We are delighted to confirm that The University of Manchester has successfully maintained its Fairtrade University status.

The 10,000 Actions fund is open

The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is holding its third annual Better World Showcase to recognise and communicate the outstanding social responsibility activities across the Faculty and to celebrate the efforts of staff and students who are making a difference.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, based in Manchester’s Central Library, received a collection of publications from the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) which, following a comprehensive digitisation project, are now available to everyone online via the Library’s digital image platform Luna.

LGBT History Month has been marked in the UK since 2005 and at the University we have held events every February since 2010.

Celebrating the success and achievements of 13 amazing young people

The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) celebration evenings took place in the University’s Whitworth Hall on the 6 & 7 December 2017.

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.

Does someone you know deserve recognition for the difference they are making?

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.