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THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
2021/22 REPORT
CONTENTS
KEY FACTS
INTRODUCTION
Zero carbon campus
commitment by
2038
1 st
4
We produce
% The United Nations 17 Sustainable
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Accredited Development Goals (SDGs) are our world’s GOAL 1: NO POVERTY 2
UK university to of the UK’s ✔ employer call to action on the most pressing challenges GOAL 2: ZERO HUNGER 4
place social research across for Living Wage, and opportunities facing humanity and the
responsibility as the 17 SDGs Race, Gender and natural world. GOAL 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 6
a core goal LGBTQ+ equality We acknowledge the profound obligation on universities GOAL 4: QUALITY EDUCATION 8
like Manchester to play a full role in creating and sharing
5,625
knowledge to address the challenges set out in Transforming GOAL 5: GENDER EQUALITY 10
our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
study units 1 million+ As one of the world’s leading research institutions and the
UK’s first university to have social responsibility as a core
GOAL 6: CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION 12
delivered linked public visitors to our GOAL 7: AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY 14
to the SDGs goal, we’re tackling the SDGs in four inter-related ways:
cultural institutions
through our research, our learning and students, our public
engagement activity and our operations. GOAL 8: DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 16
Impact on sustainable development involves complex GOAL 9: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 18
methodological challenges and limitations. We are proud
to be ranked first from more than 1,200 universities across GOAL 10: REDUCED INEQUALITIES 20
98 different countries in the 2021 Times Higher Education
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION Impact tables, based on SDG performance. We’ve GOAL 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES 22
IMPACT RANKINGS
also been the UK’s top performing university for three
consecutive years in 2019, 2020 and 2021 on this measure. GOAL 12: RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION 24
Sustainable development is, though, a shared endeavour GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION 26
WO R L D RA N K I N GS U K RA N K I N GS – for public, private and third sector organisations and
1
citizens – locally, nationally and internationally. We’ve GOAL 14: LIFE BELOW WATER 28
championed sustainable development through actions in
1 8 3
2021 2020 2019 2019, 2020, 2021 the Our Future strategic plan, through regional, national and
global partnerships and our commitment to transparent
GOAL 15: LIFE ON LAND 30
st th rd reporting in publications like this.
st
GOAL 16: PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS 32
This report is aimed at a wide range of local, national and
international audiences across the public, private, NGO, GOAL 17: PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS 34
policy and education sectors. We hope it stimulates
METHODOLOGY 36
further ideas, actions and collaboration opportunities and
partnerships so that, together, we can play a full role in
TOTA L TOTA L TOTAL tackling the world’s SDGs by 2030.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING OUTPUTS 37
EN TRANTS ENTRANTS E NT RANTS
1,240 768 450 Dr Julian Skyrme
Director of Social Responsibility
SDG DATA SETS 38
CO U N T R IE S CO U N T RI E S CO U N T R I E S
98 85 76
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS 40
Professor Nalin Thakkar
Vice-President for Social Responsibility WHAT NEXT? 41
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OPERATIONS
End poverty in all its
forms everywhere
The Works
We’ve supported more than 4,000 local
people into work through our unique
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT partnership with the Manchester Growth
Company on the initiative, The Works.
Student action Student financial support
Our student community work on a range
A significant proportion of our students are
of projects to tackle extreme poverty
RESEARCH and inequality. Love for the Streets was
Units on SDG 1
from families that fall below the national
poverty line. We offer a range of support to
109
established by two Manchester students
4,830 direct ensure that financial issues don’t present
to use youth events, content and social (2.1% of all engagements)
African Cities Inclusive growth in media marketing to tackle homelessness
an obstacle for learners, including:
3,436 indirect
Research Consortium Greater Manchester in partnership with local charities. Once a (1.5%) • The Manchester Bursary
Researchers from our Global Our Inclusive Growth Analysis Unit Month fights period poverty through public 79 direct
Development Institute are leading a was supported by the Joseph Rowntree campaigns and providing sanitary products
LEARNING (2.35% of all courses) • The Manchester Master’s Bursary
30 indirect
£32 million African Cities Research Foundation to analyse evidence about to vulnerable women across Manchester. AND STUDENTS (0.9%)
• The Undergraduate Access Scholarship
Consortium funded by the UK’s Foreign, the scale of poverty and inequality in our • The Living Cost Support Fund
Commonwealth and Development city region. It has recommended a range • The ‘Helpmegetonline’ scheme
Office as part of UK Aid. It will work of policies on inclusive growth so that
Study programmes Students volunteer their time assisting
several schemes to alleviate poverty
with international partners to generate economic prosperity benefits all citizens Our Global Development Institute
and aid community development. Manchester’s
new evidence to catalyse integrated, across Greater Manchester and beyond. is the UK’s largest university-based
sustainable, inclusive approaches to postgraduate centre specialising in Homeless Healthcare Society
Homelessness Charter
was signed by the University
urban development. international development. More than The Homeless Healthcare Society and Students’ Union
5,000 students have completed helps improve the healthcare of
master’s programmes in international
development since 2012.
Manchester’s homeless population
by raising awareness of the medical
inequalities and stigmas faced by
£15m
is invested
£1m
was raised by staff,
5.34%
of all UK
Team Rwanda
Team Rwanda is a partnership between
homeless patients when accessing
healthcare. The aim is to ultimately
each year in
support for
students and alumni
for our student
publications The University of Manchester, the improve the care provided by students from Coronavirus
Reproduction and austerity University of Rwanda and Azizi Life. tomorrow’s healthcare professionals. disadvantaged Emergency
47.4%
97 5th rank among Our academics are exploring the impact backgrounds Hardship Fund
UK universities of austerity on reproduction. Using a
2,910
internationally
6,126 5,000
co-authored range of creative activities and interviews
publications
160 16.5%
internationally
with women from areas in the north-
east, where there are significant socio-
offers were made for
42
citation impact economic barriers, this project is providing students received university students completed master’s programmes undergraduate study using
co-authored with
14 policies citing lower/lower-middle
new insights into contemporary austerity financial support in international development since 2012 contextual data of disadvantage
news source references UoM publications income countries and how this may affect childbearing.
