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A celebration of quantitative social research at The University of Manchester

13:00 - 18:00 25 November 2015
We are very pleased to invite you to join us as we celebrate the first anniversary of the Cathie Marsh Institute and 20 years of quantitative social research at The University of Manchester.…

AREVA Seminar

13:00 - 15:30 25 November 2015
Delivered by Jean Dhers, AREVA R&D 13:00-13:40 EPR Reactor Design Talk 13:40-14:10 AREVA Future Strategy 14:10-14:30 Refreshment Break 14:30-15:30 Panel Discussion All welcome.

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…

Book Launch: What a Waste - Outsourcing and how it goes wrong

17:00 - 19:00 25 November 2015
What a Waste? is the latest in the Manchester Capitalism series of short books from MUP which aim to reframe the big issues of economic renewal, financial reform and political mobilisation.…

Chinese Studies Seminar Series: 'Queer As Catachresis: Beijing Queer Film Festival in Cultural Translation’

17:00 - 18:30 25 November 2015
All are welcome to attend the next talk in the Chinese Studies Seminar Series. Next week, Dr Hongwei Bao will be delivering the talk: 'Queer As Catachresis: Beijing Queer Film Festival…

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…

Discover Criminology

09:30 - 15:30 25 November 2015
Discover Days at Manchester offer potential applicants the chance to gain real insight into degree programmes they might study at this University. They provide a great opportunity for…

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,…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: James Paz (UoM) 'Slow Scholarship and the Craft of Old English Translation'

17:00 - 19:00 25 November 2015
James Paz (UoM) 'Slow Scholarship and the Craft of Old English Translation'

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 25 November 2015
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

Finance seminar by Li Liu, Said Business School

14:00 - 16:00 25 November 2015
Home Country Taxation and Multinational Investment: Evidence from the UK

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…

From MDGs to SDGS: Transformation or Evolution? - The Global Development Seminar Series

16:30 - 18:00 25 November 2015
The Global Development Seminar Series From MDGs to SDGS: Transformation or Evolution? Hear Global Development Institute Executive Director David Hulme discuss the recently announced…

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 25 November 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…

Meet the Researchers Open Lecture Series (for schools and public): "Integration and Racism in the French Republic"

17:30 - 18:30 25 November 2015
A talk by Dr Barbara Lebrun (Department of French Studies) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "Meet the Researchers". The January 2015 terrorist…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 25 November 2015
Soong Moon Kang, UCL School of Management

New histories of the university (and why they matter now)

16:00 - 18:00 25 November 2015
For much of the twentieth century university history was written as institutional, national and progressive. But these ways of framing the university no longer help us make sense of…

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…

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 rise and fall of aid effectiveness in the European Union

14:00 - 15:00 25 November 2015
Seminar series by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Manchester (JMCE Manchester)

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…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 26 November 2015
The Extended Project is a single piece of work of a student's choosing that requires evidence of planning, preparation, research and independent learning. It is available as a stand-alone…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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