Social responsibility

The University of Liverpool has proud civic roots. We are part of the fabric of our city, accountable to our Liverpool community, and socially invested in improving the lives of everyone who works and studies here.

In signing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we have committed to work to address the global challenges facing society and the environment today, by improving health and education, reducing inequality, ensuring economic sustainability, protecting our shared environment and its biodiversity and tackling climate change. Through this commitment to the UN SDGs we will build on our existing strengths to build a more sustainable society, economy, and environment.

University of Liverpool – The Original Redbrick

The University of Liverpool is one of the first civic Universities, the original redbrick, welcoming people from every walk of life, advancing learning and ennobling life.

A civic university

The University of Liverpool makes a major economic and social contribution to Liverpool City Region. We directly affect the city region’s performance and prospects. through our expenditure, investment, infrastructure, outreach, education, cultural offer, research and people. Click for more

Widening participation and engagement

We want everybody who can benefit from a University of Liverpool education to have the opportunity to do so. This means that we are not only interested in building pathways, possibilities, and partnerships, to get a degree at this University, but we work across the University to enhance the economic prospects of the City Region.

Equality and inclusion

The University is committed to providing an environment that recognises and values people's differences, capitalises on the strengths that those differences bring to the institution and supports all staff and students in maximising their potential to succeed.

Social responsibility supporting SDG 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all. Discover how our activities across all our research, teaching and campus operations support Sustainable Development Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth.