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Accommodation Tour

10:30 - 12:00 29 January 2014
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…

CIDRAL Theory Intensive: On Plato and Foucault

13:00 - 15:00 29 January 2014
With Cinzia Arruzza (New School, NY, USA) Cinzia Arruzza is assistant professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research. She works on ancient philosophy and feminism and…

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.…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 29 January 2014
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.…

Globalisation and Sustainable Development: International Transport and Sustainable Development

16:00 - 17:00 29 January 2014
This seminar assesses the potential contribution for international shipping and long haul aviation to contribute to sustainable development (SD). It considers trade and development,…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 29 January 2014
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…

HIV: The Battle for Immune Control

12:00 - 13:00 29 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Leaders in Science Seminar Series. …

Lighting fires

13:00 - 14:00 29 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Special seminar series. Teaching is commonly regarded as 'filling buckets' - filling students' heads with 'stuff'. I will discuss my approach to teaching…

Microtubules, cells sahpe and the regulation of plant form

13:00 29 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Technical Seminar Series "Despite the elaborate nature of plants and the amazing diversity of plant form, plants developments is a process of differential…

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…

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…

School punishment and security across the U.S

16:00 - 18:00 29 January 2014
Over the past twenty years, schools across the U.S. have increasingly adopted exclusive punishment practices and criminal-justice oriented security regimes, despite historically low…

Spanish and Portuguese Research Seminar: 'Spanish intellectuals and the First World War'

17:00 - 18:30 29 January 2014
Spain remained out of the First World War but there was considerable debate about the conflict. This seminar takes a look at the latest research about this issue.

TBC

16:00 29 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Special Seminar Series

The Role of the Criminal Law in the PIP Implant Scandal in France: Should the criminal law have any role in regulatory failure?

14:00 29 January 2014
The paper aims to see whether the criminal law is effective to counteract the deliberate breach of regulatory requirements in the recent PIP breast implant scandal in France. The paper…

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…

Tours of Manchester Museum

6 - 31 January 2014
Taster tours Every Wednesday & Thursday, 1pm Drop-in (no need to book), free, meet at the Information Desk (Floor G) Come and join one of our Visitor Services Assistants for a tour…

Virtual Reality Therapies for Phantom Limb Pain

14:00 - 15:00 29 January 2014
Phantom Limb Pain is debilitating condition that affects a significant percentage of patients after loss of an arm or leg. These patients experience chronic pain and other unpleasant…

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Harvey, "Boasting in the Cross: Honour and Imitation in the Ethics of Galatians"

14:00 - 16:00 30 January 2014
The first in Semester 2's Ehrhardt Seminar series from the Centre for Biblical Studies.

Fortepiano Recital by Susan Alexander-Max

13:10 - 14:00 30 January 2014
In a unique recital, the world renowned fortepianist/clavichordist Susan Alexander-Max will be performing classical masterpieces by Mozart, Clementi and Haydn. Susan will perform…

Guided Visits for Schools and Colleges

13:30 - 15:30 30 January 2014
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…

Memory, Mourning and Maternal Inheritances: A Daughter's Reading of her Mother's Holocaust Memoir (CJS Seminar Series) - Julie V. Gottlieb

16:00 - 17:30 30 January 2014
Julie V. Gottlieb (Leeds University) presents a special seminar for Holocaust Memorial Day.

Regulation of Cell Surface Signaling in Leukocytes and Amoeba by Coronin Proteins

12:00 - 13:00 30 January 2014
This seminar is part of the Special Seminars Series …

School of Psychological Sciences seminar | Title (TBA)

16:00 - 17:00 30 January 2014
'''Host:''' Dr. Cheryl Capek, School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' The School of Psychological Seminar series runs weekly from 3rd October 2013 to 5th June 2014.…

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