Social Responsibility

The Museum of Medicine and Health’s (MMH) is the University of Manchester's collection of instruments and equipment from the history of teaching and practicing healthcare in Manchester. The MMH's digital exhibition Instruments of Change has gained new additions from...

What began as a simple idea during a year-long exchange in Japan has grown into a thriving community initiative. Drew Gallagher, a final-year BSc Biomedical Sciences with Modern Languages student at the University of Manchester, founded Hattori Ryokuchi parkrun while...

How can we make science more accessible, engaging and inclusive beyond the classroom? Holly Sedgwick is a a fourth-year Wellcome Trust PhD student studying Immunomatrix in Complex Disease at The University of Manchester. Her commitment to public engagement and...

Improving science and engineering education starts with supporting the teachers who inspire young people in the classroom. A featured story in The University of Manchester’s Research impact, shaped together campaign shows how the Science and Engineering Education...

The University of Manchester’s Research impact, shaped together campaign highlights how collaboration can help turn research into action that supports real-world change. One featured story focuses on our work with the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) and...

As student tenancies come to an end for this academic year, we’re working to support our students to sort through their things and donate unwanted, good-quality items to charity through the Give It Don’t Bin It campaign.  Now entering its 14th year, the campaign is a...

Since September of last year, a dedicated network of University of Manchester staff and students have been working to protect one of Britain’s most loved species in and around our campus.   Rapid urbanisation threatens hedgehog populations across the United Kingdom....

The University of Manchester student action group RooTable has kicked off a new project, aiming to plant apple trees in South Manchester neighbourhoods. To date, the team has planted a dozen trees in the Gem Pocket Garden, nearby St. Kentigern’s Primary School,...

What do ants most like to eat?  This is just one of the millions of questions that was part of this year’s  Great Science Share for Schools - the University’s campaign for 5-14 year olds to ask, investigate and share scientific questions.   It has been a phenomenal...

South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) is an annual celebration in the month of July, dedicated to commemorating, and educating about the rich histories, cultures, and contributions of people with roots in South Asian countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,...