
Banji Adewumi and Dawn Edge: the Race Equality Charter and our race equality journey
July marks the start of the 12-month countdown to our next Race Equality Charter submission as we stand firm in our commitment to progressing race equality and equity for all.

Simon Merrywest: Why we’re running our first harm reduction campaign
In partnership with the Students’ Union, we have moved from a zero-tolerance to a harm reduction approach to drugs and alcohol. We will be running our University’s first harm reduction campaign from the 30 May 2022.

Colette Fagan: REF2021 results countdown – what it is and why it’s so important
Research and discovery is a core part of our University’s mission and strategy.Like many, I am proud of the quality and reach of our research and the research environment which we provide to enable our researchers to thrive. The quality of our research and its impact...

Colette Fagan and Angus Hearmon: Investing in research support at our University
Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research, and Dr Angus Hearmon, Director of IT, discuss future investment into research support and the importance of researchers’ voice in this.

Danielle George: What’s next for Flexible Learning?
The past year has been a real whirlwind for us all. With your help we shifted our direction of travel for teaching and learning at The University of Manchester towards a future blended and flexible model with the ‘First steps to flexible learning’ paper. From there we...

Judy Williams: Every day is a learning day
With Advance HE recently celebrating more than 100,000 D2 Fellowships (and 155,000+ of all Fellowship categories), Professor Judy Williams, Associate Vice-President for Teaching, Learning and Students shares her reflections on the wide-ranging impact of the Fellowship programme she leads on staff and students.

Richard Smith: Don’t look up. Look inwards and outwards.
Don’t Look Up has become that rarest of things: a programme about climate change that’s got people talking and doesn’t feature Sir David Attenborough.

Adèle MacKinlay: from Human Resources to People and Organisational Development
Today (Monday, 1 November) marks a significant step as the Directorate of Human Resources changes its name to the Directorate of People and Organisational Development.

Colette Fagan and Nalin Thakkar: Getting ready for COP26
To tackle the greatest crisis of our lifetime – climate change – our University is undertaking agenda-setting work to help ensure a sustainable planet.

Patrick Hackett: Slowly emerging from upheaval – an opportunity to do things differently
I’ve been thinking about the potential opportunity to apply what we have learned through the pandemic to reshaping Professional Services as we move forward.