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The Mathematisation of Daylighting: a history of British architects’ use of the daylight factor

12:00 - 13:00 22 April 2015
Part of the MARC talks Spring series

What is Meta-ethnography?

13:00 - 14:00 22 April 2015
All welcome. No booking required. Meta-ethnography is a method for reviewing and synthesizing the findings of published reports of qualitative research. It was originally developed…

What Causes Elephantiasis?

17:15 - 18:30 30 April 2015
'''Host:''' Manchester Medical School '''About the event:''' Manchester Tropical Medicine Society are pleased to invite you to our lecture on the topic of the parasites causing Elephantiasis,…

Curating Magic

12:00 - 13:00 6 May 2015
This monthly series of lunchtime talks introduces the new John Rylands Research Institute and its vibrant research portfolio. Each informal, accessible seminar showcases cutting-edge…

Encrypting files stored on cloud-based storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Onedrive

14:00 18 - 15:00 20 May 2015
The University currently has a site-wide licence to use the nCryptedcloud encryption service. This service works with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and some other cloud storage services,…

Public Intellectuals with Professor Aneez Esmail - Challenges for the NHS: Diversity in the Making of a National Institution

18:00 - 20:00 18 May 2015
Immigration and the future of the NHS are two of the most prominent issues in the 2015 election. Rarely visible in these debates is the fundamental role played by immigrant doctors…

Building the great monuments of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

14:00 - 15:00 23 May 2015
Sat 23 May, 2-3pm. Based on fieldwork on the island by Professor Colin Richards, an archaeologist at The University of Manchester, this talk will explore the social significance of…

Inside View – at the Whitworth

13:00 - 14:00 27 May 2015
Our monthly curator talks give you new insight into individual works of art, as well as into the ideas and themes behind future exhibitions. On the last Wednesday of the month, 1pm-2pm. Free, no need to book.

Moving Towards Understanding and Improving Outcomes for Children with Autism

16:00 - 17:00 1 June 2015
'''Host:''' [http://www.autism.manchester.ac.uk/ autism@Manchester] '''Speaker:''' Stewart Mostofsky, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, USA Dr. Stewart Mostofsky is a research…

Encountering Italy

12:00 - 13:00 3 June 2015
This monthly series of lunchtime talks introduces the new John Rylands Research Institute and its vibrant research portfolio. Each informal, accessible seminar showcases cutting-edge…

MARC talks! a series of three talks presented by staff of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre

10:30 - 14:30 10 June 2015
MARC talks! Three special talks given by staff of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre: 10.30 Lukasz Stanek: Hzbigniew Dmochowski and the politics of architectural drawing…

Getting beyond the fir tree, or how to look for art in Renaissance prints

18:00 - 20:00 22 June 2015
A talk by Professor Patricia Emison, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Hampshire. In conjunction with the British Academy-sponsored study day Investigating Marcantonio…

Placemaking and the Future of Oxford Road

17:30 - 19:30 23 June 2015
A cities@manchester Urban Forum held in association with Corridor Manchester: Oxford Road is the heart of Manchester’s knowledge economy and is rapidly transforming into an internationally…

Foresighting a future with cities

17:00 - 19:00 24 June 2015
This CURE / cities@manchester Forum will address the question - “How can future-oriented research help pro-visioning UK cities build resilience & prosperity in the coming decades?”…

Victor Hugo collection encounter

11:00 - 12:00 30 June 2015
Victor Hugo published The Last Day of a Condemned Man in 1829. The novel argues against the death penalty (which was only abolished in France in 1981). In this collection, you will…

Informal Talk on Teacher Training (PGCE)

18:00 - 19:30 7 July 2015
The University of Manchester is holding an informal talk for anyone thinking about a career in teaching on Tuesday 7 July 2015, 6pm to 7.30pm. Come along to find out about our PGCEs…

Toward “a city for all”: Contesting the politics of education privatization and racialized coercive governance in Chicago

13:00 - 14:00 9 July 2015
Pauline Lipman is professor of Educational Policy Studies and Director of the Collaborative for Equity and Justice in Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Her interdisciplinary…

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