Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Forum November 2024 update
The Faculty’s Social Responsibility (SR) and Civic Engagement (CE) plan outlines our commitment to driving positive environmental and social change for our local and global communities through our world-leading teaching, learning and research. To support this, the...
The Faculty thanks long-serving museum volunteers
Thank you to Peter Mohr and Patience Julia (known to all as Julie) Mohr, who retire from their volunteering duties at the Museum of Medicine and Health. Peter and Julie’s contributions to Social Responsibility have continued for over 20 years, most recently winning...
Exhibition Highlights Stories of Trans Homelessness
As part of the celebrations of the LGBTQ+ history month, which this year was centred on medicine (#UnderTheScope), the Jean McFarlane Student Hub hosted an exhibition called “Illustrating significance in transitory times: object elicitation in trans homelessness”. The...
Public Involvement at the Doubleday Centre for Patient Experience
Public Involvement describes the ways in which higher education and research is carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ members of the public rather than ‘on’ or ‘for’ them. In this blog category, you will find out about the different ways in which the Faculty of Biology, Medicine...
Progress with the Environmental Sustainability agenda in FBMH: November 2024 update
Blog by Dr Maggy Fostier, FBMH Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability. Welcome to the 5th edition of the FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter. The University is progressing well with its ES agenda, and we are coordinating efforts across...
Insights into Air Travel Policy with Professor Holly Shiels
Air travel contributes approximately 4% to the rise in global temperatures and is projected to cause a 0.1 °C increase in global warming by 2050. With the consequences of the climate crisis intensifying across the world, it is crucial that institutions like...
The School of Health Sciences Promotes Environmental Sustainability at Welcome Week
Blog by Harriet Bickley, Research AssociateIn September, the School of Health Sciences Environmental Sustainability group held its fourth annual Welcome Week Stall. As per the University’s guidance on sustainable giveaways at events, we kept to our tried and tested...
Success for FBMH laboratory equipment rehoming initiative – LabGoods4Reuse
LEAF requires optimising the sharing and rehoming of resources. Earlier this year the FBMH Technical Operations team officially launched the Faculty’s LabGoods4Reuse (LG4R) scheme. This initiative was developed to improve sustainability within FBMH laboratories by...
Hear Me! Exhibition: An Insight into Lived Experiences of Hearing Loss
In the UK, 18 million adults are deaf or have hearing loss, many of whom face invisible challenges. Hear Me!, an exhibition at The University of Manchester, highlights the invisible impact of hearing loss, tinnitus, and dizziness by showcasing the lived experiences of...
MAHSE: Placing Patient Involvement at the Heart of Healthcare
Public Involvement describes the ways in which higher education and research is carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ members of the public rather than ‘on’ or ‘for’ them. In this blog category, you will find out about the different ways in which the Faculty of Biology, Medicine...