Figures from 2015-2020.
2 CONTENTS 3
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End hunger, achieve food security OPERATIONS
and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture Kindling Trust
We support the Kindling Trust, a local
organisation aiming to combat climate
change, biodiversity loss, and economic
inequity, by challenging and subverting
the industrial food system. We buy
RESEARCH 1,159 direct Units on SDG 2 vegetables through Kindling’s operatives
36
(0.50% of all engagements) and have taken shares in Kindling Farm –
464 indirect a new blueprint for fair, organic and
Creating sustainable livelihoods Sustainable agriculture (0.20%)
through group farming through electronic engineering PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LEARNING ecological farming.
Our Global Development Institute has Our Department of Electrical and AND STUDENTS 27 direct
(0.80% of all courses)
Community fridge
examined whether cultivating in groups – Electronic Engineering is examining 9 indirect Our student-run, campus zero
by voluntarily pooling land, labour, funds how electronic engineering can (0.27%) waste shop, Want Not Waste, holds a
and skills and sharing costs and benefits improve food supply and sustainable
Study programmes community fridge. This contains food
– enables small farmers to create larger, energy production, without increased Our BA Geography students undertake from unsold meals offered by local
more profitable enterprises in South Asia pressures on our land. E-Agri a Food and Farming unit covering hunger, businesses and surplus raw ingredients
and beyond. The research in Kerala, south Manchester is using e-devices for ethical consumerism, environmental provided by our catering outlets. Stocking
India showed that carefully structured reducing waste, increasing yields and sustainability, animal rights and social these items combats local food waste
group farming created sustainable, food- making crops more resilient. We also equity. Bioscience undergraduates take while helping to tackle food insecurity
secure livelihoods for vast numbers of work on sustainable agriculture with a Plants for the Future unit exploring within our own University community.
poor women farmers. the eight most research-intensive how plant biology can address social
232
universities in the north of England and environmental challenges. Through
through an N8 AgriFood programme. a Green Biotechnology unit, students
engage with the latest developments
in sustainable food production, energy
tonnes
Take a Bite out of generation and pharmaceutical production.
Climate Change
2.38% Manchester Central Foodbank
6,335
Our Take a Bite out of Climate Change of food waste was sent for
of all UK partnership aims to share the scientific Since its inception in 2013, the UK’s anaerobic digestion rather
publications consensus about how food and first student-led and campus-based than disposal
meals provided for homeless foodbank – Manchester Central
57.1%
agriculture contribute to climate change.
182 16th rank among It funds easily accessible information and people and those in food poverty Foodbank – has helped thousands of
UK universities fun activities for communities such as over a two year period through our locals with food insecurity. This included
internationally
co-authored Climate Food Flashcards, Farming for the Students’ Union bar pay-it-forward developing an online store and delivery
publications
14.3%
partnership with Foodinate. system for vulnerable and isolated
188
Future workshops and the free e-book
Food and Climate Change – Without the people, and providing 70,000 meals
320
internationally students graduated during the pandemic in 2020.
295
citation impact Hot Air.
co-authored with in agriculture and
news source references 70 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
aqua-culture courses
Figures from 2015-2020.
4 CONTENTS 5
3 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS 3
Protecting Kenyan communities Health Innovation Manchester
against COVID-19
Ensure healthy lives and promote Our School of Environment, Education
and Development and Faculty of Biology,
well-being for all at all ages Medicine and Health worked with
partners in Kenya to undertake initial
surveys and set up a campaign to engage
Units on SDG 3
820
more than 200,000 people to change
behaviour and improve knowledge
RESEARCH surrounding coronavirus and the use of
face masks.
505 direct Health Innovation Manchester works
Tackling groundwater arsenic Preventing cardiovascular Community mapping (15.01% of all courses)
to develop and deploy new solutions
and health inequalities in India disease through smart 315 indirect
(9.36%) that improve the health and wellbeing of
In northern India’s rural communities, technologies Greater Manchester’s 2.8m citizens. We
increased exposure to high Our academics are part of a LEARNING 22,450 direct
work in partnership with other regional
institutions, authorities and health experts
concentrations of arsenic and other
chemicals found in groundwater has
collaboration to improve cardiovascular AND STUDENTS (9.68% of all engagements)
to respond to healthcare challenges
care in Indonesia. The team trained 29,823 indirect
contributed to a rise in cancer and (12.86%) across Greater Manchester and drive
local health workers (kaders) on
cardiovascular disease, adding to the cardiovascular disease, risk factors Study programmes national and global innovation agendas in
public health inequalities and poor health frontline care.
and the technical use of an app called We have the UK’s largest medical
outcomes of the region. Our Department SMARThealth, benefiting 48,000 school and are the biggest provider Humanising Healthcare
of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sports participation
people. of graduate healthcare professionals Our Humanising Healthcare
has shown the importance of rice as Our Sporticipate programme serves to
to the NHS in England’s north-west. initiative embeds community service
an exposure route for inorganic arsenic On Air Quality Our School of Environment, Education We also offer pioneering professional and engagement within dentistry,
provide free and low-cost entry-level
where microbes promote its release and Development regularly conduct sport sessions for the University and wider
We published a collection of essays and programmes in areas including global pharmacy and optometry programmes.
from materials such as sand and silt. #Huckathon sessions to engage community. Sports staff also facilitate
policy recommendations highlighting health, humanitarianism and international It supports students to deliver
This research led to recommendations hundreds of volunteers to remotely map volunteering by colleagues and students
the impact of air quality on health. healthcare leadership. essential healthcare and education to
focusing on rice selection and preparation hidden villages, roads and dwellings to for the good of local organisations.
communities as part of the curriculum
techniques, highlighting the dangers of target health interventions. Action on antibiotics and encourages global volunteering and
groundwater irrigation.
