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Coral: Something Rich and Strange

29 November 2013 - 16 March 2014
Temporary exhibition at Manchester Museum. Explore the enduring fascination with coral as a material, symbol and inspiration for artists, cultures and societies across the centuries.…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 3 December 2013
Free English Conversation classes at Manchester Museum. English Corner at Manchester Museum is for people who are learning to speak English.Our English tutor will lead you in activities…

Exclusive Preview Screening - The Road to Fame

16:00 - 18:00 3 December 2013
Don't miss your chance to see 'The Road to Fame' and chat with its rising-star Chinese director Hao Wu before the film's premiere on BBC4! This new documentary chronicles the staging…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 3 December 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…

Fragmentary Ancestors: Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana

25 October 2013 - 4 May 2014
This exhibition at Manchester Museum is the first ever officially approved showing of clay figurines made by a previously little understood people in Koma Land in Ghana in West Africa.…

Guided Visits for Schools and Colleges

13:30 - 15:30 3 December 2013
We run regular campus visits throughout the year for groups of students in Year 10 and upwards. Activities include a welcome presentation, a question-and-answer session with a panel…

ICON Lecture | Genomic Medicine | Time for Translation

12:30 - 14:00 3 December 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Human Development '''Speaker:''' Professor Mark Caulfield, Queen Mary, University of London '''About the event:''' Brought to you by the University of Manchester,…

Introduction to Implementing Ontologies in the Web Ontology Language (OWL) course

10:00 2 - 15:00 3 December 2013
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health This two-day introductory ‘hands-on’ workshop aims to provide attendees with both the theoretical foundations and practical experience to…

Locating Boccaccio in 2013

11 July - 20 December 2013
On the 700th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition celebrates the enduring popularity of the works of the Italian medieval author Giovanni Boccaccio. Taking a wide-ranging overview…

Morbid Micellany

14 October 2013 - 31 January 2014
Behold bizarre bindings! Delight in death! Gaze in awe at aged autographs! Our Morbid Miscellany embraces the darker side of our collections. This selection of individual items, many…

Picturing Stories: British and French Romantic Illustrations

9 August 2013 - 9 January 2014
This exhibition explores the development of French and British Romantic illustration during the period 1770-1860. In contrast to earlier allegorical images, Romantic pictures are full…

Polari Mission: Bona Eek

16 August 2013 - 2 February 2014
Polari's history is as diverse as the people who have used it. For the Polari Mission project artists Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson have created a series of innovative visual artworks…

Portrait of a Living Archive

3 October 2013 - 13 January 2014
When people think about libraries they tend to think of them as the ancestral home of written rather than visual culture. The John Rylands Library houses a significant collection of…

The Whitworth closure for major development work

2 September 2013 - 14 February 2015
The Whitworth reopens on Saturday 14 February 2015. The gallery is currently closed in order to carry out major development work, transforming the Gallery into a new 21st century Gallery…

[DATE CHANGED TO 2 DEC] Professor Max Silverman (Leeds) "Palimpsestic Memory and the Ethics of Storytelling"

17:00 - 19:00 3 December 2013
***THIS EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY 2 DECEMBER FROM 6PM IN THE ARTS LECTURE THEATRE, SAM ALEX***

Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 4 December 2013
We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on the Fallowfield Campus every Wednesday morning between October and March. During the summer months we run one tour in…

Adults Returning to Education Information Session

10:30 - 12:30 4 December 2013
Adult learners considering returning to education to pursue a degree, or who have already applied to the University, can sign up for an 'Adults Returning to Education Session'. This…

Collection Bites

13:00 - 14:00 4 December 2013
Collection Bites: Translucent Marvels: The Blaschka Glass Models of Marine Invertebrates Wednesday 4 December 1-2pm Book on 0161 275 2648 or museum@manchester.ac.uk, free. Marion Endt-Jones,…

Faculty of Life Sciences UCAS Interview Day

12:45 - 16:30 4 December 2013
Applicants to Faculty of Life Sciences courses are invited to meet our staff and students, take a tour of our facilities and undertake a short interview as part of our application process.…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 4 December 2013
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…

How gradual change progresses: the expansion of -ing-clauses with begin through time and across individuals

09:00 - 10:00 4 December 2013
LEL Research Seminar talk.

Rethinking Global Drug Policy

16:00 - 18:00 4 December 2013
Public lecture discussing options for developing a new regulatory paradigm for global drug policy.

Whimsical Wednesday Workshop - festive makes

11:00 - 16:00 4 December 2013
Choose from a range of activities to make something Christmassy to take away – a gift for a loved one, or for yourself!

Why is this part of my story? Possible sources of the identity-significance of personal bioinformation

14:00 4 December 2013
This seminar is open to all and will involve a talk for around 40 mins followed by a discussion.

[DATE CHANGED TO 2 DEC] CIDRAL Masterclass with Professor Max Silverman (Leeds)

11:00 - 12:30 4 December 2013
***THE MASTERCLASS WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY 2 DECEMBER AT 2PM-3.30PM, A202 SAM ALEX***

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