Proud to be 1st in the world for impact towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals 🙌✨🌎 As well as first overall, we are also: 🌟 #1 Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure 🏙️ #1 Sustainable Cities & Communities 🌇 #1 Responsible Consumption and Production 🌊 #1 Life Below Water 🌱 #1 Life on Land

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🙌 We’ve been ranked first in the world in the Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings. @timeshighered.bsky.social

Join Musician Godfrey Pambalipe from Afrocats for a fun and interactive drumming session and experience the exciting rhythms of the Djembe 🪘 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building (GA.056) 📅 13 June 🕥 4:00–4:40 PM

Drumming with Afrocats - Universally Manchester Festival

Take part in a fun and interactive drumming session with Afrocats musician Godfrey Pambalipe. Everyone is...

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Join winners of our Schools Poetry Competition perform their work at a prize giving ceremony 🌟 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building (GA.056) 📅 13 June 🕥 3PM universallymanchester.com/event/school... @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

Schools Poetry Competition – Globally Curious: Voices from the Earth - Universally Manchester Festival

Join us to enjoy some fantastic verse, read by a bright young generation of new writers....

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Asteroids are ancient time capsules that hold clues to how the solar system first formed! Join Dr Sarah Crowther to uncover more about the asteroid Bennu’s 4.5-billion-year story. 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building (GA.056) 📅 13 June 🕥 2PM

Chasing Asteroids - Universally Manchester Festival

Asteroids are time capsules from the very beginning of our Solar System. They can help us...

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What makes a frog a frog and why do they matter? Join Bethany Dean and Finn Baverstock from Manchester Museum for a talk on the importance of frogs 🐸 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building (GA.056) 📅 13 June 🕥 1PM

Jumping into Action: How can we save the world’s frogs? - Universally Manchester Festival

Frogs may be small, but they play an important role in the world around us. They...

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Join Dr Doron Cohen and Dr Stacey McKnight explore why we are so bad at spotting lies and psychology behind ‘The Traitors’! 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building (GA.056) 📅 13 June 🕥 12PM universallymanchester.com/event/can-yo... @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

Can You Spot a Liar? The Psychology of Deception and ‘The Traitors’ - Universally Manchester Festival

Join social psychologists Dr Doron Cohen and Dr Stacey McKnight for an interactive deep dive into...

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We’re at the Universally Manchester Festival today with colonies to count, bacteria to infect with phage & your very own microbes to create! 🧫 @socialresponuom.bsky.social

Join Dr Ryan Devlin to learn about the air we breathe and how we can use light to make the world around us more visible 💡🫁 📍 Nancy Rothwell Building (GA.056) 📅 13 June 🕥 11 AM universallymanchester.com/event/making... @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

Light, Lungs and Air: Making the Invisible, Visible - Universally Manchester Festival

The world is not all that meets the eye. Plenty of the world, even the air...

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Are you joining us for the Universally Manchester Festival? Why not come along for Bee Curious! We have a programme of inspiring, thought-provoking talks and interactive performances for all ages 🧠🐝 Check out what’s on and when here:

Bee Curious at the Universally Manchester Festival - Universally Manchester Festival

Join us on the ground floor lecture theatre in the Nancy Rothwell Building, for the Bee...

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🤖🩺 Discover how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming cancer research and treatment. Find out more and explore the latest innovations at the Universally Manchester Festival www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus 📅 13 June 🕒 11am @cruk-mi.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

🌋 Ever wondered what’s really happening deep beneath the Earth when a volcano erupts? Join us at the Universally Manchester Festival! www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus 📅 13 June 🕒 11am – 4:30pm @uomscieng.bsky.social @uom-ees.bsky.social @jackbronzietgeo.bsky.social

🍌 Think you know what's low carbon and what's not? Come and play 'How Bad Are Bananas?' and see if you can guess the carbon footprint of everyday items. 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @manchester.ac.uk 📅 Saturday 13 June 🕒 11am – 4:30pm #universallymanchesterfestival #universityofmanchester

⏳ Just 4 days to go until the Universally Manchester Festival on Saturday 13 June 🎉 Take a look at where everything is happening this year and start planning your visit. 📍 Download the festival map from our website: www.universallymanchester.com, or pick up a printed copy at the festival.

