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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,…

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…

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.…

Bike Registration Event Cancelled

09:00 - 10:00 16 March 2018
Due to the forecast of rain this morning unfortunately this event is cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students…

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,…

Confucius Institute Talk: The Great Industrial Revolution of China

15:00 - 16:30 16 March 2018
The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of…

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…

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

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…

Manchester University Music Society - New Sounds from Manchester

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2018
A second concert of 2018 showcasing compositions from some of the many talented students studying at the University of Manchester. This concert will be the premiere for most of the…

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.…

Structural Equation Modelling Using Mplus

14 - 16 March 2018
Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path/mediation analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and…

Big Saturday: Places and People

11:00 - 16:00 17 March 2018
Join us for a day of family activities inspired by the museum's collection and the BBC Civilisations Festival. See objects, meet curators, experts and join us for hands on family friendly…

Hands on Science

11:00 - 16:00 17 March 2018
Explore science through interactive activities created and facilitated by University of Manchester students for their final year project. Their activities have been designed with the…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 17 March 2018
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) and Manchester University String Orchestra (MUSO)

19:30 - 21:00 17 March 2018
Programme to Include Emily Howard Prayer Eseld Pierce A Name Perpetual Libby Larsen grand rondo Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture Faure Pelleas and Melisande Suite Mozart Ballet…

Aperture: open photography session

10:30 - 11:30 18 March 2018
The John Rylands Library: Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general public.…

Behind the façade: the historic buildings of the University of Manchester

13:00 - 14:30 18 March 2018
This tour offers a rare opportunity to be guided through the interiors of some of the University of Manchester’s most architecturally important and historic spaces. Within the neo-gothic…

Stockport Youth Orchestra

15:30 - 17:00 18 March 2018
Ay Caray! Join Stockport Youth Orchestra for a programme of Latin-American music, featuring Tango, Bossa Nova, Danzón, Habanera, Malambo and more. Distinguished SYO alumni join as guest…

Bike Registration Event

12:30 - 13:30 19 March 2018
Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted 'D' lock students and staff must register their bikes on the University scheme. LOCKS MUST BE BOUGHT THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S…

CIDRAL Masterclass: Michelle M. Wright, 'Meet Me in Paris: Epiphenomenal Spacetimes and Postwar Blackness'

12:00 - 14:00 19 March 2018
This event, co-organised by English, American Studies and Creative Writing and CIDRAL, is part of CIDRAL's 2017/18 programme, The Constraints of Creativity Michelle M. Wright (Augustus…

MIOIR Seminar: Tim Foxon, SPRU - Energy and Economic Growth: Why we need a new pathway to prosperity

12:30 - 14:00 19 March 2018
The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research runs a series of regular seminars given by visiting speakers to Manchester, discussing key issues in science, technology and innovation…

UCAS Exhibition Cornwall

19 March 2018
UCAS exhibitions are an opportunity for students to explore a variety of options in one setting. They're a chance to get talking with university admissions staff, find out what life's…

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