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'The Sensory War 1914 - 2014' An exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery

11 October 2014 - 22 February 2015
The Sensory War, 1914-2014 exhibition opened in October at the Manchester Art Gallery. It is the result of a four-year curatorial partnership between Dr Ana Carden-Coyne (Centre for…

30 Minute Miracle Walk

12:15 - 12:55 11 November 2014
Take a short walk on your lunch break with the Lunchtime Strollers and start your afternoon refreshed and exercised. All walks depart from Outside Dover Street Building. Please note:…

Atmospheres - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

23 September 2014 - 12 January 2015
Atmospheres play a significant role in, and add an important quality to, our intimate, domestic and public lives, yet are often overlooked in social research, not least because of the…

B.15:45 Architecture modelmaking exhibition: Celebrating 45 years of the B.15 modelmaking workshop

1 September 2014 - 31 December 2015
2015 marks 45 years of the Kantorowich B.15 modelmaking workshop at The University of Manchester. The B.15:45 exhibition is a retrospective look at the last 45 years of modelmaking…

Bike Registration Event

09:00 - 10:30 11 November 2014
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the free University scheme. PLEASE NOTE - All registration sessions…

Calming Your Busy Brain

17:00 - 18:00 11 November 2014
If you struggle with racing thoughts – a busy brain or ‘monkey mind’, where your mind jumps from thought to thought like a monkey jumps from tree to tree, this session could be useful.…

Circuit psychiatry: decoding neurophysiological signatures of cognitive function and dysfunction

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2014
Matt Jones, University of Bristol will deliver the Neuroscience Seminar series seminar hosted by Dr Rasmus Petersen.

cities@manchester & CURE present a DOUBLE BILL of special guest lectures

16:00 - 18:00 11 November 2014
Super-tall and Ultra-deep: The Cultural Politics of the Elevator Speaker: Professor Stephen Graham, Newcastle University Placing eco-homes: How place is (mis)understood by eco-builders…

Clearing your mind and focusing

13:00 - 13:45 11 November 2014
One of the main problems with letting the mind go over things repeatedly is that when we focus on negative events in the past or future, we are creating stress for ourself in the present,…

Communities in Communication

17 July - 21 December 2014
The Middle Ages are commonly seen as a time of widespread ignorance and prejudice, but diversity and multiculturalism are not modern inventions. Perhaps surprisingly, examples can be…

Echo and Narcissus

11 August 2014 - 9 January 2015
Each of the mirrors in this body of work is dedicated to a literary heroine, provoking reflections of the feminine on several, potentially fragmented, levels. The statements etched…

Effect Displays I

13:00 - 15:00 11 November 2014
Booking will commence at 9am on 31 October Effect displays are graphics that are used to illustrate statistical models in a way that is more intuitive than the traditional numerical…

Giving it Wigan: Norman Nicholson at 100

25 July - 14 December 2014
In celebration of writer Norman Nicholson’s centenary, this display draws on the Library’s extensive archive to tell stories of his life and work. Born in Cumbria, Nicholson drew inspiration…

Harmonious society

27 September - 23 November 2014
A major exhibition of new commissions and UK premieres shown across Manchester city centre. The John Rylands Library, in partnership with Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA),…

Health MOT - Occupational Health, North Campus

11 - 13 November 2014
As part of Wellbeing Week, come and have a free mini health check from Occupational Health, including a height and weight blood pressure and urine analysis. Various slots are available…

Health MOT - Occupational Health, South Campus

Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST - Huw Vasey - Immigration and integration as complex social systems: studying emergent phenomena

12:00 - 13:00 11 November 2014
The Home Grown Talent Seminars@CMIST events showcase the work of Manchester-based early career researchers. In this first instalment of this series, which will be held ay lunchtime,…

Insanity: MAX Interval Training

12:00 - 12:45 11 November 2014
MAX Interval Training, replaces traditional moderate-intensity exercise with maximum-intensity exercise, and trades short intervals of intensity for short periods of rest. As a result,…

Is happiness possible? 5 Steps to mental wellbeing

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2014
The Five Ways to Wellbeing are a set of evidence-based actions which promote people’s wellbeing. They are: Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give. Come and discover…

Legacies of Socialist Solidarity

16:30 - 18:30 11 November 2014
HCRI is delighted to host the book launch for Dr Tanja Müller's newly released book "Legacies of Socialist Solidarity - East Germany in Mozambique", Lexington Books (2014). Dr Tanja…

Manchester School of Beauty & Pop up Cafe

11:00 - 15:00 11 November 2014
The Manchester School of Beauty will be providing free hand/head or shoulder massages, and manicures. So come and relax, have a cup of tea and be pampered! Drop in - no booking needed.…

