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An introduction to n-of-1 methods in health-related research

13:00 - 14:00 25 March 2019
Seminar outline: Randomised controlled trials are often regarded as the ‘gold standard’ for evaluating the effectiveness of health-related interventions. Findings from these studies…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

CEAS 2019 School seminar - Dr Karl Travis

11:00 - 12:00 25 March 2019
As part of the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science School Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Dr Karl Travis from the University of Sheffield, on Monday 25 March, titled…

Daily Telescope Walking Tours

9 January 2019 - 9 January 2020
New for 2019! Daily Telescope Walking Tours Everyday 3.15pm We’ll be hosting our popular Telescope Walking Tours daily for 2019 where you can join one of our friendly Explainers…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

Facing Out: Life after treatment for facial cancer

22 February - 2 June 2019
An exhibition of portraits of people who have experienced facial cancers together with their choice of artworks from The Whitworth collections. The portraits have been created in…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

Instruments of Change

28 February - 31 December 2019
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

Red List Insects: Martin Wilson Photo Exhibiton

26 January - 31 July 2019
Join us on Saturday January 26 between 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM for the launch of Martin Wilson's photo exhibition of endangered, threatened and extinct insects, taken from the Manchester…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Martin Holbraad (UCL)

16:00 - 18:00 25 March 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 25th March 2019 Dr Martin Holbraad – University College London Permanence premised: the granted power of revolution in Cuba. Martin Holbraad…

The Annual Gillian White Lecture

17:00 - 19:00 25 March 2019
The Annual Lectures concentrate on international economic law and aim to commemorate the legacy of the first woman to be appointed professor in law in mainland Britain, Professor…

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

Appraising the evidence from Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

10:00 - 13:00 26 March 2019
Participants will understand the design of systematic reviews and the main sources of bias that affect systematic reviews, and be able to interpret the results of meta-analysis. We…

Creative Manchester presents Music on Campus

12:00 - 14:00 26 March 2019
Creative Manchester presents Music on Campus Listening to music reduces stress and can have a relaxing effect on our mind and bodies, therefore take some time to prioritise your wellbeing…

Emircan Yurdagul (Carlos III Madrid)

16:15 - 17:45 26 March 2019
Macro seminar

Film Screening of Operation Legacy

16:00 - 18:00 26 March 2019
In 2009, a group of Kenyan war veterans sued the British government to reveal the truth about what really happened in their country during the so-called 'Mau Mau Emergency’. This documentary…

Manchester Neuroimaging seminar series

15:30 - 16:30 26 March 2019
This meeting will be a news exchange/update on what the Manchester Neuroimaging community is doing.

Maternal and Fetal Health Grand Rounds - 'The Artificial Womb' - Speaker John Aplin

13:00 - 14:00 26 March 2019
MFH Grand Rounds, normally on TUESDAYS at 1.00 pm (unless indicated otherwise) held in the Multifunction Meeting Room AB, 5th Floor, St Mary's Hospital : Speaker: John…

The print is mightier than the sword: print demo

11:15 - 11:30 26 March 2019
Watch our beautiful printing press in action, recreating the words penned by superstar poet Shelley in response to the tragic events of Peterloo. No need to book, just turn up.

Great Escape: Tai Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 - 09:30 27 March 2019
Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing Wednesdays, 8.30am – 9.30am. £5 A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting of our Art Garden, Jian…

University Accommodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 27 March 2019
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours* of some of our halls of residence on most Wednesday mornings from November until the end of March, between…

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