Blog by Dr Sabia Dayala, Community QPEP Lead, MBChB Programme. Banner Image: Sabia's own photo. Landscape view of Catbells, Lake District, England. For those of us who browse the British Medical Journal (BMJ), you will have spotted that issue 8406 on the 11th November...
Every year the faculty hosts its annual Irene Manton lecture, in partnership with the prestigious Linnean Society of London. The lecture celebrates the significant contributions made by women to the Natural Sciences and is named after British botanist Irene Manton...
With global consequences of the climate crisis reaching urgency, it is vital we all play our part in practicing sustainable living. That’s why Recycle Now, a national campaign in England and Northern Ireland, hosts an annual Recycle Week event, inspiring the public to...
Urban biodiversity is positively associated with human health and wellbeing, so it is extremely valuable for biodiverse green spaces to be incorporated into urban areas, including on our own University campus. This is the mission of the quad wildlife garden in...
In September 21, Ruth Grady and Maggy Fostier added the Environmental Sustainability Projects (ESPs) to our portfolio of final year research projects, to recruit students to help with our initiatives to become more sustainable. Students are prepared with a programme...
On the 29th September, students and staff from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health took part in EuroBioBlitz on campus, an annual wildlife recording event that takes place across the whole of Europe. EuroBioBlitz allows anyone to contribute to the study of...
Welcome to this second FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter. The 1st edition was posted in May 2023 and you can read it on our document centre. As you know, the call for climate action is urgent. Whilst the weather was dull in the UK this summer,...
Blog by Dr Sally Freeman, Reader, Pharmacy In Pharmacy, the teaching of Environmental Sustainability (ES) in year 1 includes a lecture on green chemistry which introduces the 12 principles important for the pharmaceutical industry when designing and manufacturing...
Blog by Doron Cohen and Paul Warren, Senior Lecturers, Division of Psychology & Mental Health. As we slip into autumn, we’re left reflecting on a summer that many of us would rather forget but none can afford to ignore. The June to August period of 2023 wasn't...
Manchester Museum and the Department of Public Health in FBMH in partnership with the Climate Psychology Alliance are hosting a series of Climate Cafés at the University to share our feelings about the climate crisis. Continue reading to find out more... What is a...