It’s gooey, gross and fascinating… but what does mucus actually do, and how does it help keep us healthy? 👃🦠 Come and be curious at Universally Manchester Festival ✨ www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @manchester.ac.uk 📅 Saturday 13 June @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

Ever wondered what might be living on your skin? Come and find out whether you carry antibiotic-resistant microbes on you! 🦠 Discover more at the Universally Manchester Festival ✨ www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @manchester.ac.uk 📅 Saturday 13 June @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

How did the fight for women’s education transform the University of Manchester? Take a walking tour through campus and discover more at the Universally Manchester Festival ✨ www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road, @manchester.ac.uk 📅 Saturday 13 June 🕒 11am @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

✨ How do we create images using the power of light? ✨ Experiment with light to create images, discover how we use light in the lab, and come and be curious at the Universally Manchester Festival! www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @manchester.ac.uk 📅 Saturday 13 June

This event is open to students, university colleagues, community members, and allies for a conversation that moves beyond symbolic ‘awareness’ towards questions of justice, resistance, belonging, and solidarity. Find out more here: www.socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk/all-news/eve...

Event: Beyond Visibility: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Lives, Resistance and Futures < Social Responsibility

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Join us at this fantastic event!

Do you have old or unwanted textbooks you no longer use? 📚 You can donate them at Main Library so that we can make them available for other students through our Textbook Rescue programme! 🙌 Just ask at the Main Library desk 😄

What happens when a plant meets sunlight for the very first time and how does it survive 🌱☀ Discover more at the Universally Manchester Festival www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @manchester.ac.uk 📅 Saturday 13 June 🕒 11am – 4:30pm #universallymanchesterfestival

Curious about the hidden imprints of the Ice Ages and what they reveal about the world today? Want to dig deeper? Join us at the Universally Manchester Festival www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @officialuom.bsky.social 🗓️ 13 June 🕒 11am – 4:30pm @abistone.bsky.social

Vice Chancellor @duncanivison.bsky.social invites you to the Universally Manchester Festival 🌍 Join us to explore what it means to build a greener, healthier and fairer world. 📍 @officialuom, Oxford Road campus 🗓️ Saturday 13 June ⏰ 11am – 4:30pm Find out more at universallymanchester.com

A new report from @cep-lse.bsky.social highlights how Greater Manchester’s universities are boosting skills, productivity and inclusive growth across the region. Read full report here: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa... Find out more here:

New Productivity & Skills Report Highlights GM Universities' Civic Role < Social Responsibility

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Great stuff! 🥳🏆 On 6th May, we hosted our annual Making a Difference Awards ceremony to recognise and celebrate the inspiring social responsibility achievements of colleagues, students, alumni and external partners. @socialresponuom.bsky.social

Shared practice, shared impact 🎵💜 Music in Mind is a long-running collaboration between The University of Manchester and Manchester Camerata, working closely with people living with dementia and their carers across Greater Manchester. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfnm...

Moments that matter in dementia care

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We have launched a Hydrogen Research Corridor with @manmetuni.bsky.social, uniting world leading expertise across Manchester to accelerate clean energy innovation and support a sustainable future. @uomscieng.bsky.social Find out more: www.socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk/all-news/uni...

University launches Hydrogen Research Corridor < Social Responsibility

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If you would like to know more about all our social responsibility work, sign-up to our social responsibility newsletter: www.socialresponsibility.manchester.ac.uk/about/newsle...

Remember, the whole Awards event will be available on our YouTube channel tomorrow! www.youtube.com/live/XnW0NxO...

Making a Difference Awards 2026

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@julianskyrme.bsky.social would like to thank everyone involved in tonight’s event, including the team from Media Services, Hospitality and colleagues from @socialresponuom.bsky.social

And that’s a wrap! What a very impressive bunch of people. A huge congratulations to everyone @manchester.ac.uk @uomscieng.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social. We are very proud and humbled by the amazing work you are doing!