Goal 1: Learning and students
The University’s learning and student activities play a key role in our approach to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Here’s a wider showcase of our work addressing Goal 1.
Each year our University organises the Student Volunteering Week which aims to encourage students to take part in various volunteering opportunities in the local community. This year, students have taken part in ‘cleaning and greening’ the Fallowfield Brow area which has elevated the space for local wildlife and residents. The Students Union also hosts the ‘Get into Volunteering Fair’ where students are able to find advice about how to secure a suitable volunteer role both locally and abroad.
We recognise there are barriers for some of our students in accessing appropriate work experience.
We offer financial support for full-time undergraduates of all years to undertake career-enhancing work experience for those who otherwise couldn’t have afforded it.
With half a billion people worldwide having poor water supplies and two billion with poor sanitation facilities, our two free MOOCs open up access for citizens and leaders around the world to explore what can be done to solve this complex global issue.