Manchester Giving
Manchester is home to one of the only dedicated stillbirth research centres in the world, bringing tangible benefits to the region and beyond. “Nothing prepares you for that amazing moment when your baby’s born. Shoshana was beautiful, she was perfect; she was everything that we would have wanted. But she was dead.” Antonia and her Read More…
When a group of redundant workers had nowhere to turn, Manchester students took on their case at the donor-funded Legal Advice Centre. Limitations on affordable or free legal advice mean that access to justice is now a real problem for many ordinary people. So, when a Lancashire-based insurance business collapsed suddenly last summer, its employees Read More…
Manchester goes into 2018 buoyed by international recognition as a UNESCO City of Literature – a destination dedicated to pursuing excellence in the written word, sharing stories and engaging citizens in books, both locally and around the globe. From the gothic history of its John Rylands Library to the rich seam of best-selling authors and Read More…
Maasai tribe member Valentin Olyang’Iri has witnessed firsthand the devastation caused by droughts in his home country of Tanzania. Now, thanks to a donor-funded scholarship from The University of Manchester, he’s working to protect the habitat that he calls home. For centuries, the Maasai communities of East Africa have lived in harmony with the rich Read More…
What is it that makes us human? Is it our upright posture? Our opposable thumbs? Our sense of right and wrong? Or could it be our instinct to ask the simple question, ‘why’? For hundreds of years, humans have wondered what it is that separates us from animals, and in particular, mammals. After all, we’re made of Read More…
If you want to know what makes Manchester special, our iconic campus is the perfect place to start. Find out about 5 of our favourite buildings and the magic that goes on beyond the walls. To us, our buildings are so much more than bricks and mortar. Our buildings are where students and researchers uncover new ideas Read More…