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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…

Accounting seminar by Vicky Kiosse, University of Exeter

14:00 - 16:00 27 April 2016
Why Do Firms Retain Their Defined Benefit Plans? Evidence from the UK

Alexandru Nichifor (University of St Andrews)

17:00 - 18:00 27 April 2016
Title: TBA

Applied GIS: social science applications

26 - 27 April 2016
This course is aimed at researchers who have some familiarity with spatial data and GIS software functionality. This two day course uses a series of accessible hands-on practicals and…

Art History and Visual Studies Talks

17:30 - 19:30 27 April 2016
Jonathan Harris, Birmingham City University 'The Global Contemporary Art World; Anatomy and Prescription'

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…

CLES: Principles for good social impact measurement

13:00 - 14:00 27 April 2016
Social impact, or social value refers to the wider social, economic and environmental impacts that an organisation can have on society. The concept has been long-recognised in in the…

Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Field of 'Scaled-Up' Higher Education

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
The Sarah Fielden Seminar Series in the Manchester Institute of Education

Finance seminar by Helena Idisro, ISCTE Business School

14:00 - 16:00 27 April 2016
Foreign Directors

Generation 'Hard Times': Young People in Economic Crisis

12:00 - 13:00 27 April 2016
Research and Teaching Matters seminars series in the Manchester Institute of Education

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 27 April 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Lightning Talks in The Study

12:00 - 20:00 27 April 2016
Find out more about a range of fascinating topics with our lightning talks Wednesday 27 April 12noon Another bird? dodo Mammoth Starfish trilobites 3pm Willow bark seed banks woolly…

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 27 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 27 April 2016
Fiona Dobbie, University of Stirling Social network research and health behavior change: examples from smoking cessation Fiona Dobbie is a Research Fellow and PhD student in the School…

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…

Nicola Runciman (University of Manchester): ’Landscapes of Presence and Absence in Contemporary Chilean Cinema.’

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
Part of our Spanish and Portuguese research seminar series.

Roundtable Discussion: Ethics, Human Rights and Health

15:00 - 17:00 27 April 2016
This roundtable has been designed in accordance with the curriculum of the module "SALC72000 Ethics, Human Rights and Health", and in particular to the issues of access to human rights…

SCI Seminar Series - Dr Russell Hitchings - Leisure travel after retirement: anticipation and experience in the UK

16:15 - 17:45 27 April 2016
Dr Russell Hitchings, Senior Lecturer in Human Geograpy, University College London, will be giving the SCI Seminar on the 27 April 2016, entitled 'Leisure travel after retirement: anticipation…

Sportmax Beijing: selling luxury goods to the new Chinese upper classes - Centre for Chinese Studies Seminar Series

17:00 - 18:30 27 April 2016
Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) 2015-2016 Seminar Series presents: Federico Fattori (University of Manchester) “Sportmax Beijing: selling luxury goods to the new Chinese upper classes”…

The Global Development Seminar Series 2016 - "Differentiation at the rural urban interface in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, South India"

16:30 - 18:00 27 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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Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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