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Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 28 November 2012
We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on the Fallowfield Campus every Wednesday morning between November and March. During the summer months we run one tour in…

Aisha Khalid: Larger Than Life

6 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
EXHIBITION Aisha Khalid: Larger Than Life. Exhibition runs until 27 January 2013. Lahore-based Aisha Khalid is one of Pakistan’s leading contemporary artists. She is part of a generation…

Apocalyse Now: thinking about ruins and radiation

14:00 - 17:00 28 November 2012
A half-day seminar looking at artistic and scientific responses to industrial and other modern ruins, with Jane and Louise Wilson, Paul Dobraszczyk (University of Manchester), Tim Edensor…

Breed: The British & their Dogs

6 October 2012 - 14 April 2013
6 October 2012-14 April 2013 The history of the British Isles and its inhabitants, both human and canine, has long been entwined. Breed reveals the enduring and affectionate relationship…

Building on Things: images of ruin and renewal

6 October 2012 - 6 January 2013
No encounter or engagement with ruins is ever just about the past. Ruins are vehicles for time travel in the imagination. A ruined building is a reminder to the viewer of the passage…

Discover Sociology Day

09:45 - 15:00 28 November 2012
The Discover Sociology Day will give Year 12 students a real understanding of what it is like to study Sociology at The University of Manchester. The day will consist of an overview…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 28 November 2012
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Gateways - Year 8 Familiarisation Visit

09:45 - 14:30 28 November 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 Visit

13:30 - 15:30 28 November 2012
If you are unable to come to one of our University open days, you can join us for a guided visit of the campus on a Wednesday afternoon. Guided visits include a presentation on the…

Hockney to Hogarth: A Rake’s Progress

6 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
EXHIBITION Hockney to Hogarth: A Rake’s Progress. Exhibition runs until 3 February 2013. The Whitworth has been presented with David Hockney’s entire print series A Rake’s Progress…

Jane and Louise Wilson

6 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
EXHIBITION Jane and Louise Wilson. Exhibition runs until 27 January 2013. Bringing together recent works by the acclaimed British artists Jane and Louise Wilson, this exhibition…

Enforced Relocation of Older People Between Institutional Settings

11:00 - 12:00 29 November 2012
That transfers of older people from one institution to another is detrimental to well-being health and survival has been reported for 50 years. This has led to fear, anger and legal…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 29 November 2012
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Gateways - Year 8 Familiarisation Visit

09:45 - 14:30 29 November 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…

Tours of the Vivarium (live animals) - every Tues & Thurs (except school holidays)

12:00 - 13:00 29 November 2012
Every Tues & Thurs, 12-1pm (except school holidays). Tours of the Vivarium (live animals). Meet the Museum's live animals and learn about the education and conservation work taking place beyond the displays.

Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert - Gweneth Ann Jeffers and Simon Lepper

13:00 - 14:00 29 November 2012
Olivier Messiaen - Harawi A vocal and pianistic marathon of virtuosity and endurance, Messiaen’s show-stopping song-cycle Harawi of 1945 is seldom heard live. It is the first work…

Magic Carpet: Egyptian tales

10:30 - 12:30 30 November 2012
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers.

Movie Nights

18:00 - 20:30 30 November 2012
Movie Nights. On Friday: 30 November. Offering an insight into what Britain was like in the early 60s, at the time when David Hockney left the UK behind and arrived in the US. …

MUMS Lunchtime Concert Series – Brass Band

13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2012
Manchester University Music Society’s Brass Band presents a lunchtime of English and Armenian music. The inspiring programme includes a new work by Timothy Langston who recently graduated…

All Other Things Being Equal

1 December 2012 - 2 June 2013
The Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most biodiverse and endangered regions of our planet. Many people want to protect the biodiversity that remains, but the reality on the ground is…

Progress Yourself: Reimagining A Rake’s Progress

13:00 - 16:00 1 December 2012
Progress Yourself: Reimagining A Rake’s Progress. Saturday 1 December. 1 – 4pm, free, please book. The likes of David Hockney and Grayson Perry have all done it, now it’s your…

Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 22:00 2 December 2012
J.S. Bach Christen Atzet diesel Tag Johannes Brahmes Ein Deutches Requiem Conductor: Gregory Batsleer Join the University of Manchester’s Chorus for an exciting programme…

Discover Life Sciences Day

09:30 - 15:00 3 December 2012
The Discover Life Sciences Day will enable Year 12 students to find out more about Life Science related degrees at The University of Manchester, the types of careers available as a…

MAP Celebration Evening

3 December 2012
The celebration evening is the final event in the MAP calendar and all students who have completed MAP, and their parents, will be invited. There will be a guest speaker and you will…

The Icon Series for Translational Medicine Lectures

16:00 - 18:00 3 December 2012
Title: ‘Developing novel approaches to improving the benefit-risk ratio of drugs’. Throughout autumn the Institute of Human Development will be hosting a range of engaging lunch time…

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