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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…

Book Launch :: Ethnic identity and inequalities in Britain: The Dynamics of Diversity :: 21/5/15

16:00 - 18:00 21 May 2015
You are kindly invited to the launch of an exciting new book: Ethnic identity and inequalities in Britain: The dynamics of diversity on 21st May 2015, 4-6pm This book will be the first…

CMIST Short Course :: Advanced:: Longitudinal Data Analysis

19 - 21 May 2015
The importance of longitudinal analysis is becoming increasingly recognised across the social and medical sciences. However there are few analysts with the methodological skills to…

Cycle Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 21 May 2015
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. PLEASE NOTE - All registration sessions are…

Explorer tour

14:00 - 15:00 21 May 2015
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Later-Day Saints

23 January - 28 June 2015
Our ancestors often relied on their beliefs to make sense of their world - is there an equivalent in our modern world of celebrity and material culture? Later-Day Saints brings the…

Making Monuments on Rapa Nui. The Statues from Easter Island

1 April - 6 September 2015
1 April-6 September 2015 Free entry The monumental stone statues of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers) in the Pacific are some of the most widely recognised archaeological…

Merchants of Print: from Venice to Manchester

29 January - 21 June 2015
This exhibition celebrates the legacy of Aldus Manutius (1449 – 1515), an Italian humanist scholar who founded the Aldine Press at Venice. His publishing legacy includes scholarly…

Romuald Hazoumè: Dance of the Butterflies

14 February - 29 July 2015
Dance of the Butterflies is a stunning new art work by one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists Romuald Hazoumè. It features swarms of multicoloured ‘butterflies’ which will take…

Sexuality Summer School: Public Lecture with Sarah Schulman (CUNY): “Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility and the Duty of Repair”

17:00 - 19:00 21 May 2015
“It is not only that we may not choose with whom to cohabitate, but that we must actively preserve the unchosen character of inclusive and plural cohabitation; we not only live with…

Social Egalitarianism and the Economy

09:30 21 - 14:00 22 May 2015
The third of four workshops on Social Equality Sponsored by the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust Convened by Christian Schemmel (Manchester), Fabian Schuppert (QUB),…

The EIN1 long non-coding RNA controls the EGF-inducible gene expression programme/GORAB protein - linking intra-Golgi trafficking and extracellular matrix homeostasis

13:30 - 14:30 21 May 2015
CCB Spring Seminar Series 2015

The science and art of scientific advice

16:00 - 17:30 21 May 2015
In October 1964, Sir Solly Zuckerman was appointed the first UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA). Fifty years on, scientific advice has never been in greater demand; nor it…

Thursday Lates

18:00 - 21:00 21 May 2015
Thursday Lates Our late night openings are the perfect place to meet friends and enjoy a selection of talks, performances, film screenings, live music and artist interventions. Thursday,…

What’s the Weather Like Today?

12 March - 28 June 2015
The weather is fascinating. We can hardly avoid talking about it and how it makes us feel. This exhibition uses items from the Library’s collections to explore descriptions, reflections,…

CMIST Short Course :: Intermediate :: Multilevel Modelling

22 May 2015
This one-day course begins with a description of some examples where multilevel models are useful in statistical analysis and some examples of multilevel populations. We then cover…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 22 May 2015
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. Just turn up! Please note that we cannot accept large groups on this tour. If your group would like a…

Lineage-specific processes of genome diversification

11:00 - 12:00 22 May 2015
Special CEB Semina See http://sites.temple.edu/liberles/ for further details of David's research. If you’d like to meet with the speaker, he will be available all day on the 22nd.…

Art Picnic - half-term events for families

11:00 - 15:00 23 May 2015
Discover, play and make together with your family and artists this summer half-term. Whatever the weather come outside with us for our free, drop-in Art Picnics exploring art and…

Big Saturday: Statues from Easter Island

11:00 - 16:00 23 May 2015
Sat 23 May, 11am-4pm. Come along to Manchester Museum and find out more about the monumental stone statues (or ‘moai’) of Rapa Nui (named Easter Island by European explorers). Discover…

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…

Early Opening for Early Birds

09:00 - 10:00 23 May 2015
Sat 23 May, 9-10am. Are you and your young children up with the Larks and excited to get out and about and exploring? Come along to Manchester Museum's Making Monuments on Rapa Nui…

Space Science Special

11:00 - 16:00 24 May 2015
An opportunity to talk to Jodrell Bank’s astronomers about their work with some of the world’s most amazing telescopes. Visitors could find out about the Sun, Planets, Stars, Galaxies…

Beekeeping demonstrations and beekeepers stand

10:30 25 - 15:30 29 May 2015
An opportunity to talk to real Beekeepers and learn about the ancient craft of Beekeeping and the wonderful life of the honeybee. Find out what you can do to help our busy little friends!…

Half term: Rapa Nui statues

11:00 25 - 16:00 29 May 2015
Mon 25 May-Fri 29 May, 11am-4pm. Visit the Museum’s Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition, and find out more about the monumental stone statues (or ‘moai’) of Rapa Nui (named Easter…

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