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A Baffling Breakthrough: Making Colour in the 1486 Book of St Albans

16:00 - 17:00 29 September 2015
The Book of St Albans (St Albans: Schoolmaster Printer, 1486) is celebrated as one of the greatest landmarks of printing. The lasting influence of its content has been well studied,…

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…

Baby Explorers

10:30 - 11:15 29 September 2015
Bookings will be taken a week in advance from 2pm on 0161 275 2648, free Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except Feb…

Baby Explorers

11:30 - 12:15 29 September 2015
Bookings will be taken a week in advance from 2pm on 0161 275 2648, free Sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Every other Tuesday (except Feb…

Baby Explorers Drop In

13:00 - 14:00 29 September 2015
Drop in, free Sensory play and music for babies who aren’t walking yet. Every other Tuesday.

Biike Registration Event

12:30 - 13:30 29 September 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…

Campaigners' Festival: Skills for Change Launch Party

18:00 - 22:00 29 September 2015
Meet new people and make a difference at University. Over 20 different campaign groups will be showcasing their work, and a panel of inspirational high-profile campaigners will be sharing…

CMIST afternoon seminar: When “contexts” are geographical areas, is multilevel model still a good choice to model hierarchical data, or a new approach is needed?

16:00 - 17:30 29 September 2015
Abstract: It is very common that our research uses hierarchical data where the higher level units or “contexts” are defined as geographical areas—for example, individuals nest into…

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,…

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.

Holistic Surgery in the Interwar Period

15:30 - 17:00 29 September 2015
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series September-December 2015. …

Inflammation in wound repair and cancer

13:00 - 14:00 29 September 2015
We model wound healing in several genetically tractable model organism from the fruitfly, Drosophila, through to mice. We know that inflammation causes fibrosis and is aberrant in chronic…

Ironopolis, ironmasters and transport: Middlesbrough in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

13:00 29 September 2015
It is our pleasure to announce the details for the next CHSTM lunchtime seminar on Tuesday 29th September from 1-2pm in Room 2.57 Simon Building. All are welcome. Tosh Warwick (University…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Michela Massimi (Edinburgh)

29 September 2015
"Four kinds of perspectival truth" In this paper, I assess recent claims in philosophy of science about scientific perspectivism being compatible with realism. I clarify the rationale…

Student Parents and Carers Mingle

18:00 - 20:00 29 September 2015
Join us for a relaxed evening in Biko’s Café with the opportunity to meet other student parents and carers in Manchester. *Advance booking not required.

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.…

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…

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…

Dalton Seminar Series: Long-Term in Situ Behaviour of Biogenic Uraninite in Alluvial Aquifer

12:00 - 13:00 30 September 2015
Abstract: Uranium is a subsurface contaminant of concern at several countries worldwide. Under oxic conditions, uranium exists predominantly in the hexavalent (U(VI)) form often as…

Iyenar yoga

13:00 - 14:00 30 September 2015
Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of posture (asana) and…

Iyengar Yoga

30 September 2015
Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, is a form of Hatha Yoga that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of posture (asana) and…

Part-Time Jobs Fair

12:00 - 18:00 30 September 2015
Looking to earn some extra money? Get your CV together and head down to the Students’ Union Part-Time Jobs Fair where you could get a job offer right there and then! You’ll have the…

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