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Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

09:45 - 14:30 5 December 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…

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…

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,…

MAP celebration evening

18:30 - 20:30 5 December 2011
The Celebration Evening is the final event in the MAP calendar and everyone who has passed MAP is invited. Refreshments will be provided and students will receive a certificate from the MAP team.

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…

“Colm Tóibín in Conversation” with Eamon Duffy

18:30 5 December 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 a series of high-profile…

Ad Solem (University of Manchester Chamber Choir)

19:30 6 December 2011
Poulenc Mass in G Mouton Nesciens Mater Duruflé Notre Père Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium Poulenc Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël Villette Hymne à la Vièrge Poulenc Un Soir de…

Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

09:45 - 14:30 6 December 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…

MAP celebration evening

18:30 - 20:30 6 December 2011
The Celebration Evening is the final event in the MAP calendar and everyone who has passed MAP is invited. Refreshments will be provided and students will receive a certificate from the MAP team.

The North West People in Research Forum

14:00 - 15:00 6 December 2011
Health Sciences Group-Primary Care present "The North West People in Research Forum" Speaker: Marisha Palm, CMFT Manchester

The Northern Hub

17:30 - 19:00 7 December 2011
Transport Seminar: The Northern Hub (In association with the Institution of Railway Operators) Speaker: Duncan Law, Northern Hub Scheme Sponsor Network Rail

Y10 Insight to Politics Day (Gifted & Talented Programme)

09:45 - 14:30 7 December 2011
This event will give Gifted and Talented learners, who are currently studying or are interested in subjects such as politics, economics and business studies, an overview of Politics…

Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

09:45 - 14:30 8 December 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…

MUBB (Manchester University Big Band)

19:30 8 December 2011
Director: Patrick Hurley The Manchester University Big Band return with another brilliant concert including a mix of well-known classics and contemporary gems from the big band repertoire!

Poetry Reading by Michael Schmidt and Chris McCully

18:30 8 December 2011
Michael Schmidt is a well-known poet, publisher and critic. He was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to poetry. With Chris McCully, he is a founder and Director of the Literary Archives…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: ‘Bachelors of Composition’ -

14:30 8 December 2011
The Quatuor Danel workshops quartet movements in the style of Haydn by the University’s undergraduates. FREE

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Series - Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:00 8 December 2011
Weinberg Sonata No. 2 for solo viola, Op. 123 (UK première) Schubert Quartet in A minor, D.804, ‘Rosamunde’ Late-period explorations: another incomparable Schubert masterpiece,…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 9 December 2011
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Quartet No. 4, Op. 78 Hindemith ‘Flying Dutchman’ Overture Tchaikovsky Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11 Turkey’s answer to Bartók, side-by-side with hilarious…

The Maxine Project -- productive and approachable development of high-performance virtual machines

14:00 - 15:00 12 December 2011
Speaker: Dr Laurent Daynes, Oracle labs Host: Barry Cheetham and Mikel Lujan Abstract: Increasingly, the answer to exploiting new hardware and to adequately address new class…

A glimpse through the keyhole in advances in paediatric surgery

19:30 - 21:00 13 December 2011
Manchester Medical Society (Surgery) present 'A glimpse through the keyhole in advances in paediatric surgery' Speaker: Dr G MacKinlay (President of The British Association of Paediatric…

Temporal and spatial disruption: exploring illness behaviours and help seeking among vulnerable patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

14:00 - 15:00 13 December 2011
Health Sciences Group-Primary Care present 'Temporal and spatial disruption: exploring illness behaviours and help seeking among vulnerable patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary…

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