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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…

Darkness and Light: Exploring Gothic

16 July 2015 - 10 January 2016
EXTENDED UNTIL 10 JANUARY This intriguing exhibition reveals how Gothic architecture and anatomy inspired and influenced a literary genre, and how the lasting legacy of Gothic can be…

Each Thursday: Thursday Lates

18:00 23 July - 18:00 17 December 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,…

External Seminar Series | Sedentary Behaviour - is all sitting bad?

12:00 - 13:00 16 September 2015
'''Host:''' School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work '''About the event:''' The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social work run external research seminars every month. Presenters…

Falls Prevention and Monitoring Seminar

14:00 - 16:00 16 September 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event:''' The Connected Health Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that following last year's extremely successful seminar…

First Saturday each month: Outdoor Art Club – Family Events – the Whitworth

11:00 1 August - 13:00 5 December 2015
Family activities at the Whitworth Outdoor Art Club On the first Saturday of each month 11am - 1pm. Free A workshop that brings art, nature and creativity together that takes…

Hands-on

1 - 30 September 2015
Drop-in, free, all ages Throughout the week visit one of our handling tables and get hands-on with objects from the collection, such as an Alexander the Great coin, an urban fox and an ancient Egyptian scarab beetle.

International Conference: A Quest for Humanitarian Effectiveness?

14 - 16 September 2015
Jointly organised by the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) and Save the Children’s Humanitarian Affairs Team (HAT), this conference will reflect on the evolution and…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 16 September 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…

Kate Mosse: The Taxidermist’s Daughter

19:00 16 - 20:00 22 September 2015
Manchester Literature Festival presents Kate Mosse, one of Britain’s best known novelists, reads from and discusses her latest, haunting novel. Held – appropriately – among the taxidermy…

Signaling control of morphogenetic mechanics in Zebrafish and Drosophila

14:00 - 15:00 16 September 2015
I will present zebrafish epiboly as a model for the mechanical analysis of morphogenesis and show that the overall biomechanics of the process, which depends on actomyosin contractility…

The Manchester Business School Organizational Ethnography Network Launch

12:00 - 17:30 16 September 2015
Keynote addresses: Tony Watson - Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Work and Organisations, Nottingham University Business School Fabian Muniesa - Senior Researcher (Professor), Centre…

The Phantoms of Congo River: Photographs by Nyaba Ouedraogo : Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 10 April 2016
Nyaba L. Ouedraogo is a self-taught photographer born in Burkina Faso, and now working and living between Paris and West Africa. The Phantoms of the Congo River is a photography exhibition…

The Study at Manchester Museum

11 September 2015 - 31 December 2016
Big ideas. Singular collaborations. Strange and wonderful things. Exhibitions and events with some of the most interesting people we know. And somewhere that brings them all together.…

The university reimagined: past and present

16 September 2015
The idea of the university has been evolving since medieval Europe and the process of change continues today through innovation and reimagining of purpose. This symposium will focus…

Thursdays: Great Escape: Yoga – the whitworth

08:30 23 July - 08:30 10 December 2015
Great Escape: Yoga Thursday from 8:30am-9:45am No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth's peaceful setting - and some of its wonderful…

Webinar: Key data: Longitudinal data

15:00 - 16:00 16 September 2015
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about the longitudinal datasets available from the UK Data Service. The UK Data Service provides access to a range of longitudinal…

Wednesdays: Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 29 July - 08:30 16 December 2015
Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing Wednesday, from 8.30am to 9.30am £5 Tai-Chi for Wellbeing A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting…

Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research: "Get Connected 5: Chrono-Matrix" Conference

16 - 18 September 2015
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research is holding a symposium entitled ‘Chrono-Matrix", Timing, timing, timing: the dynamics of cell matrix interactions’ at The University…

Campus Tours

11:00 17 - 17:00 25 September 2015
The University can seem like a huge place, so get familiar with the campus with tours designed for students, by students. Our student ambassadors will tailor each tour to your school…

City Bus Tours

10:00 17 - 14:00 25 September 2015
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride, as our professional tour guides reveal fascinating facts and interesting tales about our wonderful city. The tour takes you around the city, and…

CRE8TV.EU - Early Career Researcher Workshop

17 - 18 September 2015
CRE8TV.EU: PhD and Early Career Researcher Workshop Innovation, Creativity and Competitiveness 17-18 September 2015, Manchester, UK Call for Applications Supported by the European…

Engaging with US academia and industry for aerospace research - Dr Neil Ashton

12:00 - 13:00 17 September 2015
This talk discusses the work done to boost UK-US collaboration in the fields of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). The rationale for improving…

Supermarket Trips

12:00 17 - 19:00 20 September 2015
Not got everything you need for your new room? Need to stock up on food to get you through your first few weeks? Fear not. We’re running free buses to a nearby supermarket to give you…

The 5 Safes of secure access to confidential data

12:00 17 - 16:00 18 September 2015
Why do we need a safe environment and procedures to access sensitive data for research? Confidential data, deemed ‘personal’, are generally prevented from release by data collectors…

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