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12th May
09:30 to 12:30
You will earn 10 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us at AAA: Access All Ages, a unique celebration of intergenerational connections through music. Featuring a special opening act by the Manchester Universities’ Choir and Orchestra Society (CAOS)

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14th May
09:30 to 17:00
You will earn 75 silver points for completing this activity.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Climate Crisis – how it works and how we can combat it in our personal and professional lives.

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You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
Take a short break from assessments, grow some mushrooms, and chat about food sustainability at this workshop hosted by FungAll CIC.
All participants will leave with a bucket full of mushroom substrate, ready and waiting to produce mushrooms for dinner!

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14th May
11:00 to 12:00
You will earn 5 silver points for completing this activity.
Come along to the psychology research seminars and learn more about the innovative and exciting research taking part in the School of Psychology.

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14th May
11:00 to 15:00
You will earn 5 silver points for completing this activity.
Stop by this pop-up to discover the wonderful world of plastics and how we can use innovative technologies like 3D Printing to tackle plastic waste. You can take home free stuff like a plastic plant pot!

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You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
Take a short break from assessments, grow some mushrooms, and chat about food sustainability at this workshop hosted by FungAll CIC.
All participants will leave with a bucket full of mushroom substrate, ready and waiting to produce mushrooms for dinner!

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You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
Take a short break from assessments, grow some mushrooms, and chat about food sustainability at this workshop hosted by FungAll CIC.
All participants will leave with a bucket full of mushroom substrate, ready and waiting to produce mushrooms for dinner!

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14th May
to 3rd July
You will earn 100 gold points for completing this activity.
Mother Tongue Other Tongue is a multi-lingual poetry competition for 8-18 year olds.
The competition is judged in May and then the work of around 80 young people will be published and celebrated at events in July. We need people to work with us to help edit, design and showcase the winning entries.

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15th May
09:30 to 17:00
You will earn 75 silver points for completing this activity.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Climate Crisis – how it works and how we can combat it in our personal and professional lives.

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15th May
13:00 to 14:00
You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
Join Ocean Generation for an Ocean-themed Yoga Flow to explore the importance of the Ocean in our lives and how our bodies might mirror the ocean through yoga!
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15th May
18:00 to 19:00
You will earn 25 silver points for completing this activity.
Join our career challenges to see how Experian tackles fraud, protects communities from financial crime and helps catch the baddies! All while gaining virtual work experience!

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17th May
09:00 to 21:00
You will earn 100 gold points for completing this activity.
Manchester Fashion Movement returns to RHS Gardens Bridgewater for HortiCULTURED on the 17th May.
We seek talented individuals for production, styling, and research roles to support this unique event.
Gain experience and network with slow fashion brands from the north-west region.

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20th May
11:00 to 12:00
You will earn 2 silver points for completing this activity.
Designed for Level 5 and 6 Engineering students, this session offers practical insights on crafting strong applications, navigating graduate scheme recruitment, and leveraging networking for job success.

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21st May
13:30 to 15:30
You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us for a woodland session to help maintain and enhance this natural space on campus.
Led by our local partner Hulme Community Garden Centre, you will be volunteering alongside other students and staff to learn all about woodland maintenance and wildlife.

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22nd May
09:30 to 16:30
You will earn 75 silver points for completing this activity.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Climate Crisis – how it works and how we can combat it in our personal and professional lives.

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22nd May
13:00 to 15:00
You will earn 20 silver points for completing this activity.
We are excited to invite you to a unique and collaborative opportunity to co-create study guides based on short films for various subjects and areas. This initiative aims to develop Open Educational Resources (OER) that will be freely accessible to students and educators worldwide.
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22nd May
15:00 to 19:00
You will earn 20 gold points for completing this activity.
Join us for an exciting Student Design Showcase & Awards Event, where you will have the opportunity to present your hard work, connect with industry professionals, and celebrate outstanding projects!
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22nd May
16:00 to 18:00
You will earn 30 gold points for completing this activity.
22nd May 4-6pm
The Arts and Humanities Degree Show reception offers you the opportunity to display and show off the amazing work you have done this year

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22nd May
18:00 to 20:00
You will earn 10 silver points for completing this activity.
Come and celebrate the end of your degrees on 22nd May 6-8pm in The Salutation
This is straight after your Degree show reception 4-6pm in the GM Atrium

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23rd May
10:00 to 14:00
You will earn 30 silver points for completing this activity.
We’re pleased to invite you to a half-day event focused on strengthening collaboration between universities, commissioners, and the social economy in Greater Manchester.

