Goal 4: 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 4.

Global University Social Responsibility MOOC

Our university has contributed to the Global University Social Responsibility Massive Online Open Course (MOOC), which allows users to learn about the general framework of university social responsibility as well as understand effective practices to design, plan, implement, and evaluate their own activities.

Author and broadcaster Jeffrey Boakye joins The University of Manchester

Jeffrey Boakye has been appointed Senior Teaching Fellow in Manchester Institute of Education (MIE). He is a high-profile author, broadcaster and journalist whose book, I Heard What You Said (2022), explores how racism in the classroom can be dismantled. Within MIE, Jeffrey hosts guest lectures and seminars, and takes on learning support roles that provide bespoke mentoring for individual students and trainee teachers.

Masters Student Awarded Prestigious British Neuroscience Association Scholarship

Our integrated master’s student, Haady Brendan Hajar, has recently been accepted to the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Scholars Programme for 2022. The BNA scholars programme strives to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion in neuroscience through supporting students from under-represented ethnic groups.