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Towards inclusive environmental sustainability

On 27 September, 2021, the Leverhulme Trust funded ‘Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES)’ project hosted their first online webinar ‘How Muslims in Britain engage with, and understand, environmental sustainability’, in collaboration with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) and the Muslims of Britain Research Network (MBRN).

Pensions in Divorce: what should you do?

A new report has found that men within couples have substantially more private pension wealth than women, which poses particular challenges when they divorce. Dr Jennifer Buckley and Professor Debora Price from the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on...

Pensions on Divorce: what should you do?

A new report has found that men within couples have substantially more private pension wealth than women, which poses particular challenges when they divorce. Dr Jennifer Buckley and Professor Debora Price from the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on...

Promoting social inclusion for Afro-Colombian youth

University of Manchester researchers in the project “Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin America” (CARLA), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), have been developing collaborations with various artists in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia to see how art can be used to challenge racism in those countries.

Party Conferences

Join Policy@Manchester for our fringe programme at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.

Alliance Manchester Business School Vital Topics event

Join Richard Jones, Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy at the University of Manchester, to hear how research and development links with productivity at a regional level in this Vital Topics event titled: The UK’s regional productivity disparities and the “levelling up” agenda – what’s the role of research and development?

Alliance Manchester Business School Vital Topics event

Join Richard Jones, Professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy at the University of Manchester, to hear how research and development links with productivity at a regional level in this Vital Topics event titled: The UK’s regional productivity disparities and the “levelling up” agenda – what’s the role of research and development?

Muso Baby at Manchester Museum

Muso Baby, Manchester Museum’s social prescribing programme has provided a lifeline for parents experiencing or at risk of anxiety or post-natal depression.

Summer round-up

We’re celebrating our 17,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students who have shown extraordinary resilience to graduate during such a disrupted period for them, our university and our country.

PGCE trainees organise online maths classes for refugees

University of Manchester Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programme have established partnerships with 700 local schools providing our highly motivated trainee teachers with approximately 70,000 days in schools every year, allowing them to educate and improve the life chances of children in Greater Manchester.

Our graduates inspiring the next generation

This year, over 17,000 students will graduate from The University, many of which are already making contributions to our city, through healthcare, education and protecting the natural environment.