Social Responsibility

Transport in Greater Manchester is changing, with the aim that by 2040, Greater Manchester will have world class connections that support long-term, sustainable economic growth and access to opportunity for all.

Through the EU funded Triangulum project, electric cargo bikes are now available to hire free of charge to staff from The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, the Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and businesses based on the Oxford Road Corridor.

Kevin Casey, the University’s Head of Procurement, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Green Gown award in the sustainability champion category.

Two University experts have contributed to a new Government report on climate change, which predicts that global warming will hit our shores with severe heatwaves, flooding and water shortages.

Astrophysicists from The University of Manchester and The University of Cambridge have teamed up with secondary school students and Dance Manchester to create a performance to tell the story of the formation of stars in our solar system.

The Sustainability Challenge is part of the University of Manchester’s Ethical Grand Challenges Programme.

The EU Referendum campaigns and the UK’s momentous decision to leave the EU has meant a busy time for the University’s policy engagement arm, policy@manchester.

The School of Computer Science at the University has run the annual UK Schools Computer Competition since 2008.

Sir John Chilcot’s long awaited report into the Iraq War was published last week.

Time to join forces: An interdisciplinary approach to fighting mental health stigma.