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Social Responsibility news

Coming in from the Cold project

Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust has recently received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the ‘Coming in From the Cold’ project.

Sustainability Seminar Series

On Tuesday 10 September 2016, the first Sustainability Seminar Series began with a talk from Professor Ian Cotton and Sian Nord about how the University uses energy.

Social responsibility in the School of Law

On 24 January the School of Law hosted a very successful Clinical Legal Education and Access to Justice seminar in association with the Greater Manchester Law Centre and the Clinical Legal Education Organisation.

Celebrating Community Action

Every year the University celebrates the actions of staff, students and alumni who give their time and commitment to communities locally, national and internationally through the Volunteer of the Year Awards.

World Cancer Day

Did you know that there are nearly 100 more cancer cases per 100,000 population in the city of Manchester compared to the UK average, and that Manchester residents are more likely to die from cancer than anywhere else in the UK?

Purple Wave

In 2016, the University raised over £75,000 for charity through the Great Manchester 10K.

JustFest Presents

As part of a year of social action under the banner of JustFest Presents, we are hosting a series of events that aim to engage students with current social justice issues.

Age-friendly Manchester project wins national award

A project which trained older people to be researchers into the future of their city has won a major national award for its ground-breaking work, on a night when two other University of Manchester projects were also shortlisted.