The NCCPE are pleased to announce the launch of the Community University Partnership Initiative (CUPI).

Operation Santa Claus MBA Challenge is an annual fundraising campaign in Hong Kong which is jointly organised by South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK).

A book about singer/songwritter Sister Rosetta Tharpe has been made in a project involving Chorlton High School, a former PHD student of the University of Manchester and the BAME Widening Participation programme.

The University’s Chancellor, Lemn Sissay, attended a special event in Addis Ababa in December to officially extend a transformational student scholarship to Ethiopia.

Makram Alkhaled, current Manchester PhD student is leading a campaign to transport 2,500 books to his home city of Mosul, to help rebuild the collections of the university where he studied as an undergraduate.

During 2015, Manchester writer, Sarah Butler, mapped Manchester’s ‘Corridor’ using the stories of people who have lived, worked and travelled along Oxford Road.

Law students at The University of Manchester are using their skills to help people convicted of crimes who maintain their innocence and continue to appeal.

In acknowledgment of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (12-18 November) and European Antibiotic Awareness Day, students from across all three University Faculties, led by the School of Health Sciences, delivered a fantastic week of events on the theme of ‘One student, one campus, one world’.

Led by The University of Manchester and delivered by the Growth Company, The Works helps support local people to find jobs, develop skills and provides access training and is now celebrating placing the 4,000th person into employment.

Human Geography lecturer Dr Sarah Marie Hall has won the inaugural Jo Cox Prize for Public Service and Active Citizenship, to recognise the positive impacts of her research.

Congratulations go to Sheena Cruickshank, Academic Lead for Public Engagement with Research who was promoted to Professor of Public Engagement and Biomedical Sciences at the end of 2017.

Students from Manchester have raised £1.

On 28 November the world celebrated #GivingTuesday, an international day to do ‘good stuff’, to recognise what is already being done and to encourage people to consider giving time, money or skills to support a worthwhile cause.

We prioritise a small number of ‘signature programmes’ that are emblematic of our commitment to social responsibility.

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On Thursday 23 November, the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) held their annual Landmark Lecture, which provides a platform for discussion on topics relating to humanitarianism and disaster management.

Dr Vicky Wijeratne, a former student of The University of Manchester currently working as a junior doctor at Stepping Hill, was honoured at an award ceremony commemorating the contributions made by people following the Manchester Arena attack.

Leading researchers from The University of Manchester and The University of Gulu, Uganda and senior officials from Health Education England (HEE) are to work together to investigate post-conflict disability issues in low and middle income countries in Africa and Asia.

The Disability Staff Network (DSN), supported by the Whitworth, the Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester are marking the 25th anniversary of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD).

As part of the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology’s (MIB) community engagement collaboration with Multilingual Manchester (MLM), two researchers visited a local language community group to do a tailored outreach session.

For the first time, the Environmental Sustainability Team and Central Procurement Office collaborated to deliver the annual sustainability celebration and awards and the inaugural supplier awards.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is marked annually on 20 November in memory of those who have been killed as a result of transphobia.

The Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) at Alliance Manchester Business School and the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) are involved in an innovative project that supports older residents in two Manchester localities to come together to shape local services with the aim of creating a better quality of health, community life and local well-being for people over 50.

Four students from the School of Materials spent their summer volunteering with the Amrita Live in Labs programme in India, where they took part in lemongrass distillation and areca nut leaf press projects in rural communities.

Following on from the success of #ScienceX over the last two years, this weekend-long science and engineering extravaganza will be returning to the intu Trafford Centre on 14-15 April 2018.