Lectures and seminars

70th anniversary lecture series: Jodrell Bank, the Moon and the Space Race

19:30 - 21:00 4 February 2016
On 4th February 1966 Jodrell Bank intercepted signals from the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft which had landed on the Moon the previous day. and printed them on a borrowed newspaper fax machine.…

CTIS Research Seminar: Conference Interpreting and the Hegemonic Forces at Work in the Field

14:00 - 15:30 4 February 2016
Guest speaker: Cornelia Zwischenberger, Center for Translation Studies, University of Vienna Instead of analyzing the various hegemonic forces conference interpreters sustain with…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Gerald Downing - "Re the 're-' in 'reconciliation': A Conciliatory Conclusion"

14:00 - 15:30 4 February 2016
Ehrhardt Seminar in Biblical Studies, 90 minutes followed by tea.

Lessons from mucosal immunity from models of giardiasis

12:00 - 13:00 4 February 2016
MIG Seminar Series

Politics - MANCEPT research seminar - Liam Shields will present on “The Importance of Being Parents”

16:00 - 18:00 4 February 2016
Dear all, The next MANCEPT research seminar will be on Thursday 4 February, when our very own Liam Shields will present on “The Importance of Being Parents”. The seminar starts at…

The Syriac Galen Palimpsest: A New AHRC-Funded Project

16:55 - 18:30 4 February 2016
Classics & Ancient History Work-in-Progress Seminar

Evidence synthesis using large data sets and individual patient data

12:00 - 14:30 5 February 2016
'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences '''About the event:''' The aim of this workshop is to introduce attendees to some of the practical issues around conducting reviews…

Technological solutions to support healthcare professional behaviour change

09:30 - 16:30 5 February 2016
'''Host:''' Manchester Pharmacy School '''About the event:''' Healthcare professional behaviour change is fundamental to the implementation of any health policy, intervention or safety…

HCRI Speaker Series: More than a T-shirt: how ordinary people can prevent human rights abuses (some of the time)

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Title: More than a T-shirt: how ordinary people can prevent human rights abuses (some of the time) This interactive session will explore how ordinary people can deter violence in areas…

MCCIR AZ GSK Update Seminar Series

15:30 - 16:30 8 February 2016
The next MCCIR AZ/GSK Update Seminar is taking place on Monday the 8th of February 2016 Altered immunogenicity of porcine hearts via ex vivo perfusion Will Critchley There are approximately…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Piers Vitebsky (University of Cambridge)

16:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 08 February 2016 Dr Piers Vitebsky, University of Cambridge Title: “Changing forms of loss and redemption in Tribal India" During the 1970s,…

The Global Political Economy research cluster seminar - After Austerity: The Financialisation of the Welfare State - Wednesday 24th February - 3pm

15:00 - 18:00 8 February 2016
Dear colleagues The Global Political Economy research cluster invite you to the following seminar, which takes place at 3pm on Wednesday 24th February in 4.212 University Place: …

CANCELLED: CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Work-life balance and class: in search of working-class work-lives

16:00 - 17:30 9 February 2016
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this seminar has had to be cancelled. We hope to rearrange this seminar for a future date. Abstract: The common conclusion from work-life studies…

Five years after the January 2011 Uprising: How did the Uprising affect people's lives and aspirations in poor communities in Egypt?

17:00 - 18:30 9 February 2016
Solava Ibrahim is Deputy Programme Director, MSc in Poverty, Inequality and Development Studies and a lecturer in International Development here at the University of Manchester's Institute…

Growth control by the Hippo signalling pathway

15:30 - 17:00 9 February 2016
Nic will discuss his current research about the control of tissue growth and architecture in the context of development and cancer.

Norman Nicholson - Beyond Lakeland

16:00 - 17:00 9 February 2016
Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) was an English poet and writer who was known for his lifelong connection to the small industrial town of Millom on the west coast of Cumbria. Although…

A study of th experiences of post primary students with special educational needs in Ireland

12:00 - 13:00 10 February 2016
Research and Teaching Matters seminar series in Manchester Institute of Education

Accounting seminar by Leonidas Doukakis

14:00 - 16:00 10 February 2016
The Informativeness of Micro and Macro Information During Economic Crisis and Non-crisis Periods

An introduction to the latest thinking in social impact measurement: wellbeing valuation

13:00 - 14:00 10 February 2016
Social impact measurement is a hot topic at the moment. With governments scaling back the services they provide, greater burden is being placed on charities and not-for-profits to support…

Democracy and Elections seminar: 'Benefits of Diversity: why do political parties recruit women and BME MPs and what does it mean for representation?'

15:30 10 February 2016
Benefits of Diversity: why do political parties recruit women and BME MPs and what does it mean for representation?' With Dr Maria Sobolewska With party diversity high on the agenda…

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