News and Media Relations Officer Joe Stafford was so moved by the harrowing images and stories coming from the conflict that he decided he had to do something to help.

News and Media Relations Officer Joe Stafford was so moved by the harrowing images and stories coming from the conflict that he decided he had to do something to help.

Reversing forest loss is essential for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation.

Pupils from 25 primary schools across Greater Manchester have been working scientifically to investigate air quality in their local area, thanks to a partnership between The University of Manchester and the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.

Cast your vote in the first Sustainability Challenge Photography Competition from Monday, 25 April – Friday, 29 April.

The University has published its initial findings into historic links with slavery, involving a number of early benefactors to its predecessor institutions, which went on to become The University of Manchester.

The Whitworth have partnered up with Afrocats to take over the gallery during February half-term and the Easter Holidays to open the spaces and activities to new families in the city.

February 28 – 4 March was SDG Action and Awareness Week, a campaign hosted by the United Nations Academic Impact organisation.

The UK-China International Photography Competition, run by the University’s Manchester China Institute (MCI) and Creative Manchester, is back for the fourth consecutive year.

A humanitarian charity based at The University of Manchester has launched an urgent Ukraine Appeal, as it seeks to raise money to provide emergency medical aid for the millions of people displaced by the Russian invasion of the country.

This month we launched the Manchester Magistrates Initiative, a new partnership between the University and the Manchester Magistrates Bench.

To celebrate British Science Week (11-20 March), the University is launching a special website of online resources developed by researchers, lecturers, staff and students.

Manchester Museum has announced author Anita Sethi as its first ever Writer-in-Residence in its long history.

Julian Skyrme, Director of Social Responsibility

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the world’s call to action on the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing humanity and the natural world.

Alliance Manchester Business School are holding a series of online events as part of our International Women’s Day celebrations.

After two years of remote volunteering, the University’s flagship overseas volunteering project, Team Rwanda, is due to go ahead this summer.

Nominate your star volunteers before Sunday, 6 March (midnight).

Cameras at the ready, the University’s first Sustainability Challenge Photography Competition is soon closing for entries!

Breaking one record is enough cause for celebration, but at this year’s Student Volunteering Week, the University’s and Students’ Union volunteering teams have been celebrating more than one milestone! Discover how our students have made a difference in the community:

An international research team from The University of Manchester, The University of Birmingham and other UK and Indian collaborators, have discovered that water pollutants in rivers are caused by a mixture of chemical cocktail caused by natural chemical processes related to downstream flow.

The University’s Policy@Manchester are delighted to announce the launch of our new publication, On Cancer, and to share a national launch event in London, on 3 March.

The University's School of Social Sciences is pleased to invite you to our virtual Making a Difference event:College Behind Bars: Lessons from the US Bard Prison Initiative, a documentary and Q&A about one university’s 20-year struggle to provide tuition-free,...

The University’s School of Social Sciences is pleased to announce that this year’s Arthur Lewis Lecture is to be given by Sir Tom Shakespeare, Professor of Disability Research in the medical faculty at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The pandemic has thrust the role of public procurement in the UK and other countries into the spotlight like never before, raising concerns and questions about how value is defined in publicly funded contracts.