Green spaces, health and
the development of civic values and
Major limb loss skills in the future health workforce.
wellbeing
Our academics are working to mitigate Our Natural and Cultural Health Service
the cultural, organisational and technical is a programme of outdoor activities
4.40%
of all UK
challenges faced by patients suffering
from major limb loss in post-conflict 3,787 600 run by the Whitworth to promote good
physical and mental wellbeing.
publications settings in East Africa. students doctors
graduated in graduate Staff, students and the public are also
54.1%
encouraged to use our FIRS botanical
15,600
Educating diverse communities
6th
healthcare-related every year
rank among gardens to bring gardening, wellbeing and
about parasitic infections disciplines
UK universities
internationally
Our Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health botany to more people.
250
co-authored Our researchers studying parasites have has successfully established a programme
publications
204 4.5% engaged diverse communities in the UK Action on Antibiotic Drug Resistance:
400
50+
and Madagascar to share research findings One Student. One Campus. One World. pharmacists health partnerships
internationally and develop resources and toolkits to raise We’re now working to create a wider nurses graduate graduate developed in the
29,491 1,506
citation impact global south in support
co-authored with awareness, understanding and dialogue student-led network with other universities every year every year
policies citing lower/lower-middle of the UN SDGs
news source references UoM publications income countries about parasitic worm infection. in the north-west and across Africa.
Figures from 2015-2020.
6 CONTENTS 7
4 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality IntoUniversity Manchester North ProjectInc
education and promote lifelong learning Our Manchester Museum hosts and
partners with ProjectInc, a Specialist
opportunities for all College for Creative Education, in order
Units on SDG 4 to make our cultural institutions more
LEARNING
11,397 direct
(4.91% of all engagements)
4,733 indirect
(2.04%)
204 inclusive, engaging and creative for
neurodiverse young people.
Library and open access
RESEARCH AND STUDENTS 156 direct
(4.64% of all courses)
48 indirect
(1.43%)
Diversifying the school #BeeWell: Greater Inclusive, sustainable and
We partner with the IntoUniversity equitable education
history curriculum Manchester wellbeing Manchester North educational charity
The collaborative History Lessons Experts from our Manchester Institute of to support and engage some of the Alongside our conventional course units,
research project found that young people Education are working with the Greater most disadvantaged young people in we offer a range of interdisciplinary units
were keen to learn more inclusive histories Manchester Combined Authority and all Manchester. IntoUniversity helps young open to all students that ensure inclusive,
but teachers needed additional support of the city-region’s secondary schools people to attain a university place or sustainable and equitable education.
and new resources for a more inclusive on a pioneering #BeeWell project. The another chosen aspiration. 71% of its These include Creating a Sustainable
curriculum. We developed Our Migration first of its kind in the UK, this project students progress to university compared World: 21st Century Challenges and the
Sustainable Development Goals and Our University Library is one of only five
Story with The Runnymede Trust and will survey and create a dynamic online with 43% of students from similar National Research Libraries in the UK. It
University of Cambridge, creating multiple data dashboard on wellbeing, enabling backgrounds nationally. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Your Educating the region’s school
Role in Shaping a Fairer World. offers reference facilities to north-west
award-winning web resources, lesson teachers and leaders to use it as part of children during lockdown to sixth-form and mature students and their
plans and classroom activities exploring a continuous cycle of improvement. This Great Science Share for Schools
Massive Online Open minimise disadvantage teachers to help with A-level, vocational
the opportunities and the challenges will provide evidence to inform local and Our Science and Engineering Education and access course work.
faced by Britain’s migrant communities. national governmental policy for young Research and Innovation Hub undertakes Courses (MOOCs) and During the pandemic and ensuing
people’s wellbeing. a range of public engagement campaigns professional programmes lockdowns of 2020, our partnership with School Governor Initiative
such as the Great Science Share for the Tutor Trust charity provided online
We offer expert-led, free MOOCs and Our multi award-winning School Governor
Schools and the Greater Manchester sessions to ensure disadvantaged
paid continued professional development Initiative supports the leadership and
Engineering Challenge, enhance the students didn’t suffer the risk of falling
courses in a wide range of subject areas. development of local state schools and
University’s work in broadening the behind in their education without
These include: civil engineering, business
3.13% regular teaching in the classroom. colleges by encouraging our staff and
pipeline of young people with an interest and management, healthcare ethics alumni to become school governors.
in STEM subjects. Students from The University of
of all UK and law, including a free Prometheus
Manchester make up more than half of
publications programme to support executive-level
38.7%
Imagine Me Stories learning and development for UK third-
those who work as Tutor Trust tutors in
1,300
93 7th Our Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Manchester.
rank among sector professionals.
staff and alumni volunteer as
UK universities
internationally
Health partner with Manchester
school governors, benefiting
400,000+
Metropolitan University and Keele
1,627 650 736
co-authored
publications
210 1.1%
internationally
University on Imagine Me Stories, a school
library diversity initiative, designed to
tackle under-representation in UK school
new students were teachers are of our graduate teachers pupils each year
17
citation impact
co-authored with
the first-generation trained by the are currently working
libraries by curating diverse resources
5 policies citing lower/lower-middle in their families to go University in local primary and
news source references UoM publications income countries and promoting better representation in into higher education each year secondary schools
literature for all students.
Figures from 2015-2020.
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OPERATIONS
Gender equality
We recognise and value unpaid care
and domestic work, which can often
fall disproportionately on women.
