The Great Big Clothing Count: Raising awareness of clothing poverty
The Right to Clothing Campaign was launched last year by Sharewear UK, Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace and Justice Project and Dr Luke D. Graham in the School of Law at The University of Manchester. The campaign hopes to raise awareness of clothing deprivation, provide clothing...
British Heart Foundation pop-up shops: AMBS students raise funds and gain valuable experience
14 students from the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) recently ran their own pop-up shops on campus to raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Split into two teams, these first-year students aimed to maximize their contributions to the BHF...
Local pay-what-you-can events from Manchester University Press
The Festival of Libraries is a county-wide celebration of Greater Manchester’s 133 libraries and will take place from 7-11 June 2023. This festival allows residents and visitors to Greater Manchester to celebrate the key role that libraries play in civic life, and to...
Traces of Displacement
Exhibition telling stories about displacement launches at the Whitworth Art Gallery The Whitworth and Creative Manchester present Traces of Displacement, an exhibition using the Whitworth’s collection to address one of the major humanitarian concerns of the 20th and...
Compassion and Care: Emotions and Experience in the Care of Children through History’
On 23 and 24 March , the John Rylands Research Institute and Library hosted a major conference ‘Compassion and Care: Emotions and Experience in the Care of Children through History’, co-organised by Dr Kate Gibson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at The University of...
Improving maternal and child health through new discoveries and research
Maternal and child health research focuses on pregnancy and the early years of life to support health across a person’s whole lifecourse. The University is working towards improving maternal and child health through new discoveries and research to have real life...
Dentists in Primary Schools – Students making a difference
Greater Manchester has one of the worst rates of child dental decay in the UK, with 1 in 3 children under 5 experiencing dental decay. Additionally, dental extractions are the leading cause of childhood hospital admissions in the UK – this is largely preventable with...
Tackling COVID-19 in Kenya’s slums
Globally, around 1 billion people live in urban slums. Slum communities face overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, leading to a high risk of disease transmission. Sub-Saharan Africa has a large urban slum population and thus faced significant risk during the COVID-19...
The Windrush Warriors – a socially conscious comedy performance
This year marks the 75th Anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush to the UK. Ahead of National Windrush Day on the 22 June, the University is proud to support The Windrush Warriors performance. Set in the Community Centre, which provides heart, comfort,...
Devolution in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region
Please join Manchester University Press at our upcoming public event to launch the new book, Devolution in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region. At this event, we will consider the progress of these two new mayoral combined authorities alongside the fate of...
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