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Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 8 November 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…

Adults Returning to Education Session

09:00 - 14:00 8 November 2017
Adult learners who are considering returning to education to pursue a degree, or who have already applied to Manchester, can sign up for an Adults Returning to Education Session. This…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 27 September - 14:00 22 November 2017
Due to popular demand, this Autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment. The…

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…

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…

Chairs that stand empty: The men behind the names on the Hulme Hall First World War Memorial

17:00 - 18:00 8 November 2017
Established in 1870 as a Church of England Hall of Residence for students of Owens College, Manchester, Hulme Hall has grown and adapted to meet the changing face of university life…

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…

CSEP Senior Seminar Series. Wombs Wanted: gifted or loaned? On the ethical symmetries between surrogacy and uterus transplantation

14:00 - 15:00 8 November 2017
Wombs Wanted: gifted or loaned? On the ethical symmetries between surrogacy and uterus transplantation Dr Nicola Williams University of Lancaster, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Culture & International Mental Health Conference 2017: Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention

09:00 - 16:30 8 November 2017
The Global Mental Health and Cultural Psychiatry research group is pleased to announce that the 7th Culture and International Mental Health Conference will return to Manchester on Wednesday…

Daily Tours at the Whitworth

14:00 20 October 2017 - 15:00 14 February 2018
Daily tours at 2pm, free Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park.…

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…

Doing research with letters: lessons from the field

13:00 - 14:30 8 November 2017
CCCJ Seminar Programme 2017/18 (in collaboration with Methods@Manchester) Doing [reporting on prisons] is like looking through a keyhole: it is very difficult to get reliable information…

Doing research with letters: lessons from the field

13:00 - 14:00 8 November 2017
Doing [reporting on prisons] is like looking through a keyhole: it is very difficult to get reliable information about what is going on inside a corrections facility (Schwirtz, 2015)…

Drink, Draw, Dinosaur

14:30 - 16:30 8 November 2017
Each month a creative will be taking residence for a day in our Study. Taking inspiration from our collection they will be making, drawing and creating. Take a look at what they make…

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival 2017: Climate just: Launching new climate adaptation resources

13:00 - 16:00 8 November 2017
Climate change has the potential to increase inequality and disadvantage in the UK. Local authorities and other organisations working on climate change, or working with vulnerable people…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

ESRC Festival of Social Science

4 - 11 November 2017
The University of Manchester, University of Salford and Manchester Metropolitan University are pleased to bring you this year's ESRC Festival of Social Science! There are lots of events,…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 8 November 2017
Teachers can arrange for their post-16 students to visit The University of Manchester campus to support them with the Extended Project qualification for their students. The Extended…

Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing (every Wednesday)

08:30 25 October - 09:30 31 December 2017
A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting of our Art Garden, Jian Taiji offer 2 qualified instructors at each class, both with knowledge…

Great Escape: Yoga (every Thursday)

08:30 26 October - 09:45 31 December 2017
No emails, texts, updates or alerts – yoga takes full advantage of the Whitworth’s peaceful setting – and some of its wonderful new spaces. Please note: Participants must arrive at…

Invitation to inaugural lecture with Professor John McAuliffe

17:00 - 18:00 8 November 2017
You are invited to attend John McAuliffe's professorial inaugural lecture. The title of the lecture is: “Out of Time: The Future of the Lyric” The lecture will look at the secular…

Maeve Brennan: The Drift

30 September 2017 - 1 February 2018
Maeve Brennan: The Drift 30 September 2017 – February 2018 The Drift, is a major new film commission by contemporary artist Maeve Brennan in her first institutional solo exhibition.…

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…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 8 November 2017
Daniel Tischer, University of Manchester Friendship relationship formation in Year 1 students The project we are presenting here seeks to combine network data and psychometric profiles…

Mondays: Artbaby – Musicbaby – Family events at the Whitworth

10:15 30 October - 12:30 18 December 2017
Artbaby – Musicbaby – Family events at the Whitworth Designed for babies and their grown ups, and led by artists and musicians, these sensory workshops explore sounds, art and music.…

Mondays: Early Years Atelier – Family events at the Whitworth

11:00 30 October - 15:00 31 December 2017
Early Years Atelier – Family events at the Whitworth. An informal, drop-in laboratory for trying out ideas and playing with materials - a place where young children can get messy,…

Raqs Media Collective: Twilight Language

30 September 2017 - 25 February 2018
Raqs Media Collective: Twilight Language 30 September 2017 – 25 February 2018 The first major UK exhibition by Raqs Media Collective at the Whitworth and throughout Whitworth Park…

Reena Saini Kallat

10:00 30 September 2017 - 17:00 25 February 2018
Acclaimed artist Reena Saini Kallat has delved into Manchester Museum’s natural science and human culture collections for her solo exhibition. Her newly-commissioned sculpture Chorus…

Sonic Cultures Research Group: 'Increase the Pressure?: Leftist Strategies in Music After Modernism'

16:00 - 18:00 8 November 2017
What is to be done when it’s all been done before? From a socialist/leftist perspective, this question demands urgent attention because those of us who would press for social change…

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…

South Asian Modernists 1953-63

30 September 2017 - 15 April 2018
South Asian Modernists 1953-63 30 September – 15 April 2018 South Asian Modernists will explore the works of Pakistani and Indian artists who worked with Victor Musgrave between 1953-63.…

Steve McQueen: Ashes

22 September 2017 - 12 March 2018
Steve McQueen: Ashes 22 September 2017 – March 2019 Ashes (2002-2015), a double video projection, tells the story of a young Caribbean man known by this name. On one screen we see…

Sundays: Artist Sundays – Family events at the Whitworth

11:00 22 October - 16:00 17 December 2017
Family events. Artist Sundays. Extraordinary artists invent offbeat and imaginative ways for you and your family to explore the Whitworth – every Sunday. Sundays, 11am-4pm (drop…

The North West’s Hidden Treasure: Baguley Hall and the story of Wythenshawe

18:00 - 20:00 8 November 2017
Standing in the middle of Wythenshawe, Baguley Hall is a spectacular early 14th century hall on a site lived in since Anglo-Saxon times which was still a working farm till the 1930s…

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

13:00 - 14:00 8 November 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…

Time and Space in China: The Urban World of Beijing in Photographs

16 October - 10 November 2017
This photographic exhibition present the on-going changes of Beijing; changes that not only refer to the surface of urban space, but also many aspects of people’s daily life and their…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 8 November 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…

Work, health and stress: Some observations

15:30 - 17:00 8 November 2017
Alliance Manchester Business School's Work and Equalities Institute presents the third in a series of research seminars: Abstract The talk will feature some recent studies on work,…

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