Social responsibility
Green Together: bringing science and sustainability to Manchester’s Central Library
Spring is a season marked by sustainability awareness, from Food Waste Action and Cultivation Street Week to Global Recycling Day and Earth Hour. Now, while these occasions are great for gaining momentum, climate change can often feel like a complex and overwhelming problem to tackle in silos! Doing so with the camaraderie that comes in […]
Reaching new heights: engineering students assist researchers in flying world’s largest quadcopter drone
You’d be forgiven for wondering what on earth a ‘Giant Foamboard Quadcopter’ is. Better yet, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s something out of a DC movie or Stan Lee comic strip. Superheroes and gadgets aside, picture this: it’s CASCADE Collaboration Workshop Week, and a group of 35 students and researchers from UK universities were […]
Turning football shirts into bags – to help the environment!
If you’ve got kids who support a football team, chances are they’ve owned a replica shirt at one time or another. In fact, let’s be honest, if you’re a football fan there’s probably an equal chance you’ve owned one yourself. Replica football shirts are big business; shirts account for the largest part of a football […]
Guest post: The Firs’ World War – medical botany from Fallowfield to the frontline
Manchester student Henry Lloyd-Hughes digs a little deeper into the Firs Environmental Research Station’s important – and surprising – contributions to WWI.
‘Going for it – with purpose’: A science journey from Nigeria to Manchester
To mark International Women’s Day (8 March) we hear from Dr Cecilia Medupin, who has been telling the Ignite podcast about her remarkable journey into science.
Keeping it fresh: Manchester children tackle clean air challenge
Manchester scientists have partnered up with 25 local primary schools for the Great Science Share Clean Air Challenge. Find out more.
International Women’s Day: The scientists and engineers who inspire us
We ask scientists and engineers across our Faculty about the women who have inspired them most – past, present and future.
LGBT+ History Month: Inclusivity in science and engineering
We mark February’s LGBT+ History Month by sharing the stories of members of the LGBT+ community here in the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Testing the water and turning the tide: Dr Laura Richards
Research impact and institutes
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we speak to Dr Laura Richards about her water-focused research and experience as a woman in science.
Manchester Festival of Climate Action: Tackling the biggest questions
Read all about the Manchester Festival of Climate Action, an absorbing four-day event in the run-up to COP26 that addressed the biggest climate questions.