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Astrophotograhy Night at Jodrell Bank

19:30 18 January 2016 - 21:00 18 January 2017
Come along to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre for an informal and fun evening of Astrophotography. You'll enjoy an Introduction to Astrophotography workshop (co-presented by Dr. Ant Holloway…

Explorer tour

11:00 - 12:00 28 January 2016
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you! To book a place for this event, phone our Customer Services team on 0161 306 0555.

Finance seminar by Andreas Milidonis

14:00 - 16:00 28 January 2016
Private Information in Currency Markets

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…

Going Digital with Humanities Research - Two days of inspirational talks, round-table discussion and a practical TEI XML workshop

10:00 27 - 13:30 28 January 2016
The conference will gather expertise from different fields of the Humanities and, through a workshop it will introduce TEI XML to the research, IT and librarian community of Manchester.…

Inflammatory and tolerogenic dendritic cells in rheumatoid arthritis

12:00 - 13:00 28 January 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World

21 January - 21 August 2016
Ghosts, witches, sorcerers and demons: our fascination with the supernatural stretches back centuries. Experience how supernatural forces shaped the lives of everyone from kings and…

New Music North West Festival

22 - 29 January 2016
The RNCM and University of Manchester join forces for the biennial New Music North West festival this January, featuring 8 days of music by 100 living composers from across the North…

Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes: A free online course to learn about Earth science.

18 January - 21 February 2016
This course focuses on a basic science understanding that demonstrates how the processes on Earth (including biological processes) lead to natural climate changes that have shaped the…

Political Parties in the Middle East: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

11:00 28 - 19:00 29 January 2016
This international conference, kindly made possible by sponsorship from the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW), aims to make sense of past, present and future perspectives…

Saving a Century

8 January - 24 March 2016
'Saving a Century', curated by leading architectural historian Gavin Stamp, uses archive photographs and material from over 50 years of the The Victorian Society's fight to save historic…

Students’ Q&A with: Sir Harrison Birtwistle

14:30 - 16:30 28 January 2016
A student panel made up of undergraduates and postgraduates, has the opportunity to ask Sir Harrison Birtwistle questions. This event will be chaired by the University’s Head of Music,…

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.…

They Said, We Said

11 January - 29 April 2016
?'They Said, We Said' is a collection of artwork produced by members of Pure Studio, an arts facility based in Stockport that helps its members, all of whom have a learning disability,…

Thinking About Teaching? PGCE Open Evening

18:00 - 20:00 28 January 2016
Are you thinking about a career in teaching? Come along to The University of Manchester’s open evening to find out about our PGCEs (Postgraduate Certificates of Education) – ten month…

An Evening with Jackie Kay: Asylum, Refuge, Migration

18:00 - 19:00 29 January 2016
The Northern Postcolonial Network in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the University of Salford is delighted to host the Chancellor of the University of Salford,…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 29 January 2016
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.

Magic Carpet - Dinosaurs

10:30 - 12:30 29 January 2016
10.30-11.30 and 11.30-12.30 Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially…

Tibor Reich

29 January - 29 August 2016
A celebration of post-war design alongside an exhibition of Wallpaper from the Whitworth's collection

VAGANZA – Part of the New Music North West Festival 2016

13:10 - 14:00 29 January 2016
Programme: Richard Whalley Butterflies (UK première) Richard Whalley Three Worlds Harrison Birtwistle Silbury Air Harrison Birtwistle Some Petals from My Twickenham Herbarium…

Wallpaper

29 January - 4 September 2016
Continuing the celebration of post-war design this show features highlights from the Whitworth’s collection of 1950s and 60s wallpapers. At the heart of the exhibition are papers from…

Li Yuan-Chia Collection encounter

11:00 - 12:00 30 January 2016
Take a closer look at the artist Li Yuan-Chia: The Man behind the Archive. We’ll be looking at items from the LYC Collection and providing an insight into this archive, the material…

Space Hack: Capture the Moon

30 - 31 January 2016
On 4th February 1966 Jodrell Bank produced the first ever pictures of the surface of the moon, intercepting a signal from the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft and printing the image on a borrowed…

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

13:00 - 14:00 30 January 2016
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…

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