Forthcoming events
Thursday 1 March 2012
14 April 2011 - 14 April 2012
Now open (permanent gallery) If you think nature is something far away, think again - we are nature. Living Worlds explores the connections between all living things, including us, and shows how we can all shape the future…
30 September 2011 - 6 September 2012
30 Sep 2011-6 Sep 2012. Calling all budding Egyptologists and archaeologists. We need your help! Our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories and Egyptian Tales) has collected so…
Grave Secrets: Tales of the Ancient Nubians
19 November 2011 - 4 March 2012
An exhibition of bone specimens and artefacts excavated during the Archaeological Survey of Nubia (1907-1911), revealing the lives of the inhabitants of ancient Nubia, Egypt’s southern neighbour. The anatomical study of these…
Gateways - Year 10 Exploration Visit
1 March 2012
The University of Manchester Gateway Programme provides a new opportunity for Year 7-11 learners within Greater Manchester to participate in a coherent series of academic enrichment and Higher Education awareness activities. …
Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Clare Hammond (piano)
1 March 2012
Philip Grange Piano Polyptych Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Acclaimed by the Daily Telegraph as a pianist of “amazing power and panache”. Philip Grange’s scintillating and expansive Piano Polyptych is combined with Ravel’s…
Hardware/Software Techniques to Address the Memory Wall on Multi-Core Systems
1 March 2012
Speaker: Dr Aamer Jaleel. Intel Research, Boston Host: Mikel Lujan Abstract: Multi-core processors are commonly used to address the growing memory latency. Shared resource contention, especially the shared on-chip last-level…
Scott of the Antarctic and Manchester: the untold story
1 March 2012
6-8pm. Dr Max Jones, The University of Manchester, author of The Last Great Quest and editor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Scott’s last Journals, will reveal for the first time the leading roles which the citizens…
The Invisible Dot Tour 2012: Comedy's New Wave with Jonny Sweet
1 March 2012
The Invisible Dot Tour 2012: Comedy's New Wave The Invisible Dot Ltd is one of the most exciting and innovative production companies in the country. Having worked extensively with cutting edge comedians Tim Key, Mark Watson,…
Friday 2 March 2012
2 March 2012
1-2pm. Join Stephen Welsh, Curator of Living Cultures at The Manchester Museum to find out why hundreds of Sioux Indians set up camp on the banks of the Irwell in Salford. Part of Manchester Histories Festival.
Saturday 3 March 2012
3 March 2012
MANTIS presents concerts curated by guest composers Jonty Harrison and Diana Salazar, as well as new electroacoustic works by composers based at the University of Manchester, featuring the MANTIS multiple loudspeaker sound diffusion…
3 March 2012
MANTIS presents concerts curated by guest composers Jonty Harrison and Diana Salazar, as well as new electroacoustic works by composers based at the University of Manchester, featuring the MANTIS multiple loudspeaker sound diffusion…
Sunday 4 March 2012
4 March 2012
MANTIS presents concerts curated by guest composers Jonty Harrison and Diana Salazar, as well as new electroacoustic works by composers based at the University of Manchester, featuring the MANTIS multiple loudspeaker sound diffusion…
Monday 5 March 2012
Manchester UCAS Higher Education Convention
5 - 6 March 2012
The University of Manchester will be attending the Manchester UCAS Higher Education Convention on 5th and 6th March 2012. The University of Manchester receives applications from talented students right across the UK and comes…
LITERATURE LIVE: Rupert Thomson, Patrick McGuinness
5 March 2012
Rupert Thomson is the author of eight highly acclaimed novels, Dreams of Leaving, The Five Gates of Hell, Air and Fire, The Insult, Soft, The Book of Revelation, Divided Kingdom and Death of a Murderer, which was shortlisted for…
Tuesday 6 March 2012
Y9 Manchester History Day (Gifted & Talented Programme)
6 March 2012
This day, co-hosted by the Manchester Museum, the Whitworth Art Gallery and The University of Manchester, will use the collections and history of all three institutions to explore the lives, contributions and legacies of some…
Campus Visits for School and College Groups
6 March 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester and Higher Education - helping students to be aware of the choices available to them. This is followed by a chance to meet some current students and go on a walking tour of the campus.
6 March 2012
Faculty/School: Health Sciences Research Group-Primary care Speaker: Professor Jonathan Green, University of Manchester
Vaganza Young Composers Workshop
6 March 2012
A celebration of the creativity of the youngest generation, this workshop is the outcome of Vaganza’s education projects in local Manchester schools.
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Lancashire UCAS Higher Education Convention
7 - 8 March 2012
The University of Manchester will be attending the Lancashire UCAS Higher Education Convention on 7th and 8th March 2012. The University of Manchester receives applications from talented students right across the UK and comes…
Rules, Inconsistencies and Nonmonotonicity
7 March 2012
Speaker: Professor Andrzej Szalas. University of Warsaw Host: Renate Schmidt Abstract: In this talk I will present an ongoing work on 4QL, a recently developed rule-based query language with negation allowed in bodies…
Showcase lecture - The Park in the City: Whitworth Park Community Archaeology and History Project
7 March 2012
3-4.30pm. With Hannah Cobb, Melanie Giles and Sian Jones, The University of Manchester. Public parks are important components of urban landscapes throughout the UK, a response to the immense changes associated with nineteenth-century…
7 March 2012
Speaker: Griselda Pollock, Visiting Pilkington Professor (University of Leeds)
7 March 2012
Transport Seminar: From GMC to TfGM Speaker: Councillor Andrew Fender, Chair of Transport for Greater Manchester Committee
Vaganza and Psappha with RNCM New Ensemble
7 March 2012
Simon Joyner New work for Vaganza and Psappha (world première) Alan Williams Bog Bodies Colin Matthews Sun’s Dance Ian Gardiner L’escalier en Spirale Zakiya Leeming New work (world première) Stephen Pratt The Miraculous…
Thursday 8 March 2012
National Science & Engineering Week 2012
8 March 2012
National Science and Engineering Week is a 10 day programme of around 3,500 events running throughout the whole of the UK with the aim of celebrating science, engineering and technology and its importance in our lives. Hundreds…