2023 shortlisted entries
We received over 130 entrants for our Making a Difference Awards 2023 and the judges had a very difficult job selecting a shortlist. Below is a full list of all the shortlisted entrants in each of the categories.
Outstanding benefit to society through research
Placental growth factor testing for suspected preeclampsia
Dr Kate Duhig and Professor Jenny Myers
BARD: revolutionising the screening of women at high risk of breast cancer following radiotherapy to breast tissue during treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma
Professor John Radford, Dr Sacha Howell, Professor Richard Cowan and Dr Joanna Williams
Acute Bundle of Care for Intracerebral Haemorrhage (ABC-ICH)
Adrian Parry-Jones
Microplastics in UK rivers – getting to the bottom of the problem
Professor Jamie Woodward, Professor James Rothwell, Dr Rachel Hurley and Dr Jiawei Li
Dalton Nuclear Policy Group
Professor Adrian Bull, Dr William Bodel, Dr Aneeqa Khan, Professor Gregg Butler, Professor Juan Matthews, Professor Katherine Morris and Professor Francis Livens
Outstanding teaching innovation in social responsibility
Massive Open Online Course in industrial biotechnology
Nicholas Weise
Enhancing well-being through the curriculum
Elaine Clark
Decolonising development pedagogies while supporting inclusive development practice
Diana Mitlin, Nicola Banks, Maria Rusca and Sophie King – In collaboration with Community Savers, CLASS, Muungano wa Wanavijiji and Shack/Slum Dwellers International
Outstanding contribution to social innovation and environmental impact
One thing that should never be taken away from you is your education!
Malavika Krishnan
Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub
Michael Shaver, Chloe Loveless, Parnian Doostdar, Tom Bennett, Guilhem De Hoe, Adam Peirce, Hannah Baron, Michaela Kiernan, Jair azael Esquivel guzman, Nicola Jones, Katrina Farrugia and Jill Brown
Reducing costs and environmental impact of industrial processes to maximise UK industry’s competitive viability through bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.
Muir Freer, Clair Gough, Andrew Welfle, Amanda Lea-Langton
Outstanding public and community engagement initiative: Outstanding contribution by our cultural institutions
(Un)Defining queer project and exhibition
Dominic Bilton and Imogen Holmes-Roe
Pinc College
Pinc College team and the Manchester Museum learning and engagement team
Outstanding public and community engagement initiative: Outstanding local/civic engagement
The Pakistani Communities Call to Action (PaCCT) in Rochdale project
Sophina Choudry, Professor Erica Burman, Professor Julian Williams, Dr Ishba Rehman, Dr Jaina Yasmeen Bharkhda and Sidra Iftikhar
Don’t brush it under the carpet – A Greater Manchester campaign
Ali Baird, Adele Owen, Polly Kaiser, Gillian Stainthorpe and Liz Jones
Still Life: pregnancy and loss in the Jewish community
Michelle Desforges, Suzanne Thomas, Alex Silverstone, Chava Erlanger, and Katharine Cresswell
Dentists in Primary School (DiPS)
Rachel Lee, Yasmin Egonu, Annabel Johnson, Olivia Nelson
Convo club
Chloe McDowell, Ayushi Agarwal, Meiyang Liu, Schenelle Dlima
Outstanding public and community engagement initiative: Outstanding public contribution
The youth alliance
Eugene Sober
Ardwick stepping stones
Choel Cartwight, Gordon Flear, Daniell Musaheb
Outstanding public and community engagement initiative: Outstanding national/international engagement
Maretario: making space to communicate about science, conservation and climate change
Nick Weise and the Maretario Project Team
Young people at a crossroads creative resources
Catherine Walker, Maisy Summer, Richard Atherton, Kit Rackley, Nerida Jolley, Nathalie Perl, Sherilyn MacGregor and Natascha Klocker
Our shared cultural heritage – international partnerships
Our Shared Cultural Heritage team
Outstanding contribution to equality, diversity and inclusion
Advancing gender equality through global collaboration
Dr Laura Richards and Dr Diane Harris
Alternative football league
Bethany Barnes
Elimisha Msichana Elimisha Jamii na Astronomia (Swahili for “Educate a Girl, Educate the entire community”)
Ann Njeri Ng’Endo
PGR parents carers and guardian support networks
Perpetual Idehen
University of Manchester menopause support group
Vanessa Cowan
Outstanding professional services for social responsibility
Queens canopy installation & SMI Hub composting use
Paul Shaw and the Landscaping team
DSE Career Development Scheme
Tracy Gallimore, Fiona Day and Ewa Edwards
North campus clearance project
Simon Atkinson, Anthony Eyres, Terry Kearny, Mark Wilson, Steve Hatton – Campus Cleansing Unit
Outstanding contribution to environmental sustainability
Greening Labs – Making the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub genuinely Sustainable
Christina Picken and the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub
Want Not Waste
Alexandra Persinaru, Jennifer Foster, Ying-tong Lee, Felix Kwok, Denaya Doke and Mikhail Konovalov
Faculty of Science and Engineering sustainable travel project
Dr Laurence Stamford and the Faculty of Science and Engineering sustainable business travel working group
Outstanding contribution to widening participation
Promoting midwifery as a career to young people of ethnic heritage
Christine Furber, Silvia Collins, Kathy Murphy and Shirley Brown
Write on Point: UCAS personal statement support for students from under-represented backgrounds
Tom Fryer
University of Manchester Physics Outreach (UMPO)
Aishwarya Girishkumar and the UMPO team