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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…

Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 26 September - 13:55 21 November 2018
Due to popular demand, this Autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment. …

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…

Brain state transitions in epileptic networks: optogenetic and imaging investigations - Professor Andrew Trevelyan

8 - 14 November 2018
Next in the DNEP External Seminar Series. Professor Andrew Trevelyan, Newcastle University Wednesday 14th November, 2018 1-2 p.m. Lecture Theatre D, Zochonis Building Brain state transitions…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Statistics and the Law - Prof Philip Dawid

15:00 - 16:15 13 November 2018
Speaker: Prof Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge Abstract: It might appear that the concerns of Statistics and those of Law have little common ground, but in fact both disciplines…

Commuting patterns and urban expansion of neighbourhoods in the Beijing metropolitan region: a spatial perspective - Professor Cecilia Wong, University of Manchester

12:00 - 14:00 13 November 2018
The Manchester China Institute Lunch Time Seminars Series 2018-2019 Professor Dr Cecilia Wong School of Environment, Education and Development - University of Manchester Tuesday…

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…

Exploring your research through LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

10:00 - 16:00 13 November 2018
Exploring your research through LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® In this day workshop you will be introduced to the LEGO ® SERIOUS PLAY ® methodology, and its particular use in all forms of postgraduate…

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…

Pandemic Outbreak!

9 - 14 November 2018
Simulate a fictional pandemic outbreak starting in Manchester and spreading globally! 2018 marks 100 years since the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. The risk of new lethal…

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…

The Law Fair

12:30 - 16:00 13 November 2018
The University’s annual Law Fair is the perfect forum for students or graduates interested in a career in law or a related field to make contact with over 90 exhibitors find out about…

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…

We are 11: Stanley Grove Primary Academy

6 October 2018 - 5 January 2019
This exhibition has been boldly curated by the children of Stanley Grove Primary Academy. Over the past year, 11 lead curators have selected works from the Whitworth’s collection that…

Webinar - Data in Europe: Poverty

14:00 - 15:00 13 November 2018
A free webinar for anyone interested in data for research on poverty With Eurostat estimating that in 2015 119.0 million people, or 23.8% of the EU population, were at risk of poverty…

William Kentridge: Thick Time

21 September 2018 - 3 March 2019
South African artist William Kentridge weaves together global histories of revolution, exile and utopian aspirations, exploring how they are shaped by the creative forces of memory…

‘Never listen to your sister!’ the story of Antibiotic on Antibiotic Drug Resistance: One student, one campus, one world

13:00 - 14:00 13 November 2018
Dr Roger Harrison is co-founder and Chair of the university-student partnership ‘Action on Antibiotic Drug Resistance: One student, one campus, one world’. Taking a social movement…

Distance and online learning: challenges and rewards of developing online courses (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

11:00 - 12:00 14 November 2018
Distance and online learning: challenges and rewards of developing online courses

European Action on Antibiotics Day

12:00 - 14:00 14 November 2018
One of the annual events across the University, and this year with even more going on when linked to Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford. At UoM, there will…

The 100th Anniversary of the Occlusion Process in Extratropical Cyclones

13:00 - 14:00 14 November 2018
Our speaker is Professor David Schultz from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Manchester. On 18 November 1919, meteorologist Tor Bergeron was…

The Launch of the Work and Equalities Institute

13:00 - 20:00 14 November 2018
The launch of the Work and Equalities Institute will take place at a drinks reception at 6.30pm in The Fossils Gallery, Manchester Museum, 14 November 2018. It will conclude an afternoon…

The Postgraduate Study Fair

12:30 - 15:30 14 November 2018
Thinking about further study? The Postgraduate Study Fair is your chance to plan your next steps by meeting with representatives from over 60 institutions, all offering courses and…

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

13:00 - 14:00 14 November 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…

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