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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.…

Beyond Dementia

28 July 2017 - 7 January 2018
Beyond Dementia Supporting active citizenship in those living with dementia 28 July – 7 January 2018 Beyond Dementia is a Collection Centre exhibition that explores the lived experience…

Campus tours

11:00 - 17:00 14 September 2017
The University can seem like a huge place, so get familiar with your campus on these tours designed for students, by students. Our student ambassadors will tailor each tour to your…

Celebrating Ganesha

2 September 2017 - 8 January 2018
Manchester Museum is delighted to host the beautiful stone sculpture of Ganesha. Celebrating Ganesha is touring across several venues around the UK as part of the British Museum’s Partnership…

City bus tours

10:00 - 13:00 14 September 2017
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride as our professional tour guides reveal fascinating facts and interesting tales about your new city. The tour takes you all around Manchester, and…

City bus tours

14:00 - 17:00 14 September 2017
Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride as our professional tour guides reveal fascinating facts and interesting tales about your new city. The tour takes you all around Manchester, and…

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…

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…

Families Group

15:30 - 18:30 14 September 2017
A great opportunity to meet other students and their families, as well as keep yours' entertained! The Families Group is the perfect place for the whole family to chill out, with plenty…

Giant Games Night

19:00 - 23:00 14 September 2017
What could possibly be better than a games night? A GIANT games night! Hosted by a local DJ, it doesn't matter if you're the competitive type or not, just as long as you have fun! …

Legacies of Slavery and Abolition in Manchester

18:00 14 September - 18:00 14 October 2017
An exhibition sharing the story of the Atlantic Slave Trade and its legacies in Manchester and around the world, with original artefacts, contemporary artworks and new research from…

Longitudinal resources for teaching and research: an Introduction to CLOSER

13:30 - 16:30 14 September 2017
Hosted by the University of Manchester Q-Step Centre and the Data Skills and Training Research Group, Cathie Marsh Institute, and facilitated by Professor Alison Park, CLOSER This…

Memories of Partition

15 August 2017 - 31 January 2018
Find out about the experiences and legacies of the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 through the memories of members of Manchester’s South Asian communities. The partition of…

Mingle after Hours

21:00 14 - 02:00 15 September 2017
Following on from the Speed Meet and Mingle, join us after hours in the Union Bar. With student friendly prices on drinks all night, bring all your friends or come and make some new…

No End to Enderby

30 June - 17 September 2017
No End to Enderby Graham Eatough and Stephen Sutcliffe To mark the 100th birthday of Manchester-born Anthony Burgess this year, artist Stephen Sutcliffe and theatre director Graham…

Pop-up cinema

17:00 - 22:00 14 September 2017
17:00 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads…

POSTPONED: Dalton Seminar Series: Small scale production of high-purity plutonium metal

12:15 - 13:15 14 September 2017
Unfortunately this seminar has been postponed. Abstract: Small-scale scientific experiments require high-purity, low activity plutonium metal that is formed into components with nanoscale…

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…

Speed Meet and Mingle

19:00 - 21:00 14 September 2017
This is your chance to meet and chat to other new students who have just arrived in Manchester, and to find out more about some of the facilities and support available to you. You…

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…

Friday Fizz

16:00 15 - 02:00 16 September 2017
Thank Fizz it's Friday! Celebrate the start of the weekend every Friday during term with friends and 20% off Prosecco in the Union Bar. #FRIYAY Find out what's on at your Students'…

Wanderlust presents: Old Trafford

14:00 - 18:00 15 September 2017
Get behind the scenes access at two of the most famous football clubs in the world starting with a tour of Old Trafford. Meeting Point: Students' Union Booking required: http://manchesterstudentsuni…

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