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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…

CPR World Record Attempt

16 October 2015
Learn to be a life saver, be part of a world record attempt. On Friday 16 October, The University of Manchester will be attempting to break the world record for a CPR relay, and we…

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 16 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…

Kate Mosse: The Taxidermist's Daughter

19:00 - 21:00 16 October 2015
Kate Mosse, one of Britain's best known novelists, reads from and discusses her latest haunting novel. Held - appropriately - among the taxidermy of our stunning Living Worlds Gallery,…

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…

Prosecuting Rap Workshop

16 October 2015
Violent rap lyrics are increasingly used as evidence in criminal cases in the US and (to a lesser extent) UK. Prosecutors are eager to use rap verses penned by defendants because the…

Residence Abroad briefing for second year students

17:00 - 18:30 16 October 2015
The students will receive crucial information on the residence abroad process, study destinations for both Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, and they will have the opportunity…

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…

Making the modern world: England’s first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 17 October 2015
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

NEW MUSIC- MANTIS Festival

18:00 - 19:30 17 October 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. In collaboration with Festival partner Metanast (Manchester), local and guest composers (featuring…

NEW MUSIC- MANTIS Festival

20:00 - 21:30 17 October 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. In collaboration with Festival partner Metanast (Manchester), local and guest composers (featuring…

NEW MUSIC -MANTIS Festival

14:00 - 15:30 18 October 2015
MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound) presents concerts of new electroacoustic music. In collaboration with Festival partner Metanast (Manchester), local and guest composers (featuring…

E-trials in the North West: Research Meeting

12:00 - 17:00 19 October 2015
'''Host:''' Institute of Population Health '''About the event''' An E-trial is a clinical trial, where the planning and conduct relies partly or wholly on electronic data sources,…

Energy Futures interview series

11:00 - 16:30 19 October 2015
As part of the Rutherford’s Garden arts/sciences collaborations research project (commissioned by The University of Manchester, artist/curator James Brady is conducting a series of…

Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships showcase

11:00 - 14:00 19 October 2015
Showcasing the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowships (funding early career research in Social Sciences and Political Economy): From 11 am to 12 noon there will be presentations from the…

Social Anthropology Seminar Adom Philogene Heron Becoming Papa Kinship Senescence and the Ambivalent Inward Journeys of Ageing Men in the Antilles

16:00 - 18:00 19 October 2015
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 19th October 2015 4:15-6:00pm (Tea and Coffee will be available outside the boardroom at 4:00pm) Adom Philogene Heron, University of St Andrews…

Telling Tales - Manchester Science Festival 2015 exhibition

19 October - 19 November 2015
'''Host:''' School of Psychological Sciences '''About the event:''' ''Telling Tales'' is a collaboration between members of the Language Development and Disorders Research Group,…

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