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A Stone's Throw

18 April - 17 July 2016
In this photographic exhibition, Manchester photographer John Shinnick has captured the words and voices of people who interact with the centre of Manchester, a metaphorical stone’s…

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…

Event history analysis

10:00 - 16:00 22 April 2016
It is intended that students attending the course will be able to specify and estimate models for different kinds of event history data in discrete and continuous time. Students new…

Fabrizio Zilibotti (University of Zurich). Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa.

14:00 - 15:00 22 April 2016
Fabrizio Zilibotti holds the Chair of Macroeconomics and Political Economy of the Department of Economics at the University of Zurich. He is the President of the European Economic Association.…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 22 April 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

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 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…

Precarious work: causes; consequences; and counter-measures

09:30 21 - 16:00 22 April 2016
Precarious work is a central factor in increasing inequality and insecurity across developed and developing countries and attention is needed to understand both the institutional, social…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert

19:30 - 21:30 22 April 2016
Two quartets in the sunny key of A major: the fifth from Beethoven's first quartet opus, and the Mozart work on which it was modelled. Then to conclude the Quatuor Danel's eleventh…

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,…

Tibor Reich

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

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…

#scienceX at intu Trafford Centre

10:00 23 - 18:00 24 April 2016
Have you ever wanted to hold a piece of the moon, or to find out how electricity arrives at your plug socket? Perhaps you would you like to programme a Lego robot, or have a go at landing…

Curator's corner: A closer look at Shakespeare's First Folio and first edition of Sonnets.

15:00 - 15:30 23 April 2016
This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bitesize introduction about the Library’s rare and precious Shakespeare collection. Discover the history behind Shakespeare’s…

Curator's corner: A closer look at Shakespeare's First Folio and first edition of Sonnets.

16:00 - 16:30 23 April 2016
This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bitesize introduction about the Library’s rare and precious Shakespeare collection. Discover the history behind Shakespeare’s…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) and String Orchestra

19:30 - 21:30 23 April 2016
Drawing together our fantastic Wind and String Orchestras for a joint concert of exciting music, MUMS present a concert of Western string music and an Americana-themed wind half. Conductors…

Symposium: Latin American Cinemas, European Markets

23 April 2016
Symposium: Latin American Cinemas, European Markets. New Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University & HOME, ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival. Keynote Talks:…

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

13:00 - 14:00 23 April 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…

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 24 April 2016
Friendly, practical workshops run by leading naturalists. From wild food-foraging and composting to bird song and insect identification, explore biodiversity on our doorstep. This…

The Urban Naturalist

Introduction to STATA short course

25 April 2016
The course provides an introductory training in STATA, a statistical package increasingly used for social research data analysis which has powerful data manipulation procedures and…

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 17:00 25 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Monday 25: 12noon Orang-utan Hairy tree porcupine Aye-Aye Volcanic ash Polar bear 2pm Gharial (Gavialis…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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