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'The Other Within' - The Hebrew and Jewish Collections of The John Rylands Library

13:00 27 - 16:00 29 June 2016
The John Rylands Library preserves one of the world’s valuable collections of Hebrew and Jewish manuscripts, archives and printed books. The holdings span Septuagint fragments to the…

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…

Arabs at Home and Abroad: Politics, Society, and Art

10:30 - 15:30 27 June 2016
Arabs at Home and Abroad: Politics, Society, and Art Seminar - Monday 27 June 2016 10.30am – 3.30pm Venue: Room 2.05 Williamson Building The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures…

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…

Climate Control

11 May - 18 September 2016
We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really,…

Discover Sociology Day

09:45 - 16:00 27 June 2016
Discover Days at Manchester offer potential applicants the chance to gain real insight into degree programmes they might be studying at this University. They provide a great opportunity…

Interdisciplinary research to discover and develop novel biomedicines

15:00 - 16:00 27 June 2016
Despite tremendous efforts, only a few new antibiotics have been developed in the last 50 years. At the same time, resistant strains have emerged in increasing numbers of bacterial…

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…

Pharmacy Education Conference

09:30 - 16:30 27 June 2016
Our annual Pharmacy Education Conference brings scientists, pharmacists and educators involved in pharmacy teaching together. The event offers an opportunity to meet colleagues from…

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.…

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…

Democracy and Elections seminar: Professor Tim Hellwig (Indiana University)

15:00 - 16:30 28 June 2016
June 28th 3.00 – 4.30 pm Arthur Lewis Building G.035/36 “Public Perceptions of Risk and Insecurity in the Wake of the Great Recession” Professor Tim Hellwig (Indiana University) …

Discover English Literature and Creative Writing Day

09:30 - 15:45 28 June 2016
Discover Days at Manchester offer potential applicants the chance to gain real insight into degree programmes they might study at this University. They provide a great opportunity for…

Maths & Sciences Teacher Conference- Biology and Chemistry Day

09:30 - 16:00 28 June 2016
At our Maths and Sciences Teachers Conference, all educators in secondary Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics are invited to find out about researching taking place at The University…

New Light from Manchester on Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts - A Public Lecture

18:00 - 19:00 28 June 2016
Dr Sarit Shalev-Eyni joins us from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to show what we can discover from the illuminations of the Hebrew manuscripts within The University of Manchester's…

Dalton Seminar Series: The nuclear solution to electric power production in the UK

12:00 - 13:00 29 June 2016
The supply of electricity in the UK is on something of a knife edge with the closure of the life-expired Magnox nuclear reactors and the continuing programme of fossil-fuel plant closures…

Discover History Day

09:30 - 15:45 29 June 2016
Discover Days at Manchester offer potential applicants the chance to gain real insight into degree programmes they might study at this University. They provide a great opportunity for…

Fighting torture around the world – from Geneva, Strasbourg and Washington?

12:00 - 14:00 29 June 2016
Social science perspectives on the trajectories, workings, and effects of anti-torture multilateralism. The lecture will be given in French, with interpretation into English, Mandarin…

Health surveys user conference 2016

09:00 - 16:30 29 June 2016
The annual Health surveys user conference is organised by the UK Data Service and is free to attend. The morning sessions will allow users to hear updates from the data producers on…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 29 June 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Maths and Sciences Teachers Conference- Maths and Physics Day

09:30 - 16:00 29 June 2016
At our Maths and Sciences Teachers Conference, all educators in secondary Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics are invited to find out about researching taking place at The University…

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

13:00 - 14:00 29 June 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…

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