Your Voice Matters

The colleague experience surveys provide an opportunity for us to listen to colleagues and act on feedback. They are sent out to new joiners, colleagues who are one year into their employment with us and colleagues who are leaving the University. 

• Read more about the Colleague Experience Surveys 

From time to time we run pulse surveys on specific topics. In 2020 we asked colleagues about their experiences of working from home during the pandemic. The responses from the What Work’s survey led to a pilot of Hybrid Working and subsequent Hybrid Working Framework.  

Most recently, in April and May 2024, we carried out a short survey about wellbeing, to provide some baseline measures as we launched our Colleague Wellbeing Commitment. 

We have several staff networks at the University who provide feedback on relevant issues. Staff network groups meet regularly, and all have individual agendas and terms of reference. Issues raised by our staff networks groups are fed into our EDI Committee via the EDI Forum, both of which meet four times a year. 

In addition, the Staff Wellbeing Champions Network is a group of colleagues who volunteer their time to support the wellbeing agenda across the University. They are a positive and proactive voice for wellbeing in the workplace, signpost employees to the University wellbeing services, promote national health and wellbeing days, promote and support University wellbeing campaigns and events and arrange locally based wellbeing initiatives to engage staff.  

Over 5,500 colleagues, students, alumni, and community members took part in providing feedback and insight to co-create our Manchester 2035 strategy. In phase 1, that involved more than 1,500 bookings across 22 workshops and 2,869 online contributions.   

• Read more about Manchester 2035 

There may be additional ways to have your say in the part of the University you belong to. These include things like virtual or physical suggestion boxes, open meetings, forums and focus groups.