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13th Annual Rylands Poetry Reading: Lorna Goodison

17:30 - 20:00 10 December 2015
Join us for an evening of poetry at The John Rylands Library. This year’s Rylands Poetry Reading will be given by Lorna Goodison. Born in Jamaica, Lorna Goodison has won numerous…

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…

Disaster Dialogue: Gender in Disaster Risk Reduction

17:30 - 19:30 10 December 2015
The Disaster Dialogue series, hosted by HCRI, is a regular multi-disciplinary forum that responds to the urgent challenges posed by disaster events, including their interface with climate…

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…

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,…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Matt Collins (Chester) - "Abandoning the Quest for the Historical Teacher: History and Ideology in the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls"

14:00 - 15:00 10 December 2015
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies. 90 minutes followed by tea.

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…

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…

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…

One-seed, two-seed, three-seed? Reassessing ancient theories of generation

16:55 - 18:30 10 December 2015
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Pericytes: from embryology to the clinics

13:30 - 14:30 10 December 2015
CCB Autumn Serminar Series 2015

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…

Quatuor Danel Seminar: 'Masters of Composition 1'

14:30 - 15:30 10 December 2015
Workshop performances and discussion of new works by the University's Masters students.

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…

Smart specialisation - an innovation driven strategy for economic diversification

14:00 - 15:00 10 December 2015
Smart Specialisation (SS) is probably the single largest attempt ever of an orchestrated, supranational innovation strategy to boost economic growth through economic diversification,…

Tabley Carol Concert

19:30 - 21:00 10 December 2015
In December The Tabley House Collection’s on-site, beautiful Chapel of St Peter will be graced once again by the much loved Border Singers for the annual Christmas carol concert. The…

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…

Webinar: An Introduction to data and resources for librarians

14:00 - 15:00 10 December 2015
The UK Data Service is holding a webinar aimed at librarians. The ESRC-funded UK Data Service provides free online access to a vast range of data and holds over 6,000 data collections.…

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…

An Introduction to Computational Social Science using 'Big Data'

11 December 2015
Every day we interact with countless technological systems, which support our communication, our transport, our shopping activities, and much more. Through these interactions, we are…

Crime Surveys User Conference 2015

09:30 - 16:30 11 December 2015
The programme will contain a mixture of papers from the data producers and researchers. Presentations will be based on analysis of the UK crime surveys, e.g. the Crime Survey for England…

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