As part of our civic commitment to enhancing our relationship with members of our local communities, we are holding our annual university-wide festival on Saturday, 14 June 2025, 11am – 4.30pm. This year’s festival builds on the success of last year’s bicentenary...
In an open letter to Health Secretary Wes Streeting, dentists have warned that a failure to fully meet demand for urgent dental care can only increase the pressures on our health service, as antibiotics become a substitute for treatment. The chances of a dental...
Creative Manchester are pleased to share a new report investigating and evaluating approaches to Arts-Based Participatory Research (ABPR) taking place in cultural partnerships with The University of Manchester. Creative Manchester, an interdisciplinary research...
Manchester City of Literature has announced the dates of the upcoming Festival of Libraries 2025, which will take place in libraries across Greater Manchester from 4-8 June. This year’s Festival of Libraries is headlined by Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Poet Laureate...
Greater Manchester is the worst place in the UK for toxic air, linked to 1,200 early deaths each year, and with the highest rates of child asthma hospital admissions. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, so why do we allow them to breathe dirty air? How can...
A new report from the University’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research has revealed that their ‘Roadmap to Super Low Carbon Live Music’ successfully supported Massive Attack in delivering the lowest-carbon live music event of its kind. Commissioned by the band,...
Firstly, we published a new economic report by London Economics showing the significant economic impact of the University, regionally and nationally. Total economic impact on the UK economy in the 2022-23 academic year stood at £7.3 billion. A big thank you to the...
In this short film Mags Bradbury, Head of Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement gives a brief overview of our civic engagement work and how it informs and inspires our work in Greater Manchester, and how, working with partners and communities, we aim to improve...
The University's Alliance Manchester Business School Alumni Association in Hong Kong (AMBSAA (HK)) held its first social responsibility event of the year on 12 January 2025 in the bustling Central Business District of Hong Kong. This year’s event was centered around...
On Wednesday 11 December, the University’s Office for Social Responsibility welcomed local residents and representatives from community groups and VCSEs on to campus to participate in a Manchester 2035 strategy-development workshop. Attendees shared ideas on their...
