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Art Picnic - drop-in half-term events for families

11:00 25 - 15:00 30 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…

Art, Culture and Ethics in Black and White: 100 Years of The Birth of a Nation

19:00 - 21:30 28 May 2015
The second symposium of the network, Art, Culture and Ethics in Black and White: 100 Years of The Birth of a Nation takes place on May 28-29 at the Whitworth Art Gallery of the University…

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…

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!…

Big Telescopes Science Shows

25 - 30 May 2015
Our interactive science shows will explore the workings of our very own big telescope! Through live demonstrations we’ll look to discover why it is so big and how it can ‘see’ things…

Explore your Universe - Hands on activities

11:00 26 - 16:00 29 May 2015
Come and Explore your Universe for yourself with our hands on activities. Experiment with invisible light, explore magnetism and watch an amazing demonstration by our staff to discover…

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…

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…

Meet the Expert

13:00 26 - 14:00 29 May 2015
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you…

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…

Rock Drop: Geology Identification Sessions

14:00 - 15:00 28 May 2015
Thurs 28 May, 2-3pm. Our Curator of Earth Sciences, David Gelsthorpe, will be available once a month to answer your questions and identify your rocks and fossils.

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…

Thursday Lates: DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation

19:00 - 21:00 28 May 2015
DJ Spooky: Rebirth of a Nation? Thursday Lates: 28 May, 7pm-9pm After more than fifty shows around the world, including New York, Paris and the Herod Atticus Amphitheater at the…

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,…

Bridging the gap between urban transport needs and policy in India

11:00 - 13:00 29 May 2015
The rapid growth in motor vehicle ownership and activity in India is causing a wide range of serious (and intensifying) socio-economic, environmental, health and welfare, and resource…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 29 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…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 12:30 29 May 2015
Fri 29 May, 10.30-11.30am & 11.30am-12.30pm. Story making and activity sessions. For toddlers up to 5yrs and their families/carers (Young babies welcome with older siblings).

Seminar: Bridging the Gap between Urban Transport Needs and Policy in India' with Professor Madhav Badami

11:00 - 12:00 29 May 2015
The Global Urban Research Centre (GURC) is pleased to welcome Professor Madhav Badami (McGill University) who will present on 'Bridging the Gap between Urban Transport Needs and Policy…

University of Manchester Heritage Tour

13:00 - 14:00 30 May 2015
Come and discover how Manchester helped make the modern world... Our heritage tours lead visitors around some of the University's oldest and finest building whilst telling the history…

Knowledge of Emotion: Two Day Conference

1 - 2 June 2015
The final conference of the AHRC Knowledge of Emotion project. Confirmed speakers: Dorit Bar-On; Jonathan Doak; Naomi Eilan; Roger Giner-Sorolla; Ursula Hess; Heidi Maibom; Joel Smith;…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 1 June 2015
Control of intestinal Treg induction by integrin ?v?8 on dendritic cells TM Fenton1, MJ Lehtinen2, MA Travis1 1Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research and Wellcome…

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…

Polls, politicians and pundits: the inside story of GE2015

12:00 - 14:10 1 June 2015
Staff and students are invited to join Democracy and Elections, the hub for electoral politics at The University of Manchester, for the inside story of GE2015 as told by the experts…

Cycle Registration Event CANCELLED

09:30 - 10:30 2 June 2015
This event is cancelled due to current weather conditions. Sorry for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register…

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