We are delighted to announce two new Vice Deans for Social Responsibility, who will be joining Professor Ken McPhail, the Associate Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust began an Arts Council funded, Bangladeshi women’s project: ‘Kotha and Kantha’, in April 2016.

The Greater Manchester Walking Festival runs across the region from 1-31st May and this year has featured over 200 free guided walks in Manchester and the surrounding districts.

In November, the University will launch the biggest environmental sustainability initiative in the higher education sector -10,000 Actions.

The annual Volunteer of the Year Awards took place in the Whitworth Hall on 11th May, attended by over 170 guests.

Multilingual Manchester is preparing to deliver a new project on ‘Multilingual Communities’, to be launched in October.

The University has awarded Francesca Gains (Politics and policy@manchester) and Kevin Ward (Geography and cities@manchester) an ESRC (Economic and Social Ressearch Council) Impact Accelerator Award to establish a hub for the University’s impact work on Devo Manc and the Northern Powerhouse.

A new Unit has been launched to ensure devolution and economic growth bring real benefits to disadvantaged people and places across Greater Manchester.

An initiative to increase the policy impact of our research has scooped External Relations Programme of the Year in the Educate North Awards.

Manchester gets the science bug

On 28 April the University held it’s 4th annual School Governor Conference at Chancellors Conference Centre.

The annual Making a Difference Awards took place on Wednesday 11 May in the University’s Whitworth Hall.

An open evening to find out more about the urban governance for social innovation project.

On 23 and 24 April the University of Manchester took over intu Trafford Centre for the first ever #scienceX in honour of Manchester’s European City of Science title for 2016.

With less than two weeks to go until the Making a Difference Awards ceremony shortlisted entrants and colleagues across the University are starting to anticipate the outcomes.

From May – September, Manchester Museum will be staging a major programme of exhibitions and events on the theme of climate change.

Green Impact brings together staff and students from across the University to create a more environmentally sustainable campus and community.

On 31 March the University hosted a large “Meet the Buyer” event in Whitworth Hall.

As part of their Institute of Cultural Practice (ICP) placement two Masters students have assisted the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust in the collection of oral history for the Heritage Lottery Funded ‘The Legacy of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah’ project.

One of the first people to enrol at The University of Manchester’s Construction Academy has secured a full-time position with family-owned property company, Bruntwood.

Dementia Awareness Week (15-21 May) is an important opportunity for us to increase our understanding of dementia.

Ageing and frailty: Game changers for our health and care services

Syrian graduate Ibrahim Olabi’s continued work supporting his war-torn country has earned him the University’s Postgraduate Student of the Year alongside a growing reputation for humanitarian expertise.

The wide variety of disciplines practised under the umbrella of Humanities at The University of Manchester brings a plethora of stories, each with their own distinct character, but within these stories we share a common set of values that unify us.

The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre (AIURRRC) has a library full of books relating to equality issues and we are always looking for ways to highlight this material to new audiences.