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Adults Returning to Education Information Session

10:30 - 12:30 7 May 2014
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…

Aftermath: 100 years of creativity from conflict

7 February - 29 June 2014
How remarkable is it that, throughout our shared history, some people have been inspired to answer the worst examples of man’s inhumanity with acts of compassion and creativity? Aftermath…

Big Systems - Big Data: Using natural language processing for exploring large technical sysetms: A study of smart grid development in Denmark - Roman Jurowetzki

14:00 - 15:30 7 May 2014
Studies within the detection of technological trajectories and technology fore- casting tend traditionally to rely on patent or bibliometric data. The main drawback of these invention-focused…

Bus Stop Stories

20 February - 22 June 2014
At the start of 2013, John Shinnick, a Manchester photographer, set out to document the people using a local, city centre bus stop; a quiet stop were people rarely alight. The people…

Cellular interactions in the normal and overactive bladder - integration of smooth muscle, interstitial cell and neuronal signalling

13:00 - 14:00 7 May 2014
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series 2014

CIDRAL Masterclass with Professor Kate Fisher (Director of Centre for Medical History) with Dr Rebecca Langlands (Classics) University of Exeter

10:00 - 12:00 7 May 2014
Masterclass with Laura Doan (Manchester) and Kate Fisher and Rebecca Langlands (Exeter) Wednesday 7th May, 10am-12.00pm , Room 3.211, University Place, Oxford Rd, Manchester Readings:…

Collection Bites: From the War of Nature

13:00 - 14:00 7 May 2014
Join Henry McGhie, Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology, as he explores some of the extraordinary ways in which animals have negotiated the conflict that exists between them,…

EU FP7 Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher/PhD Network Event

09:00 - 14:00 7 May 2014
‘Innovation 4 Sustainability’ A day of interdisciplinary talks, discussion and networking. We welcome PhDs/faculty from MBS and across the University of Manchester to join us. Wednesday…

From the War of Nature

11 April - 31 August 2014
Manchester Museum new exhibition. Boxing hares, burrowing parasites, baby birds and prowling wolves are just some of the characters appearing in this story of predation, competition,…

Global Political Economy Seminar: Matt Davies

15:30 - 17:00 7 May 2014
Title: TBC

Mitchell Centre Seminar: James Holloway

16:00 7 May 2014
Title: TBC

Monthly Cycle to Work Event

08:30 - 09:00 7 May 2014
On the first Wednesday of the month, the Corridor partners (members of the Corridor Manchester Strategic Transport Group; University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University,…

Portugal carnation revolution: 40 years on

17:00 - 19:00 7 May 2014
'An Alentejan Family Cultivates a Revolution: João Domingos Serra and Saramago's Levantado do Chão'

Sarah Fielden Seminar Series: Fanon and the child: pedagogies of subjectification and transformation

17:00 7 May 2014
Frantz Fanon’s analysis of colonial experience has widely influenced educational theory and practice. Yet despite much focus on the gendered and sexed dynamics of racialization processes,…

The Environmental Sustainability in the Curriculum Community of Practice

14:00 - 16:00 7 May 2014
We'll be discussing the recent environmental sustainability ‘Ethical Grand Challenge’ event for Year 1 students at the Faculty of Life Sciences. This was attended by more than 150 students…

The Space Between: exhibition of artworks by Anthony McCarthy

27 February - 3 August 2014
The concept for the exhibition began as artist, Anthony McCarthy, walked along Chapel Street in Salford heading towards Manchester and The John Rylands Library. Armed with pencil,…

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…

UMASS Exam Preparation Podcast Series

14 April - 9 May 2014
We will be running an Exam Preparation Podcast series which will take place over a month. Each week will explore a new topic around exam preparation, and every day there will be new…

Waiting room noise and communication

16:00 - 17:30 7 May 2014
This seminar will explore how noise effects communication between health care staff and patients with age-related hearing loss.

Cell cycle regulation of differentiation in development and disease

12:00 - 13:00 8 May 2014
Abstract: It is essential that division and differentiation are carefully co-ordinated during development. …

Ehrhardt Seminar: Hanne von Weissenberg (Helsinki), "Is Scripture Sacred at Qumran?"

14:00 - 16:00 8 May 2014
The Ehrhardt Seminar series from the Centre for Biblical Studies continues. 90 minutes followed by tea.

Imprinting the Imagination: Northern Renaissance Prints from the Holtorp Collection

8 May - 26 October 2014
Imprinting the Imagination delves into the world of the sixteenth-century printed image. This small but captivating show, including works by artists such as Hans Burgkmair, Albrecht…

Measuring NF-kB single cell dynamics; from cell lines to transgenic mouse models / Measuring NF-kB single cell dynamics; Does oscillation perturbation affect function?

13:30 8 May 2014
Antony Adamson, (White/Jackson Labs) Claire Harper, (White Lab)

QUATUOR DANEL Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 8 May 2014
Dvo?ák Terzetto for two violins and viola, Op. 74; Kodály Trio in E flat for two violins and viola (1899); Two melodious trios from Central and Eastern Europe for the rarely…

Toddler Tales

10:30 - 11:30 8 May 2014
Find a cosy corner, pull up a cushion and listen to fun stories. Join in playtime, creating a storyworld of your own. Suitable for children 5 years old and younger, no need to book.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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