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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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

Discover Psychology Day

09:00 - 15:00 1 July 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…

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

13:00 - 14:00 2 July 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…

Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts

15:00 - 16:00 3 July 2016
Friends of the Whitworth: RNCM Sunday Concerts Students from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester perform in the Grand Hall. Friends of the Whitworth present a series…

methods@manchester Summer School: A system for statistical analysis using R and the R-commander

4 - 8 July 2016
This course provides a system for analysing a wide variety of data and research designs using modern methods and software. Generalized linear models are applied to analyse continuous,…

methods@manchester Summer School: Creative approaches to qualitative researching - now fully subscribed

4 - 8 July 2016
This intermediate level course offers a hands-on introduction to creative approaches to doing qualitative research. The various stages of research will be covered, from data collection…

methods@manchester Summer School: Introduction to Social Network Analysis using UCINET and Netdraw - now fully subscribed

4 - 8 July 2016
This is an introductory course, covering the concepts, methods and data analysis techniques of social network analysis. The course is based on the book "Analyzing Social Networks" by…

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