Search these pages to explore a selection of our directory of activities. You can use the keyword search and filter buttons to discover how we are addressing each of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and the five priorities in our Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement Plan. You can also filter activities by location and function.
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Our BA Geography students undertake a Food and Farming unit covering hunger, ethical consumerism, environmental sustainability, animal rights and social equity. Biosciences undergraduates take a Plants for the Future unit exploring how plant biology can address social and environmental challenges. Through a Green Biotechnology unit, students engage with the latest developments in sustainable food production, energy generation and pharmaceutical production.
Our student community work on a range of projects to tackle extreme poverty and inequality. Love for the Streets was established by two Manchester students to use youth events, content and social media marketing to tackle homelessness in partnership with local charities. Once a Month fights period poverty through public campaigns and providing sanitary products to vulnerable women across Manchester.
The Homeless Healthcare Society helps improve the healthcare of Manchester’s homeless population by raising awareness of the medical inequalities and stigmas faced by homeless patients when accessing healthcare. The aim is to ultimately improve the care provided by tomorrow’s healthcare professionals.
Team Rwanda is a partnership between The University of Manchester, the University of Rwanda and Azizi Life. Students volunteer their time assisting several schemes to alleviate poverty and aid community development.
Our Global Development Institute is the UK’s largest university-based postgraduate centre specialising in international development. More than 5,000 students have completed master’s programmes in international development since 2012.
Sustainable food study programmes
Student action
Homeless Healthcare Society
Team Rwanda
International development study programmes
