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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…

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,…

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.

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…

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…

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…

SCI Seminar Series - Professor David C Gibbs - Rethinking Green Entrepreneurship - Fluid Narratives of the Green Economy

16:00 - 17:30 29 June 2016
Professor David C Gibbs, Professor of Human Geography, University of Hull, will be giving the SCI Seminar on the 29 June 2016, entitled 'Rethinking Green Entrepreneurship - Fluid Narratives…

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…

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…

Climate Change Synaesthesia: the exhibition unleashed

08:00 - 09:30 30 June 2016
Climate scientists and artists take hold of the exhibition, inviting the public to take another look….an immersive installation unfolds and we hear, touch, smell and taste the effects…

Discover Chemistry Day

09:45 - 15:45 30 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…

Exploring the Universe from Jodrell Bank; Heritage Lecture Series

19:30 - 21:00 30 June 2016
Our understanding of the Universe has changed dramatically since Sir Bernard Lovell first arrived at Jodrell Bank in December 1945. The radio telescopes built here have allowed us to…

Living (and writing) the weather

11:00 - 13:00 30 June 2016
Join University of Manchester sociologist Professor Jennifer Mason to learn about her research on ‘Living the Weather’, which explores how our everyday lives are full of weather and…

Migratory Birds: Poetry and Perceptions of Climate Change

18:00 - 19:30 30 June 2016
A panel bringing together a poet, a literary scholar, a climate change scientist and an ornithologist will address the following questions: How does poetry represent birds and our relationship…

Targeting apoptosis in cancer - a double-edged sword

13:30 - 14:30 30 June 2016
This is part of the CCB Spring Seminar Series 2016. Dr. Stephen Tait, University of Glasgow, Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute Targeting apoptosis in cancer - a double-edged sword Host: Andrew Gilmore

Webinar: What is MongoDB?

15:00 - 16:00 30 June 2016
MongoDB is an open source document based database system. It is designed to scale well for big datasets consisting of 100s of millions of documents. Instead of traditional tables…

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