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Barbara Brown

17 March 2017 - 15 March 2018
Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. Talent-spotted as a student, her designs for furnishing fabrics are some of the most striking and unusual…

Beyond Borders

20 May 2017 - 3 June 2018
Beyond Borders, explores South Asian textiles bringing together four artists working on issues around post-colonial identity, ruptured spaces, authenticity, displacement and belonging.…

Conference: ISLAMIC PSYCHOANALYSIS / PSYCHOANALYTIC ISLAM

26 - 27 June 2017
ISLAMIC PSYCHOANALYSIS / PSYCHOANALYTIC ISLAM University of Manchester, 26-27 June 2017 This international conference organised by the College of Psychoanalysts – UK with the support…

Cornelia Parker: Verso

16 June - 5 November 2017
Cornelia Parker: Verso 16 June - 5 November 2017 Cornelia Parker has always been attracted to the backs and undersides of things. While the front presents a conscious and recognisable…

Cozens and Cozens

16 June 2017 - 24 June 2018
Father and son, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, were influential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawing master who dedicated his career to teaching young…

Cyber and you - a true story: come hear it

12:00 - 13:00 26 June 2017
Do you feel cyber safe? A number of recent news stories have highlighted cases of criminals using email hacking and ransomware to access accounts belonging to Hilary Clinton and David…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 22 April - 17:00 31 December 2017
Are you hungry to get creative with your family? Pick up an Art Hamper, free and available any time during gallery opening hours. Our Art Hampers are filled with materials for you…

Discover Chemistry - Fully Booked

26 June 2017
-This event is fully booked- This day provides hands-on experience of Chemistry courses at The University of Manchester. It gives you the chance to see (and use) for yourselves the…

John Akomfrah

24 March - 23 July 2017
John Akomfrah's acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea. Vertigo Sea, a three-screen film, first seen at the 56th Venice Biennale as part of Okwui Enwezor's All the World's Futures…

Lucienne Day

14 April - 16 July 2017
We are delighted to be celebrating the centenary year of one of Britain’s most influential 20th century designers. Best-known for her textiles, Lucienne Day (1917 – 2010) is recognised…

methods@manchester Summer School: Creative approaches to qualitative researching

13:00 26 - 12:00 30 June 2017
Summary 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…

methods@manchester Summer School: Generalized Linear Models - a comprehensive system of analysis and graphics using R and the Rcommander

13:00 26 - 12:00 30 June 2017
Summary This is a general course in data analysis using generalized linear models. It is designed to provide a relatively complete course in data analysis for post-graduate students.…

methods@manchester Summer School: Getting started in R - an introduction to data analysis and visualisation

13:00 26 - 12:00 30 June 2017
Summary R is an open source programming language and software environment for performing statistical calculations and creating data visualisations. It is rapidly becoming the tool…

methods@manchester Summer School: Structural Equation Modelling with MPlus

13:00 26 - 12:00 30 June 2017
Summary This course gives a hands on introduction to what is possible in a latent variable analysis framework using Mplus. Building up the different sides of latent variable modelling…

Monday Lunchtime Talk: How is Social Media changing China?

13:00 - 14:00 26 June 2017
In this talk, Prof Lifen Zhang, journalist, author and broadcaster will explain why, in his view, social media, the national obsession and blessing, presents a dilemma to the government…

Pharmacy Education Conference 2017

09:30 - 16:30 26 June 2017
We would like to welcome all those who have an interest in pharmacy undergraduate education to the fourth Pharmacy Education Conference on 26th June 2017 in Manchester. This conference…

Raqib Shaw

24 June - 1 November 2017
Contemporary artist Raqib Shaw will have a solo exhibition at the Whitworth that will examine real and imagined spaces between the East and West. Co-curated by Diana Campbell Betancourt,…

Sooni Taraporevala: Home in the City, Bombay 1976-Mumbai 2016

4 March 2017 - 1 January 2018
The first UK solo exhibition of photographer Sooni Taraporevala. Photographer, screenwriter, filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala will present a series of black and white photographs depicting…

The Tabley House Collection

13:00 1 April - 13:00 29 October 2017
As a university of Manchester country house collection, The Tabley House Collection showcases a permanent exhibition of early British modern masters alongside interchanging displays…

Year 12 Modern Foreign Languages Day - LEAF (Language Education Alevel and Further)

09:00 - 15:00 26 June 2017
This free event gives Y12 pupils an opportunity to sample life as a language student at the University of Manchester. Students will undertake sessions in language and cultural topics…

'Archival Afterlives', The 2017 John Rylands Research Institute Conference

27 - 29 June 2017
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Archival Afterlives’: Postwar Poetry in English 2017 John Rylands Research Institute Conference 27-29 June 2017, University of Manchester EXTENDED DEADLINE:…

Discover English

27 June 2017
This Discover English Day will give you a taste of the variety of opportunities available within the study of English as well as the diverse range of potential career opportunities…

Discover Pyschology - Fully Booked

27 June 2017
This Discover Psychology Day will give you a taste of life as a psychology student at The University of Manchester. You’ll experience a selection of mini-lectures and seminars which…

Explorer tour

14:00 - 15:00 27 June 2017
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you.

Religions and Theology Insight Day (for Year 12)

27 June 2017
This event gives students interested in Religions and Theology an opportunity to sample life as an undergraduate of this discipline at the University of Manchester. Pupils will undertake…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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