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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…

Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition

1 December 2014 - 14 February 2015
Afghanistan: The transition - public exhibition Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)'s photography exhibition, in collaboration with documentary photographers Andrea…

Afternoon Seminars@CMIST - Osea Giuntella - Intermarriage and the Unhealthy Assimilation of Immigrant Descendants

16:00 - 17:15 2 December 2014
In this Afternoon Seminars@CMIST event, Osea Giuntella from the University of Oxford (Nuffield College) will deliver a talk entitled 'Intermarriage and the Unhealthy Assimilation of…

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…

Attitudes in adulthood: assessing change (or stability) in attitudes to authority in the British Cohort Study 1970. Gabriella Melis

12:00 - 13:00 2 December 2014
Individuals’ worldviews, values and attitudes are said to be acquired early in life from the family environment. Nonetheless, little has been said about individual-level mechanisms…

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

11:30 - 13:00 2 December 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…

Cell-matrix interactions in the corneal stroma

13:00 - 14:00 2 December 2014
This seminar is part of the Tissue Systems seminar series. …

CIDRAL Research Seminar: Rachel Fensham (Melbourne): Dancing Nature: Scientific Thought and the Ecological Choreography of Modern Dance

17:00 - 19:00 2 December 2014
Rachel Fensham is Head of School of Culture and Communication and a dance and theatre scholar. Her publications include the monograph "To Watch Theatre: Essays on Genre and Corporeality"…

Collaborating for school improvement: Where next?

17:00 - 18:30 2 December 2014
The Coalition government has set out a vision for a self-improving education system, based on spreading good practice through networks of schools and a ‘culture of collaboration’. …

Collective and individual choice from a capabilities perspective: ethical consumption and sustainable public procurement in Brazil and Chile (Devt@man seminar series)

16:30 - 18:00 2 December 2014
Devt@man seminar series: Collective and individual choice from a capabilities perspective: ethical consumption and sustainable public procurement in Brazil and Chile, Dr Dorothea Kleine…

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…

Cultivating Research: Naturalism and the Problem of Homosexuality

17:15 - 19:00 2 December 2014
Naturalist theatre was a movement that placed the highest priority on representing the contemporary world, exposing social problems, and drawing on the latest scientific thinking to…

Discover Life Sciences

09:30 - 15:30 2 December 2014
On Discover Life Sciences Day you will find out more about the Life Science related degrees at Manchester, the types of career available to you as a graduate of these courses, and the…

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…

Engaging Qualitative Material: two linked half-day workshops

13:30 - 16:30 2 December 2014
Participants join the series and attend both workshops, please book on both dates. (2nd and 10th December) The first begins where a PGR wants to finish a ‘qualitative journey’: having…

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 2 December 2014
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 2 December 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…

Generalized Linear Models

13:00 - 15:00 2 December 2014
Booking will commence at 9am on 18 November Generalized linear models (GLMs) provide a theoretically-consistent method for analysing a wide variety of data and research designs. This…

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…

HCRI Speaker Series - Film screening of "Rising from Ashes" followed by discussion with Rony Cohen

14:00 - 16:00 2 December 2014
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) are proud to host the film screening of "Rising from Ashes". The screening and discussion has been scheduled to honour the 20th…

Little ‘Gricean’ comprehenders: Implicature, presupposition and metaphor development

12:00 - 13:30 2 December 2014
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' '''Abstract''' Recent developmental research on social cognition indicates that pragmatics play a grounding role…

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…

Neuroscience Seminar Series Title TBC

13:00 - 14:00 2 December 2014
Part of the Neuroscience Seminar Series

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,…

Stunning pigs: pork, pain and the development of electricity in animal slaughter, 1925-37

13:00 - 14:00 2 December 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…

The Mining the History of Medicine Project: Digital Tools and Historical Methods

16:00 - 18:00 2 December 2014
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series Oct-Dec 2014. …

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…

To be confirmed

13:00 - 14:00 2 December 2014
Gavin Kelsey, Babrahan Institute Cambridge hosted by Maria Canal.

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…

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