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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…

Catch-up cycles and changes in industrial leadership in six industries

12:00 - 13:00 6 September 2016
This paper proposes an explanation of successive changes in industry leadership (which we call catch-up cycles) in which new firms and countries emerge in international leadership of…

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,…

English Corner

13:00 - 14:30 6 September 2016
Free English conversation classes using the Museum’s collection as inspiration for discussion. Drop in, free, adult

Mondays: Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth

10:30 18 July - 12:30 19 December 2016
Toddler Art Club – Family events at the Whitworth. Try these workshops – led by artists, dancers and musicians – and let your toddler discover, explore, create and play. Each Monday:…

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…

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.…

Webinar: The Fly in the Ointment? Investigating Demographic Representation on Twitter

15:00 - 16:00 6 September 2016
The fly in the ointment for any social scientific research using Twitter data is that we do not know who tweets. Twitter does not require users to publish demographic information…

Bike Registration Event

12:30 - 13:30 7 September 2016
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. PLEASE NOTE - All registration sessions are…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 7 September 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Technicians Seminar Series - Stretched to breaking point: elastic fibres and ageing

13:00 - 14:00 7 September 2016
The technician’s seminars are popular and generally well attended, covering a wide range of research topics with FBMH. This event is to promote general interest across faculty and…

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

13:00 - 14:00 7 September 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…

Cheshire and the Viking World - Guest Lecture

06:30 - 20:30 8 September 2016
Professor Richard Morris, OBE presents an illustrated lecture, ‘Cheshire and the Viking World’, hosted by The Tabley House Collection Trust. As an archaeologist with strong links to…

Off Beat: Jeff Nuttall and the International Underground

8 September 2016 - 5 March 2017
Painter, poet, actor and sculptor, a man once described as "the only all-round genius most of us are likely to meet," Jeff Nuttall was one of the few people in the early 1960s to publish…

Squish and squeeze – Nuclear mechanics in 3-D cell migration

13:00 - 14:00 8 September 2016
WTCCMR special seminar

The Manchester Anthology 2016 launch

18:30 - 20:00 8 September 2016
The Centre for New Writing at the University of Manchester launches its annual anthology of new writing (fiction and poetry) from the Creative Writing MA class of 2015/16. Copies of…

Treasures of the Black Cultural Archive

13:00 - 14:00 8 September 2016
Lunchtime talk by Victoria Northridge, Collections Manager at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton, who will be giving a talk/presentation to share one of their collections: that…

Treasures of the Black Cultural Archives

Bike Registration Event

09:30 - 10:30 9 September 2016
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. PLEASE NOTE - All registration sessions are…

China’s new-to-the-world innovation performance and its antecedents: Evidence from international patent statistics

13:00 - 14:00 9 September 2016
How China performs in new-to-the-world innovations and what underpins its performance are barely addressed in the literature on innovations. To develop a systematic account of which…

Developing proposals for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme

10:30 - 13:00 9 September 2016
This seminar is one of a series organised by the NIHR Research Design Service North West (RDS NW) to highlight national funding opportunities for applied health and social care research.…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 9 September 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Autism Friendly Early Opening

09:15 - 10:30 10 September 2016
See, Make and Do at the Museum Join us for our early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along with their families and carers, and siblings. Activities…

Tale of 2 Cities Exhibition

10:00 10 - 17:00 16 September 2016
Tale of Two Cities is England's Grow Wild Flagship project based in Manchester and Liverpool. Community, innovation and inspiration are is at the heart of this project. Come and visit…

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