On Tuesday of Welcome Week all 8,000 new first year undergraduates students were invited to take part in the Sustainability Challenge.

The University is hosting its annual Volunteering and Social Justice Fair on Tuesday 17 October in Academy 1.

Our School of Computer Science has recently launched Animation18, an animation competition aimed at school and college students aged from 7-19.

Jennie Vickers and Hannah Niblett of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre presented a paper at the Archives and Records Association (ARA) conference on 30 August.

For one weekend in July, the observatory at Jodrell Bank, known for its huge radio telescope, transforms into Bluedot Festival.

The Manchester Access Programme (MAP) is the University’s flagship widening participation scheme for local post-16 pupils who are from backgrounds currently underrepresented in higher education.

The University offers a range of widening access schemes aimed at talented post-16 students from under represented backgrounds to help support progression to the University or another research intensive institution.

The University’s Legal Advice Centre (LAC) is run by School of Law to give free legal advice to members of the public who are not able to access legal advice elsewhere and to provide real world experience to law students.

To recognise and communicate the outstanding social responsibility activities across the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE), we will once again be holding the ‘Better World Showcase’.

With over 200 members of staff now volunteering as governors in local schools and colleges, many managers will have colleagues within their teams undertaking this important role.

Poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, the University’s Chancellor, has launched a new university bursary designed to increase the number of black males embarking on careers in law and the criminal justice sector.

An outreach team from the University of Manchester’s School of Computer Science returned from a project in Malawi this summer, teaching Computer Science in schools in the north of the country.

How often do you use public parks? Would it matter if they were no longer free?

Public engagement (PE) is a term that is used to describe the many ways we connect, share and involve the public with our work; whether it be research, teaching or social responsibility.

FREE, drop in event for all the family

We hope all of you have had an enjoyable summer period.

Anchor Institutions – Home Grown – Local Roots spreading Global Shoots

Professor James Thompson, formerly Associate Vice-President for Social Responsibility, has been apppointed as Vice-President for Social Responsibility.

8,000 students, 9 buildings, 1 day – The Sustainability Challenge is coming soon.

The University is proud to have a formal working arrangement with Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank.

Can you spare a few hours after work to volunteer at Radio Lollipop at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital?

Manchester City Council is launching a short film to show the innovative ways electric vehicles (EVs) can deliver economic and environmental benefits.

Occupying a space approximately 50m2, the plants are a mix of colourful hardy perennials, some of which have been specifically chosen to attract pollinators and have been grown locally.

The University has commissioned City of Trees to advise on its Campus Tree Planting Plan, which aims to replace and plant trees as part of the Campus Masterplan development

The University of Manchester, along with Queen Mary University of London and Words of Colour Productions, have been commissioned to establish an independent centre of excellence on ethnic inequalities, severe mental illness and multiple disadvantage.