Social Responsibility

Staff and students from across the University came together at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) on 11 May for a series of lectures and panel discussions on social responsibility.

Our Global Development Institute have recently created a blog documenting the progress of the Community Savers project, a collaborative project with tenants from Hopton Court, Hulme, inspired by the work of Shack Dwellers International in Africa and Asia.

The University has published its 2021 Responsible Investment Report, confirming that it has ended investment in fossil fuel companies and has exceeded its target of reducing the carbon intensity of its other holdings.

Our University will be planting trees and wildlife-friendly hedges on the University Green space with saplings provided for free under the Queen’s Green Canopy project.

Luminaries from the worlds of pop culture and academia flooded the John Rylands Research Institute & Library earlier this month to celebrate the launch of the British Pop Archive (BPA) and the exhibition ‘Collection’.

Dr Jo Mylan and Dr Filippo Oncini of the Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) have co-published a new report ‘Transforming Food Provision through Sustainable Innovation’, with Usman Aziz (Manchester Climate Change Agency), Dr Adrian Morley (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Carol Morris (University of Nottingham).

Our University has retained its status as one of the top universities in the country for openness in animal research.

Almost 100 girls from three schools across Manchester spent a day at the University’s Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) learning about entrepreneurship and social enterprise.

Manchester Histories Festival is back! Returning for its eighth edition from the 8-12 June 2022.

After two years of digital ceremonies, the University’s volunteering team returned on Tuesday 10 May with their Volunteer of the Year Awards at Whitworth Hall.