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A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in the EU

14:00 - 15:00 13 April 2016
A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in the EU

Accounting seminar by Marc Wouters, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

14:00 - 16:00 13 April 2016
Management accounting R&D cooperation: The case of standards for the calculation of cost-of-ownership in the semiconductor industry

Artist Sundays - Family Easter activities at the Whitworth (every Sunday in the school holidays)

11:00 27 March - 16:00 17 April 2016
Join us for special Easter holiday Artist Sundays as we re-launch our Sunday sessions for families. Extraordinary artists invent offbeat and imaginative ways for you and your family…

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…

Ben Rivers

25 February - 22 May 2016
Ben Rivers presents his most ambitious work to date. The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers is Ben Rivers’ most ambitious work to date. Migrating between documentary, fantasy and fable, and…

Easter Holiday Activities

11:00 5 - 16:00 15 April 2016
Explore, discover and create at Manchester Museum this Easter. Find your favourite animal in the Museum and create an animal hat of your own to take away. Manchester Museum has many…

Easter Holidays: Engineering the Square Kilometre Array

11:00 11 - 16:00 15 April 2016
Come and find out about a brand new telescope which is being designed by scientists and engineers at Jodrell Bank and around the world. You will have the chance to try experiments to…

Easter holidays: Meet the Expert

13:00 4 - 14:00 15 April 2016
A chance to meet one of our resident scientific and engineering experts, find out about their work and quiz them about what they do and their knowledge of Jodrell Bank. If you have…

English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen), 'Southern Studies/American Studies with/without "the South"'

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
English Literature and American Studies Research Seminar: Martyn Bone (University of Copenhagen), 'Southern Studies/American Studies with/without 'the South': Morrison, Eggers, Lalami and Literary Geographies of Scale'

Epigenetics, Stem Cells and Cancer

16:00 - 17:00 13 April 2016
Part of the 'Leaders in Science Seminar Series 2016' Further details available soon

Finance seminar by Constantinos Antoniou, Warwick Business School

14:00 - 16:00 13 April 2016
Terrorist Attacks, Analyst Sentiment and Earnings Forecast

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…

Having fun in the classroom – encouraging problem-solving, lateral thinking and teamwork

13:00 - 14:00 13 April 2016
This seminar is part of the Teaching and Learning Seminar Series. The seminar will take place in the Michael Smith Building Lecture Theatre on Wednesday 13 April 2016 from 1-2pm. …

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 13 April 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

JMCE Seminar - Dr Elizabeth Monaghan - Good Start?

14:00 - 15:00 13 April 2016
You are warmly invited to the next JMCE Seminar: Dr Elizabeth Monaghan (University of Hull) A Good Start? The European Citizens’ Initiative and Participatory Democracy in…

José Peixoto Coelho da Sousa (Manchester): ‘Music and lyrics: a proposal for the teaching of songs in Portuguese as a Foreign Language class.’

17:00 - 18:30 13 April 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research 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…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 13 April 2016
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 13 April 2016
Daniel Tischer, University of Manchester A networked anatomy of the CDO bubble In the talk I will present our analysis of the emerging CDO market prior to 2008 using a network approach.…

New Arrivals

12 March - 20 November 2016
This exhibition brings together a selection of works that have recently been brought into the Whitworth’s collection. Highlighting a contemporary and diverse approach to drawing, they…

Nico Vascellari

25 February - 18 September 2016
Nico Vascellari’s major work, Bus de la Lum draws on the ancient powers of the forest. Light, video and sound explore the legend of a natural cavity located within the woodland of the…

Spring Studio - Family Easter activities at the Whitworth (Monday to Saturday during the Easter school holidays)

11:00 2 - 15:00 16 April 2016
Discover, play and make together with your family this Easter holiday. As winter comes to a close and greenery once again takes hold, take the lead from artist Nico Vascellari to create…

Subhasish M. Chowdhury (University of East Anglia)

17:00 - 18:00 13 April 2016
Focality and Asymmetry in Multi-battle Contests

The Global Development Seminar Series 2016 - "Commodification, capitalism and counter-movements: perspectives from South east Asia"

16:30 - 18:00 13 April 2016
The Global Development seminar series bringing together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing…

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