Directory of activities
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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#BeeWell: Greater Manchester Wellbeing
Experts from our Manchester Institute of Education are working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and all of the city-region’s secondary schools on a pioneering #BeeWell project.
The first of its kind in the UK, this project will survey and create a dynamic online data dashboard on wellbeing, enabling teachers and leaders to use it as part of a continuous cycle of improvement.
This will provide evidence to inform local and national governmental policy for young people’s wellbeing.
Diversifying the school history curriculum
The collaborative History Lessons research project found that young people were keen to learn more inclusive histories, but teachers needed additional support and new resources for a more inclusive curriculum.
From this, we developed Our Migration Story with The Runnymede Trust and University of Cambridge, creating multiple award-winning web resources, lesson plans and classroom activities exploring the opportunities and challenges faced by Britain’s migrant communities.
Health Innovation Manchester
Health Innovation Manchester works to develop and deploy new solutions that improve the health and wellbeing of Greater Manchester’s 2.8 million citizens.
We work in partnership with other regional institutions, authorities and health experts to respond to healthcare challenges across Greater Manchester, and drive national and global innovation agendas in frontline care.
On Air Quality
We published a collection of essays and policy recommendations highlighting the impact of air quality on health.
Preventing cardiovascular disease through smart technologies
Our academics are part of a collaboration to improve cardiovascular care in Indonesia.
The team trained local health workers (kaders) on cardiovascular disease, risk factors and the technical use of an app called SMARThealth, benefiting 48,000 people.
Tackling groundwater arsenic and health inequalities in India
In northern India’s rural communities, increased exposure to high concentrations of arsenic and other chemicals found in groundwater has contributed to a rise in cancer and cardiovascular disease, adding to the public health inequalities and poor health outcomes of the region.
Our Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has shown the importance of rice as an exposure route for inorganic arsenic where microbes promote its release from materials such as sand and silt.
This research led to recommendations focusing on rice selection and preparation techniques, highlighting the dangers of groundwater irrigation.
Sustainable agriculture through electronic engineering
Our Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is examining how electronic engineering can improve food supply and sustainable energy production without increased pressures on our land.
E-Agri Manchester is using e-devices for reducing waste, increasing yields and making crops more resilient.
We also work on sustainable agriculture with the eight most research-intensive universities in the north of England through an N8 AgriFood programme.
Creating sustainable livelihoods through group farming
Our Global Development Institute has examined whether cultivating in groups – by voluntarily pooling land, labour, funds and skills and sharing costs and benefits – enables small farmers to create larger, more profitable enterprises in South Asia and beyond.
The research in Kerala, south India showed that carefully structured group farming created sustainable, food-secure livelihoods for vast numbers of poor women farmers.
Reproduction and austerity
Our academics are exploring the impact of austerity on reproduction.
The project uses a range of creative activities and interviews with women from areas in the north-east, where there are significant socio-economic barriers.
This project is providing new insights into contemporary austerity and how this may affect childbearing.
Inclusive growth in Greater Manchester
Our Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit was supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to analyse evidence about the scale of poverty and inequality in our city region.
It has recommended a range of policies on inclusive growth so that economic prosperity benefits all citizens across Greater Manchester and beyond.
African Cities Research Consortium
Researchers from our Global Development Institute are leading a £32 million African Cities Research Consortium.
The project is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as part of UK Aid.
It will work with international partners to generate new evidence to catalyse integrated, sustainable, inclusive approaches to urban development.
Promoting good agricultural land management in Malawi
Our Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is working with farmers in Malawi, some of the poorest in the world, to help share knowledge about plant and soil management through delivering free workshops and building a laboratory that will be the first of its kind in the country. Malawi is ranked within the five poorest nations of the world and one of the least developed. Its agricultural sector accounts for a third of its GDP and approximately 80% of its overall exports. Agriculture clearly holds great potential for enhancing the social and economic development of communities in Malawi
