We’ll make it easy to learn and work on and off campus. Manchester Online will expand access to higher education and let us trial new models for learning and collaboration.
We’ll build digital skills for all, tackle digital poverty and use AI responsibly to ensure technology empowers rather than excludes.
“I can teach the way I always wanted to: in-person time for deeper work, hands-on experience for students, and clear support.”
Building on our history as the birthplace of modern computing, we’re creating digital environments where students and colleagues can do their best work and stay connected across campus and beyond.
Technology will enhance belonging, create flexible spaces for collaboration and widen access to a Manchester education worldwide. From smarter, simpler services to AI that frees up time for meaningful work and accelerates research breakthroughs, our approach will be ethical, people-led and sustainable.
We'll make our education available worldwide, helping people to feel part of Manchester wherever they are, and upholding our commitment to digital equity.
Join up our digital and physical campus through a new masterplan for sustainable, accessible spaces and systems.
Expand Manchester Online to connect learners locally and globally and test new learning models.
Make everyday tasks easier with connected, inclusive services that replace fragmented systems.
AI and automation will enhance, not replace, teaching, support and decision-making.
Take an ethical, transparent approach to how these tools are designed and used that considers environmental impact.
Harness intelligent tools to open new possibilities for research as well as learning.
Empower our community with the training and support to use digital tools confidently.
Embed digital skills into curricula and career development for every role.
Tackle digital poverty – ensuring everyone has the tools and connectivity they need.
Realising the ambitions of our strategy will define our next decade and beyond, but some of our ideas are already in motion. These initiatives are helping us to test, learn and refine how we deliver foundations and leaps.
Teaching beyond campus
Technology with impact
We’ll be known for discovery and challenge-led research – tackling society’s hardest problems and delivering impact fast. Connecting people, ideas and infrastructure, we’ll turn knowledge into action across health, climate, culture, advanced materials and AI.
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We'll become Europe’s most inclusive and impactful innovation ecosystem. At Manchester, innovation means more than technology: from student-led enterprises to civic collaborations, everyone will have the chance to contribute to progress that changes lives locally and globally.
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We’ll be the partner of choice for those who share our commitment to excellence and turning knowledge into impact for the public good. Our collaborations will reflect who we are – open, values-led and focused on making a difference.
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We’re creating a new kind of student experience – flexible, connected and personalised – blending digital innovation with in-person support and combining hands-on, partner-enabled learning with our local and global connections.
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