Achieve gender equality and We therefore strive to provide a
range of policies and schemes that
5 empower all women and girls promote shared caring and domestic 5
responsibilities. These include our
Parental Leave policies, provision of our
two subsidised campus nurseries, and our
RESEARCH new policy to trial hybrid working, which
will support greater inclusion and flexibility
from the implementation of gender- PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LEARNING for our staff.
equitable strategies. More than one AND STUDENTS Gender pay gap
million workers have been indirectly Women in STEM Our Gender Pay Gap report measures
advantaged through opportunities
We have a range of initiatives that Study programmes differences between the average
for women to advance to leadership empower women and girls to enter (mean and median) earnings of men
positions and new strategies from Gender equality is embedded across
predominantly male fields such as and women who work at our University.
companies that have the potential our whole curriculum and a wide range
science, technology, engineering, and The median gender pay gap (GPG) is
to reach 33 million workers in 180 of our degrees offer modules on gender
mathematics (STEM). 11.8% while the mean is 17.2%, which
countries. and sexuality. For example, Religion and
is caused by the under-representation
Our academics have set up ScienceGrrl– a Theology students assess the impact
Students’ and women’s rights of women in senior roles. We therefore
On Gender grassroots network to address the under- of changing gender roles on religious
Gender equality in aim to increase the number of women
We produced On Gender to identify what representation of women in science and traditions while master’s students in Our students started a Misogyny who are senior lecturers, readers and
global value chains we know – and what we need to know – engineering. A Women in Environmental Gender, Sexuality and Culture bring Is Hate campaign leading to the professors (currently 32%) until they are
Our research into agriculture and apparel about gender inequality in tackling the Science group has been established to together scholars from many different government directing police to record representative of the pool of women at
sectors in Africa, Asia and Latin America, big policy agendas devolved to Greater create space for environmental discussion fields to explore feminist and queer crimes motivated by a person’s sex or lecturer level (currently 47%).
and collaboration with three large UK Manchester and other areas with among women from diverse backgrounds. theory, sexual identities gender for the first time. Our Students’
retailers, has led to more than 390,000 devolution deals. These areas include: We also host Girls Night Out – a twice- and gender history. Union also runs Reclaim the Night Gender equality policies
workers in value chains in low- and middle- ageing, labour markets, education, yearly event at our Jodrell Bank Discovery resulting in around 2,000 women Our Equality and Diversity policy prevents
income countries directly benefiting parenting and sexual violence. Centre to celebrate and encourage marching the streets each year to raise discrimination based on gender and/or
females to pursue careers in STEM. awareness of sexual harassment and sex. Our Dignity at Work and Study policy
gender-based violence. covers harassment and discrimination
#LetsTalkLynch campaign
5,228 direct Girl Guides Rwanda against women. Our Report and
We partnered with gynaecological cancer (2.25% of all engagements)
3.04%
Support system addresses alleged
charity The Eve Appeal to raise awareness 2,432 indirect remote volunteering cases of bullying, sexual harassment and
(1.05%) Units on SDG 5
135
of all UK of our research into Lynch syndrome We work in collaboration with discrimination.
publications and what it means for cancer screening Association des Guides du
57%
practices. We created a series of short Rwanda (AGR) to provide volunteer
34.0%
191 6th 15
rank among videos outlining this research, what it opportunities for students to help girls
UK universities means, and the real stories of women and 95 direct and young women in Rwanda acquire
internationally (2.82% of all courses) of graduates
co-authored families who have been affected by Lynch 40 indirect skills for their development and to are female
publications
7.9% syndrome and Lynch-related cancer. become agents of positive change. chartermarks
180
(1.19%)
internationally
are held
for Gender 32%
135
citation impact Equality of senior academic
co-authored with
news source references 40 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
staff are female
Figures from 2015-2020.
10 CONTENTS 11
OPERATIONS
Tap water
Staff and students can request free
tap water to fill water bottles at 41 free
Ensure availability and dispensers in University buildings and
sustainable management of 1,200 bathrooms, 800 of which are
publicly accessible.
water and sanitation for all Female sanitation
6 We’ve worked with our Students’ Union 6
and current Women’s Officer to initiate
RESEARCH and fund a new scheme providing free
period products for our students, helping
to combat period poverty and ensure
UK river microplastic pollution sanitation for all.
Researchers from our School
of Environment, Education and Water procurement
Units on SDG 6
70
Development have found a direct link We sell exclusively One Water on campus,
between the disposal of untreated an ethical company that donates all of
wastewater with raw sewage and its profits to fund clean water systems
microplastic contamination of river in Africa while costing the same as other
habitats. Having highlighted the alarming 46 direct
(1.37% of all courses) water brands.
levels of microplastic pollution in UK rivers 24 indirect
and the evidence of poor regulation, our 1,621 direct (0.71%) Sustainable urban drainage
academics are now calling for urgent PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LEARNING (0.70% of all engagements)
We utilise sustainable water extraction
action by governments and regulators to salts out of water, making it safe to AND STUDENTS 2,220 indirect
(0.96%) technologies on associated University
protect our rivers. drink. This game-changing technology Smallholder irrigation grounds off campus. This includes using
is more efficient and affordable than sustainable urban drainage techniques to
Graphene water filtration other desalination technologies
development Study programmes Massive Online Open minimise surface water run-off and flood
Our National Graphene Institute and could provide affordable and Millions of smallholder farmers worldwide We deliver cutting-edge teaching on Courses (MOOCs) risks in an environmentally friendly way,
Membranes Lab has pioneered a sustainable clean water solutions to lack access to reliable and cost-effective clean water and sanitation. For example, by mimicking natural water systems such
With half a billion people worldwide
graphene-oxide membrane that can filter millions of people. water supplies for irrigation. We’re Civil Engineering students take a course as ponds, wetlands, swales and basins.
having poor water supplies and two
working with small-scale farmers in unit on water engineering, which covers billion with poor sanitation facilities, our
Africa and Asia, governments and
41
water and wastewater treatment and two free MOOCs open up access for
development agencies to design and resource management. Master’s students citizens and leaders around the world to 1,200
3.43%
of all UK
assess technological, economical and
institutional solutions to improve water
access, livelihoods, and resilience to
in Environmental Monitoring, Modelling
and Reconstruction are offered a unit on
explore what can be done to solve this
complex global issue. free drinking
bathrooms across
campus,
800
publications
water movement that looks at solutions
climate change. water
to groundwater contamination. dispensers
66.4%
110 9th Right to Water app
rank among in University of which are
UK universities buildings publicly accessible
internationally We’re working in partnership with the
co-authored community activist group, Pani Haq
publications
183 10.9%
20,000+ 753,245m³
Samiti in Mumbai, on a Right to Water learners globally have benefited from
mobile app and campaign to identify and our free MOOC programmes on water
internationally
33
citation impact remove barriers to the approval process supply and sanitation of inbound water used in the University
co-authored with
news source references 38 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
for water connections.
