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Alan Turing and Life’s Enigma

24 March - 18 November 2012
Inspired by 1950s design and combining Alan Turing’s notes with museum objects, this exhibition documents Turing’s investigation into one of the great mysteries of nature: how complex…

Gateways - Year 10 Exploration Visit

09:30 - 14:30 26 April 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…

Kent & Medway UCAS Higher Education Convention

25 - 26 April 2012
The University of Manchester will be attending the Kent & Medway UCAS Higher Education Convention on 25th and 26th April 2012. The University of Manchester receives applications from…

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 Concert Series - GAMELAN DEGUNG

13:00 - 14:00 26 April 2012
University Music students, with guests, offer a dynamic programme of music for Gamelan Degung, to culminate the course in association with the Hallé. The concert includes traditional…

Magic Carpet: Minibeasts

11:00 - 12:00 27 April 2012
11am-12pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Manchester University Baroque Orchestra

13:00 - 14:30 27 April 2012
Join the University's own period-performance ensemble for a concert celebrating some of the favourites of the drawing rooms and concert rooms of Baroque England, including one of Handel's…

Big Saturday: Minibeasts & us

11:00 - 16:00 28 April 2012
11am-4pm. Come along to the Minibeasts & us Big Saturday and find out more about these fascinating creatures. See giant models of minibeasts such as a Ladybird, Forest Ant and Woodlouse.…

Love Food Festival

11:00 - 15:00 28 April 2012
The Love Food Festival aims to encourage people in Manchester to eat more sustainable and fresher foods by supporting local growers, learning how to grow your own food, and learning…

Museum Meets: Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 28 April 2012
2-4pm. Spring wild food walk with Jesper Launder, in association with Cracking good food. By the end of April the early edible springtime shoots are at their very best for harvest.…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 28 April 2012
Tippett’s Child of Our Time Manchester University Chorus performs Tippett’s inspirational and spiritual Child of Our Time, with Manchester University Symphony Orchestra. Stemming…

A Glowing Complexion: The Use of Radium in Cosmetics

13:00 - 14:00 1 May 2012
Speaker: Lucy Tetlow, Goldsmiths University of London

Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

09:45 - 14:30 2 May 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…

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 2 May 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

Showcase lecture: Hacking the Museum

15:00 - 16:30 2 May 2012
3-4.30pm. With Chris Speed, The University of Edinburgh. This talk will reflect upon the temporal characteristics of the emerging phenomenon known as the Internet of Things. As objects…

Tomb Gifts and their Funerary Meaning in Ancient Etruria

16:30 - 17:30 2 May 2012
Speaker: Dr Tom Rasmussen (The University of Manchester)

Tour of the Palaeontology stores

13:30 2 May 2012
Every Wednesday, 1.30-2.15pm & 2.15-3pm: Tours of the stores. Go behind the scenes and explore our Palaeontology and Botany stores (one store per week).

Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

09:45 - 14:30 3 May 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…

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert Series - Caf€ Mozart presents: Haydn à l’anglaise

13:00 - 14:00 3 May 2012
When Haydn came to England in 1791 his songs were already available in English versions that differed somewhat from what had left Vienna. Furthermore his pupil Thomas Haigh ‘of Manchester’…

Gateways - Year 7 University Uncovered Visit

09:45 - 14:30 4 May 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…

Colm Tóibín with Paul Durcan

18:30 - 20:30 8 May 2012
Colm Tóibín and Paul Durcan will read from new work at Professor Tóibín’s final Manchester event. Like Colm Tóibín, Paul Durcan is one of Ireland’s foremost writers and is renowned…

Gateways - Year 8 Familiarisation Visit

09:30 - 14:30 8 May 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…

Technology and Regional Identity: Siemens in the North of England

13:00 - 14:00 8 May 2012
Speaker: Katherine Platt, University of Manchester

Campus Visits for School and College Groups

13:30 - 15:30 9 May 2012
A presentation on The University of Manchester and Higher Education - helping students to be aware of the choices available to them. This is followed by a chance to meet some current…

Gateways - Year 8 Familiarisation Visit

09:30 - 14:30 9 May 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…

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