International Women’s Day 2025: ‘Going Slow to Accelerate: Making Space for Everyone in Science’
For this year's International Women's Day (IWD), the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) will host leading physicist and inclusion advocate Dr Claire Malone. The talk will explore how marginalised groups face systemic challenges in academia due to the rigid...
February 2025 update from the Michael Smith Quad Garden
Hidden in the heart of the Michael Smith Building, the Quad Garden is an urban oasis of biodiversity on campus. Home to various plant and animal species, the Quad is also a hub for community engagement and education. In this blog, Quad Manager Bred Beckett offers a...
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Forum January 2025 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...
Inclusive research is not only about recruitment
Blog written by Dr Binish Khatoon, Tree of Life research team member Hello! I’m Binish, a data science methodologist here at the University of Manchester, and this is my first time writing a blog. I’m excited to share some insights from the project about breast health...
Tree of Life: Meet the Research Team
Tree of Life is a new public engagement installation showcasing how creative arts can be used to communicate research. It will be held in the Manchester Museum's South Asia Gallery to coincide with World Cancer Day 2025. The installation has been co-created by...
Tree of Life: How exploring diversity can create unity
A new public engagement installation which showcases how creative arts can be used to communicate research, is set to launch within the Manchester Museum’s South Asia Gallery to coincide with World Cancer Day 2025.The installation has been co-created by academics...
Dentistry Students Go Global with International DiPS Project
A group of undergraduate students have taken the local Dentists in Primary Schools programme halfway across the world. Through International DiPS, students from the Manchester Pediatric Dentistry Student Society (MPDSS) have introduced healthy oral hygiene habits to...
Quad Team Gets Creative with Eco-Crafts Event
Last month, the Michael Smith Quad hosted their first Eco-Crafts Event in collaboration with the FBMH Social Responsibility team. With a focus on sustainable materials and foraged supplies, attendees created beautiful ornaments and crafts, just in time for the festive...
Creating a ‘culture shift’: Dr Isobel Taylor-Hearn’s impact on sustainability in FBMH
Effective sustainability initiatives require collective effort, but it often takes a committed individual to lead the way. Dr Isobel Taylor-Hearn has helped bring environmental sustainability to the forefront of lab work in FBMH through LEAF. LEAF (Laboratory...
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...