Volunteer of the Year Awards 2024: nominations now open
The University of Manchester is home to amazing individuals who, in addition to their studies, dedicate their time to various causes. Now is your chance to recognise their efforts in our annual Volunteer of the Year Awards! Make a nomination before Monday, 4 March...
Student Volunteering week is back for 2024
Taking place in February, Student Volunteering Week is a joint initiative between the University of Manchester’s Volunteering and Awards Team and the Students’ Union. It aims to celebrate our student volunteers for all their amazing work over the past 12 months,...
Team Rwanda: Our flagship overseas volunteer programme returns
After a successful project in summer 2023, the University’s flagship overseas project Team Rwanda is due to go ahead again this summer. The partnership project between the University and Azizi Life will see a group of students travel to Rwanda to volunteer alongside...
We have always been here: A new exhibit at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Explore stories of identity in The University of Manchester Library collections. Collections can tell surprising and complicated stories that wrestle with the idea of identity. Who gets to decide how we are represented? Many people’s histories in the Library have...
The big business of sustainable food production and consumption: exploring the transition to alternative proteins
Senior lecturer Jo Mylan, from the University's Sustainable Consumption Institute, and PhD student John Andrews have published an article in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ focusing on sustainable food production and consumption. A...
How campus security services impact upon university student experiences
Led by academics at the University of Manchester, a new report, Whose Campus, Whose Security? draws upon a national survey and localised interviews in Greater Manchester to centre on the perspectives of students. Published by the University’s Centre on Dynamics of...
A semester of sustainability highlights – food, film and festive wrapping
The first semester at the University was not just about hitting the books; it was also a celebration of sustainability through engaging events that brought students and staff together with a shared goal of a greener future. The environmental sustainability team and...
Check in and stay a while: introducing our bug hotel haven
The University's landscape and services team has recently installed a new Bug Hotel, nestled in the corner of our Williamson building. The Bug Hotel is made using recycled wood, as well as foliage and twigs that were found around the campus grounds. The team kindly...
Celebrating the graduation of our 2023 Equity and Merit scholars
This year’s Winter Graduation saw more of our Equity and Merit Scholarship students receive their awards and celebrate their academic achievements. Now in its sixteenth year, the Equity and Merit Scholarship has been awarded to over 400 academically excellent students...
Museum of Medicine and Health: are digital museums better?
Join the University's Museum of Medicine and Health and a panel of speakers as we discuss and debate virtual collections and in person object encounters. On Wednesday 21 February, this online event hosts a panel of medical historians, researchers and digital...
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