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Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 7 March 2018
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 7 March 2018
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…

Age Friendly: Handmade

14:00 12 January - 16:00 13 July 2018
Sociable craft workshops, produced by and for older people in partnership with Age Friendly Manchester Fridays (Except during school holidays), 2pm - 4pm. Booking essential. Free …

Alison Wilding

16 February - 12 August 2018
Turner Prize nominee and Royal Academician Alison Wilding presents works spanning the past 20 years of her career. This new show at the Whitworth will comprise of three major sculptures,…

Annual Bragg Lecture - Towards a New Understanding of the Quantum Universe

14:30 - 16:00 7 March 2018
Sir Lawrence Bragg was Langworthy Professor at the University of Manchester from 1919 to 1937. From 2016, the School of Physics and Astronomy has presented an Annual External Bragg…

Apna: Ours Yours Everybody’s

3 February - 13 May 2018
Apna is a word used in many languages across South Asia meaning ‘ours, yours or everybody’s’. This reflects how the Whitworth shares the collection that is housed here. In the Collections…

Ballroom for Beginners: Free Taster Session

13:05 - 13:55 7 March 2018
Try our ‘Ballroom for Beginners’ free taster session to get a flavour for some of your favourite Ballroom dances in a relaxed and friendly environment. The taster session will be delivered…

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.…

Cecily Brown: Shipwreck drawings

17 November 2017 - 15 April 2018
This is an exhibition of a extraordinary series of drawings by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships and their passengers. Brown’s practice of painterly interrogation of an existing image,…

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…

Critical Global Politics Cluster Seminars Semester 2, 2017-2018 - Wed 7 March - Maja Zehfuss (University of Manchester)

13:30 - 17:00 7 March 2018
Wednesday, March 7 1.30-5pm ALB G30/31 Book Launch Maja Zehfuss University of Manchester 'War and the Politics of Ethics' (OUP, 2018)

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

Fairtrade Fortnight 2018

26 February - 12 March 2018
Come on in to Fairtrade Fortnight 2018! It’s Fairtrade Fortnight from 26th February to 12th March so it’s time to step up and stand by the farmers and workers who grow our food. As…

In the Land

27 January - 4 November 2018
Rethinking the form, texture and space of the natural landscape. This exhibition looks back at a period of intense experimentation in British painting and sculpture where artists,…

John Stezaker

1 December 2017 - 24 June 2018
Using vintage photographs, old film stills, postcards and book illustrations, John Stezaker makes collages that subvert their original imagery, creating unique and compelling works…

Lecture "Laboring Life: Reconsidering the Meanings of Work"

17:00 - 18:30 7 March 2018
Joint Taylor Fellow and Raymond Williams Society Lecture by Professor Michael Denning (Yale)

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 7 March 2018
Angela Mae Minas, Sarah Mander and Patricia Thornley, from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering and the University…

Perseverance and pushing boundaries in modern engineering: the bloodhound story

15:30 - 17:00 7 March 2018
Come along to hear Richard Noble OBE discuss his Bloodhound Project on 7th March 2018 in Renold Building C16. This talk is open to all University staff and students and is being…

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…

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

13:00 - 14:00 7 March 2018
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…

Towards a new understanding of the quantum universe

14:30 - 15:30 7 March 2018
Join us for our annual Bragg Lecture, by Dr Nigel Lockyer. Sir Lawrence Bragg was Langworthy Professor at The University of Manchester from 1919 to 1937. From 2016, the School of…

Undergraduate Guided Visit

13:30 - 15:30 7 March 2018
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…

Wednesday Talks: Sonia Boyce

12:30 - 14:00 7 March 2018
Wednesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. Sonia Boyce is an artist…

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