Our annual Community Festival returned for three days of exploration, interaction and conversation to engage families and audiences from the under 5’s to the over 60’s, from across Greater Manchester and beyond.

Alliance Manchester Business School has won a grant from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to investigate how organisations embed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their strategic business decisions.

During the COVID19 pandemic, over 40 students from across the University have joined forces with residents, volunteering almost 200 hours to transform a garden at temporary accommodation in Manchester.

Last week the university’s Policy@Manchester launched their latest publication: On Air Quality.

Roots & Branches is an ambitious, environmentally-driven partnership project led by Manchester Museum.

The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is the University’s flagship widening participation scheme.

Making our planet sustainable is a goal that our students are passionate about.

Experts from the University and the Anna Freud Centre are working with leaders from Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the city-region’s secondary schools on a major new project that will survey children about their wellbeing and preparedness for life beyond school, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join our British Sociological Association Early Career Event on the 9 & 10 September – “Towards Greater Food? Taking Stock of Food Support in the COVID-19 crisis”

Cultural engagement encompasses our creative programmes as well as partnerships with our cultural institutions – all of which contribute to our role as a key driver of social development and cultural exchange.

Emma Crosbie wins Making a Difference Award for outstanding research linking Lynch syndrome to womb and bowel cancer

Cancers are continuing to burden our healthcare systems and exert their toll; solving this global problem needs a global solution – something that our University experts are working on.

April and May have been a time of celebration for all things social responsibility.

Join us on Saturday, 29 May, 12noon (BST)

She is also on the board of the Urban Big Data Centre, providing advice on the role of social science in understanding how big data can be used to improve lives, and advising on how future data scientists can be trained to develop the necessary skills to equip them in these emerging careers.

The Gateways programme supports approximately 1,700 widening participation pupils across 48 Greater Manchester schools, by providing essential information, advice and guidance (IAG) about higher education.

Join our Guardian Live panel events on fake news, media reporting on humanitarian issues and the importance of newsroom diversity.

During the pandemic, our five universities based in Greater Manchester (GM) – Manchester Metropolitan University, Royal Northern College of Music, University of Bolton, University of Manchester and University of Salford have been working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to develop a joint Civic University Agreement (CUA).

And be part of creating a fairer more sustainable food system for Manchester and beyond!Since 2007, the Kindling Trust has been working with communities, farmers, health providers, activists and policymakers to challenge and subvert the industrial food system, a...

In April, the University of Manchester’s China Centre celebrated its fifth annual social responsibility month with a range of exciting activities to positively impact alumni, local communities and broader society, in the unique Manchester spirit.

New research by experts from the University has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies is the main source of microplastic pollution in the UK’s rivers.

As an institution dedicated to positive change across the globe for society and the environment, we’re proud to have been ranked number one in the world in this year’s Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.

For over two years Frank Boons, Director of the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University has been working as a senior academic fellow in the Systems Research Team at Defra (the UK government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). As part of a...

This year the University held its annual School Governor Conference as a two-day online event in lieu of the usual one day at a local venue.

A collaboration between two Barcelona institutions and the Nanomedicine Lab at The University of Manchester – aimed at treating brain disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease – has secured £12m in funding, one of the largest investments to date in the European medical nanotechnology industry.