We have won the ‘2030 Climate Action’ prize at the prestigious UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards in recognition of its “forward looking and innovative” work to decarbonise the University’s operations. The Green Gown Awards celebrate the innovative and transformative initiatives and projects in sustainability across the further and higher education sectors, and the University of Manchester claimed the top prize for work supporting its new Environmental Sustainability strategy. Further details of our award can be found here.  

ID Manchester is a £1.7bn innovation district being developed by The University of Manchester and Bruntwood SciTech. It will deliver over 2m sq ft of commercial, innovation and retail space, more than 1,500 new homes and nine acres of public realm, and create over 10,000 new jobs, training and apprenticeship opportunities for people across Greater Manchester.

Each year, we host the Making a Difference Awards to celebrate the incredible and inspiring work of our University community. The awards highlight the extensive range of social responsibility initiatives of our staff, students, alumni and external partners, and covers categories such as benefit to research; widening participation; environmental sustainability and equality, diversity and inclusion.