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ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol

19 November 2016 - 16 April 2017
ARTIST ROOMS: Andy Warhol shows the sharp critical opinions of an artist known to many primarily as art salesman, purveyor of product and celebrant of capitalism. Supported by Arts…

Big Saturday: Our Wonderful World

11:00 - 16:00 21 January 2017
We’ll be kicking off 2017 by celebrating the big and the small things that make our world wonderful! Come along and bring the whole family for a day of activities all around kindness,…

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…

Craig Ogden and Jacqui Dankworth

20:00 - 22:00 21 January 2017
Jacqui Dankworth is one of the most highly regarded vocalists in the UK. Known primarily as a jazz singer, Jacqui’s unique musical palette also draws on folk, soul, classical, blues…

Deanna Petherbridge

2 December 2016 - 4 June 2017
A solo show of pen and ink drawings from across a 45-year career. Since the 1960s, Deanna Petherbridge has pioneered critical thinking on drawing and its place in art and architecture.…

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…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 21 January 2017
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

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…

NEW SCULPTURE

22 October 2016 - 12 June 2017
This exhibition presents a dynamic selection of contemporary sculpture recently acquired by the Whitworth. Spanning the last 25 years, the exhibition offers an eclectic journey through…

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…

Revolutionary Textiles 1910-1939

2 January - 23 April 2017
In the early decades of the 20th century textile design took off in new directions throughout the Western world. Invigorated by experimental techniques, art styles such as Fauvism,…

Introduction to STATA (introductory)

23 January 2017
The course provides an introductory training in Stata, a statistical package increasingly used for social research data analysis which has powerful data manipulation procedures and…

Addressing ethnic inequalities in healthcare experiences and outcomes: What has evidence got to do with it?

13:00 - 14:00 24 January 2017
Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. The expectation that healthcare policy and practice should be informed by the best available research evidence in…

EVENT POSTPONED Dalton Seminar Series: Looking Forward: Nuclear Energy Issues and Opportunities

13:00 - 14:15 24 January 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances, tomorrow's planned seminar from DG William Magwood has been postponed. A new date will be circulated as soon as possible. Please accept our sincere…

Fighting Ebola with Information

14:00 - 16:00 24 January 2017
In December 2013, a little-known viral hemorrhagic fever was detected in a forest region of Guinea. Within months, the Ebola virus disease would become a global outbreak. To contain…

Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 25 January 2017
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours of some of our halls of residence on Wednesday mornings between November and March, from 10.30am until…

Curator's Corner: A closer look at body-snatching and dissection

11:30 - 11:45 25 January 2017
This is a great opportunity to hear the curator present a bite size introduction about the Library’s intriguing medical manuscripts collection. Discover the darker side of Manchester’s…

Introductory tour

15:00 - 15:30 25 January 2017
Your chance to learn about this fascinating building and some of its history. No need to book, just turn up.

Short Course: Measurement with the Rasch Model (intermediate)

25 - 26 January 2017
This two-day course aims to introduce participants to measurement theory and the Rasch model for construction and validation of measures. It covers the basic theory behind measurement,…

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

13:00 - 14:00 25 January 2017
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…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 25 January 2017
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead, and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

Getting money out of the ESRC’s secondary data analysis fund

14:00 - 15:00 26 January 2017
Tina Haux, from the University Kent, is a member of the ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Panel and will be talking about the general criteria of the Initiative, the eligible…

Webinar: Finding and accessing data in the UK Data Service

15:00 - 16:00 26 January 2017
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service. Participants will be given a practical overview of the tools that the…

Magic Carpet

10:30 - 11:30 27 January 2017
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

Magic Carpet

11:30 - 12:30 27 January 2017
Magic Carpet is an interactive, creative, story making and activity session that forms connections to the Museum’s collections. Our stories are specially devised to enable our youngest…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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