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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…

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,…

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?”…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Webinar: Key data: Business data

15:00 - 16:00 24 June 2015
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about the Office for National Statistics (ONS) business data available from the UK Data Service such as the Annual Survey…

Wednesday Tours at Manchester Museum: The art treasures of Manchester Museum

14:00 - 15:00 24 June 2015
Wed 24 Jun, 2pm. Weekly Wednesday tour at Manchester Museum, with a different theme each week.

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,…

Whimsical Wednesday: Marbling workshop

11:00 - 14:00 24 June 2015
Many of the Library's books are adorned with beautiful marbled papers. Join us to have a go at this ancient art form and take home what you make.

Bike Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 25 June 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…

Brave New World 2015 MANCEPT Graduate Conference

25 - 26 June 2015
Brave New World 2015, is the nineteenth annual postgraduate conference organised by the Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT). The conference will take place on Thursday…

Control of Organelle Crosstalk by Phosphoinositide Kinase Signalling Networks

13:30 - 14:30 25 June 2015
CCB Spring Seminar Series 2015 (organised by Dr Gino Poulin)

Discover English

09:30 - 15:45 25 June 2015
Studying 'English' at Manchester covers much more than is often thought! Reading ‘English’ here involves looking at the texts and histories of our culture right from Chaucer and Shakespeare…

Neighbourhood Effects Symposium: mechanisms, methods and policy

10:00 - 17:00 25 June 2015
A one day symposium organised by MICRA, fRaill and the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing research group Registration from 9.30am A body of literature has found that characteristics of…

Practical Approaches to Tibullus the Idealist

14:00 25 - 18:00 26 June 2015
The 'forgotten man' of Augustan poetry, Albius Tibullus needs assessment beyond elegy proper and etymology, to see how the wallflower wins through to immortality. Many moderns have…

Procuring renewable energy in South Africa: a new frontier?

14:00 - 15:30 25 June 2015
In the last three years carbon-intensive, coal-dependent South Africa has become one of the leading destinations for renewable energy investment. This can largely be attributed to the…

Sara Lowes: Composer in Residence at the National Graphene Institute

13:10 - 14:00 25 June 2015
In September last year, musician Sara Lowes was appointed ‘composer in residence’ at the National Graphene Institute (The University of Manchester). Her brief – to create a new piece…

Thursday Late: Artwash

19:00 - 21:00 25 June 2015
Thursday Late: Artwash Thursday 25 June 7pm - 9pm Artists and theatre makers join Mel Evans to discuss Big Oil and the arts, corporate sponsorship and the ethical questions facing…

Discover Chemistry

09:45 - 15:30 26 June 2015
This day provides hands-on experience of Chemistry courses at The University of Manchester. It gives you the chance to see (and use) for yourselves the kind of scientific instrumentation…

The Urban Big Data Centre – An Introduction to Our Data Services and Research

09:30 - 12:30 26 June 2015
This seminar will give an overview of the UBDC’s research, data services and the data products you can expect to have access to as we continue to develop our offer during 2015. The…

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