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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…

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…

How to ... construct and validate measures using the Rasch model

09:30 - 16:30 30 November 2015
Instructors: Dr Maria Pampaka and Prof Julian Williams Workshop Summary and Content Outline: This 1-day workshop aims to introduce participants to measurement theory and the Rasch…

Human Behaviour Seminar: Addressing Global Inequalities

13:00 - 14:00 30 November 2015
UN Global Goals and Human Behaviour: Results-based Management or Changing Social Norms or Celebrity Advocacy? Date: Monday 30th November 2015 Time: 1-2pm Venue: Mansfield Cooper…

Investigating evolutionary milestones using fossils and high resolution CT

12:00 - 13:00 30 November 2015
Computational and Evolutionary Biology Autumn Seminar Series 2015

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…

SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR - MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2015 - AUSTIN ZEIDERMAN - (LSE)

16:00 - 18:00 30 November 2015
Title : "Submergence : Precarious Politics in Colombia's Future Port-City" In this talk, I will examine territorial conflicts in the rapidly expanding port-city of Buenaventura on…

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…

Workshop: 'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Jewish-Polish Relations'

13:30 - 16:00 30 November 2015
Workshop on Jewish-Polish Relations, 'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow of Jewish-Polish Relations', under the auspices of the Israeli Information Center, the Polish Consulate General in Manchester…

Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow of Jewish - Polish Relations

13:00 - 16:00 30 November 2015
All are welcome to attend a half-day workshop: ‘Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow of Jewish - Polish Relations’. The workshop is part of a programme promoting a new exhibition entitled 'Righteous…

Discover Life Sciences

09:30 - 15:30 1 December 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…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 1 December 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 Karin Thorburn, Stockholm School of Economics

14:00 - 15:30 1 December 2015
Do board gender quotas affect firm value?

Making A Difference Fair

09:30 - 15:30 1 December 2015
Similar to the volunteering fair held on South Campus, this event in the Renold Building will enable all staff and students in the Faculty of EPS the opportunity to find out what voluntary…

Medieval Tales

12:00 - 13:00 1 December 2015
The Format for this event will consist of two presentations over 30 minutes followed by 30 minutes of discussion with Q&A Reading Boccaccio through Space and Time Presentation by:…

Neuronflammation and brain repair

13:00 - 14:00 1 December 2015
This talk is the seventh in a series of eight. Yvonne Dombrowski from Belfast University will be giving a talk for the Neuroscience Seminar Autumn series. David Brough will be the…

Optogenetic control of heart rhythm by selectively stimulating a novel type of cardiomyocytes derived from adrenergic cells in the heart

12:00 - 13:00 1 December 2015
CMD Autumn Seminar Series

Social Learning, Social Intelligence and Cognitive Evolution: Experimental and Comparative Studies

11:00 - 12:00 1 December 2015
Traditionally, social learning – learning from others – has been assumed to involve derived cognitive processes that evolve and develop independently. In this talk, I question the independence…

The Ergonomics of Clothing Design - Project Adam, Harold Wilson's Gannex coat and Dogger Bank Itch

13:00 - 14:00 1 December 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…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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