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Accomodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 21 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…

Advanced Astrophotography

19:30 - 22:00 21 March 2018
New for 2018, this advanced course offers Astrophotographers the chance to extend their knowledge and help them achieve breath-taking night sky photography. The session follows on…

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.…

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,…

Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice - Work in Progress

14:00 - 15:00 21 March 2018
1. Building better relationships? Methodological lessons from a pilot study 2. Why do Police Officers facilitate fan groups in the UK and why don't they do it more often? Chaired by Emily Buehler

Christopher Bannister (University of Manchester), (title tbc)

17:00 - 18:30 21 March 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series.

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 - Wednesday 21st of March - Cristina Masters - University of Manchester

15:30 - 17:00 21 March 2018
Wednesday, March 21 3.30-5pm ALB G30/31 Cristina Masters (University of Manchester) Embodiments that trouble: American and British Muslim women and everyday experiences…

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

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 21 March 2018
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…

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 Stammering Support Group meeting

18:45 - 21:00 21 March 2018
This is a support group for people who stammer. Room bookings and other organisational aspects are handled by Max Gattie, an ESRC-funded PhD student researching stammering at the University…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 21 March 2018
Marie Ouellet - Georga State University, Martin Bouchard, Yanick Cherette: The Network Dynamics of Criminal Group Persistence What leads a minority of criminal groups to persist over…

Philosophy Research Seminar: Dr Dawn Wilson

15:15 - 17:00 21 March 2018
Title: Composing and Performing: Photographers Creating Art Abstract: ‘I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.’ The photographer Ansel Adams was a classically…

Social Anthropology Workshop : The will to be governed

10:00 20 - 17:00 21 March 2018
Workshop: The will to be governed Department of Social Anthropology 10.00-17.00 20- 21 March 2018 Limiting Government Reforms: from land to credit in South Africa Forms of injustice…

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.…

Stars and Stones

10:30 - 16:00 21 March 2018
Stars and Stones offers a rare opportunity to explore The Blackden Trust and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre on the same day. You’ll have the chance to discover the science and the stories…

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

13:00 - 14:00 21 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…

UCAS Exhibition Exeter

20 - 21 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…

UCAS Exhibition North East Wales

21 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…

Extended Project Qualification Visit

09:45 - 15:00 22 March 2018
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…

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