Co-Chair of the National Association of Staff Networks and Research Associate at The University of Manchester

Academic EDI Lead for Disability, member of the Shaw Trust Power 100 for 2023. Author of Work Placements, Internships & Applied Social Research. Prof of Statistical Literacy. FaCSS, NTF. 1-in-20 Women in Data. Late Bloomer. @GM4Women

Executive Director of Faculty Ops (Biology, Medicine and Health)

Co-Chair of the National Association of Staff Networks and Research Associate at The University of Manchester

Julian Skyrme is the Executive Director of Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement at The University of Manchester. Manchester is unique in UK higher education for having social responsibility as a core goal and is one of the world's leading institutions for impact towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Julian has three degrees from The University of Manchester: a BA in Political Philosophy, Economics and Social Sciences (first-class honours); an MA degree in Social Research (distinction); and a Doctor of Education (EdD) in educational policy and philosophy. After qualifying as a teacher, Julian spent his early career as Head of Social Sciences and Assistant Vice-Principal in a large inner-city Sixth Form College. He later became The University of Manchester's first Head of Widening Participation in 2004 and its first full-time Director of Social Responsibility in 2012. Julian is the first person in his family to benefit from university and is passionate about its social purpose and accessibility. He contributes to local, national and international policies, initiatives and networks to enhance the social engagement of higher education. He contributes to: Manchester City Council's Strategic Education Partnership Board and Homelessness Partnership Board; the Board of Manchester's Loreto Sixth Form College; the Board of Trustees at MACC – Manchester's voluntary, community and social enterprise support organisation; and Business in the Community's (BITC) North-West Leadership Board. He's also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, keen guitarist, everyday cyclist, Manchester United and Wales fan, and father to two children.

Lecturer in Language and Communicative Development and Co-Chair of the University of Manchester Neurodivergent Staff Network

Content and Communications Officer in Alliance Manchester Business School

Future Leaders Graduate at The University of Manchester

Hannah is the Director of Faculty Operations in Humanities. She provides leadership for, and management of, all administrative and specialist support services within the Faculty and contributes strategic and tactical advice to the Vice-President and Dean and to the Faculty's Senior Management Team and other Faculty bodies. She chairs the Faculty Professional Services Senior Leadership Team and is a member of the Faculty Leadership Team. Previously, Hannah was Director of College Operations for the College of Humanities at the University of Exeter having previously undertaken roles at Exeter in External Relations, Graduate Education, and Academic Services. Hannah has also worked at the University of Oxford.

Director of Estates Support at The University of Manchester

Operations Administrative Assistant, The University of Manchester

EDI Partner at The University of Manchester

Co-Chair (PGR) of the Disabled Staff Network at The University of Manchester

Laura is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester. She works broadly in the areas of gender, feminism, security and peacebuilding in post-conflict contexts. Much of her focus has been on the United Nations Security Council's Women, Peace and Security agenda, activities around it and its implementation within the United Nations and former Yugoslavia, in particular Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Registrar and Chief Operating Officer

Chief Information Officer, The University of Manchester

Deputy Vice-President of the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Claire is the Head of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at The University of Manchester. She has researched and published on race, ethnicity, youth and migration in the UK for over thirty years. She is a member of the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE). Claire was Editor of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power between 2011 and 2018. She is on the editorial board of Ethnic and Racial Studies and Whiteness and Education. Claire is a Trustee of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and Active Communities Network. She is a former Vice-Chair of the Stuart Hall Foundation and the Runnymede Trust.

Vice President for Research

Former President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester

President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester and Professor of Political Philosophy.

Academic EDI Lead for Disability, member of the Shaw Trust Power 100 for 2023. Author of Work Placements, Internships & Applied Social Research. Prof of Statistical Literacy. FaCSS, NTF. 1-in-20 Women in Data. Late Bloomer. @GM4Women

Michelle Carter is a Professor of Information Systems in the Alliance Manchester Business School’s Division of Management Sciences and Marketing at the University of Manchester. Michelle earned her PhD in Management (Information Systems) from Clemson University, SC. Her research focuses on information technologies’ involvement in identity and social change, factors that shape IT usage behaviors, and information systems management. Michelle's work has appeared in MIS Quarterly, the European Journal of Information Systems, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, the Journal of Information Technology, as well as other journals, books, and conference proceedings. Michelle is co-Editor-in-Chief of AIS Transactions on Replication Research. She serves as DEI Director and a senior editor for MIS Quarterly. Michelle is a Distinguished Member – Cum Laude of the AIS. She is a past president of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Social Inclusion and previously chaired the AIS committee on diversity and inclusion. From 2021-2024, she served on the AIS Council as Vice President for Special Interest Groups and Colleges.

Experienced and skilled professional who has worked within large organisations providing counsel and strategic support in external communications, employee communications, stakeholder relations and all aspects of marketing.