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Cancelled: Jodrell Bank: 75 Years of science

20 April - 13 November 2020
-Please note that these events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak- 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Jodrell Bank Observatory. Since 1945, this globally significant…

Cancelled: Stars and Stones

2 May - 7 October 2020
-Please note that these events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak- 2nd May, 13th May, 24th June, 11th July, 9th September and 7th October Stars and Stones offers…

Coding Demonstrations: Text Mining in Python

16:00 2 - 17:00 30 September 2020
Social scientists may find that working with semi-unstructured data, such as natural language text, is an essential but time consuming and difficult part of a research project. However,…

Imran Perretta: the destructors

8 May - 4 October 2020
The Whitworth presents a new 2-screen film by London-based artist Imran Perretta. Drawing on the artist’s own experience as a young man of Bangladeshi heritage, the film explores personal…

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
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…

Telescope Talks

22 August - 2 December 2020
Join a Telescope Talk where you can join one of Jodrell Bank's friendly Explainers as they take you for a stroll around the base of the impressive Lovell Telescope. You’ll find out…

Utopias

31 January - 4 October 2020
Utopia is, at its essence, about creating a perfect world, yet in this way, it is always in opposition with the present. In his seminal book Utopia (1516), Thomas More gave name and…

Brilliant and Black presents Gary Younge

13:00 - 15:00 1 October 2020
In Celebration of BHM 2020 The University of Manchester is proud to present: “Brilliant and Black” with Professor Gary Younge The month of October has been celebrated as Black History…

Ian McGuire: The Abstainer (Online Blackwell's Event)

19:00 - 20:00 1 October 2020
Join acclaimed North Water author Ian McGuire at an Blackwell's online event, as he talks about his new novel, The Abstainer - an epic story of revenge and obsession. About this Event…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Nijay K Gupta (Northern Seminary, Illinois) - “Reconstructing Junia's Imprisonment: Examining a Neglected Comment in Romans 16:7”

16:00 - 17:30 1 October 2020
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This semester the seminars will take place online via Zoom - please register to receive the link by emailing…

Eco-urban 3.0

13:00 - 14:30 2 October 2020
This is about the climate challenge, both local and global – how to get the science/tech, economics, politics, culture and psychology all working together? On one small and fragile…

Prometheus: executive level learning and development conference for leaders from the UK 3rd Sector

09:30 - 14:45 7 October 2020
Prometheus is a free to attend executive level learning and development conference for leaders from the UK 3rd Sector. It is Alliance Manchester Business School’s annual programme…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Siobhán Jolley (University of Manchester) ‘Asking for it? Lessons from Mary Magdalene in a culture of sexual violence.’

14:00 - 16:00 8 October 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: UK and cross-national surveys

15:00 - 16:00 8 October 2020
Did you know that data from major social surveys such as the British Social Attitudes survey, the Labour Force Survey and the Health Survey for England can be accessed for research…

Cancelled - See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly

09:15 - 11:15 10 October 2020
Sat 10 Oct: 9.15-11.15am See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Join us for early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their…

Ed Morrisey - North West Seminar in Mathematical Biology and Data Science

14:00 - 15:00 12 October 2020
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Ed Morrisey (Oxford) as part of the Mathematics in the Life Sciences Series. Abstract to follow. Details of the zoom meeting ID and link will…

SEERIH Science Spotlight: "So what?" Making science school improvemnt worth it!

16:00 - 17:15 12 October 2020
Christina Whittaker, SEERIH Professional Development Champion, will be leading us through reflective practice in primary science. For more details and to register, please click on…

Peter Gries - COVID-19 and the Future of China's relations with the West, Revisited

12:30 - 13:30 13 October 2020
Will future historians look back at 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic as the start of a new Cold War? Professor Gries addressed this question in a webinar last May, and will revisit it…

Thomas Cubaud - Multiphase flow regime transitions with high-viscosity fluids in microchannels

14:30 - 15:30 14 October 2020
Thomas Cubaud (Stony Brook) joins us for this virtual seminar in the Physical Applied Mathematics Series This seminar will be held via Zoom. Please email alice.thompson@manchester.ac.uk…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr James Sedlacek (Nazarene Theological College) ‘Is the Perfect Tense in the Pauline Corpus a ‘Front-grounding’ Tense or a ‘Backgrounding’ Tense?‘

14:00 - 16:00 15 October 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

How can nuclear play a part in a post-COVID-19 net zero future?

14:30 - 15:30 15 October 2020
Join us for an online panel discussion on Thursday 15 October at 2:30pm. As the UK looks to implement a green recovery whilst sticking with existing targets for net zero, what does…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Kristin Aune (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, University of Coventry) - “Religious Student Societies in Universities – Division and Cohesion”

16:00 - 17:30 15 October 2020
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This semester the seminars will take place online via Zoom - please register to receive the link by emailing…

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