Forthcoming events
Wednesday 16 May 2012
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…
24 March - 18 November 2012
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature: how complex shapes and patterns arise from simple balls…
Transforming Manchester workshop 2
16 May 2012
16 May 2012
Speaker: Prof Jon Deeks, Prof Katherine Payne, Kate Misso (NICE), Toni Tan (NICE), Khalid Ashfaq (NICE) Further details: This workshop is suitable for specialist and non-specialist researchers, reviewers and clinicians. A…
Mastering Teaching and Learning? Research issues emerging from the first two years of the MTL
16 May 2012
Humanities & Education present: Mastering Teaching and Learning? Research issues emerging from the first two years of the MTL Speaker: Colin Mills & MTL team For further details: Diane Brooks: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk
16 May 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester by a member of the Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team, followed by a question and answer session and a tour of the campus with a current student
Cell-based approaches for the treatment of musculoskeletal tissue damage
16 May 2012
Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network Seminar Series Speaker: Rachel Oldershaw, Newcastle University
Saturday 19 May 2012
Big Saturday: Patterns in nature
19 May 2012
11am-4pm. In an incredible article published in 1952, Alan Turing suggested that everything from the spots and stripes on animals to the arrangement of pine cones and flowers could be explained by the interactions between two…
Tuesday 22 May 2012
22 May 2012
Speaker: Dr. Tim Millar, Mr Simon Morton, James Irving Further details: The drug and alcohol treatment landscape is changing, with a new emphasis of the process of recovery from dependence which, as the government’s own strategy…
22 May 2012
Further details: The drug and alcohol treatment landscape is changing, with a new emphasis of the process of recovery from dependence which, as the government’s own strategy notes, means “different things to different people”.…
22 May 2012
Speaker: Mr Simon Morton and James Irving Further details: The drug and alcohol treatment landscape is changing, with a new emphasis of the process of recovery from dependence which, as the government’s own strategy notes,…
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Campus Visits for School and College Groups
23 May 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.
Showcase lecture: What is happening behind the hoardings?
23 May 2012
3-4.30pm. With Sam Sportun, The Manchester Museum. An update on the re-display of the Museum's Ancient Egypt and Archaeology galleries: the challenges and opportunities that the Heritage Lottery Funded redevelopment has presented to the collection care team.
Edinburgh Previews: Iain Stirling and Dan Nightingale
23 May 2012
Catch these comedians on their way up (to Edinburgh) Stand-up comedian, and the current face of CBBC, Iain Stirling has been dubbed one of Scotland's "hottest newcomers" by The Scotsman and was second place runner-up in both…
Thursday 24 May 2012
Edinburgh Previews: Ian Stirling and Hanks & Conran (Pigs in Blankets)
24 May 2012
Catch these comedians on their way up (to Edinburgh) Stand-up comedian, and the current face of CBBC, Iain Stirling has been dubbed one of Scotland's "hottest newcomers" by The Scotsman and was second place runner-up in both…
Friday 25 May 2012
25 May 2012
Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.
Saturday 26 May 2012
Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist
26 May 2012
2-4pm. Windowsill gardening. Runner beans, lettuce and herbs are all plants you can grow on your windowsill - some plants to start growing early and some to grow all the way. Join our friends from Hulme Community Garden Centre…
Monday 28 May 2012
Commissioning for Public Health
28 May 2012
Speaker: Dr. Ruth Hussey, Prof Iain Buchan, Prof Ian Jacobs, Dr Kath Checkland Further details: The public health community faces a period of intense change and uncertainty in the wake of the Health and Social Care Bill and…
Tuesday 29 May 2012
29 May 2012
Humanities & Education present: Understanding school rationale for Extended Services through a 'Theory of Change' methodology of the MTL Speaker: Nicola Kassam For further details: Diane Brooks: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk
Wednesday 30 May 2012
30 May 2012
A chance to take a walking tour of our largest accommodation campus in Fallowfield, with the opportunity to see inside at least one student bedroom.
30 May 2012
Humanities & Education present: Access to Higher Education Speaker: Cate Goodlad For further details: Diane Brooks: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk
30 May 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester by a member of the Undergraduate Recruitment and Widening Participation Team, followed by a question and answer session and a tour of the campus with a current student
Saturday 2 June 2012
We Face Forward: Anansi Stories
2 June - 16 September 2012
A popular character in West African and Caribbean folklore, Anansi the Spider is a trickster who started life as a man, but due to his mischievous ways was turned into a spider by his father, the Great Sky God. Because of his…
Big Saturday: Manchester Anansi Spider
2 June 2012
11am-4pm. See the Anansi Spider story brought to life in a performance by the Men’s Room Community Group and Royal Exchange Theatre. Have a look around our We Face Forward: Anansi Stories display, which has been inspired by this…
Monday 4 June 2012
June half term: Living Worlds and Manchester Anansi Spider
4 - 8 June 2012
11am-4pm. Make sock pets and Anansi Spiders, inspired by our We Face Forward: Anansi Stories display and Living Worlds gallery. With Anansi Spider storytelling and activities Tuesday-Thursday, 1-3pm.