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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…

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,…

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

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…

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…

Unpredictability and variability during embryonic stem cell differentiation

14:00 - 15:00 14 December 2011
Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network Seminar Series Speaker: Sally Lowell, University of Edinburgh

MUMS Festive Concert

19:30 15 December 2011
Bliss Greetings for a City Gabrieli Canzonas J.S.Bach Excerpts from Christmas Oratorio Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture TchaikovskyVariations on a Rococo Theme Anderson Christmas…

PSAPPHA - The University of Manchester’s Contemporary Ensemble in Residence

13:00 15 December 2011
Erkki-Sven Tüür Architectonics II Kenneth Hesketh Three Pieces in the Shape of a Shoe The performance will include new works by advanced composition students from The University…

Christmas holidays - Thank you cards

11:00 27 - 16:00 30 December 2011
11am-4pm. Make pop-up cards inspired by the Museum's collection.

Magic Carpet: Polar animals

11:00 - 12:00 30 December 2011
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Non-Technical Skills in Surgery - What are they and do they matter?

19:30 - 21:00 10 January 2012
Faculty/School: Manchester Medical Society (Surgery) Speaker: Professor G G Youngson CBE (Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) Coffee & Registration from…

Accommodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 11 January 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.

Gabriel Minnikin

20:00 - 22:00 11 January 2012
Born and raised in Nova Scotia (Canada), Gabriel Minnikin is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer. His voice is unbelievable, ranging from the gravely depths of…

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 11 January 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

Stem cells, cartilage and how to save a life

14:00 - 15:00 11 January 2012
Manchester Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cell Network Seminar Series Speaker: Anthony Hollander, University of Bristol

The analysis of steroids by LC-MS/MS a rapidly maturity technology

17:00 - 18:30 11 January 2012
Faculty/School: Manchester Medical Society (Pathology) Speaker: Mr B Keevil (Consultant Clinical Scientist, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS FT) Coffee & Registration from…

Curiosities - Celebrating Trees

13 January - 5 February 2012
Exhibition displaying the winning entries from the Curiosities favourite tree photography competition. Competition entrants were asked to take photos of their favourite trees, to create images that tell a story.

Gateways - Year 9 Build Your Future Visit

09:30 - 14:30 17 January 2012
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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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