The University is investing £3.

Our role as an anchor institution sees us broaden the impact of our work to raise skill levels, reduce local unemployment and create inclusive growth in Greater Manchester.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, a library specialising in the study of race, migration and ethnicity, recently held their 3rd annual Community History Showcase.

During the summner staff from across the Directorate for the Student Experience visited the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, to understand how monies raised from the Give It Don’t Bin It campaign are invested by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Our annual Community Festival recently welcomed more than 2,000 neighbours onto campus – young and old – to get hands-on, go behind the scenes and find out more about our work and the exciting research undertaken at the University.

Find out more over a free breakfast on Thursday, 5 July.

On Saturday 16 June around 2,000 people from our local and wider communities were welcomed onto campus for our second annual Community Festival.

Each year the University’s Diversity Calendar includes a nominated charity.

On Thursday, 7 June student volunteers and some of the University’s construction partners collaborated to give a makeover to the garden at a centre for vulnerable women.

Professor Mahesh Nirmalan, Vice-Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, has secured major funding from the Ogelsby Charitable Trust.

‘SharkFest’ is the UK’s only festival dedicated to shark and ray enthusiasts and five students from the Sheils Lab went along to share their knowledge with the public!

Roger Harrison and Joanne Pennock have secured funding from The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Team’s Ignite grant to support the continued development of innovative game-based activity ‘OUTBREAK’ to educate children and families about antibiotic drug resistance.

Crawford Healthcare develops treatments and effective dermatological, wound care and diagnostic products for the care and repair of skin.

The impact of 70,000 students vacating Manchester at the end of each academic year is vast and there are many unwanted items that could go to better use.

Local residents, councillors and project partners gathered in Ardwick to celebrate the University of Manchester’s Campus Tree Planting project that has resulted in more than 70 trees planted across the city.

Manchester pupils use technology to help overcome social issues by ‘Powering Transformation’

Policy@Manchester has launched a collection of essays from researchers which looks closely at extremism and social cohesion in the UK.

The University, in conjunction with colleagues from Greater Manchester’s Programme Challenger and Stop the Traffik, hosted a successful event on 15 May as part of the National Crime Agency Week (14-18 May 2018) on Forced Labour.

The School of Law’s Legal Advice Centre (LAC) is holding its 2018 Student Summer Vacation Scheme, from 18– 29 June.

Every year thousands of students volunteer their time to benefit fellow students, the local community and to raise money for a variety of charities; all this is done whilst studying for their degree and representing the University of Manchester in competitive sport.

Do you have expertise that could help the University achieve its sustainability objectives and become a leader in the field? If so then please apply to join the new University of Manchester Academic Advisory Group for Sustainability.

The University of Manchester had two nominations shortlisted for NEON awards in May 2018.

This week (4-8 June 2018) is the first National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) week of action, which aims to highlight how activities across the 29 NCOP consortia are making an impact on the learners across the country.

It has been a busy period of awards, recognition and successes for a number of staff involved in social responsibility.

The 2,300 University of Manchester staff, students and alumni who took part in last weekend’s SimplyHealth Great Manchester Run have so far raised over £28,000 for worthy causes.