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23rd May
12:00 to 15:00
You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
This study pack has been designed for students entering into collaborative project work in teams, and the focus is team-management more than project-management, though we will explore where they overlap.

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23rd May
12:00 to 15:00
You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Explore the fundamental steps of using social media to market any brand, business or project. From social strategy to content creation and analytics, you’ll learn why and how to plan your own campaign.

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23rd May
12:00 to 15:00
You will earn 20 bronze points for completing this activity.
Media misinformation is an urgent concern in today’s world. This self-directed RISE course will delve into the world of navigating information in the digital world, giving you the skills to feel confident and positive about using digital information.

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27th May
to 13th June
You will earn 300 gold points for completing this activity.
Are you interested in teaching?
This opportunity supports talented Manchester Met students from all disciplines to transition towards a PGCE at Man Met and a career in Teaching.

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27th May
to 3rd July
You will earn 70 gold points for completing this activity.
Mother Tongue Other Tongue is a multi-lingual poetry competition for 8-18 year olds.
We are looking for judges with an interest in poetry and with some experience of languages other than English, though language fluency is not essential.

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28th May
09:30 to 17:00
You will earn 75 silver points for completing this activity.
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Climate Crisis – how it works and how we can combat it in our personal and professional lives.

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28th May
to 8th June
You will earn 50 gold points for completing this activity.
The Manchester Festival of Libraries is looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to support some of our key events running from Wednesday 4th to Sunday 8th June 2025 across all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester.

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28th May
14:00 to 16:00
You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
This workshop introduces participants to VR technology using headsets with integrated Body Swap software, combining hands-on experience with skill-building activities.

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2nd June
to 18th June
You will earn 300 gold points for completing this activity.
Join our Creative Digital Experts program in summer 2025
and develop your creative, digital, and professional skills.
SharpFutures will support you to enhance your confidence and explore your career by providing real world experiences.

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2nd June
to 4th June
You will earn 150 gold points for completing this activity.
The Government Communication Service (GCS) Live Project will run from Monday 2nd June – Wednesday 4th June 2025 on-campus at Manchester Met University. Come and learn what you could achieve through a career in communications, developing your skills to contribute to live campaigns which have an impact on lives throughout the UK and beyond.
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3rd June
17:00 to 20:00
You will earn 10 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us for a free screening of “The Lunchbox” by Ritesh Batra, with an introduction and Q&A session at Manchester Metropolitan University!

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4th June
to 6th June
You will earn 300 gold points for completing this activity.
Join Manchester Met and students from other universities as we travel to Northern Ireland to undertake the Big Sustainable Innovation Challenge in partnership with the R&A. Please note expression of interest for this activity have now closed.
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You will earn 10 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us for a free screening of “Como agua para chocolate” at the Instituto Cervantes. ¡Ven y disfruta de una experiencia sensorial única!

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5th June
17:00 to 20:00
You will earn 10 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us for a free screening of Délicieux / Delicious (Dir. Éric Besnard, 2021 , with an introduction and Q&A session at Manchester Metropolitan University!

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6th June
11:00 to 16:00
You will earn 5 silver points for completing this activity.
Come along to the amazing Sustainability Festival and network with sustainability projects, organisations, and community initiatives across Manchester. Take home lots of free sustainable goodies!

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11th June
to 15th October
You will earn 300 gold points for completing this activity.
What does community mean to you? Do you have an idea to do good in your community, could you make change for good across Manchester? This Incubator is for YOU!

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25th June
13:00 to 15:30
You will earn 10 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us for the summer orchard workshop to help take care take of our lovely fruit trees. Led by our local partner Hulme Community Garden Centre, you will be volunteering alongside other students and staff to learn all about fruit tree care and maintenance.

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9th July
to 29th July
You will earn 200 gold points for completing this activity.
Horizons is a 3-week, 30-hour employability programme, including an authentic, professional industry consulting project designed to help prepare you for the workplace with real skills, experience and networks.

