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"Ballroom Blitz"

13:05 30 September - 13:55 29 October 2015
Due to popular demand we're bringing Ballroom back to the Martin Harris Centre. Whether you've danced with us before or are a complete novice, you'll love these new routines! An…

Alexander Technique

13:10 - 14:10 9 October 2015
The Alexander Technique is a way to feel better, and move in a more relaxed and comfortable way... the way nature intended. An Alexander Technique teacher helps you to identify and…

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…

CIDRAL and HOME: 'Golem' post-show discussion

19:30 - 22:30 9 October 2015
Blending stunningly original animation with entrancing music and live performance, the pioneering company 1927 create theatrical experiences unlike anything you will have seen before.…

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…

Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed

8 October 2015 - 17 April 2016
A groundbreaking exhibition of over 60 animal mummies showing how modern science can help explain this ancient practice. Mummies of jackals, crocodiles, cats and birds are displayed…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 9 October 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…

Kettlebell Intro

12:00 - 12:55 9 October 2015
Get an introduction into Kettlebell exercises in this free session for beginners. This event is part of Wellbeing Week 2015 - a week of free events aiming to get students and staff…

Noisy Bodies

1 October - 20 December 2015
Manchester-based contemporary artist Daksha Patel fuses art with science in this exclusive exhibition. Her intriguing work explores how scientific systems visualise, map and measure…

Rethinking mobility through the Alexander Technique and other embodied practices

11:00 - 15:00 9 October 2015
How can we think creatively about changing mobilities? Mobility has become a wide and encompassing term covering migrations, everyday travels, physical movements, mobile technologies…

Sunspots

19:30 - 20:30 9 October 2015
Sunspots is a poetic, musical, and visual journey from the birth of the Sun, through its long and eventful life, towards its ultimate death. Is the Sun a god, a man, a woman, or simply…

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…

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 10 October 2015
Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities take place before the…

School of Law undergraduate open day

10:00 - 15:30 10 October 2015
Speak to staff and students about the undergraduate opportunities at the School of Law. Come to the School of Law stand: 10am - 3.30pm, Zochonis Building Student Hub (Building 60…

Sporticipate Welcome

10:00 - 16:00 10 October 2015
Come along to the launch of Sporticipate 2015-16, a day of free sport activities at the Sugden Centre, for students and staff. ABOUT SPORTICIPATE: The University of Manchester, SPORT…

Darkness and Light: a Gothic tour

14:00 - 15:00 11 October 2015
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Join us for an immersive behind-the-scenes tour of The John Rylands Library in all its Victorian Gothic splendour; you’ll take in the original entrance…

Finding and Understanding Eurostat Data

14:00 - 17:00 12 October 2015
Researchers, practitioners, teachers and students interested in statistics across Europe are invited to attend a free introductory workshop to better understand how to access and use…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 12 October 2015
Defining the mechanism(s) that dendritic cells utilise to initiate type-2 inflammation Peter Cook Dendritic cells (DCs) direct CD4+ T cell differentiation into distinct T helper subsets…

Next Business Generation Programme - BioHub, Alderley Park

14:00 - 15:00 12 October 2015
'''Host:''' University of Manchester Intellectual Property '''About the event:''' Sunita Jones and Tony Walker on behalf of University of Manchester Intellectual Property (UMIP) will…

The rise of Agribusiness in Europe. An innovative organisational response to the threat of price volatility in the Western European broiler chicken industry, 1945 to 1973

13:00 - 14:00 12 October 2015
Agribusiness has come to mean different things to different audiences: a vehicle for technological modernization, the erosion of traditional values, or a mechanism for avoiding transparency.…

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