Creating social value since 1824

Professor Ken McPhailAssociate Dean

for Social ResponsibilityFaculty of Humanities

Universities Exist to Provide Public Value

“to advance education, knowledge and wisdom by research, scholarship, learning and teaching, for the

benefit of individuals and society at large".

Social responsibility

World-class research

• Aim: every Manchester UG student to be confronted with key ethical challenges facing 21st century societies

• • Progress: pilots in 2014/15 and

2015/16– Sustainability (Y1)– Social justice (Y2)– Workplace ethics (Y3)

Ethical Grand Challenges

• Aim: support local unemployed people into work by leading a unique initiative in UK higher education - The Works

• Progress:– 2,390 people supported into work 2011-

2015– £38M of economic value – Times Higher & Guardian Sustainable

Business Award Winner• Plans:

– Engaging more employers to use Works for recruiting

– Linking to our £1B capital programme and apprentices

Engaging Our communities: The Works

• c£1 billion capital programme over next decade

• Construction Partnering Framework with Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine

• Social responsibility plan agreed to:– Jobs: Create up to 1,000 jobs – more

ambitious than any other construction plan in the region

– Supply-chain: Local firms and SMEs – Schools and Community development:

create cash grants for local communities and STEM engagement with schools

– Sustainability: decrease carbon, increase biodiversity and active travel

Capital programme

Building Impact

• Creativity• Culture and society• Economy• Commerce• Environment • Health and welfare • Practitioners and

professional services • Public policy• Law and services• Organisational

performance

• As a university, how do we measure the return on the public money we receive?

• Information Management Systems

• How do we use this internally?