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#austerityGtrMcr - photography competition

20 May - 20 June 2014
Are you affected by recent cuts in public services? Are they worsening your standard of living or the quality of your life? Or have you found new ways of taking control of things in…

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…

Bee backpacks trails 24th May to 1st June

10:00 26 May - 17:00 1 June 2014
Explore the life of a bee as you make your way around the gardens and carrying out bee-themed activities on your journey! Backpacks can be collected at reception on arrival. Suitable…

Best of Cheshire Science shows 26th to 30th May

10:00 26 - 17:00 30 May 2014
Our interactive science shows will explore all the different types of science which happen across Cheshire! Through live demonstrations we’ll look to discover more about astronomy,…

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…

Cheshire Beekeepers Association 26th to 30th May

10:30 26 - 15:00 30 May 2014
An opportunity to talk to real Beekeepers at the Discovery Centre and learn about the ancient craft of Beekeeping and the wonderful life of the honeybee. See live bees up close in an…

Conservation studio tour

11:30 - 12:30 28 May 2014
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. We hope to run additional events like this in the near future. Please email or ring us so we can get in touch when these events are arranged.…

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,…

Guided visit

13:30 - 15:30 28 May 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…

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…

Inspiration for future final year projects and how to benefit from them

13:00 - 14:00 28 May 2014
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning seminar series. …

Live Beekeeping Demonstrations

14:00 26 - 14:30 30 May 2014
Visitors are able to closely view the hive inspections from behind the netted screen of our Apiary. Our Beekeepers will talk through what they’re looking for and how the colony is doing…

May Half term – The Vivarium

11:00 - 16:00 28 May 2014
Explore the Vivarium and create hopping frogs and slithery snakes. Mon 26 – Fri 30 May, 11am-4pm Drop in, free, all ages

Meet the Expert 27th to 30th May

13:30 27 - 14:00 30 May 2014
Kids have an endless fascination with science and have all kinds of questions they want answering. This session gives them the chance to speak to a real expert! Normal admission applies.…

Mitchell Centre Seminar: Kyoko Tominaga

16:00 - 17:00 28 May 2014
Temporary Cluster and Social Movements: Coalition Building among the Social Movement Organizations in the Global Justice Movement This presentation shows the network among the social…

Policy@Manchester | New Researchers Network Open Space Meeting

16:00 - 17:30 28 May 2014
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' Would you like to discuss questions such as: *How can my research have a policy impact? *What research method might…

Research Matters: Will the real me please stand up? Investigating the link between accent and identity

12:00 - 13:00 28 May 2014
The conscious decision to modify one’s accent in some way is arguably a widespread practice in society, often a decision based on a desire to avoid perceived negative judgement by others…

Sensory perception in the mammalian host: Guiding invasive fungal growth and rational antifungal design

12:00 - 13:00 28 May 2014
Gene Regulation and Cellular Biotechnology - Spring Seminar Series 2014

Siemens stand – Interactive online games

10:00 27 May - 16:00 1 June 2014
Learn, explore and experience science, technology, engineering and maths in action with Siemens' interactive online games. Do you have the skills to keep cars rolling off a production…

Split Britches: RUFF

19:00 - 21:00 28 May 2014
This performance is part of the Sexuality Summer School (SSS), organised annually since 2008 by the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture (CSSC). The SSS brings international…

Structure and Function Modelling in Ion Channels

13:00 - 14:00 28 May 2014
Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series 2014

The Music of Jane Austen and Elizabeth Gaskell

19:00 - 21:00 28 May 2014
Sporano Rosie Lomas and her accompanist Katarzyna Kowalik, dressed in period costume, will present a programme of Regency and early Victoria music inspired by the works of these great…

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…

Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play and Politics

24 May - 5 October 2014
This exhibition examines and explores how the role of Manchester’s Whitworth Park has changed over time. The displays are the result of a local archaeology project and the myriad of…

‘Spectroscopic Investigations for the Chemical Bond Properties of the Actinide-Soft Donor Complexes and Application for Molecular Design of New Ion Recognition Ligands’

15:30 - 16:30 28 May 2014
The seventh seminar of the Dalton Nuclear Institute Seminar Series will be held in the Chemistry Building, GE005 (ground floor) at 3:30pm on Wednesday, 28th May, 2014. This will be…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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