The University of Manchester Worldwide East Asia Centre has recently reached multiple social responsibility milestones earning plaudits from two major organisations.

In April 2020, a group of passionate scientists from our University launched LIVE with Scientists, a non-profit initiative with one mission, to make science accessible to everyone.

Two graduates from the University who have been campaigning for nearly three years have been celebrating this week, as the Government announced it will ask the police to record crimes motivated by a person's sex or gender.On Wednesday, Home office minister Baroness...

Karen Brady, a Global Part-time MBA student, recently launched Bump It Forward, a healthcare campaign that will donate the cost of a vaccine to countries in Africa who can’t afford basic PPE to keep the hospitals safe.

Academics from across Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) have conducted research in the past year looking the impact of Covid-19 on women.

This year, our Alliance MBS awarded eight incoming undergraduate students with social responsibility scholarships.

Dr Sherilyn MacGregor, Reader in environmental politics in our Sustainable Consumption Institute, has been working with the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) and the Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) on a project that puts gender equality at the core of a Green New Deal.

New research has found that online home rental marketplace Airbnb is funding deregulation campaigns in hundreds of cities around the world, as it uses so-called ‘grassroots lobbying’ – apparently independent social movements acting on their behalf – to advocate for favourable regulation.

Lockdown has been difficult for everyone.

On Monday 8 March people from across the University came together to share their personal stories and experiences of gender inequality and how they choose to challenge the status quo.

Despite the COVID19 pandemic, over 200 students participated in this year’s Student Volunteering Week which took place entirely online.

Vote in the Social Justice Photography Competition from Monday, 12 April – Friday, 16 April.

The University has been awarded a TfGM Platinum accreditation for work supporting sustainable commuting, business travel and fleet vehicles.

Despite the challenges of COVID-19, IntoUniversity Manchester North is marking another successful year in partnership with our University, improving young people’s attainment and raising aspirations.

Creative Manchester, in partnership with the Centre for New Writing and the Geological Society, launches The University of Manchester 2021 Micropoetry competition to celebrate the Geological Society’s ‘Year of Space’.

The UK-China International Photography Competition, run by the Manchester China Institute and Creative Manchester, is back for the third year running.

The University is launching a new literary series featuring Ellah P.

Earlier this month Christine Furber, Reader in Midwifery and Catherine Millan Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Officer Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Officer released their book With Women.

Clean water remains a challenge for millions.

Our Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health is delighted to launch the short film: ‘Working with our Communities’ which showcases Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) across the Faculty.

Staff and students from our Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health have designed and created a set of BioDiscovery resources that showcase the exceptional research and teaching taking place in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences at the University.

Back in November, our work on social responsibility was recognised through an Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community trophy, at the sixteenth annual THE Awards. This completes a record hat trick of awards in this category over the past decade.The award...

The Great Science Share for Schools will partner with the Royal Society to inspire school pupils to ask their scientific questions.

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.