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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…

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

11:30 - 14:30 13 October 2015
Drop in sensory play and interactive story sessions for babies who aren't walking yet. Visit manchester.ac.uk/museum for booking details.

Bike Registration Event

12:30 - 13:30 13 October 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…

Bombing Cancer: The Troubled History of Radium Teletherapy

03:30 - 17:00 13 October 2015
This seminar is part of the CHSTM Seminars Series Sept-Dec 2015. CHSTM seminars will be held fortnightly on Tuesdays at 4pm in Room 2.57 Simon Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester,…

CMIST afternoon seminar: Social network and health behaviours inequalities: theory and results of the SILNE study

16:00 - 17:30 13 October 2015
Abstract Although health behaviours, such as smoking, accounts for a large proportion of socio-economic health inequalities, it is unclear how these inequalities emerge at a young…

Coordinating genome segregation with cell division

13:00 - 14:00 13 October 2015
Eukaryotic cells actively remodel their actin and microtubule cytoskeletons as they enter and exit mitosis. In this talk I will discuss the ways in which these two filament systems…

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…

Development Economics Seminars: Professor Henrik Hansen

13:00 - 14:00 13 October 2015
Development Economics Seminars The Importance of Being Surveyed: The Representativeness and Impact of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys Using census data from 1999 and…

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…

Jeanette Winterson - The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold

19:30 - 21:00 13 October 2015
One of our most imaginative storytellers, Jeanette Winterson has written 10 novels, a book of short stories, numerous essays and screenplays and the powerful memoir, Why Be Happy When…

Moses Gaster and the Samaritan Book of Joshua controversy

16:00 - 17:00 13 October 2015
During a visit to the Samaritan community of Nablus in 1907, Moses Gaster was gifted a manuscript which he identified as an antique recension of the Samaritan Book of Joshua. The publication…

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…

Off balance: cognitive deficits caused by hippocampal and prefrontal neural disinhibition

13:00 - 14:00 13 October 2015
This talk is the first in a series of eight. Tobias Bast from University of Nottingham will be giving a talk as our first presenter for the Neuroscience Seminar Autumn series. John…

Reconstructing gender and migration in the Arab world: the case of migrant domestic workers in Qatar

17:00 - 18:00 13 October 2015
Prof Jawad Syed is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Diversity Management at the University of Huddersfield. His main academic interests include gender, diversity, international…

Taking Power Back - Manchester Launch

18:00 - 20:00 13 October 2015
Cities@Manchester, with the New Local Government Network (NLGN) and the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) invite you to join us for the launch of Taking Power Back, the new…

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…

Untangling Ohm's apparatus

13:00 - 14:00 13 October 2015
This seminar is part of the lunchtime seminar series for the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Lunchtime seminars are typically no more than 30 minutes…

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…

DigiLab

10:00 - 16:00 14 October 2015
Our DigiLab showcase is the perfect chance to try out technology of the future. Drop in at any time during the day to try out a wide range of technology. You can demo everything from…

Webinar: Finding and accessing data in the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 14 October 2015
This webinar is intended for anyone who wants to know more about finding data from the UK Data Service. Participants will be given a practical overview, focusing on the Service's search-and-browse…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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