Blog written by Georgia Taylor MSc Science Communication student. In this blog we interviewed Moira Lyons, public contributor at the University about her experience of being involved and engaged within the Faculty. Tell me about your current PPIE (Patient and Public...
Blog by Stuart Pepper and Maggy FostierIn the lab, the top two energy consumers are fume cupboards and ultra-low temperature freezers (ULTs). Based on a typical 4 bedroom house consuming 11.2 kWh/day in the UK, on average, fume cupboards use the equivalent of 2.5...
Blog by Maggy Fostier, Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability in FBMHA year ago, I attended the Royal Society conference on Sustainability in the research and innovation endeavour (report on their website). I had a wonderful day learning about progress to...
Blog by Jenny Herbert, Lecturer and Social Responsibility lead in the Division of Medical Education.Within the division of medical education (DoME) we decided this year for our divisional gathering to do something that had an environmental twist. Gathering and...
Blog by Harriet Bickley, Research Associate and Sally Freeman, Reader in Medicinal Chemistry. The School of Health Sciences Environmental Sustainability group and friends ran a series of fun part-wildlife, part-science stalls about trees at three events in June: the...
Blog by Giorgia Ravera (Sustainability Coordinator at University of Manchester Students’ Union) and Maggy Fostier In 2020, the sector of information and communication technologies (ICT) was responsible for between 1.8% and 2.8% of global GHG emissions (more than...
Blog by Rachel Grunnill, Botanical Garden Project Development Officer. In the heart of the University’s Fallowfield campus sits the Firs Botanical Grounds and Environmental Research Station. This site is home to vital environmental research, teaching, wellbeing...
Blog by Alexandra Prodan, Research Project OfficerOn Tuesday, 7th May the Faculty hosted an Active Travel Breakfast event to encourage staff from FBMH and across the University to use active travel to get to campus (be it through walking, wheeling, cycling or...
Blog by Dr David SigeeFollowing an introductory article on the collection of Victorian microscopic slides in the Museum of Medicine and Health, Dr David Sigee shares more on the Gibson slide collection. A new full report details, tray by tray, the rich variety and...
In this blog series, Dr Maggy Fostier, FBMH Associate Dean for Environmental Sustainability, will provide a run down on all the latest Environmental Sustainability news in FBMH.Welcome to the third edition of the FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter....
