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.

As part of our civic engagement, working in partnership with Manchester City Council, the University has pledged to listen and act together to create a programme of activities for young people.

The trial of a groundbreaking volunteer buddy scheme aimed at improving mobility in older adults has been launched in in Manchester, Cardiff and Stoke.

The University of Manchester’s Dr Anisa Jafar has been named as Young Researcher of the Year by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), for her commitment to Global Health and Emergency Research and for being an excellent role model for young researchers.

The 7 February saw the launch of Recycle Week at the University.

Whilst there is much discourse within the teaching community about the importance of an inclusive curriculum for History, there seems to be a consensus that many attempts to address LGBTQ+ History are tokenistic at best, and that this is an area that requires development for schools.

The University has donated around 80 bikes abandoned across campus this year to local charities who refurbish them to either sell at affordable prices, or provide for no cost to those who most need them.

Dr Dharmi Kapadia, Lecturer in Sociology and Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Presidential Fellow in Sociology at The University of Manchester are leading a team to set up a network to support early career scholars and PhD students who work on race and ethnicity.

Researchers at The University of Manchester’s Sustainable Consumption Institute have published a new report titled ‘How digital platforms are reshaping urban mobility in a time of COVID-19 and after’.

Ever wanted to find out a little more about some of our staff, students and community partners and what inspires them to make a difference? In our “Meet the…” films we feature a series of personal stories and perspectives of being a part of the University.

A new trial has recently opened in Greater Manchester which is to test cutting-edge wearable technologies involving patients who have received cancer treatment.

International Women’s Day 2022 – Live Talk

Museums and galleries have become increasingly aware of the role they have to play in tackling the climate emergency, and the sector is reimagining how it cares and inspires support for our world, its inhabitants and future generations.