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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…

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…

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…

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…

Manchester University Music Society Lunchtime Concert - Solo and Chamber Works

13:10 - 14:00 18 January 2013
Come and enjoy a Friday Lunchtime Concert performed by The Manchester University Music Society. The Students of Manchester University Music Society show off their talent, performing…

FULLY BOOKED! How did ancient Egyptian statues work?

10:00 - 16:00 19 January 2013
This event is now fully booked. 10am-4pm. Statues were central to ancient Egyptian religion, but how did the Egyptians use and understand them? This one day course will examine…

John Piper: The Mountains of Wales

19 January - 7 April 2013
John Piper: The Mountains of Wales. 19 January – 7 April. John Piper began to draw and paint the landscape of North Wales in the middle of the Second World War. He was sent to Snowdonia…

Weekend Course: Anglo-American Art & The Sixties

11:00 19 - 16:00 20 January 2013
Serious About Art: Weekend Courses. Anglo-American Art & The Sixties. Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 January. 11am – 4pm, £35. Use our Hockney to Hogarth exhibition as a starting point…

Best fit” framework synthesis for generating new theoretical insights: A worked example using workplace smoking cessation interventions

14:00 - 15:00 22 January 2013
The need to reduce smoking rates is a recognised public health policy issue in many countries. The workplace offers a potential context for offering smokers’ programmes and interventions…

Campus visits for schools and colleges

13:30 - 15:30 22 January 2013
We run regular campus visits throughout the year for groups of students in Year 10 and upwards. The programme of activities includes a welcome presentation, a question-and-answer session…

Investigating teachers' work : professional identity in changing times

12:30 - 13:45 23 January 2013
AG.11 Ellen Wilkinson Building Speaker : Christiana Karousiou

Oestrogen the most important hormone of all

13:00 - 14:00 23 January 2013
Professor Kay Marshall suffered a damascene moment as a second year pharmacy student when she discovered the joys of pharmacology and in particular the fun of feedback control. Thereafter…

After Hours: Breed

18:30 - 21:30 24 January 2013
6.30-9.30pm. An evening social event with all things canine. Explore our Breed: The British & their Dogs exhibition and design your own dog. Meet dogs who feature in the exhibition…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 24 January 2013
Pop in for a free lunchtime concert with our star quartet-in-residence, Quatuor Danel. One of Shostakovich’s most symphonic and physically exciting string quartets, paired with the…

Magic Carpet: Rainforest

10:30 - 12:30 25 January 2013
10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Storytelling and activity session for under 5s and their families/carers. Book on 0161 275 2648 (from a week before), free, under 5s and their families/carers

Quatuor Danel Friday Evening Concert Series

19:30 - 21:30 25 January 2013
Hear the teenage Debussy’s piano trio (only reconstructed in the 1980s) together with his still comparatively early yet masterly string quartet, and Tchaikovsky at his most chromatic…

Quatuor Danel Open House Event

25 - 27 January 2013
A fantastic opportunity to receive coaching and attend workshops given by Marc Danel, Gilles Millet, Vlad Bogdanas and Guy Danel, the four members of Quatuor Danel. The Quatuor Danel…

Amazonian Rainforest Big Saturday

11:00 - 16:00 26 January 2013
11am-4pm. A day bursting with hands-on craft and art activities for all the family, inspired by our All Other Things Being Equal exhibition. Find out what life is like in the Rainforest…

Curator’s Tour: John Piper

14:00 26 January 2013
Curator’s Tour: John Piper Saturday 26 January, 2pm, free.

Urban Naturalist: Garden birds

14:00 - 16:00 26 January 2013
2-4pm. Over the past 30 years there have been major changes in the numbers and distribution of Manchester’s birds. Did you know that House Sparrows and Starlings are now on the red…

An exploration of how Clinical Commissioning Groups and Health and Wellbeing Boards are tackling health inequalities in England

14:00 - 15:00 29 January 2013
This seminar will introduce some early findings from two qualitative research projects exploring how health inequalities are being discussed, conceptualised and tackled by newly forming…

Artangel Open Platform

18:00 - 20:30 29 January 2013
Venue: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK. "Artangel let artists do what no one else will. It's as simple as that." Jeremy Deller Open is a £1 million initiative by Artangel, BBC…

Income inequalities, social cohesion, well-being and the 'spirit level' : taking a closer look at the evidence for the UK and Japan

17:00 - 17:30 29 January 2013
The seminar will present the findings of a collaborative research project building on recent work entitled "The Spirit Level" by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett suggesting that Japan…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 30 January 2013
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…

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