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The University of Manchester has been awarded a Gold Watermark for the effectiveness of the ways in which it works to engage society with its activities in research, culture and teaching. ...

The University of Manchester’s employment centre, The Works, is set to move to a significantly larger building which will enable it to provide more training and opportunities to help local people in to work.   ...

On Monday (November 19) the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, supported by National Apprenticeship Service and The University of Manchester held a conference for employers and training providers to highlight the work carried out as part of the p...

Local initiatives ranging from a neighbourhood summer fête to bat box building for local children and a scheme tackling social isolation have benefitted from this year’s University of Manchester Community Construction Fund. ...

A physics lecturer has developed a new piece of computer software that can help identify students with potential stress, wellbeing or mental health related problems at University. ...

This November, for the first time in the UK, people working for universities and local authorities are getting the chance to take a course which will let them explore the complex relationships between ‘town and gown’. ...

The University of Manchester has been part of a bi-lingual project which has awarded prizes to the authors of short stories aimed at children under the age of 12 with the aim of sparking their interests in the world of science. ...

It’s been ranked among the country’s best schemes of its type with more than 200 University staff volunteering their skills to help schools, and now The University of Manchester’s flagship School Governors Initiative has won a high-profile award. ...

Staff, students, visitors and members of the local community have attended a celebratory health and wellbeing event marking the official opening of Brunswick Park at the heart of The University of Manchester’s campus. ...

Thousands of tributes left by the public to remember those killed or injured in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack will be preserved for the future, thanks to a grant made possible by National Lottery players, and with the involvement of Universit...

The University has signed up to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), becoming the first English Russell Group University to join the organisation. ...

Stretford and Urmston MP Kate Green visited the University of Manchester this weekend to celebrate the achievement of local pupils who have successfully completed The Scholars Programme – a prestigious national scheme which gives school pupils an opp...

The University of Manchester has contributed to a new report which examines how data involving applicants’ backgrounds and personal circumstances can be used to help them gain a place and realise their potential. ...

The University of Manchester hospitality and events team has scooped the Sustainable Business Award at the UK’s most prestigious hospitality and catering awards, the Cateys, organised by The Caterer. ...

Social responsibility was the highlight of the night at the recent CUBO Awards (Colleges & University Business Officers). The University of Manchester’s Directorate for the Student Experience successfully won three awards for projects that not only s...

Hundreds of children from primary schools across Greater Manchester came together for the Great Science Share 2018 ...

The University of Manchester is set to open its doors to local people once again, as its annual Community Festival takes place on Saturday 16 June. ...

The Greater Manchester Looked After Children’s Forum has been recognised for its work by winning a NEON Widening Access Partnership Award at the Palace of Westminster. ...

Manchester’s Give It Don’t Bin It campaign, initiated and led by teams from the city’s Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester, has won the Association of University Directors of Estates’ (AUDE) Reaching Higher award. This...

A new project launched in South Africa by The University of Manchester and the University of the Witwatersrand hopes to raise awareness of the vulnerability of deaf children in the country, as well as altering society’s attitudes towards them, by usi...

The University of Manchester has scooped a Champions of Champions award for inspiring thousands of staff and students to opt for more sustainable journeys to work. ...

Chancellor, Lemn Sissay, has written and performed a new poem to shine a light on the people at The University of Manchester and beyond who make a difference to others. ...

The University of Manchester is taking its greenhouse construction to the next level by building extensive state-of-the-art facilities for research purposes.  ...

A pioneering new scheme with English language learners from immigrant communities has had a significant impact on their understanding of infectious disease. ...

The University of Manchester has gone up from 41st to 16th in the UK and has been named as a top ten trans employer in the latest Stonewall Workplace Equality Index - an annual audit of workplace culture for lesbian, gay, bi and trans staff. ...

The University of Manchester’s Chancellor, Lemn Sissay, has attended a special event in Addis Ababa to officially extend a transformational student scholarship to Ethiopia. ...

Students have raised as much as £1.3 million in donations of unwanted items to the British Heart Foundation in the last six years, through the Manchester Partnership. ...

Led by The University of Manchester and delivered by the Growth Company, The Works helps support local people to find jobs, develop skills and access training and is now celebrating placing the 4,000th person into employment. ...

Law students at The University of Manchester are using their skills to help people convicted of crimes who maintain their innocence and continue to appeal. ...

Two projects on a massive scale designed to increase knowledge of sustainability issues among staff and students at The University of Manchester have won an award. ...