Lectures and seminars

Environmental Economics Seminar: Till Requate (Kiel University)

13:00 - 14:00 28 March 2017
Title: Asymmetry Enhances Success Chances for International Climate Change Negotiations Abstract: Fighting climate change, in particular mitigating CO2 emissions is a global public…

Gender Pay Gap Elements and Locating or Avoiding Missing Elements

16:00 - 17:15 28 March 2017
Research on gender pay gaps includes reports of the factors contributing to pay gaps via a decomposition equation which is usually based on cross-sectional data and a linear regression…

Them and us: 'Black neighbourhoods' as a social capital resource

13:00 - 14:00 28 March 2017
Join us for this event, which is part of the CoDE Seminar Series. The seminar will examine the experiences of black youths and their families living in socially deprived areas of London…

Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2

15:30 - 17:00 29 March 2017
Critical Global Politics - CGP Cluster Seminar - Semester 2 IDEASLAB IdeasLab is a PhD-led seminar exploring a timely theme over the course of a term. The organisers will choose a…

EAC Department Seminar Series: Natalia Cecire (SUSSEX), "The Cell, the Shell, and the Death Drive: Marianne Moore and the Open Secrets of the Natural World"

17:00 - 18:30 29 March 2017
Critical MASS event

History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Tom Tunstall-Allcock, ‘Black-tie balls and barbecues: presidential diplomacy during the Cold War’

13:00 - 13:50 29 March 2017
History Wednesday Lunchtime Seminar: Tom Tunstall-Allcock, ‘Black-tie balls and barbecues: presidential diplomacy during the Cold War’

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 29 March 2017
Julia Brennecke

Using digital health technologies for ageing in community settings

14:00 - 16:00 29 March 2017
The ageing population is growing. At the same time, the NHS needs to cut back on costs to keep the health system sustainable. This means that people are expected to live at home longer…

Art History Study Afternoon: Magic + Art

30 March 2017
Study Afternoon: Magic + Art (Whitworth Teaching Suite)

Dalton Seminar Series: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Energy Justice for the 21st Century?

12:45 - 13:45 30 March 2017
Social acceptability remains a critical challenge for nuclear energy and, especially, for new technologies such as small modular reactors (SMRs). While significant efforts are being…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dwight Swanson (Nazarene Theological College), Exegesis of Scripture in the Gospel of Matthew: A Close-up

14:00 - 16:00 30 March 2017
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free and open to the public, with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute…

Francesco Bravo (University of York)

16:15 - 17:45 30 March 2017
Title: Semiparametric quantile regression with missing data. Abstract: In this talk I discuss a general methodology to deal with missing data in semiparametric quantile regression…

John Rylands Research Institute Annual Lecture 2017

18:15 - 19:30 30 March 2017
The Anglo-Saxons and the making of England The Institute's Annual Lecture for 2017 is to be given by Professor Michael Wood, Professor of Public History, University of Manchester.…

Sustainability Seminar Series – Commuter Travel: The impact of the Oxford Road corridor travel changes With David Budd and Julia Durkan

12:00 - 14:00 30 March 2017
Sustainability Seminar Series – Energy, Well-Being, Biodiversity, Food, Travel & More Launching in January 2017, the Sustainability Seminar Series seeks to present opportunities for…

Whitworth Studies: ART X MAGIC - Lucy Stein and Dr Charlie F.B. Miller

17:30 - 21:00 30 March 2017
Whitworth Studies aims to encourage and support a wide range of research projects between the Whitworth and Art History and Visual Studies (AHVS), artists, other parts of the University…

Written on paper or carved in stone? – The impact of different types of evidence on the study of Roman collegia.

16:55 - 18:30 30 March 2017
Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar

Gender Identity

13:00 - 15:00 31 March 2017
Dr Simona Giordano will now be presenting on Friday 31st March (which was rescheduled) on 'Gender identity' issues in children, which will explore the ethics around gender re-assignment…

MIE Seminar: Ability Grouping in Mathematics

16:30 - 18:30 3 April 2017
David Pomeroy from the Victoria University of Wellington, NZ will be giving a seminar on setting and ability grouping in New Zealand. David was formerly Diane Reay’s PhD student at…

Research and Teaching Matters - FRIENDS for Life is a primary school based cognitive-behavioural preventative programme

12:00 - 13:00 5 April 2017
Presented by Michael Wigelsworth.

Sarah Fielden seminar series - 'Are there too many kids with SEN? Exploring the factors that influence over-identification'

17:00 - 18:30 5 April 2017
Seminar presented by Dr Garry Squires Why Sarah Fielden? The Manchester Institute of Education is recognised internationally as a leading centre of educational research. Education…

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