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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…

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…

Cell Infection and Host Behaviour Modification: Bridging Biological Scales, Dr Maurício Vieira Kritz, LNCC Brasil

15:00 - 16:00 9 June 2014
Natural phenomena arise from collections of entities which, by interacting, change the traits we observe in them. Physical entities are "particles", "bodies" and fields. Physicists…

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 Graduate Conference

9 June 2014
Beyond Core-Periphery? The European Crisis and Influence in World Political Economy.

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…

Learning Disability Studies in Academia: Challenging attitudes, changing lives

10:00 - 16:00 9 June 2014
In light of the recent scandals within a number of learning disability services, this one day conference will explore how learning disability studies within academia can make a difference…

Network Choir Performance

14:00 - 15:00 9 June 2014
Join the pupils of local Manchester primary schools as they commemorate the centenary of The Great War in song at Manchester Museum. Schools include Oswald Road, Crab Lane, Birchfields…

Political Horizons: Politics in Times of Anxiety Conference

9 - 11 June 2014
Speakers Zygmunt Bauman, Didier Bigo, Michael Dillon, R.B.J. Walker For any queries, please email politicalhorizons@manchester.ac.uk

Quo Vadis, Europe?

16:30 - 18:30 9 June 2014
Public lecture by Professor Zygmunt Bauman (Leeds)

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…

Whitworth: Past, Present & Future tour - Saturday dates for autumn and winter

11:00 7 June 2014 - 12:00 17 January 2015
On Saturdays: Saturday 6 Dec 11am – 12noon, Saturday 17 Jan 11am – 12noon. *Tours start at The Anchor, 508 Moss Lane East • Which historic areas of the building are being restored…

Whitworth: Past, Present & Future tour - Thursday dates for autumn and winter

12:15 5 June - 13:00 4 December 2014
On Thursdays: Thursday 4 Dec 12.15pm – 1pm, Thursday 15 Jan 12.15pm – 1pm. *Tours start at The Anchor, 508 Moss Lane East. • Which historic areas of the building are being restored…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 13:45 10 June 2014
Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except half term school holidays when there are drop-in sensory play sessions) Book…

Cabinets of Curiosities: How disability was kept in a box

18:30 - 22:00 10 June 2014
Tues 10 June: 6.30-10.00pm Join critically acclaimed actor and performance artist Mat Fraser for a journey through the history of disability – a history lesson with a difference. Mat…

Novel roles for ’tricellular’ junctions and endocytosis in wound healing

15:30 - 17:00 10 June 2014
Part of the Fly Club Seminar series

Philosophy Conference: Social Cognition and Emotion

10 - 11 June 2014
10-11th June 2014 Location: Room G.6, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester This event is funded by the AHRC

Urban Informality workshop

12:30 - 17:00 10 June 2014
The Urban Informality workshop aims to bring researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds together to take stock of research on urban informalities at The University of Manchester.…

A deep evolutionary history of miRNAs?

12:00 - 13:00 11 June 2014
Gene Regulation and Cellular Biotechnology - Spring Seminar Series 2014

Curator Talk: Bus Stop Stories

11:00 - 11:30 11 June 2014
Join photographer John Shinnick as he talks about the connections he made with people he met and photographed at his local bus stop.

MAP Library Drop in Sessions

11 June 2014
This 1 hour session will allow you to learn how to access books and online resources at The University of Manchester Library. The aim of the programme is to support entry to The…

The 2014 Graduate Fair

10:30 11 - 16:00 12 June 2014
Over 160 exhibitors attend this fair from a wide range of sectors, hopefully providing something of interest for students of all degree disciplines. It is suitable for those looking…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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