Social Responsibility

In June our Chancellor, poet, playwright and big supporter of our social responsibility agenda, Lemn Sissay, was awarded an OBE for services to literature and charity in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

In June 2021, The Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) published a new report titled: Business Schools and the Public Good, highlighting best practice from a diverse range of business schools across the UK, including Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS).

In June 2021, Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) delivered its first-ever PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Progress Report, since committing to PRME’s Six Principles in 2019.

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) Professor Frank Geels has been appointed as the Co-Investigator of a new £20 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)-funded research and innovation centre.

Our annual Community Festival returned for three days of exploration, interaction and conversation to engage families and audiences from the under 5’s to the over 60’s, from across Greater Manchester and beyond.

Alliance Manchester Business School has won a grant from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to investigate how organisations embed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their strategic business decisions.

During the COVID19 pandemic, over 40 students from across the University have joined forces with residents, volunteering almost 200 hours to transform a garden at temporary accommodation in Manchester.

Last week the university’s Policy@Manchester launched their latest publication: On Air Quality.

Roots & Branches is an ambitious, environmentally-driven partnership project led by Manchester Museum.

The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is the University’s flagship widening participation scheme.