PPIE Award Winner 2023: The Blueprint Project
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...
PPIE Award Winner 2023: Alexandra Sturrock
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...
Access for All; are digital museums better?
As part of the Faculty’s marking of the University’s bicentenary, the Museum of Medicine and Health (MMH) hosted an online event chaired by Dr Harriet Palfreyman, Academic lead for the MMH and lecturer in the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine...
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Forum January 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...
Progress with the Environmental Sustainability agenda in FBMH
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....
Do you want to make a little difference?
Blog by Ilayda Akbulut, PhD student who completed her BBRSC PIP internship as SBS sustainability volunteers coordinator in Autumn 23. Our volunteers and Environmental Sustainability Project students have carried out numerous campaigns on campus last semester. Here is...
A Look into the Rollout of Food Waste Collection Caddies Across Main Campus Kitchens
Blog by Simon Atkinson, UoM Waste Manager.The Directorate of Estates and Facilities has now rolled out food waste collection caddies to all staff kitchens on Main Campus – nearly 400 caddies in total.The University successfully trialled the collection of food waste in...
Student-led Sustainability Action at the FIRS Botanical Grounds
By Lottie Goodman, Secretary of the Botany Society, Undergraduate in Plant Science and Tegan Rickwood, Project Leader of MFP, Undergraduate in Biology with IE. FIRS Botanical Grounds is the hidden gem of The University of Manchester. Tucked into the corner of...
Something ‘Fir’ Everyone: The Firs Botanical Grounds and Environmental Research Station
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 urban oasis is home to vital environmental research, teaching,...
Join our iNaturalist campus project
In line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the University’s Sustainable Future strategy outlines our commitment to tackling the climate crisis. One of our key objective’s centres around ‘Valuing Nature’, associated with four of the SDGs. ...