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Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

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

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

Illicit drug user support, stigma and urban effects: debating injecting and consumption rooms in South Western Sydney

13:00 - 14:30 11 September 2018
The wide consumption of illicit drugs such as heroin and crystal methamphetamine results in ongoing division about whether these practices are criminal law or public health matters.…

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,…

Nature Through Roman Eyes

10:00 6 April - 17:00 30 October 2018
Nature Through Roman Eyes is inspired by the work of Roman writer Pliny the Elder. His Natural History – a 37 book encyclopaedia of the ancient world - covers every subject from astronomy…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

Rachel Brealey's Coffee Morning - School of CEAS

10:00 - 11:30 11 September 2018
Rachel Brealey, Director of Faculty Operations in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, will be holding a coffee morning will be hosted by the School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical…

Seminar - Lymphocytes: function and migration in complex environment

12:00 - 13:00 11 September 2018
Leukocytes are immune cells that move through the whole organism for protection against pathogens. Although all mammalian cells require integrins to migrate on 2D, observations in 3D…

The Art of Volunteering

25 May - 23 September 2018
Our volunteers take over the Collections Centre with The Art of Volunteering, a project which explores the breadth of the Whitworth's collections, of over 60,000 works. The exhibition…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
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 tours are designed for…

WEI Fourth Fairness at Work Conference

10 - 11 September 2018
The WEI Fourth Fairness at Work conference, Justice at Work: Challenges and Possibilities Building on the three previous Fairness at Work Conferences at the University of Manchester…

Bike Registration Event

09:00 - 10:00 12 September 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…

International Law and Universality - 2018 Conference of the European Society of International Law

12 - 15 September 2018
Join us for the 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law. The 2018 conference, hosted by the Manchester International Law Centre at The University of Manchester,…

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

13:00 - 14:00 12 September 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…

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 12 September 2018
Learn more about Annie Horniman and Manchester’s first repertory theatre. Watch our experts print you a copy of an original programme from the time. Free. No need to book, just turn up.

RCPE Manchester Evening Debate - Doctors, Lawyers and Wolves: till Death do us part

18:00 - 20:00 12 September 2018
RCPE Manchester are hosting another livestream medical-legal evening debate on 12 September on the topic of assisted dying. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is presenting…

SU Cinema: Inside Out

17:00 - 19:00 12 September 2018
What better way to enjoy your favourite films than in the comfort of your Students' Union! So come and relax after a busy day on campus and check out a FREE film!

Bike Registration Event

10:00 - 14:00 13 September 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…

Campus tours

11:00 - 17:00 13 September 2018
The University can seem like a huge place, so get familiar with your main campus on these tours designed for students, by students - tours last around 1 hour.

Central AskMe desk

10:00 - 16:00 13 September 2018
If you have any questions, we can help you find the answers. Come along and speak to our friendly, and knowledgeable student ambassadors.

Manchester Neuroimaging presents Representational similarity analysis workshop Thursday 13 September

09:00 - 17:00 13 September 2018
Representational similarity analysis: a Manchester Neuroimaging Workshop Date: Thursday 13th September 2018 Time: 9:00 - 17:00 Venue: TBA Local Organisers: Deborah Talmi & Jason…

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