Articles tagged with 'social-responsibility' | University of Manchester

The five higher education institutions of Greater Manchester have launched a flagship agreement with mayor Andy Burnham to work together to drive social and economic change in the city region. ...

Global grasslands are a source of biodiversity and provide a host of benefits to humans, including food production, water supply, and carbon storage. But their future looks bleak without action to halt their degradation and promote their restoration,...

Nine researchers from the University will attend the Blue Zone at COP26, the UN Climate Change summit, to observe the negotiations that will be fundamental to securing the future of our planet. ...

The University of Manchester’s annual Community Festival returns this weekend (Friday 18 – Sunday 20 June), with a series of exciting digital events set to take place. ...

Fourteen colleges and universities across Greater Manchester have come together with a joint commitment to addressing the skills and economic challenges facing the region. ...

A joint venture between graphene specialists at The University of Manchester and alumni-led construction firm Nationwide Engineering has developed a product that could revolutionise the building industry and its impact on the environment. ...

The University of Manchester has teamed up with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to fund a series of thought-provoking interactive theatre performances and workshops led by Manchester-based charity, Odd Arts, which engage with students to challenge an...

The University of Manchester has been named the world’s number one university in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings ...

The University of Manchester is delighted to announce that it has signed the Care Leaver Covenant.  ...

An independent commission involving two experts from The University of Manchester has set out a range of measures for tackling inequality and transforming public policy across Greater Manchester. ...

The event was held by the University of Manchester's History Department on Monday 23 November.It began with a touching and informative panel discussion between Dr Jamal Ratchford, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Race, Ethnici...

Announcing a significant step-change in our move towards sustainable forms of energy at the University. ...

A new Energy Innovation Agency (EIA) to be established between three Greater Manchester universities, local government and industry has been announced today with the aim of kick-starting a decade of clean energy innovation to meet the region’s 2038 c...

The UK’s first national pledge calling on senior leaders in NHS mental health trusts, public bodies and commissioning to reduce ethnic inequalities in mental health care launches today (Wednesday 5th August 2020)  ...

Manchester United and England footballer, Marcus Rashford, will receive an honorary doctorate from the University later this summer. ...

We released a statement expressing these feelings last week, but having had more time to reflect on the implications of these events for our University, I want to write to you again from a personal perspective ...

Staff, students and alumni from The University of Manchester have raised over £1 million (and rising) for the institution’s Coronavirus Emergency Hardship Fund for students. ...

The University is strongly committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and has zero tolerance to any forms of harassment and discrimination. ...

The University of Manchester has announced that it will end investments in fossil fuel reserve and extraction companies by 2022, and ‘decarbonise’ all investments by 2038. ...

Tens of thousands of young people, parents, teachers and carers are participating in a mass programme of scientific discovery and communication across the UK while access to schools is limited. ...

Our Chancellor Lemn Sissay has sent an invitation to our whole University community and beyond to our Making a Difference Awards for Social Responsibility 2020 ...

Olivia-Faye Dickinson – a third-year Materials Science and Engineering with Textile Technology MEng student – has returned to her summer job in Lichfield, working as a seamstress at alteration shop Tudor Sew. ...

The University of Manchester has again ranked as the top higher education institution in the country for its social and environmental impact across its full range of functions. ...

The University of Manchester is repurposing specialised equipment across its campus to help produce safety equipment for NHS workers battling COVID-19 in an attempt to help reduce the critical demand across the region. ...

The University of Manchester has become the first higher education institution in the UK to adopt the Social Value Portal. This will help the University maximise its ‘social value’ by helping to organise its spending practices and procurement proc...

Greater Manchester schools are set to trial clean air monitoring systems across Greater Manchester Schools to determine how varying levels of air quality affects school children. ...

A community project based at The University of Manchester has won the Equalities category of this year’s Spirit of Manchester Awards. ...

EXPERT COMMENT: We’re constantly encouraged to think of the next big climate summit, conference or protest as the most important one, the one that is about to make the all-important breakthrough. The UN’s Climate Action Summit on September 23 in New ...

More than 170 organisations and news outlets from around the world have now signed up for Covering Climate Now. ...

The universities and museums of sanctuary initiatives celebrate the good practice of institutions that welcome asylum seekers and refugees into their communities and promote a culture of inclusion. ...