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Social Responsibility Awards, October 2022

by Steven Pierce | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorised

We are delighted to be announce the first round of projects from the Social Responsibility (SR) / Cultural Engagement Awards. The project descriptions below demonstrate the extraordinary range and reach of SR related work being undertaken across the School of Arts,...

Vestiges: Crafting Connections through the Heritage of the Peak District

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Sep 16, 2022 | Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology (CAHAE), Engagement and outreach, Environmental sustainability, Equality and Diversity, Research

Written by Dr Melanie GilesVestiges worked with Sheffield Museum Trust’s Weston Park Museum to help enrich the cultural and creative content of their exhibition celebrating the life and work of Peak District antiquarian, Thomas Bateman. Collaborative discussion...

Building Cultural Diplomacy into the Agenda of Cultural Sustainability

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Sep 15, 2022 | Art History and Cultural Practices (AHCP), Arts Management and Museology, Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity, Research

Written by Dr Biyun ZhuThis project positioned cultural diplomacy at the heart of cultural sustainable development. It discussed how international cultural activities address cultural sustainable development goals (such as cultural diversity and equity) amid the...

Our Green and Pleasant Land

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Sep 15, 2022 | Art History and Cultural Practices (AHCP), Environmental sustainability, Equality and Diversity, Music, Research

Written by Dr Jenna C. AshtonPatriotism meets climate campaigning in 'Our Green and Pleasant Land!'Throughout April 2022, a small artist-researcher team held workshops with families in Miles Platting and Newton Heath Libraries and at Miles Platting St Cuthbert's...

Schools Poetry Clinics

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Sep 13, 2022 | Engagement and outreach, English Literature and Creative Writing, Environmental sustainability, Equality and Diversity, Research, Teaching and Learning

Written by Joe HunterAt first, I wasn't sure I was the right person to act as a mentor for the schools poetry competition. After all, I was – I am – primarily a fiction writer. But I write plenty of poetry, and had certainly studied it for long enough. As Dr Luke...

Poetry & Nature in Greater Manchester

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Sep 7, 2022 | Engagement and outreach, English Literature and Creative Writing, Environmental sustainability

Written by Dr Clara DawsonIn June, I had the pleasure of organising nature and creative writing workshops for school pupils in Manchester, co-ordinated with Lancashire Wildlife Trust. The three workshops were designed for Year 10 Manchester Academy pupils in the...

Beautiful Care

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Aug 31, 2022 | Drama, Engagement and outreach

Written by James Thompson Over the course of 2021-2022, Luke Tanner (dementia care therapist and consultant) conducted interviews with care workers asking them what they understood by the term 'beautiful care' and if they could give examples of beautiful care in their...

A Walk along the Cornbrook

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Aug 23, 2022 | Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Egyptology (CAHAE), Environmental sustainability, Research

Written by Dr John Piprani and Alexandra McGaughrin CrossThe Cornbrook is a culverted watercourse that rises in east Manchester, and on its journey west, travels below The University of Manchester campus before finally emptying into the Manchester Ship Canal (behind...

Let’s Talk Zindabad

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Aug 19, 2022 | Drama, Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity

Written by Amina BegIn December 2021, I went to Let’s Talk Rochdale which is a community-based organisation set up in 2019 working to empower women from South Asian backgrounds. They provide various activities to create awareness for the mental/physical health of the...

Defining and Developing the UK’s First Arts and Culture Community Land Trust through Community-Led Research

by Mary Chioti (editor/uploader) | Aug 18, 2022 | Art History and Cultural Practices (AHCP), Engagement and outreach, Equality and Diversity

Written by Emma Martin This project supported the initial development phase of the UK’s first Community Land Trust (CLT), dedicated to arts and culture, based in Wirral Arts and Culture CLT (WACCLT), Wirral, Northwest England. CLTs are democratic, non-profit...