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15 Nov 2013
Manchester wins both national and international Green Gown Awards
The University has won both a national and international social responsibility award for its initiative to increase the number of staff engaged in supporting local state schools through the School Governors programme.
Manchester was shortlisted for two different categories, Social Responsibility and Facilities and Services, as part of the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges (EUAC) Green Gown Awards.
We won the national category for best Social Responsibility initiative to increase the number of staff engaged in supporting local state schools in our School Governors programme.
Furthermore, in a surprise announcement, a small number of these national winners went through to an international category and, following videos from projects around the world, this same project also won in the International Best Social Responsibility category.
Director of Social Responsibility Julian Skyrme said: “I want to commend Alison Gregory and Stephanie Lee in the Directorate for the Student Experience, who have done a huge amount of work in making this programme a success, and also the University's partners SGOSS Governors for Schools, who deliver such an effective service to the University.
“This is particularly pleasing as it comes ahead of next week's formal launch of our School Governor Initiative as a key Signature Programme for social responsibility.”
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