Make your voice heard in the EU Referendum

22 Jun 2016

Message from the President and Vice-Chancellor

As you will be aware the Referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU takes place tomorrow.  This is one of the most important decisions the UK will take for many decades.  Many of you will have strong views on this important issue and we hope that all of our staff and students will use their vote as they deem appropriate. 

The University of Manchester as a charity is constrained in expressing institutional views on political matters. That said, our University has wide and deep ties across Europe, in our teaching, research and wider activities, which we aim to preserve and enhance as an international institution. We also have many European staff and students from outside the UK who greatly enrich our global community.

You will each have, or be forming, your own views on the UK’s membership of the EU. I have made my own personal position very clear previously, which is that the UK and this University will benefit greatly from continued membership of the EU. I appreciate that my views may differ from your own.

Given the importance of this issue may I encourage you all to use your vote tomorrow.

Nancy Rothwell
President and Vice-Chancellor