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9th July
13:30 to 15:30
You will earn 15 silver points for completing this activity.
Join us for a woodland session to help maintain and enhance this natural space on campus.
Led by our local partner Hulme Community Garden Centre, you will be volunteering alongside other students and staff to learn all about woodland maintenance and wildlife.
Flexible Skills
Learn skills with self-study packs by experts within and beyond the Uni [view more]

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Teach your self a skill at your own pace
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You will earn 60 bronze points for completing this activity.
Learn about the applied principles of Behaviour Design; the ways in which design principles can be used to positively change the behaviour of individuals, communities and societies.
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You will earn 300 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
this Intensive will equip you with the knowledge of how to identify signs of abuse and will encourage you to explore other areas of safeguarding that you may not have previously considered, but that you may come across in your future careers.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Take the first steps to becoming a skilled data analyst, by breaking down terms and providing step-by-step guides, this course will demonstrate beginners’ level statistics.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Learn to solve problems creatively, with a focus on developing understandings and exploring the nature of problems from the perspective of end users.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Take the first step to learning a range of the languages spoken across Greater Manchester, including Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Polish and Mandarin Chinese. Explore how language learning can enhance your employability, and the ways in which you can take that learning further.
Self Study Kit:
Teach your self a skill at your own pace
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You will earn 150 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

Self Study Kit:
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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
What could be included in heritage and how can looking at objects, collections and nature connect with people today? We will look at the value and potential of engagement and look at examples of objects and engagement from Manchester and around the UK.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Understand theory and practice around relationships, communication and teamwork – and enhance your collaboration in academia, the workplace and your personal life.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Are you thinking of doing a PhD? This intensive will provide you with the information you need to get started, helping you to decide whether it’s the right choice for you.
Before you do anything else, complete this introduction and earn your first 10 points.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
This intensive will give you an insight into today’s deaf world, the barriers deaf people face on a daily basis and strategies and communication tactics to help overcome these barriers. We’ll begin to learn British Sign Language and explore conversation techniques that will enable, encourage and give you the confidence to interact with deaf people going forward.

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You will earn 50 bronze points for completing this activity.
Find out more about the reading process and how we can support young readers as they get to grips with written language. Explore the many benefits of reading to support personal as well as academic development.

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You will earn 50 bronze points for completing this activity.
Welcome to this Rise Self Study Pack focusing on Black Lives Matter and Business. It has been developed in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact Network UK.

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We would like to invite you to join the anti-slavery movement. We hope that through this intensive you will gain a greater understanding of the challenges but also feel inspired to create positive change.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Take the first step to learning a range of the languages spoken across the World, including French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Explore how language learning can enhance your employability, and the ways in which you can take that learning further.
Self Study Kit:
Teach your self a skill at your own pace
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You will earn 300 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

Self Study Kit:
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You will earn 50 bronze points for completing this activity.
A skills programme for PGR’s covering extensive mentoring capabilities – also provides a great grounding for student employability/personal development. Ideal for those with aspirations of being effective professionals, mentors and teachers.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
There is a wealth of data that is created for and about us and the communities in which we live. Although much of this data is available publically as open data it is often hard to locate, with the tools and understanding needed to interpret and use it unduly difficult.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
A beginners guide to game design. Learn how to express your ideas and feelings through personal games by turning old games into new ones, using stuff you already have at home. Publish your games online so that you can play them over video-call.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Systems thinking gives us the tools we need to make sense of systems and analyse the context of problems – useful skills for those wanting to change things for the better.
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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

Self Study Kit:
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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
This intensive critically analyses self-employment in the UK labour market and outlines what it takes to become self-employed. Students will learn how to become self-employed and train the skills and attitudes needed to be successful.
Develop your digital enterprise literacy and skills, with an externally recognised award.

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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

Self Study Kit:
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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
For some people the words equality, diversity, and inclusion may feel complicated, and outside of our experience or understanding.
This intensive will introduce you to the language surrounding equality, diversity, and inclusion, which we abbreviate to EDI to make it easy to use in your practice and life.
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You will earn 10 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.

Self Study Kit:
Teach your self a skill at your own pace
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You will earn 40 bronze points for completing this activity.
This intensive, put together by an industry leader, covers the fundamental steps of using social media to market any brand, business or project. From social strategy to content creation and analytics, you'll learn why and how to plan your own campaign.
Self Study Kit:
Teach your self a skill at your own pace
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You will earn 300 bronze points for completing this activity.
Develop a stronger appreciation of the contexts and dimension of mental and emotional health in children and young people, with a strong applied focus.