Social Responsibility News
This World Book Day, we are hosting a book drive to pass on children’s classics to students in need. (01 Mar 2023)
Quiz teaches pupils about how we can look after our brains and mental health (06 May 2020)
New sanitary provision scheme aims to help tackle period poverty (11 Dec 2019)
Researchers and academics from across the University developed their own personal, true story of science at an intensive story writing workshop. (26 Nov 2018)
The Autumn issue focuses on some of the high impact work delivered through the FBMH schools engagement strategy (28 Sep 2018)
Invest in Success scheme brings Story Collider to Manchester for academics (28 Sep 2018)
Schools receive recognition for ongoing commitment to the advancement of equality (14 Sep 2018)
The University's long history of medical research, teaching and breakthroughs is celebrated in new exhibition (20 Jul 2018)
Pharmacy, psychology, midwifery and plant biology were just a few examples of the Faculty stands that exhibited at University’s second annual Community Festival. (22 Jun 2018)
Dr Shadi Khudr, a visiting scientist to FBMH, has opened the Faculty’s first Green Impact event of 2018 with his talk 'Unleashing the co-creative green dragon' that outlined his ideas for making the Michael Smith quad a centre for community and ecology within the University. (13 Apr 2018)
Event encourages students to engage in patient centred care (23 Mar 2018)
The Faculty’s Social Responsibility Public Engagement forum meet. (12 Jan 2018)
The Centre for Engagement and Involvement hosts celebration event. (28 Jul 2017)
Members of the public are invited to download a free app to track their seasonal allergy symptoms and to help researchers understand more about why the frequency of allergies is increasing. (22 May 2017)
The Making a Difference Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of our staff, students, alumni and external partners; and over 200 guests enjoyed seeing winners and highly commended entrants receiving their awards from Lemn Sissay, the University’s Chancellor at the Whitworth Hall. (18 May 2017)
On 25th April FBMH and the Environmental Sustainability Team held an event in the Michael Smith Building Quad for staff and postgraduate students. (18 May 2017)
This month, Professor Amanda Bamford, in collaboration with Matt O’Donnell at Manchester Museum, led a group of 15 adults around campus to study the urban biodiversity on our doorstep and to identify species living within the University grounds. (11 May 2017)
Members of the Manchester Centre for Health Psychology (MCHP) have organised “Health psychology and Manchester” to introduce health psychology to attendees with a view to increasing understanding of health-related behaviour and helping people to live healthier lives in the context of Manchester. (09 May 2017)
Jo Hart and Lucie Byrne-Davis from the Division of Medical Education are leading a project to strengthen Health Partnerships in low and middle income countries using behavioural science. (09 May 2017)
Watch the Making a Difference Awards live online! (04 May 2017)
The University of Manchester is set to throw open its doors to the people of Manchester for its first Community Festival on Saturday 17 June. (04 May 2017)
Manchester Pharmacy School recently hosted 31 year 5 pupils from Woodheys Primary School for the final instalment of this years’ Pharmacy in Primary Schools (PIPS) programme. (26 Apr 2017)
This May, people across Manchester are encouraged to get involved with May Measurement Month, a worldwide screening initiative aimed at highlighting the need for increased blood pressure awareness. (26 Apr 2017)
In climbing ‘Everest’, CPC members completed a ‘Take the Stairs’ campaign (18 Apr 2017)
Members of the Dementia Clinical Research Group from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health visited Wythenshawe FM 97.2, a local radio station that also serves Wythenshawe hospital to talk about dementia and the research they are involved in. (18 Apr 2017)
After the Neurology Academy’s recent successful development of separate Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, and dementia streams, the Neurology Academy has now taken another step having launched its first International MasterClass. (18 Apr 2017)
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health are pleased to announce that Health Education England have recently agreed to fully fund a three year PhD studentship in peer-education entitled “Engaging Healthcare Students in Promoting Health in High School Communities”. (13 Apr 2017)
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health marked International Women’s Day this year with an afternoon of activities at an “Engendering Change” event on Wednesday 8 March. As a part of this, five UoM MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students were asked to bring Toils of Labour, an exhibition they had curated from objects in the collection of the Museum of Medicine and Health. (13 Apr 2017)
On Wednesday 29 March, 33 Year 12 pupils from Manchester and nearby boroughs visited The University of Manchester to attend the Animal Research Day. (06 Apr 2017)