This year the University’s Making a Difference Awards for social responsibility received over 140 entries, highlighting the extraordinary commitment of our staff, students, alumni and external partners to creating positive change in our local communities and across...
Colleagues at the University of Manchester are being invited to find out more about our commitment to social responsibility and civic engagement. The University’s M2035 strategy places being values-led and socially responsible as a foundation of what we do,...
Join The University of Manchester and Digital Futures for April's Digital Environment Conference 2026 This conference redefines how data, AI, and digital infrastructure transform environmental insight, action, and governance. It will explore breakthrough developments...
Each year around 19,000 students graduate from the University of Manchester. Many of these students have made significant positive contributions to society during their studies; through activities such as volunteering, environmental stewardship, public engagement and...
Celebrating people who make an impact Staff, students, alumni, and external partners, are you making a difference to society or the environment, or do you know someone who is? If the answer is yes, then why not enter the University’s annual Making a Difference...
Every minute matters when diagnosing a heart attack. Delays in detecting elevated cardiac troponin levels can mean the difference between life and death. Imprinted Diagnostics, a University of Manchester spinout led by Professor Marloes Peeters and Dr Alexander...
On Monday, 10 November The University of Manchester's Alliance Manchester Business School, School of Environment, Education and Development, and The Productivity Institute are jointly hosting an event "Reimagining New Towns: Delivering growth and place-making for 21st...
From the question that launched AI to the breakthroughs of today Seventy-five years ago, at The University of Manchester, Alan Turing posed a question that would shape the modern world: “Can machines think?” In his 1950 paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence –...
The University's Office for Social Responsibility has recently relaunched its Directory of Activities microsite, a searchable online resource showcasing the wide range of work taking place across the University that contributes to the United Nations Sustainable...
In July, the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI), a partnership between global higher education and the United Nations, hosted the HESI Global Forum 2025 as part of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2025)....