Men Who Like Women Who Smell Of Their Jobs

1 October 2014 - 31 January 2015
The dark humour and weird logic of David Gaffney’s critically acclaimed Sawn-off Tales series meets the warped gothic fables of internationally exhibited contemporary visual artist…

Nrf2 and miR-29s regulate desmosome function in keratinocytes

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2014
This seminar is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series. …

Pilates

14:00 - 14:45 11 November 2014
Develop your balance, strength and flexibility in this popular class. This course is ideal for the complete beginner. Drop in - no booking needed. This event is part of Wellbeing…

Reducing the Stress of Perfectionism

12:00 - 13:00 11 November 2014
It can be very helpful to have high standards. Having goals helps us to achieve things in life. However, when these goals are either unachievable or only achievable at great cost, it…

Relaxation

13:00 - 13:45 11 November 2014
Relaxation can help to relieve the symptoms of stress. In this workshop you will be able to practise some exercises and see how they affect your stress and anxiety level. Drop in…

Roles of spastic paraplegia proteins in formation of axonal ER in Drosophila

15:30 - 17:00 11 November 2014
The sheer length of motor axons requires significant engineering for the formation and maintenance of axonal structures. Failures of this maintenance are seen in the Hereditary Spastic…

Rush Hour Relaxation

16:30 - 17:30 11 November 2014
Does your hectic schedule leave you feeling anxious and tense? Maybe it’s time to take a step back and focus on reducing your stress levels at the end of your working day. Please note…

Siberia: At the Edge of the World

4 October 2014 - 1 March 2015
Until 1 March 2015. The first exhibition of its kind in the UK, Siberia: At the Edge of the World brings together natural history and cultural objects from British and Russian museums,…

Stress Hardiness: how to achieve it?

12:00 - 13:45 11 November 2014
Research has shown that some people are more resistant to stress and better able to cope with it than others. This is partly due to the fact that some people have a number of personality…

Strictly Come Dancing (Fit Steps)

14:10 - 14:55 11 November 2014
Are you an avid 'Strictly Come Dancing' fan? Do you watch it & think Id love to be able to dance like that? Well now you can! Natalie Lowe and Ian Waite- stars of the show have teamed…

Student Coffee Morning & Path to Calm

10:00 - 12:00 11 November 2014
Come along for some free coffee and cake and de-stress with Path to Calm run by the Student Support Adviser. Places limited to 50 students, on a first come first served basis. This…

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…

Touch Rugby

18:30 - 20:00 11 November 2014
Come and try out Touch Rugby with Sporticipate! Drop In - no booking needed This event is part of Wellbeing Week 2014 (10th-14th November). To see all the events on during the week…

Transcriptomics with Microarray or RNA-Seq

12:00 - 13:00 11 November 2014
This Seminar is part of the Research Skills Seminar Series …

Wellbeing Week 2014

10 - 14 November 2014
Wellbeing Week is an annual, week long schedule of free events incorporating sessions, workshops, activities and lectures. It’s a chance to discover some of the many opportunities on…

Wellbeing: Eat

12:00 - 14:00 11 November 2014
Each day in Wellbeing Week, the iZone in University place has a different Wellbeing focus. On Tuesday, the focus is EAT and there will be smoothie bikes, where you can pedal your own…

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…

Yoga

12:00 - 12:45 11 November 2014
Focus the mind and increase the flexibility of the body by using classical yoga and breathing techniques in a precise way to enhance the posture. Ideal yoga for the complete beginner.…

Yoga

12:30 - 13:15 11 November 2014
The second Yoga session of the day! Focus the mind and increase the flexibility of the body by using classical yoga and breathing techniques in a precise way to enhance the posture.…

Yoga

16:00 - 16:45 11 November 2014
The third yoga session of the day! Focus the mind and increase the flexibility of the body by using classical yoga and breathing techniques in a precise way to enhance the posture.…

Zumba

13:30 - 14:45 11 November 2014
The global dance/fitness craze combining a mix of dances from the world's rhythms. Zumba is an excellent, fun workout with simple choreographed routines combining the mix of dances…

‘Latin Fever’ Dance Classes

13:05 24 September - 14:00 19 November 2014
Learn to Dance “Strictly Style” Wed. 24 September – Wed. 19 November 2014 Due to popular demand we’re bringing Ballroom back to the Martin Harris Centre! Would you like to learn the…

“...And that’s Where They Found Her.” An Examination of Pantomime, Person and Place within Ripper Tourism

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2014
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

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