Figures from 2015-2020.
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LEARNING OPERATIONS
3,121 direct
AND STUDENTS (1.35% of all engagements)
6,129 indirect
(2.64%) Units on SDG 7 University investments
Study programmes
Our Contemporary Themes in 128 We have a University policy on divesting
from carbon- intensive energy industries.
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, Chemistry unit enables students to
appreciate the role chemistry plays in 57 direct
Our entire investment portfolio is going
through a staged disinvestment based
sustainable and modern energy tackling sustainability, energy and the
(1.69% of all courses)
71 indirect
on carbon intensity as well as fossil fuel
reserves and extraction.
environment. Our Energy, Society and (2.11%)
Space in Geography unit examines
Renewable energy
scientific and political issues associated
image: Dan Meyers Our electricity consumption is backed with
RESEARCH with energy provision and demand. Our
master’s unit in Renewable Energy and REGO (Renewable Energy Guarantees of
Clean Technology equips students with a Origin) certification. This means that for
7 Creating a fairer and energy bills for customers. This work
could fundamentally change electricity PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
detailed understanding of solar, wind and
marine energy generation technologies.
every megawatt (1,000kWh) of electricity
the University consumes, the equivalent 7
greener energy supply volume of electricity is generated from
supply in the UK, with approval being
Our Department of Electrical and agreed for national rollout. Manchester Energy and renewable sources.
Electronic Engineering and Tyndall Energy poverty Environment Society
Manchester have been collaborating On Energy Our researchers have established a
with Electricity North West to help
better manage its network, improving
Energy is one of our five research framework to explain how domestic
Our Manchester Energy and
Environment Society brings energy- Venture Further 100% renewable
beacons and we have more than 600 energy deprivation affects households our electricity consumption is
sustainability and saving money for the related events to the University and Our £75,000 annual Venture Further
academics addressing sustainable and communities. Through a prolific backed with Renewable Energy
company and customers alike. Our bridges the gap between students and start-up competition is for current Guarantees of Origin certification
energy challenges. Our On Energy programme of European-wide
research with them addressed three academics working in renewable energy students, researchers and recent
publication is a collection of thought- engagement – 100 events, 200 high-
key areas that impact electricity supply: leadership pieces from a selection level presentations, ten policy briefs, two
and the environment through networking
and sharing knowledge on the use of
graduates. One of the competition’s
categories is for business ideas aligned
847,866GJ
smart distribution networks for managing of our staff, bringing together expert sets of EU member state energy poverty energy used per annum
supply with demand; managing power flow renewable and low carbon energies. to SDG 7– Affordable and clean energy.
commentary, analysis and policy reports, and three pan-EU energy poverty
fluctuations; and assessing the carbon recommendations on issues such as reports – our research shaped the policy
footprint of different network investment climate change, fuel poverty, energy direction of the European Commission’s
options. Our work led to changes in storage, and the economic viability Vulnerable Consumer Working Group,
their network investment, enhancing of nuclear power and multi-energy the body responsible for developing EU
renewable energy sources and reducing systems. energy policy.
FutureDAMS Approach
As part of our world-leading FutureDAMS
programme we’ve produce a guide to
5.16%
of all UK
propose a series of steps and principles
for conducting public, private and
publications community stakeholder engagement in
decision-making around water–energy–
57.3%
1,310 4th rank among food–environment (WEFE) interventions.
UK universities This is underpinned by the principle that
internationally
co-authored better decisions are generated when a
publications
6.6%
broad range of stakeholders are included
158 internationally
in a genuinely participatory manner.
1,244
citation impact
co-authored with
news source references 113 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
Figures from 2015-2020.
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OPERATIONS
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
Innovation GM
economic growth, full and productive We’re working with leading innovators
employment and decent work for all from business, science, academia and
local government to develop Innovation
GM – a new partnership to form the basis
of a collaboration deal with government to
create as many as 100,000 new jobs and
RESEARCH boost the economy by £7 billion.
The Productivity Institute Influencing international ID Manchester
Our Alliance Manchester Business School and national employment ID Manchester is a trailblazing new
8 hosts The Productivity Institute – a new
UK-wide £32 million research organisation
policies to promote
Workplace Ethics Challenge
innovation district in the city of
Manchester. It is a 50:50 joint venture 8
exploring what productivity means for
inclusive labour markets PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LEARNING Our Workplace Ethics Challenge between the University and Bruntwood
business, workers and communities, how Our Work and Equalities Institute is AND STUDENTS provides third-year undergraduates SciTech and has the potential to
providing the evidence base to inform create more than 10,000 new jobs in
it is measured and how it contributes to
global employment debates and
Good employment with skills and experiences on fairness
the next 10 to 15 years by providing
increased living standards and wellbeing. It Study programmes in work and helps them stand out in a
policies. Research is undertaken in Our Alliance Manchester Business School specialist infrastructure to unlock and
will help pinpoint the causes of stagnation competitive graduate job market.
three key areas: minimum wage and has partnered with regional organisations Our students are learning about how commercialise R&D innovation and create
in UK productivity and lay foundations for
collective bargaining; the gender pay and authorities to create the Greater to promote inclusive and sustainable sustainable growth and employment
sustained and inclusive growth by directly
gap; and precarious work. This work Manchester Good Employment Charter, economic growth, employment and opportunities.
informing government policies and
business strategies. is shaping guidance produced by
international policy bodies, national
which aims to advance decent work and
employment standards across our city
decent work for all. For example, our
undergraduate Management degree
94%
of our students
952
students
Living wage
policies of multiple countries, and region. We’ve also joined campaigns with has a specialisation in sustainable and As an accredited Living Wage
Citizens UK to highlight our role as a living find employment undertook work
providing evidence for European trade ethical business. Our master’s students in or enter further placements Employer, our 10,000+ staff
unions in their interactions with EU and wage organisation. Development Economics and Policy learn are paid at least the voluntary living
study following of more than
national policymakers. about contemporary economic theories, graduation one month wage level in the UK set by the Living
Capacity-building for NGOs, applications and methods relevant to Wage Foundation.
businesses and government developing and transitional economies.
