Social Responsibility

Manchester’s LGBTQ+ Village has, for generations, been a space where people gather to express diverse sexual and gendered identities.

Earlier this month the University once again took part in the GM4Women2028 annual scorecard celebrations.

Scientists at the University have found a way to accelerate the uptake of solar technology by increasing the environmental safety of perovskite solar cells.

A portal has been launched for businesses, civil society, academia, trade unions, indigenous groups, young people and others to apply to get involved in UK Government managed spaces at the COP26 Summit, the annual UN climate summit, taking place in Glasgow 2021.

Alliance Manchester Business School’s MBA has been ranked 30th in the world in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2021.

For United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11) and in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality, Dr Aneeqa Khan, a Harwell Research Fellow in Nuclear Fusion at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE) and Claire Brown, PhD Researcher at Tyndall Manchester, discussed their STEM journey, their latest research and how they are encouraging the next generation of female scientists.

Our Whitworth gallery are really pleased to share the zine Other Utopia, An Exploration of the Black Experience written, created and produced by the Whitworth Young Contemporaries (WYC).

Innovation in advanced materials has the potential to support exciting opportunities to help achieve greener and smarter living following the impact of COVID-19, says graphene expert James Baker.

We are unique in British higher education by having social responsibility as one of our three core strategic goals, sitting equally alongside our commitment to research and discovery and teaching and learning; and as outlined in Our future: The University of Manchester’s vision and strategic plan.

Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer at the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) at Alliance MBS, extols the benefits of social enterprise.