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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…

Girls Night Out - Science and Engineering in the SKA

19:00 - 22:15 20 June 2015
Join us for our latest ‘Girls Night Out’ to learn about the most exciting science and engineering project of the future – the Square Kilometre Array, which will create the biggest radio…

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…

Undergraduate Open Day - School of Law

10:00 - 15:30 20 June 2015
Thinking about studying Law or Criminology at Manchester? Join us for subject specific talks and stands at The University of Manchester's Undergraduate Open Day. Criminology talks…

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,…

Rockets for Fathers Day

10:30 - 15:45 21 June 2015
This rocket racing exciting family event explores the world of rockets and space. Come and make your own rocket and fly it to the moon! A perfect day out for dad! Times (sessions…

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…

Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary 2015

22 June - 3 July 2015
The 2015 Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, is addressed to beginners who want to learn the technicalities…

Systems Biology of the Extracellular Niche in Chronic Lung Disease

12:00 - 13:00 22 June 2015
This is a FLS Special Seminar. Abstract: Despite the tremendous interest in ECM biology in the context of regenerative medicine and cancer research, the proteomic characterization…

Ageing, health and early life development: insights from embryology and paediatrics on later life outcomes

14:00 - 16:00 23 June 2015
free networking lunch from 1.00pm Health in later life is strongly related to how we grow and develop in the womb and through childhood. Limiting the supply of nutrients to the foetus…

Dalton/MPC Guest Lecture: Innovation and technology at Westinghouse

11:00 - 12:00 23 June 2015
Over the course of her 31-year Westinghouse career, Cindy Pezze has held positions of increasing technical and business responsibility. As Vice-President of Global Technology Development…

Discover History

09:30 - 15:45 23 June 2015
'History' covers a range of exciting subjects that can be explored at the University of Manchester. History courses can include modules on Ancient, Medieval, Modern and Economic and…

Explorer tour

14:00 - 15:00 23 June 2015
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you!

Noradrenaline mediates the bidirectional modulation of motor cortex output during motor behaviour

13:00 - 14:00 23 June 2015
This seminar is part of the Future Leaders Series, showcasing the best early-career researchers working the fields of sensory and computational neuroscience. …

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…

Dalton Seminar Series - Americium-241 production for use in space power applications

12:00 - 13:00 24 June 2015
Following the presentation there will be opportunity for questions/discussion and light refreshments will be available afterwards. Mark Sarsfield is an NNL Research Fellow in actinide…

Discover Fashion Business

09:45 - 15:30 24 June 2015
On the Discover Fashion Business Day you will find out more about the University of Manchester BSc. (Hons) degree programmes In Fashion Management, Fashion Merchandising and Buying,…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 24 June 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…

SCI Seminar Series - Professor Mark Harvey - The sociogenesis of climate change and finitudes of earth’s resources: the China-Brazil connection

16:00 24 June 2015
Abstract This seminar presents the core ideas of Mark Harvey’s current ESRC Professorial Fellowship research on the food-energy-climate change trilemma. The concept of the sociogenesis…

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