We deliver free activities and resources
4.53%
of all UK
for the public, private and third sector
including vocational training, executive
Work experience bursaries
We recognise there are barriers for some 92%
of staff have
Promotion
of flexible, hybrid
education and continued professional of our students in accessing appropriate and inclusive
publications contracts of more
development. We’ve helped create work experience. We offer working policies
56.2%
473
than 24 months
4th
a pioneering NGO Explorer to build financial support for full-time
rank among
UK universities networks, increase transparency and undergraduates of all years to 15,468 direct
internationally provide potential for commissioning of undertake career enhancing Units on SDG 8 (6.67% of all engagements) Gender paygap report
693
co-authored 40,044 indirect
publications work with NGOs through a searchable work experience, helping published annually
196 7.0%
internationally
database. Our annual Prometheus
programme offers learning and
those who otherwise
couldn’t have afforded it.
(17.26%)
651
citation impact development opportunities for third-
co-authored with 266 direct
news source references 69 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
sector leaders to make their organisations
grow and be economically sustainable.
(7.90% of all courses)
427 indirect
(12.69%)
Figures from 2015-2020.
16 CONTENTS 17PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Great Science Share for Schools
The Great Science Share for Schools
aims to raise the profile of science
in schools and communities, and
inspire young people into science and OPERATIONS
engineering. The campaign has formed
industry partnerships with Siemens, The
Royal Society, The Ogden Trust, BASF and
MECD
Build resilient infrastructure, promote many more and engaged 211,898 young Our recently constructed Manchester
Engineering Campus Development
people with science learning related to
sustainable industrialisation and real-world issues in 2021. (MECD) is creating an environment for the
brightest engineers to innovate.
foster innovation Manchester Innovation Labs
Our Manchester Innovation Labs
Innovation GM
provide a robust, effective means of We’re working with leading innovators
RESEARCH co-developing research projects with
Units on SDG 9
from business, science, academia and
companies to address a business need. local government in developing Innovation
10,839 direct
Innovation research • National Graphene Institute and
Graphene Engineering Innovation
(4.67% of all engagements)
72,676 indirect
(31.33%)
1,084 GM – a new partnership to form the basis
of a collaboration deal with government to
create as many as 100,000 new jobs and
At Manchester, we pride ourselves on
our ability to think differently and pioneer Centre drive the application of boost the economy by £7billion.
Research income per annum 268 direct
innovations across multiple sectors: graphene and other 2D materials in LEARNING (7.96% of all courses)
energy storage, nanmoedicine and Medicine Manchester Innovation Factory
AND STUDENTS 816 indirect
£134m
• Our Digital Futures network is water purification. (24.25%)
Our Manchester Innovation Factory
9
helping communities, business and
governments drive digital innovation. Advancing STEM skills in Africa Study programmes Knowledge Transfer
helps protect and commercialise our
innovations and intellectual property by
9
• Health Innovation Manchester is Our Jodrell Bank Centre for STEM Partnerships creating 15 to 20 new spin-out companies
We deliver undergraduate programmes in
£172m
discovering, developing and deploying Astrophysics is using its global each year based on our novel ideas.
Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship We’ve been placed top in the UK for
new solutions to improve the health and research status to advance innovative
and master’s programmes in Innovation our Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.
48
wellbeing of the region. STEM training and infrastructure
Management and Entrepreneurship. We Through our structure and funding
development for research Humanities also integrate industrial experience into a University spin-out
£18m
• Henry Royce Institute is a UK national communities across Africa. This support, we place graduates to
wide range of science, engineering, health assist businesses in addressing key companies created
institute for advanced materials includes the Development in Africa
research. and social science programmes. innovation challenges.
with Radio Astronomy and Big Data
programmes, supporting self-sustaining Masood Entrepreneurship
research communities and investment Centre
in new research infrastructure in Africa.
Our Masood Entrepreneurship
Centre is a focal point for enterprise
and entrepreneurship in our Alliance
4.54%
of all UK
Manchester Business School, developing
entrepreneurial skills in students, staff and
publications
graduates.
59.1% Manchester Enterprise
159
publications
3rd rank among
UK universities
internationally
co-authored
Challenge
Our students are able to undertake
5.0%
an Enterprise Challenge, which
155 internationally
combines enterprise units with a
community-based enterprise project
108
citation impact
co-authored with with not-for-profit organisations.
news source references 17 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
Figures from 2015-2020.
18 CONTENTS 19PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Race Archives and Community Equity and Merit Programme
Engagement (RACE) Our Equity and Merit Programme
Our University Library hosts the Ahmed supports the brightest minds from some
Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre – an open access of the least developed countries in Sub-
Reduce inequality within library and outreach facility, based in Saharan Africa – Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda,
and among countries Manchester’s Central Library. The Centre
specialises in the study of race, migration
Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe –
to develop skills for the sustainable
and diversity, empowering communities development in their home countries.
with the information and knowledge they Thanks to funding by the University Diversity monitoring Equality marks
RESEARCH need to challenge racism. and the generosity of our donors, more
Our latest Equality, Diversity • Stonewall Top 50 employer for
than 300 international students have
Talking Migration and Inclusion (EDI) annual report LGBTQ+ equality
Global inequalities Independent Inequalities completed master’s programmes with us.
