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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…

Chinese Studies Seminar Series: 'Taiwan's 2016 elections; what will change?’

17:00 - 18:30 9 December 2015
All are welcome to attend the next talk in the Chinese Studies Seminar Series. Dr Jonathan Sullivan will be delivering the talk: 'Taiwan's 2016 elections; what will change?’ Time:…

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,…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Fred Schurink (UoM)

17:00 - 19:00 9 December 2015
Fred Schurink (UoM) ‘Plutarch in Renaissance England: Politics, Literature, Lives’

Finance seminar by Rohit Sonika, University of Exeter Business School

14:00 - 15:30 9 December 2015
Buyback Persistence, Dilutive Stock Options

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 9 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.

Is Utilitarianism All That Bad A Doctrine for Egalitarians? - The Global Development Seminar Series

16:30 - 18:00 9 December 2015
The Global Development Seminar Series Is Utilitarianism All That Bad A Doctrine for Egalitarians? Co-sponsored by the Social Theory and Development Histories Research Group The literature…

Meet the Researchers Open Lecture Series (for schools and public): "Ford Madox Brown: Picturing Manchester, Making History Public"

17:30 - 18:30 9 December 2015
A talk by Dr Colin Trodd (Department of Art History & Visual Studies) - part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures open lecture series "Meet the Researchers". How do artists…

Networking event: Focus on Nutrition, Trauma and the Elderly – opportunities to improve clinical care

17:30 - 19:30 9 December 2015
The Inflammation and Repair Domain wants to bring together clinicians and researchers to develop new collaborations in translational research across The University of Manchester faculties…

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…

POP-UP ARCHAEOLOGY DAY

9 December 2015
Have you ever wanted to find out what exactly an Archaeologist does? The types of materials they study? The issues they investigate? Or what it’s like to work on excavations of different…

The EU’s Response to the Financial Crises in Ireland and Cyprus

14:00 - 15:00 9 December 2015
The EU’s Response to the Financial Crises in Ireland and Cyprus by Dr. Adonis Pegasiou (University of Cyprus)

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

13:00 - 14:00 9 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 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…

Voters in Context: Lessons from the UK General Election of 2015 for understanding political change

14:00 - 17:00 9 December 2015
This seminar will present a series of working draft chapters for the prospective 2015 British Election Study book, from the BES team. We will provide original insights into how citizens…

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…

Discover Computer Science

09:45 - 15:00 10 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…

Inaugural Sir Lawrence Bragg Lecture

13:25 - 14:30 10 December 2015
The University is set celebrate the 100 years since Sir Lawrence Bragg was awarded his Nobel Prize in Physics with a day-long programme of activities. An important part of the celebrations…

Multilevel Modelling short course

10 December 2015
Outline This one-day course begins with a description of some examples where multilevel models are useful in statistical analysis and some examples of multilevel populations. We then…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 10 December 2015
Shostakovich Quartet No. 1 in C, Op. 49 Shostakovich Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68 The Quatuor Danel begin another of their legendary Shostakovich cycles with the deceptive…

Research Seminar on Ocean Energy and Engineering - Professor Peter Stansby

12:00 - 13:00 10 December 2015
Research Seminar on Ocean Energy and Engineering - Professor Peter Stansby In this Research Seminar the developments in wave energy and tidal stream energy over the past year will…

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