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BBC Planet Dinosaur Tour

1 - 9 October 2011
More types of dinosaur have been discovered in the last two decades than in the 200 years before. Many of these discoveries are from places we never realised even had dinosaurs. The…

Clinical Prize Presentations and Symposium "A Medical Update"

14:00 5 October 2011
2.00 pm Clinical Prize Presentations; 3.30 pm - 6.30pm Symposium, MANDEC Speaker: Dr Jane Wainwright (Consultant in Stroke/Neurology, Salford Royal NHS FT) Further details are available…

Living Worlds

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,…

Local Authority Highways and Traffic

17:30 - 18:30 5 October 2011
Speaker: Gordon Anderson, Divisional Manager - Highways & Engineering, Unity Partnership, Oldham MBC Transport Seminar Series: Delivering better transport: a journey from austerity to growth

The management and control of teacher identities: the case of distributed leadership

12:30 - 14:00 5 October 2011
Speaker: Dave Hall. For further info, please contact: diane.brooks@manchester.ac.uk

The Museum Allotment

27 May - 13 November 2011
The Museum’s new Living Worlds gallery explores the connections between all living things, including us, and shows how we can all shape the future by the choices we make. One of…

Unearthed Ancient Egypt: taster session for grandparents

15:00 - 16:00 5 October 2011
3-4pm. Have a cup of tea, see Museum objects and find out about our latest projects.

Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

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…

we are extInked

9 July - 4 December 2011
To celebrate the opening of our Living Worlds gallery, we have teamed up with Artist group Ultimate Holding Company to present 'we are extInked' - an exhibition documenting the story…

Soriah

13:00 6 October 2011
Portland-based musician and ritual artist Soriah (a.k.a. Enrique Ugalde) combines traditional Tuvan throat singing and classical Indian raga chanting with rock and roll influences and…

John Hegley English performance poet, comedian, musician and songwriter

20:00 8 October 2011
Critically acclaimed performance poet John Hegley returns to enchant us with his interactive poetic genius and silliness. John Hegley is widely known as one of the country's most…

University of Manchester Undergraduate Open Days

10:00 - 16:00 8 October 2011
The best way to get a feel for what The University of Manchester is all about is to come and visit us on one of our open days. Open days give you the chance to find out more about the…

“Colm Tóibín in Conversation” with Alan Hollinghurst

18:30 10 October 2011
Acclaimed novelist and journalist Colm Tóibín, newly appointed as Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing, hosts the first in a series…

The Psychology of Voters in the 2010 UK General Elections

16:00 - 17:30 11 October 2011
Speakers: Michael Bruter & Sarah Harrison, London School of Economics This seminar is one in a series for 2011/12 held by the Institute for Social Change [ISC] & Cathie Marsh Centre…

Using an ANT Perspective to Analyse the Planning of Sustainable Commercial Office Development

14:00 - 16:00 11 October 2011
Manchester Architecture Research Centre (SED) present Using an ANT Perspective to Analyse the Planning of Sustainable Commercial Office Development Speaker: Yvonne Rydin (UCL, London)…

Northern Baroque

13:00 13 October 2011
Amanda Babington (violin and recorder), Cait Walker (oboe and recorder), Claire Babington (cello) and David Francis (harpsichord) present an exciting programme of baroque chamber works,…

University of Manchester Music Society Contemporary Works

13:00 14 October 2011
Join us for the first of our free Friday Lunchtime Concert series, with a selection of contemporary pieces and student commissions for small chamber ensembles. FREE

Big Saturday: Ancient Egypt

11:00 - 16:00 15 October 2011
11am-4pm. With the help of our new Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition, journey back to the 1920s to our Egyptologist’s store room for some archaeological training. Our Egyptologist,…

Reality 7 - One Stage One Voice One Heritage Tour Series

19:30 15 October 2011
Celebrate Black History Month a community celebration of One Heritage, on One stage, in One Voice! Join Reality 7 as they embark on their maiden tour of the United Kingdom. Nominated…

Urban Harvest - part of The Manchester Weekender

12:00 - 15:00 16 October 2011
12-3pm. After months of careful tending, The Museum Allotment is ready for harvest. Kids can get their hands dirty helping dig up veg from our allotment and enjoy performances from…

LITERATURE LIVE: John McAuliffe and Sean O’Brien

18:30 17 October 2011
John McAuliffe was born in 1973 and grew up in Listowel, Co Kerry and now lives in Manchester. He won the RTE Poet of the Future award in 2000 and received a major Arts Council Bursary…

Conflicts in Cities

14:00 - 16:00 18 October 2011
Manchester Architecture Research Centre (SED) presents Conflicts in Cities Speaker: Wendy Pullan (Cambridge University) 2-4pm, Coupland 1 Pear Lecture Theatre

Gateways - Year 11 Skills for Success Visit

09:30 - 14:30 18 October 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…

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2011

19:30 18 October 2011
Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert 2011 Cellist Lionel Cottet, accompanied by pianist Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, both from Switzerland, perform works by Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and…

Why National eHealth Programs Need Dead Philosophers: Wittgensteinian Reflections on Policymakers’ Reluctance to Learn from History

14:00 - 15:00 18 October 2011
Health Sciences Group-Primary Care present: Why National eHealth Programs Need Dead Philosophers: Wittgensteinian Reflections on Policymakers’ Reluctance to Learn from History Speaker:…

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