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How Our Schools Fail Black Children… and what we can do about it: Discussion event

17:30 - 20:00 2 October 2018
Join the Unison Black Members Committee and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre (AIUC) for a discussion of the past, present and future of the education of black and Asian children in the UK.

Schools’ Poetry Performance with: JOHN HEGLEY

11:00 - 12:00 5 October 2018
Acclaimed poet John Hegley will be performing to pupils from local primary schools to celebrate National Poetry Day 2018. National Poetry Day is the annual mass celebration of poetry…

Tuesday Talks: Michael Morris

11:00 - 12:30 9 October 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Tuesday Talks: Alice Kettle

11:00 - 12:30 16 October 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Tuesday Talks: David Thorp

11:00 - 12:30 23 October 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Ghana and its Contemporary Global Relations: Public lecture with Professor Adams Bodomo

17:30 - 19:30 25 October 2018
In this public lecture Professor Adams Bodomo, Head of African Studies at the University of Vienna, discusses Ghana’s contemporary position in global politics and international relations.

PLACEBO: Social Prescription - part of Manchester Science Festival

18:00 - 20:00 25 October 2018
Part of Manchester Science Festival Tickets £5/£3 concessions, please book your ticket here: https://my.manchestersciencefestival.com/auxiliary/Reserve.aspx?p=179390 Our health…

Confucius Institute Talk: Chinese Gardens - How a British botanist opened China to the West

18:00 - 19:00 30 October 2018
At a time when the world was opening up to trade and exploration, on the lookout for valuable commodities, in particular plants — not least tea, the highly prized crop that originated…

Tuesday Talks: Martin Caiger-Smith

11:00 - 12:30 6 November 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Manchester Stands up for Human Rights - A celebration of 70 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

17:00 - 18:45 12 November 2018
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed on 10 December 1948. Described as ‘the foremost statement of the rights and freedoms of all human beings’, the Declaration is based…

Preventing and Compensating for Missing Data in Biosocial Longitudinal Data

14:00 - 17:00 15 November 2018
We present on-going research at the University of Manchester on preventing and compensating for nonresponse in biosocial longitudinal data. Fiona Pashazadeh will open the workshop…

Tuesday Talks: Athanasios Argianas

11:00 - 12:30 20 November 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Tuesday Talks: Richard Wright

11:00 - 12:30 27 November 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Victorian Eco Activism, Manchester and the Birth of the RSPB

19:00 - 20:30 27 November 2018
Two forgotten stories have now been brought thrillingly back to life by writers Henry McGhie and Tessa Boase. For one night only, they are joining forces to shed light on a fascinating…

Tuesday Talks: Dave Moutrey

11:00 - 12:30 4 December 2018
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

Livestream of TEAMs EU: European ‘Emergency Medical Teams’ (EMTs) initiative

17:30 - 18:30 5 December 2018
The TEAMS consortium will report on the work they are undertaking on the design, development, delivery and evaluation of the TEAMS project. The project, funded by DG ECHO, aims to create…

MRC Come & See – How your research can influence policy

16:00 - 17:00 6 December 2018
MRC DTP Keynote on the theme of Policy in Science with our keynote speaker, Joe Edwards, who is a Public Affairs Adviser from the Royal Society and former Deputy Head of the Whips Office…

A celebration of Paul O'Brien

10:00 - 17:00 10 January 2019
Join us for a celebration of Paul O'Brien's life with various guest speakers sharing their memories of Paul. - 10.00 Opening - 10.10 Prof Steve Faulkner (University of Oxford) - 10.30…

Tuesday Talks: Linsey Young

11:00 - 12:30 15 January 2019
The Tuesday Talks series presents leading artists, thinkers and curators who explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is…

Confucius Institute Talk: China's Changing Consumer Markets

18:00 - 19:00 22 January 2019
How fashion manufacturers and retailers react on an ageing society in China Accessing the Chinese consumer involves understanding the unique platforms and drivers of purchases. Over…

Tuesday Talks: Margot Heller

11:00 - 12:30 22 January 2019
The Tuesday Talks series presents leading artists, thinkers and curators who explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is…

Tuesday Talks: Jake Chapman

11:00 - 12:30 29 January 2019
The Tuesday Talks series presents leading artists, thinkers and curators who explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is…

Entrepreneurs@Manchester - Gary Neville

12:00 - 14:00 5 February 2019
This event welcomes Gary Neville, former football player and entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs@Manchester is a series of events which brings some of the UK’s foremost entrepreneurs to the…

Professor Andrew Morrison’s Inaugural lecture

17:00 - 19:00 6 February 2019
Dead Letter Office? Making Sense of Greek Letter Collections Professor Andrew Morrison’s inaugural lecture will explore some of the most important Greek letter collections, such as…

Tuesday Talks: Hayley Tompkins

11:00 - 12:30 19 February 2019
Tuesday Talks invites leading artists, thinkers and curators to explore the driving forces, influences and sources of inspiration within contemporary art. The series is a collaboration…

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