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Andy Smith and Fuel present The Preston Bill

19:00 - 20:30 19 October 2016
The story of a life. The story of our lives. Welcome to the North A story from Preston. About Preston. A story that will make you stop and think about where you, and we, are…

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…

B!RTH festival

19 - 22 October 2016
B!RTH is an international theatre festival developed by the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and The Oglesby Charitable Trust to provoke debate on a global scale and question one…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 28 September - 13:55 23 November 2016
1.05pm, Wednesday 28 September – Wednesday 23 November 2016 (Apart from Wed 2 Nov) This autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for…

Capturing Science: Images Past and Present

22 September 2016 - 29 January 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words and captures a moment in time. Manchester is European City of Science throughout 2016 and to celebrate this, we are sharing a selection of our science…

CIDRAL Roundtable and Masterclass: Professor Kai von Fintel (MIT): 'How to do conditional things with words'

09:00 - 13:00 19 October 2016
This event is part of the CIDRAL programme for Winter 2016, 'Possible Worlds'. Roundtable Possible Worlds Round Table, 9-10:30am Participants will have the opportunity to briefly present…

Engaging and Communicating with People who are Suicidal, Self-harm or who have Depression

09:00 - 16:00 19 October 2016
This is a one-day free conference to develop, among the non-mental health workforce, skills and strategies for communicating and engaging with adults who are suicidal, who self-harm…

Faculty Research Seminar: Neuroscience and Mental Health

12:30 - 14:00 19 October 2016
Host: Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester | About the event: Professor Rob Lucas: “An optogenetic approach to restoring vision in advanced retinal…

Film Screening: Yagé is Our Life

17:00 - 19:00 19 October 2016
Venue: Granada Centre, Arthur Lewis Building. The film will be presented by the filmmakers and will be followed by some reflections on the film by Professor Lúcia Sá (University of…

Finance seminar by Schmuel Baruch, University of Utah

14:00 - 16:00 19 October 2016
Strategic Foundation for the Tail Expectation in Limit Order Book Markets

Geography Research Seminar: Prof. Glenn D. Thackray (Idaho State University), Extensive glaciation preceding the "last glacial maximum" in coastal mountains of the northwestern United States

16:00 - 17:30 19 October 2016
Abstract: Maximum ice extent across many areas of the European and North American continental ice sheets dates to roughly 20,000 yr BP (the “last glacial maximum”), but mountain glaciers…

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Sasha Handley, ‘Love, loss and the lifecycle: the travels of an early modern bed sheet’

13:00 - 13:50 19 October 2016
Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Sasha Handley, ‘Love, loss and the lifecycle: the travels of an early modern bed sheet’

Idris Khan

14 October 2016 - 13 March 2017
British contemporary artist Idris Khan's new solo exhibition. Idris Khan draws inspiration from the history of art, music, philosophy and theology, laying and manipulating images and…

Imagining Medicine

14 October - 22 December 2016
Hammers, vacuum cleaners and duck beaks: see how 16th and 17th century surgical procedures have been reimagined through the photography of Dr Sian Bonnell. Bonnell's photographs take…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 19 October 2016
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Is the EU Cohesion Policy failing East-Central European countries?

14:00 - 15:00 19 October 2016
Speaker: Daniel Šitera (Leipzig University/Charles University in Prague) Title: Is the EU Cohesion Policy failing East-Central European countries?

Lived Brutalism: Portraits at Robin Hood Gardens

3 - 21 October 2016
OPENING NIGHT: Tuesday 4 October, 7pm – 9pm. With a talk by Architects for Social Housing on estate demolition and strategies to resist it, and an introduction to the exhibition by…

Marcantonio Raimondi and Raphael

30 September 2016 - 23 April 2017
This exhibition features the work of one of the radical originators and innovators of the European tradition of printmaking, Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-c. 1534). Marcantonio was…

Mitchell centre Seminar Series

16:00 19 October 2016
Jennifer Badham Centre for Public Health Queen’s University Belfast Simulating network intervention strategies: Implications for adoption of behaviour Network interventions involve…

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…

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…

SCI Seminar Series - Professor Harriet Bulkeley

16:00 - 17:30 19 October 2016
Professor Harriet Bulkeley, Professor of Geography, Durham University will be giving the SCI Seminar on the 19 October 2016, entitled 'Can We Govern the Climate?'. The seminar will…

Technicians Seminar Series: Dr David Kirby - Lab Coats in Hollywood: Scientists’ Impact on Cinema, Cinema’s Influence on Science

13:00 - 14:00 19 October 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. The…

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