Our work on social inclusion is all about tackling the social inequalities, prejudices and barriers that continue to affect people’s lives and choices locally, nationally and internationally.

As we look forward to reductions in transmission, some better weather and an easing of covid restrictions we’ve released a short film ‘3 years in 3 minutes’ that looks back on what’s been achieved in social responsibility over the last three years across our four priority themes: social inclusion; better health; environmental sustainability and cultural engagement.

A coalition of 10 universities in England and Scotland, led by The University of Manchester, has announced ambitious plans to research Covid-19’s social and economic impact on racial and ethnic minority people.

On 15 April, our School of Social Sciences welcomes one of the most senior UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) officials in the Mediterranean, an area that has been the epicentre of refugee flows into Europe for over a decade.

This spring, the University’s American Studies programme is asking UK school students in years 9-13 to write letters to the new US presidential administration as part of a competition.

A Global University Social Responsibility MOOC “Introduction to University Social Responsibility” has just launched at the University Social Responsibility Network Summit in Pretoria (and online).

Health research on diseases affecting African populations has a history of being carried out by non-Africans.

On Monday 8 March International Women’s Day (IWD) will be marked in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health with Dr Nicole Brown speaking on her research on experience of disabled, chronically ill and/or neurodivergent members of higher education staff.

The Manchester University Dental Awareness and Empowerment (MUDAE) society have been working hard alongside Dr Raj Ariyaratnam to set up their exciting new society which will be part of our University’s social responsibility plan for 2020-25.

Conspiracy theories have been rife throughout the pandemic, from suggestions that the virus is caused by 5G technology through to ideas that vaccinations will implant chips into our arms.

In a year like no other, the impact of COVID19 has demonstrated just how incredible volunteers are.

Our students have until Friday, 5 March 2021 to submit a photo and caption which raises awareness of a social justice issue that’s important to them.

Members of the public are being invited to have their say on how Manchester’s history and the people who made it should be reflected in its public spaces across the city, and in so doing help shape future policy on this.

Working with Schools across Trafford in Greater Manchester, the Social Responsibility team in the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) have developed a creative writing competition to encourage children to have fun with their writing and learning during the pandemic.

Manchester’s LGBTQ+ Village has, for generations, been a space where people gather to express diverse sexual and gendered identities.

Earlier this month the University once again took part in the GM4Women2028 annual scorecard celebrations.

Scientists at the University have found a way to accelerate the uptake of solar technology by increasing the environmental safety of perovskite solar cells.

A portal has been launched for businesses, civil society, academia, trade unions, indigenous groups, young people and others to apply to get involved in UK Government managed spaces at the COP26 Summit, the annual UN climate summit, taking place in Glasgow 2021.

Alliance Manchester Business School’s MBA has been ranked 30th in the world in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2021.

For United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11) and in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality, Dr Aneeqa Khan, a Harwell Research Fellow in Nuclear Fusion at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE) and Claire Brown, PhD Researcher at Tyndall Manchester, discussed their STEM journey, their latest research and how they are encouraging the next generation of female scientists.

Our Whitworth gallery are really pleased to share the zine Other Utopia, An Exploration of the Black Experience written, created and produced by the Whitworth Young Contemporaries (WYC).

Innovation in advanced materials has the potential to support exciting opportunities to help achieve greener and smarter living following the impact of COVID-19, says graphene expert James Baker.

We are unique in British higher education by having social responsibility as one of our three core strategic goals, sitting equally alongside our commitment to research and discovery and teaching and learning; and as outlined in Our future: The University of Manchester’s vision and strategic plan.

Dr Rob Phillips, Senior Lecturer at the Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) at Alliance MBS, extols the benefits of social enterprise.

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) is partnering with national tax charity TaxAid to provide North West residents on low incomes with tax assistance and support, as part of the first student-run clinic of its kind in the UK.