Have You Noticed? A Journey Towards a Nature-Positive Campus
Blog by Jacob Spensley, Final Year Environmental Sustainability Project Student Biodiversity decline is occurring rapidly across the UK with findings from recent surveys (State of Nature Partnership) shining a light on the severe losses, including; 41% of species have...
Manchester 10/10 TED Talk: Black Students Are Driving the Conversations About Their Experience
Article by Ayoola Johnson, Access, Student Success & Development Coordinator.The central Student Success team has led several initiatives to support the success of Black students in the last couple of years. One of these initiatives is the Manchester 10/10...
Addressing Health Inequalities in our Local Communities with the help of Faculty Funding
Featured image credit: Rochdale Observer Male life expectancy from birth in Rochdale is 2.7 years lower than the national average, and healthy life expectancy is 4.2 years below the national average. How can it be fair that where you live impacts your amount and...
Celebrating 10 Years of the Making a Difference Awards
Celebrating 10 years of the Making a Difference awards where the inspiring social responsibility achievements of our staff, students, alumni and external partners are recognised. Our social responsibility activity spans everything from research, teaching, working with...
Bugs ‘n Drugs: An International Student Competition Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance
At the University, our students are driven by a shared passion for global change, inspiring innovative and creative endeavours to shape a better future, together. Our student recruitment teams actively collaborate with international partners to attract the best global...
Empowering Communities in Uganda: The Impact of the University’s Partnership with the Mildmay Institute of Health Sciences
With infectious disease being a leading cause of death in Uganda, as well as various other socio-economic adversities, the collaborative partnership between the University and the Mildmay Institute of Health Sciences (MIHS), has brought about a transformation in the...
From Quad to City: Discover Wildlife in the Greater Manchester City Nature Challenge 2024!
As outlined in the University’s Sustainable Future Strategy, we aim to make our campus a space for wildlife to flourish and diversify, whilst also increasing opportunities for our community to engage with nature. Interacting with nature has consistently shown to have...
Embrace Sustainability Action Month at FBMH
From 8th April to 9th May, the Faculty will mark Sustainability Action Month with a vibrant series of events dedicated to enhancing our understanding of the climate crisis and promoting sustainable practices. Find out below how you can get involved: Week One (8 – 14...
Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Forum March 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...
PPIE Award Winner 2023: Shaufa Shareef
In this blog series we will be featuring our award winners and highly commended recipients from the Faculty’s ‘Outstanding Contribution to PPIE’ awards. Showcasing the inspirational and outstanding commitment to PPIE that has made a positive difference to our...