The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) based at The University of Manchester is commencing pilot action research projects in four African cities: Nairobi, Kenya; Harare, Zimbabwe; Maiduguri, Nigeria and Mogadishu, Somalia. Aimed at reducing urban poverty and...
Policy@Manchester, the University's policy engagement institute has recently released Working Futures – a new report for national and local policymakers providing thought leadership on work, employment, and the challenges around equity, opportunity and decent working...
A new collection of evidence-led policy articles on mental health and wellbeing was launched on World Mental Health Day by Policy@Manchester, the University’s policy outreach and engagement team. The collection – Open Minds: mental health and wellbeing in policy and...
For over 60 years, The University of Manchester has been at the forefront of Development Studies and The Global Development Institute continues to drive forward new ideas promoting sustainable development and social justice for all. The Global Development Institute...
The University of Manchester is excited to announce that our Purple Wave participants will be part of the Great Manchester Run, with two race distances for people to choose from – 10K or a half marathon (21km). This is scheduled for Sunday 26 May 2024. With a legacy...
The University of Manchester has been awarded a Silver Award – one of only two Higher Education Institutions in the UK to now hold this award. The result follows the submission of a Race Equality Charter (REC) submission to Advance HE in July. REC is part of Advance...
As we step into a new month, we’re sharing five social responsibility highlights from our latest newsletter. We are delighted to have achieved the highest possible score in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework, recognising our work in public and community...
Tue 14 Nov, 5.15 - 6.45pm Theatre A, Roscoe Building, The University of Manchester Students, staff and guests of the University all welcome. The School of Environment, Education and Development at the University of Manchester is delighted to welcome Jon Alexander for...
Every October, the University commemorates our Foundation Day which marks the formation of The University of Manchester as we know it. At the event this year we premiered a film in which we explore how social responsibility is embedded in everything we do – from our...
Join us at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, on 10 November, from 2-4pm and 6-8pm, for a day of free activities in collaboration with Being Human Festival, the UK’s National Festival of the Humanities. 2-4pm: Pressing ventures Explore the archives and...
To save a few air miles and prevent feelings of flight-shame related to COP28 being hosted in UAE this year, the University's Sustainable Futures along with support from Tyndall Manchester, Henry Royce Institute and Creative Manchester is hosting an all-day event. The...
Staff and students volunteered their time at our two Curiosity Cube volunteer days this October, bringing fun, hands-on science experiments to over three hundred primary school pupils. This was a new collaboration with the global health care company Merck, whose...
In September, our University embraced a fun and friendly biking competition called Cycle September. The initiative encouraged staff and students to ditch their cars and hop on their bicycles for their daily commute. Over the course of the month, participants logged...
The postgraduate version of The University of Manchester’s unique award supporting personal development and graduate outcomes launched in September 2023. The award has been specifically designed to run alongside postgraduate studies, encouraging students to make a...
The University’s Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is delighted to welcome back The Linnean Society for the 2023 Irene Manton lecture on 6 December. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Julia Patricia Gordon Jones, Professor in Conservation Science,...
The Whitworth are thrilled to announce that an original project, Still Parents: Life After Baby Loss, has been awarded the Creative Community award in this year’s Spirit of Manchester awards. The Still Parents: Life After Baby Loss exhibition was on display between...
The University of Manchester's Institute of Education’s research on child poverty and its implications for schools, has been put into practice via the development of ‘Local Matters’ - a participatory university/school, social justice, research and teaching programme....
In January 2023, Dr Caroline Miles and Professor Rose Broad from The University of Manchester commenced an N8 funded project, ‘The abuse of women who run: experiences, perceptions and fears’, working with Greater Manchester Police and Merseyside police. The research...
Earlier in October 2023, a powerful event marked the commencement of the new 'Racial and social justice seminar series' organised by the University's Department of Criminology. Titled 'Policing the Crisis Reloaded: Stop and Search, Gang Violence Matrix, and Structural...
At The University of Manchester, we're committed to a zero carbon future. This means that by 2038, we plan to have completely decarbonised our direct emissions. As part of this strategy, we have just released a new zero carbon animation, underscoring our efforts to...
Following the success of series one of the cancer research beacon podcast, One in Two, a second series is being released. The podcast highlights the outstanding research and clinical skills of University of Manchester staff working in cancer across the disease...
An ethnographic study has significantly influenced national policy and practice on racial disproportionality in the use of police powers. Prof Geoff Pearson from The University of Manchester and Dr Mike Rowe from The University of Liverpool, supported by the N8...
Some of the leading thinkers on different sides of the debate around animal research are to take on the issue in front of University of Manchester staff and students in a live event at the Whitworth Hall on 28 November, from 7 - 9pm. The audience at the event, called...
A decade of researching the challenges charities face in addressing some of society’s most pressing problems led the University's Global Development Institute Dr Nicola Banks to search for a new and transformative approach to funding community action. Time and again,...
The University of Manchester has achieved the highest possible score for its work with intellectual property and commercialisation, research partnerships and public and community engagement in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework rating by Research England. The...