shows that:
Academics from our Department of • Bronze Award for Race Equality
Global inequalities is one of our five Commission Politics have created Talking Migration, a Zero tolerance
research beacons and we support • 6.3% of employees disclosed that
Our experts joined an Independent free, publicly accessible podcast filled with • 15 Athena SWAN Chartermarks for
dedicated Institutes, Centres and Our ‘Speak Up! Stand Up!’ and reporting they are disabled
Inequalities Commission to help set discussions, debates and interviews on all Gender Equality
Networks to foster world-leading procedures through our Dignity at
out a range of measures for tackling aspects of the politics of migration. • 16.9% of staff declare they are Black,
interdisciplinary research into making our Work and Study Policy make it clear that • Care Leaver Covenant signed
inequality and transforming public Asian or Minority Ethnic
we take a zero tolerance approach to to support care leavers to live
city, nation, and world a fairer and more policy across Greater Manchester. Cultures of Anti-Racism in
equal place to live. bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, • 50.5% of our staff are female independently
The Commission outlined specific, Latin America (CARLA) discrimination or victimisation, by any
ambitious recommendations for the • 7.8% of staff classify themselves as • University of Sanctuary status in
Work and Equalities Institute future of our city-region covering
We’ve recently launched a three-year members of our community.
gay, lesbian, bisexual or other support of our work with refugee and
Our Work and Equalities Institute project: Cultures of Anti-Racism in Latin
economic growth, health, wellbeing, asylum seeker students
identifies and promotes the conditions America (CARLA) exploring how artists in • 22% of students are the first in their
jobs, housing, transport, skills and Argentina, Brazil and Colombia address immediate family to gain a degree
10 for more inclusive and fair work and
employment arrangements. The research
training which will be embedded within
public service delivery at all levels
racial diversity in their work and how they
LEARNING • 1.1% of students (407) are from low
10
explores challenges for equality, fairness use their art to challenge racism.
and sustainability in the workplace, and
and informs the elected Mayor’s next AND STUDENTS or lower-middle income countries as
Greater Manchester Strategy. Manchester urban villages defined by the World Bank
considers how employers are responding
We used participatory methods to test a
to the challenge of an increasingly diverse
US-style ‘village model’ of neighbourhood-
Study programmes
workforce and what new institutions
based interventions to support people to Students address inequalities in a wide
are needed to enforce fair rights and
age well within their communities. range of modules. These range from 11,896 direct
responsibilities at work.
undergraduate Sociology students Social Justice Challenge (5.13% of all engagements)
Reducing inequalities through examining social inequalities in All second-year students can take part Units on SDG 10 4,907 indirect
288
(2.12%)
our cultural institutions contemporary Britain, right through to in our Social Justice Challenge, an
3.76%
of all UK
Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter
movement, our gallery’s Whitworth Young
master’s programmes in International
Development.
online programme exploring key issues
relating to migration, homelessness,
education, mental health, energy and 199 direct
publications Contemporaries was motivated to create (5.91% of all courses)
trade.
an Other Utopia zine which connected art, 89 indirect
41.3%
293 6th ideas and communities to challenge white (2.64%)
rank among EDI interdisciplinary module
UK universities narrative of its collections.
internationally Our new interdisciplinary unit Equality,
co-authored Student Action for Refugees
publications Our Museum’s Our Shared Cultural Diversity and Inclusion (EDI): Your
183 6.8%
internationally
Heritage youth project, funded by the
Heritage Lottery Fund, utilises a range of
Role in Shaping a Fairer World is open
to all undergraduate students and
Our students are involved in volunteering
and campaigning with the Manchester
339
citation impact engaging activities and events to explore empowers them to take responsibility branch of Student Action for Refugees
co-authored with
news source references 48 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
and celebrate the shared histories and
cultures of the UK and South Asia.
for promoting inclusive approaches to
study and work.
(STAR) to support those in need of refuge
in the UK.
Figures from 2015-2020.
20 CONTENTS 21PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPERATIONS
From 10,000 to 50,000 Actions
In 2016 we launched 10,000 Actions,
the biggest environmental sustainability
initiative in the UK higher education
Make cities inclusive, safe, sector, with 50% of our 10,000+ staff
resilient and sustainable accessing the platform. In autumn 2021,
we’ve relaunched as 50,000 Actions,
expanding the platform to the whole of
Units on SDG 11
6,513 direct our student body.
850
Air quality (2.81% of all engagements)
Our Policy@Manchester publication 28,301 indirect Cultural institutions
On Air Quality explores how air pollution LEARNING (12.20%)
RESEARCH affects public health, economic outcomes AND STUDENTS 126 direct
and acts to widen existing inequalities. (3.74% of all courses)
Mobilising Urban Living Labs to African Cities Research Some of the recommendations 724 indirect
(21.52%)
include extending projects such as the Study programmes
create sustainable infrastructure Consortium Manchester Urban Observatory and As tomorrow’s professionals, students
Our research on Urban Living Labs has Our African Cities Research citizen science projects like Britain at Manchester are learning how to
transformed sustainable infrastructure Consortium (ACRC), funded by the Breathing to provide accurate on-the- Staff and student main mode
make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and
provision locally, and enhanced capacity UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and ground information about poor air quality, of travel in 2019
sustainable. For example, undergraduate
in East Africa, South America and the Development Office (FCDO) as part of which disproportionally affects already- Environmental Management students Staff travelling
Philippines. Locally we’ve shaped UK Aid, will tackle complex problems in disadvantaged communities. We’ve also and master’s students in our Global Other, 1%
£26 million of infrastructure investment some of Africa’s fastest growing urban helped create the Clean Air for Schools Development Institute explore the Our four key cultural institutions – the
by Manchester City Council as well as areas. Over six years, our research will Framework which engages and educates challenges in creating green infrastructure Tram, 4% Manchester Museum, the Whitworth,
replacing 20,000km of delivery van generate new evidence to catalyse the next generation to help them and their Car, 37%
in cities that are resilient to climate change. John Rylands Research Institute and
trips with e-cargo bikes. Globally, we’ve integrated, sustainable, inclusive families make cleaner air choices. Library and Jodrell Bank Discovery
delivered walkability action plans and approaches to urban development in University Living Lab Bus, 13%
Centre – provide access to more than one
improved road safety for 5.8 million partnership with frontline humanitarian Towards Inclusive Environmental Our University Living Lab applies the
11 citizens across East Africa, South America
and the Philippines.
