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Ad Solem - University of Manchester Chamber Choir

19:30 - 21:30 4 December 2015
An evening of contemporary choral music including: Sea Change by Richard Rodney Bennett alongside composers such as James MacMillan and Mark-Anthony Turnage. To book please visit…

Age and the Body: Identity and Image in Later Life

14:00 - 16:00 4 December 2015
Seminar 14.00-16.00, free networking lunch from 13.00 Since at least the eighteenth century, consumer markets have responded to the needs of ageing populations. Some of these aids…

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…

Celebrating Research Success Seminar ‘How do we stop T-cells attacking our own body’

15:00 - 16:00 4 December 2015
Our immune system is crucial in protecting us from infection, but must be tightly regulated to prevent harmful immune responses against our own tissues. Failure in such regulation can…

CIDRAL Workshop: Women, Religion & Violence

15:00 - 19:00 4 December 2015
This workshop is part of the CIDRAL programme for 2015-16. The day will be made up of a workshop from 3-5pm and a film screening from 5-7pm (Both in University Place 5.206). Please…

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…

Forecasting Methods and Models short course

4 December 2015
The course aims to cover the commonly used techniques to forecast demand in public services and in business. The emphasis of this course is on the practical application of forecasting…

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 4 December 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.

MUMS Lunchtime Concert- Vocal Showcase

13:10 - 14:00 4 December 2015
The singers of Manchester University Music Society combine in a vocal extravaganza! With something for everyone to enjoy, this free lunchtime concert comes complete with everything…

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…

Open Minds XI

4 - 5 December 2015
We are pleased to announce our eleventh Open Minds philosophy conference. After a very successful decade as a conference for PhD students (and recently awarded PhDs), we are expanding…

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…

Children’s spookily gothic tour

11:00 - 12:00 5 December 2015
Join us for a fun behind-the-scenes tour of The John Rylands Library. Did you know that back in Victorian times, when the Library was built, Gothic writing was all the rage? So there’s…

Festive Family Starlight Adventure

14:00 - 17:00 5 December 2015
Ever wondered where stars come from and why they shine? Come and find out! Join us for the Festive Family Starlight Adventure for a fun, fact-packed science show, lantern making and…

Saturday Supplement: The Whitworth

11:00 - 16:00 5 December 2015
Saturday Supplement The Whitworth Saturday 5 December, 11am-4pm Quarterly event series, which explores key issues sparked by our exhibitions.

The rise of a university: industry, engineering and science (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2015
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technological innovation. Our guides explain the history…

The University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 5 December 2015
Programme to include: Borodin Polovtsian Dances from ‘Prince Igor’ Rachmaninov The Bells Conductor: Justin Doyle The University of Manchester Chorus presents a fiery Russian…

Gothic collection encounter

14:00 - 15:00 6 December 2015
Take a closer look behind-the-scenes of the Darkness and Light exhibition with one of our expert staff on hand. We’ll give you further insight into our Gothic collections and the dark…

Urban Ethnography Maphack

12:00 - 14:00 7 December 2015
The Universities of Salford and Manchester are collaborating to host a 'map hack' where people interested in urban ethnography put ethnographies about particular cities onto a Google…

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