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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…

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 4 July 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

Headstart Residential Summer School

2 - 5 July 2012
Are you interested in studying engineering at university? The University of Manchester, together with Headstart, will host a 4 day summer school to give Y12 students interested in engineering…

Hertfordshire UCAS Higher Education Convention

3 - 4 July 2012
The University of Manchester will be attending the Hertfordshire UCAS Higher Education Convention on 3rd and 4th July 2012. The University of Manchester receives applications from…

Science Stars - Year 8 and 9

09:30 - 15:30 4 July 2012
Science Stars gives Year 8 and 9 pupils a taste of university life and the chance to participate in some hands-on biology workshops run by staff and students of the Faculty of Life…

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 Face Forward: Anansi Stories

2 June - 16 September 2012
A popular character in West African and Caribbean folklore, Anansi the Spider is a trickster who started life as a man, but due to his mischievous ways was turned into a spider by his…

Campus Visits for School and College Groups

13:30 - 15:30 5 July 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…

Discover Midwifery Day

5 July 2012
The Discover Midwifery Day will give potential students in Year 12 first-hand experience of the Midwifery degree programme at The University of Manchester. The day offers a fantastic…

MAP University Life Conference 1

6 - 8 July 2012
The University Life Conference is a three day event for MAP students with the option of staying overnight in one of the university’s Hall of Residence. The conference will develop…

Health Informatics @ Manchester Meeting, Faculty of Medical & Human Sciences

14:30 - 17:00 9 July 2012
HI@M is a quarterly meeting that aims to bring together cross-disciplinary researchers with an interest in eHealth to share skills and encourage collaboration. Each meeting focuses…

Discover Biomedical Sciences I Day

10 July 2012
This is the first of two different Discover Biomedical Sciences Days. Biomedical Sciences covers a broad range of biological and molecular sciences related to medicine, and this day…

Campus Visits for School and College Groups

13:30 - 15:30 11 July 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…

Discover Biomedical Sciences II Day

11 July 2012
This is the second of two different Discover Biomedical Sciences Days. Biomedical Sciences covers a broad range of biological and molecular sciences related to medicine and this day…

Discover Nursing Day

11 July 2012
Discover Nursing Day offers potential applicants in Year 12 the chance to gain hands-on experience of the different degree courses on offer at Manchester, which include Child, Adult…

MAP University Life Conference 2

13 - 15 July 2012
The University Life Conference is a three day event for MAP students with the option of staying overnight in one of the university’s Hall of Residence. The conference will develop…

Big Saturday: Volcanoes

11:00 - 16:00 14 July 2012
11am-4pm. Find out more about volcanoes, see mini volcanic eruptions, make your own volcano and find out what it is like to be in an eruption! Our curators will be on hand to show you…

Hallé Youth Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 16 July 2012
Borodin Prince Igor Overture Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (pathétique) Conductor - Andrew Gourlay Violin - Ciaran McCabe The Hallé Youth Orchestra…

Hallé Youth Choir

19:30 - 21:30 17 July 2012
The Hallé Youth Choir, with new Youth Choir Director, Richard Wilberforce, present a concert for a summer evening, prior to the forthcoming concert tour of Belgium in August.

Conservation in action

12:00 18 July 2012
12-2pm. In 2012, to mark the centenary of the first Egypt gallery to be opened at The Manchester Museum, we are planning on opening Ancient Worlds - three new galleries highlighting…

Guided Visits

13:30 - 15:30 18 July 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

Summer holidays - Unearthed: Ancient Egypt

11:00 23 July - 16:00 31 August 2012
11am-4pm. Visit our Unearthed: Ancient Egypt exhibition and help our Egyptologist Dr Digby (played on film by Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories) investigate and record his finds.…

Campus Visits for School and College Groups

13:30 - 15:30 25 July 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…

Skulls, death and the Dark Ages

11:00 - 16:00 25 July 2012
11am-4pm. Watch a battle re-enactment and make your own sword and shield inspired by our collection. Part of the Festival of British Archaeology.

Skulls, death and the Dark Ages talk

13:00 - 14:00 25 July 2012
1-2pm. In this presentation aimed at a family and adult audience, our Curator of Archaeology, Bryan Sitch, talks about recent work on human skeletons from Heronbridge near Chester.…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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