Manchester Histories Festival is back! Returning for its eighth edition from the 8-12 June 2022.
Social Responsibility news
Meet the winners of the 2022 Volunteer of the Year Awards
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.
Sustainability Challenge photography competition winners revealed
The winners of the University’s first Sustainability Challenge photography competition have been announced as part of The Making a Difference Awards.
Great Science Share for Schools: Encouraging young people to ‘ask, investigate and share’ their scientific questions
SEERIH (Science & Engineering Education Research and Innovation Hub) are preparing for the final month of this year’s Great Science Share for Schools.
Migrant Voices takeover the Rylands
Saturday 18 June, 1:00 – 4:00pm
The top floor of Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum’s Top Floor is a space for people to come together to learn, share ideas, build community and make plans.
Manchester Museum appoints new Environmental Action Manager
Manchester Museum has announced that is has appointed Hannah Hartley as its Environmental Action Manager, a new position for the museum.
Free Masters places for refugee women from Afghanistan
The University has provided free places on its Masters in Educational Leadership in Practice programme to a group of 15 Afghani refugee women, supporting them in their ambition to set up schools, colleges and nurseries for Afghani refugees living in exile.
Our Community Festival makes a return to campus
There’s so much to do at our Community Festival.
Making a Difference Awards take place live from the Whitworth Hall
On 10 May we were joined by staff, students, alumni and friends from around the world to celebrate the incredible and inspiring work of our University community.
Just one week until our 2022 Making a Difference Awards!
There is just one week to go before our 2022 Making a Difference Awards take place, live from the Whitworth Hall on Tuesday 10 May. The Making a Difference Awards aim to recognise and celebrate the many different types of social responsibility achievements of the...
Manchester named one of the world’s leading universities for action on sustainable development
The University of Manchester has retained its position as one of the world’s leading institutions in the 2022 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, released at a special event on Wednesday 27 April.
March round-up
Julian Skyrme, Director of Social Responsibility
New report on caring in a changing climate
Dr Sherilyn MacGregor, Reader in Environmental Politics at the University, is the lead author of a major report commissioned by Oxfam America that investigates the impacts of climate breakdown and climate mitigation and adaptations on care work.
Everyone is invited to our Making a Difference Awards!
A date for your diary - Tuesday 10 May 18:00 – 19:30 Join us live from the University’s Whitworth Hall to celebrate how our staff, students, alumni and external partners are making a difference Everyone is invited to join our Chancellor Lemn Sissay OBE and our...
Community Festival 2022 – save the date!
On the Saturday 25 June we’ll once again be opening our doors to the local community.
Being Brave: New report highlights innovative solutions to public food procurement in Greater Manchester
Dr Maria Sharmina, a researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the Sustainable Consumption Institute has co-published the report 'Being Brave: Innovative Solutions to Public Food Procurement' with Tess Hayton and Dr Rebecca St Clair. The...
The organisational paradox of affordable flood insurance in the UK
Dr Eli Krull, a researcher at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research at the University, has co-authored a teaching case on the organisational paradox of affordable housing insurance in flood-prone areas in the UK.
Online resources to support sperm and egg donors and their families
Increasing numbers of children are born each year using sperm or eggs from donors.
New good practice recommendations published for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has just published its recommendations for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation (gamete (egg and sperm) and embryo donation).
New good practice recommendations published for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has just published its recommendations for information provision for those involved in reproductive donation (gamete (egg and sperm) and embryo donation).
World Rewilding Day 2022 – Manchester Museum announces Wild, a new exhibition coming in late 2023.
People are starting to value wild more, from wild back gardens to large-scale rewilding projects.
Masters student awarded prestigious British Neuroscience Association Scholarship
Congratulations go to our Integrated Masters student, Haady Brendan Hajar, who has recently been accepted to the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Scholars Programme for 2022.
Breaking the Bias with Professor Gina Rippon
Our Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health were #BreakingtheBias earlier in March when the Faculty hosted its 5th annual International Women’s Day Event, a fabulously insightful and informative talk by Professor Gina Rippon, author and neuroscientist.
DentMan Conference goes global
In its 9th successive year, the student led ‘DentMan’ conference took place in February, attended by over 200 staff, students and oral healthcare professionals from both the University of Manchester and the University of Ghana.