best graduate they can be’.

The University is holding its biennial Supplier Exhibition for staff and post-graduates on the 10 November in Whitworth Hall from 10am to 4pm.

The University currently offers one of the most generous widening participating (WP) led financial support packages within the Russell Group, which is based solely on financial need.

The University has won the UK Heart Safe Educational Establishment of the Year 2016.

Alliance Manchester Business School has recently launched a ‘Managing Responsibly: Practicing Responsibility, Sustainability, Ethic’ MOOC.

The School of Law is excited to be welcoming its 10th cohort of students this October onto the Pathways to Law programme.

Jaw-dropping and hair-raising science experiments will be the order of the day during the latest Spectacular Science takeover of Manchester Museum.The hands-on day of amazing science, run by top scientists from the University, offers challenges, live experiments, and...

Dr Kingsley Purdam and older people from the Tackling Food Poverty research project recently held an interactive cooking demonstration at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival to celebrate International Older People’s Day.