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CHINA: JOURNEY TO THE EAST

25 September 2010 - 26 June 2011
A British Museum Tour supported by BP, a CHINA NOW legacy project 25 September 2010-26 June 2011 Free entry China's long history of innovation in technology, science and the arts…

Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

10 March 2011
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…

Hampshire & Isle of Wight UCAS Higher Education Convention

10 - 11 March 2011
The University of Manchester will be attending the Hampshire & Isle of Wight UCAS Higher Education Convention on 10th & 11th March 2011. The University of Manchester receives applications…

Health Rocks display & wellbeing trail

8 November 2010 - 1 April 2011
Rocks & Minerals gallery, Floor G Scientists believe doing five simple things a day can protect our mental wellbeing, just like eating five fruit and veg a day can protect our physical…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert With Oliver Triendl (piano)

13:00 10 March 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT Enesco Concertstück Richard Whalley Ad infinitum Milhaud La creation du monde A luxuriantly romantic viola/piano duo,…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: Doctors and Philosophers of Composition

14:30 10 March 2011
Workshops quartets by the University’s PhD students.

Stonehenge: henge diggers

19 February - 17 July 2011
Photos by Bill Bevan and emotive texts capture the feelings of archaeologists, some from The University of Manchester, as they dig and make discoveries near this renowned sacred site.…

Opera Scenes

13:00 11 March 2011
Come in from the winds of March and see famous scenes from operas performed by talented students. FREE

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with Oliver Triendl (piano)

19:30 11 March 2011
Haydn String Quartet in C, Op. 50 No. 2 Schumann String Quartet in F, Op. 41, No. 2 Enescu Piano Quintet, Op. 29 From the heart of Haydn’s classical mastery,…

University of Manchester String Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra

19:30 12 March 2011
Manchester University Music Society Yoshimatsu Threnody to Toki for Piano and String Orchestra Grieg Holberg Suite Op. 40 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola Schubert…

Cornwall UCAS Higher Education Convention

14 March 2011
The University of Manchester will be attending the Cornwall UCAS Higher Education Convention on 14th March 2011. The University of Manchester receives applications from talented…

Exeter UCAS Higher Education Convention

15 - 16 March 2011
The University of Manchester will be attending the Exeter UCAS Higher Education Convention on 15th & 16th March 2011. The University of Manchester receives applications from talented…

National Science & Engineering Week - Tuesday 15th March

10:00 - 15:00 15 March 2011
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…

National Science and Engineering Week - Wednesday 16th March

10:00 - 15:00 16 March 2011
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…

Arguments and umbrella stands: Victorian Manchester’s natural history collections

12:30 - 13:45 17 March 2011
Talk: 12.30-1.15pm Tour: 1.15-1.45pm In Victorian Manchester there was a Geological Society and a Natural History Society. They shared a museum, but disagreed about the admission…

National Science and Engineering Week - Thursday 17th March

10:00 - 15:00 17 March 2011
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…

Trio Atem Gavin Osborn – flute, Nina Whiteman – voice, Alice Purton – cello

13:00 17 March 2011
WALTER CARROLL LUNCHTIME CONCERT Manuella Blackburn Triple Retort (world première) Edward Caine Poem in Silence Kaija Saariaho Mirrors Martin Iddon pneuma.pistis (world…

VAGANZA invites CHIMERA: The Next Generation New Music Ensembles from University of Manchester and York

18 March 2011
The culmination of an exciting collaboration between Universities of Manchester and York, including music especially written for two ensembles, and a vibrant new work by PhD composer…

Big Saturday: The body experience

11:00 - 16:00 19 March 2011
A day of hands-on activities about the body's organs and functions. 11am-4pm: Human body tour Come on a tour of the human body with scientists from the Faculty of Life Sciences…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra ‘Picture Postcards 2: Europe’

19:30 19 March 2011
Sibelius Finlandia Ellerby Paris Sketches Saint-Saëns Orient et Occident, Op. 25 Gorb Dances from Crete Hindemith Symphony in B-flat Conductors: Jack Adler-McKean, Ralph Corrigan,…

Young curators exhibition

19 March 2011
Come and see what happens when you let a group of teenagers loose at The Manchester Museum! Our team of young curators have designed their own exhibition, using Museum and hand made…

Confucius Institute China talks

12:30 - 13:30 21 March 2011
Gunpowder, silk, paper and porcelain were all invented in China. Find out more about one of the most important and influential civilisations in world history in this series of monthly talks by The Confucius Institute.

Surrey UCAS Higher Education Convention

21 - 22 March 2011
The University of Manchester will be attending the Surrey UCAS Higher Education Convention on 21st & 22nd March 2011. The University of Manchester receives applications from talented…

Northern Ireland UCAS Higher Education Convention

23 - 24 March 2011
The University of Manchester will be attending the Northern Ireland UCAS Higher Education Convention on 23rd & 24th March 2011. The University of Manchester receives applications…

Showcase Lecture: The Artificial Ape: Technology, Evolution and Humanity

15:00 - 16:30 23 March 2011
3-4pm: lecture 4-4.30pm: discussion followed by tea & coffee Timothy Taylor, author and archaeologist.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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