Events for prospective students

French Studies Guest Lecture: "'Freedom of expression or freedom from Islam? The emergence of secularism in French political debate since the 1980s"

17:00 - 18:00 26 April 2016
Professor Olivier Esteves, Université de Lille (chaired by Dr Barbara Lebrun, French Studies) In 2016, secularism (laïcité) continues to be harnessed by French politicians and the…

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…

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…

Neanderthals Big Saturday

11:00 - 16:00 30 April 2016
Discover more about Neanderthals, who they were and how they lived, and how research at the University of Manchester is adding to what we know. See objects from the Manchester museum…

Global Value Chains, Market-Making, and the Rise of Precarious Work with Jennifer Bair

17:00 - 18:15 4 May 2016
Jennifer Bair, University of Colorado at Boulder, will discuss Global Value Chains, Market-Making, and the Rise of Precarious Work In recent years, high-profile scandals involving…

CIDRAL Film Screening and Discussion: What Is Psychoanalysis?

17:00 - 19:00 5 May 2016
What is psychoanalysis? Is it weird? Why? The College of Psychoanalysts recently funded a project by the Freud Museum in London to make four short films, less than ten minutes each.…

After Hours: SEE-SAW presents an interactive, live drawing event at Manchester Museum

18:30 - 22:00 8 May 2016
Sound and image come together in these artist-led drawing sessions within the stunning setting of the Living Worlds gallery. Join in and see your work projected in the space alongside…

Girls Night Out: transit of Mercury

17:30 - 20:30 9 May 2016
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre’s Girls Night Out is back with an evening of planetary wonder. This one starts earlier in the evening than usual so that we can watch live as Mercury,…

ZooSoc Postgraduate Research Seminar series - Policy & Peacocks!

11:00 - 12:00 11 May 2016
ZooSoc's Postgraduate Seminar Series enables University of Manchester postgraduates studying animal behaviour, physiology, ecology, and evolution to easily communicate their research…

After Hours: Climate Control

18:00 - 21:00 12 May 2016
Sound and image come together in these artist-led drawing sessions within the stunning setting of the living worlds gallery. join in and see your work projected in the space alongside…

EdD Doctor of Education Information Evening

18:00 - 20:00 12 May 2016
The University of Manchester is holding an information evening for anyone interested in pursuing an EdD in Education; a qualification equivalent to a PhD in both standards and workload,…

Get A Head and Get Ahead: 'Self-help' Science of Phrenology

17:30 - 19:00 12 May 2016
The Museum and Medicine and Health, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Manchester invite students and staff as well as members of the public to the latest events…

Lovell Lecture: Einstein's Relativity: Tested to the Limit (with Pulsars)

19:30 - 21:30 12 May 2016
Einstein's Theory of General Relativity was published in 1915. In over a century it has not failed a single time despite hundreds of tests and experiments. One of the most extreme environments…

Poet's Corner

19:00 - 22:00 12 May 2016
Chetham's Library transforms after dark as part of Manchester After Hours on Thursday 12th May. Chetham’s library, MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies and MA Arts Management, Policy and…

A Public Affair – Patient centred education and social responsibility

14:00 - 16:00 17 May 2016
Manchester Medical School is delighted to invite you to ‘A Public Affair – Patient centred education and social responsibility’ an event to celebrate the innovative work of Manchester…

Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story - Chris Stringer FRS, Natural History Museum,

16:00 25 May 2016
Research in the last 15 years has seen tremendous advances in our understanding of early humans in Europe and in Britain, and this talk will review the major developments. These include…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Freddie Rokem: Reading Kafka/Staging Kafka

17:00 - 19:00 25 May 2016
****THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED**** The lecture is part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme entitled Cultures and Temporalities. It is co-organised by CIDRAL, LIS, German Studies, Drama…

Cancelled- Tyndall Manchester Seminar- Changing institutions in a changing climate by Professor Audley Genus

16:00 - 17:30 26 May 2016
Please note that this event has been cancelled.

The Urban Naturalist

14:00 - 16:00 29 May 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. Identification…

CIDRAL Public Event at the Manchester Art Gallery: Round Table discussion of 'The Imitation Game' exhibition

16:00 - 19:30 2 June 2016
This public event part of CIDRAL's Semester 2 programme for the 2015-16 academic year, themed around Cultures and Temporalities. Inspired by Manchester’s rich history of computer science,…

Campus Visit (Year 8/9)

7 June 2016
An exciting opportunity for pre-16 learners to visit the University Campus, experience a welcome talk from a member of staff at the University and a campus tour from current Student…

Humans in Ancient Britain: Rediscovering Neanderthals Tour

13:00 - 13:30 9 June 2016
Join Bryan Sitch, Curator of Archaeology for a tour of the exhibition, Humans in Ancient Britain: Rediscovering Neanderthals.

Manchester Soldier, Manchester Historian: Exploring the Life and Legacy of Mark Hovell

15:00 - 17:00 9 June 2016
2016 marks the centenary of the death of the historian, Mark Hovell. Hovell was born in Manchester in 1888, and had been a student and later a lecturer at the University of Manchester…

Views of an Antique Land: Imaging Egypt and Palestine in the First World War

10:00 - 16:00 11 June 2016
To commemorate the WW1 Centenary, researchers from Cardiff University will hold a ‘roadshow’ at the Museum exploring these local links and collecting memories. Items from the Manchester…

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