responders, effective policy influencers,
local government networks and deeply
Sustainability energy and expertise of students to Rail, 13%
Walk, 21%
million visitors each year to engage with
buildings, collections, monuments and 11
Our Towards Inclusive Environmental real-world sustainability challenges by natural heritage landscapes, advancing
rooted civil society groups. Cycle
Sustainability research project is developing student projects with how our city and region can be inclusive,
10%
engaging with communities of Pakistani external organisations linked to the safe, resilient and sustainable.
and Somali heritage (two of the United Nations SDGs.
largest and fastest-growing groups in Student travelling Sustainable travel
Manchester) on research to understand Sustainable Cities MOOC We received platinum accreditation from
4.37%
of all UK
how knowledge and practices of migrants
from the Global South contribute to
building just and sustainable cities in the
Our academics have contributed to a free
massive open online course (MOOC)
developed with Lund University, the World
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM),
recognising the University’s contribution
publications
to sustainable low-carbon travel.
Global North. Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and ICLEI Bus, 37%
53.9%
519
– Local Governments for Sustainability. Walk, 38%
5th
£49.8m
rank among Ageing-friendly culture 83,000 students around the world
UK universities
internationally Our Manchester Museum is working with have used this to explore key trends of
co-authored
publications regional and national partners to host a urbanisation and sustainability and how to
180 6.9%
internationally
pioneering Creative Ageing Development
Agency (CADA) – a national organisation
apply this in a real-world context. Car, 5%
Other, 0%
Cycle
14%
spent on arts and heritage per annum
383
citation impact advocating for and supporting the culture
co-authored with Tram, 2%
news source references 72 policies citing
UoM publications
lower/lower-middle
income countries
sector to be more age friendly. Rail, 5%
Figures from 2015-2020.
22 CONTENTS 23OPERATIONS
Sustainable Resources
Our Sustainable Resources Plan has been
developed to focus on carbon reduction,
4,740 direct
(2.04% of all engagements) energy efficiency, water conservation,
LEARNING 6,473 indirect Units on SDG 12 sustainable travel, waste reduction,
175
(2.79%) sustainable buildings (including technical
AND STUDENTS spaces and construction), responsible
Ensure sustainable purchasing, sustainable IT services and
sustainable catering and conferencing.
93 direct
consumption and Study programmes (2.76% of all courses)
Examples include our Furniture Recycling
Our students learn about sustainable 82 indirect
production patterns consumption and production of (2.44%) scheme where we actively reduce waste
sent to landfill and a waste contract which
natural resources through a range of
ensures that all non-recyclable residual
programmes. For example, Sociology
Want Not Waste waste is sent to Materials Recovery Facility
students undertake a Sustainability,
(MRF) where the product is used as a
RESEARCH Consumption and Global Responsibilities Want Not Waste is a student-run,
Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
zero-waste shop on campus, supported
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT unit exploring the ways consumers,
by the University to grow from a small
Setting the standard for cleaner Sustainable materials research
businesses and governments are Social Value Portal
responding to the sustainability challenge. stall operating out of our Students’
We’ve become the first higher education
skies Our One Bin to Rule Them All Great Science Share Chemistry undergraduates learn about Union, to owning its own independent
institution in the UK to adopt the Social
Research from our School of Natural research programme has drawn on our War on Waste how to advance cleaner, more efficient unit. They’ve also developed a series of
Value Portal, a leading online tool that
Sciences and the National Centre Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub in chemical reactions and alternative fuels online resources to foster a community
As part of our Great Science Share for helps organisations prioritise and measure
for Atmospheric Science formed an our Henry Royce Institute, Tyndall Centre through an Environmental and Green of knowledge sharing and inspiring pro-
Schools campaign, we compiled a series their social value when they procure, or
integral part of informing new regulatory for Climate Change Research and Chemistry unit. sustainable choices.
of resources to engage schoolchildren pay for, major services.
standards on emissions of non-volatile Sustainable Consumption Institute to
of various ages in tackling waste and
particulate matter (nvPM), the metric work with 17 industry partners and local
promoting thinking around what we
used for aircraft emissions regulation. authorities to address key challenges in
the plastics life cycle. Researchers from
can reduce, reuse or repurpose. The Fairtrade
The work has enabled two new programme engaged more than 200,000
international standards for soot emission our Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub
are also working with the manufacturer
learners around the world in 2021. Certified Fairtrade
measurement; contributed to an aircraft university status since 2005
emission regulatory update, affecting air Callaly to develop alternative sustainable SCI Festival
quality around the world; and is also driving materials for menstrual hygiene
Our Sustainable Consumption Institute
a reduction in global aviation soot in new products to help combat the growing
(SCI) held the SCI Festival in 2019 to Waste
aircraft engines. need for natural-renewable alternatives
celebrate a decade of existence and
for plastics.
12 promote active discussion and networking
among the public, practitioners and
3,980 tonnes 12
policymakers working on the front line of generated
social change towards sustainability.
1,600 158
5.51%
of all UK
Change Points
tonnes tonnes
We worked with colleagues at The recycled (40%) reused (4%)
publications
University of Sheffield on Change Points
52.2%
408
to develop new ways of understanding
1st rank among
UK universities
internationally
how householders’ routine activities
end up demanding resources, including
1,758
tonnes
94%
of all waste
co-authored
publications energy, food and water. A key output
5.4% total reused and diverted
190 internationally
was the co-design of a toolkit to support
policymakers and other non-academic
recycled (44%) from landfill
613
citation impact stakeholders interested in developing
co-authored with
31
Figures from 2018/19 excluding
policies citing lower/lower-middle nuanced policy processes and business construction waste.
news source references UoM publications income countries practices around household sustainability.
Figures from 2015-2020.
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