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2019 Alan Turing Cryptography Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 28 January 2019
Do you know anyone in secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019 Alan Turing…

2019 MathsBombe Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 30 January 2019
Do you know anyone in sixth form and secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019…

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…

Art Baby

10:00 - 15:00 3 December 2018
Free, no booking. Mondays 10am - 3pm. (term-time only) Creative journeys start here. Sensory play in the beautiful setting of the gallery designed especially for babies and their…

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…

CPD Course: Implementation Sciences - RCP Accrediation

10:00 - 13:00 3 December 2018
RCP Accredited Implementation and improvement science methodology has been used for decades in manufacturing and other sectors, but it is a relatively recent innovation to health services…

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…

Early Years Atelier

10:00 - 15:00 3 December 2018
Weekly multi-sensory, messy play sessions for children under 5 in our new Clore Learning Studio This free, drop-in space is based on the early years philosophy of Reggio Emilia, where…

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…

Free Entry for National Lottery Players - #ThanksToYou

3 - 9 December 2018
From 3 – 9 December, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre will be taking part in the Heritage Lottery Fund's #ThanksToYou celebrations by offering FREE Entry to everyone who plays the National…

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…

Scientific Seminar of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Research

13:00 - 14:00 3 December 2018
Date: Monday 3 December 2018 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Kathryn Steel – "Phenotypic, molecular and functional characterisation of T cells in inflammatory…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Professor David Mills - University of Oxford

16:00 - 18:00 3 December 2018
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 3rd of December 2018 Professor David Mills University Of Oxford "One million PhDs”: Epistemic politics and doctoral education in Africa In…

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…

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…

APM Northern Research Symposium and Doctoral Workshop Project Management and the Productivity Challenge

4 December 2018 - 4 January 2019
APM Northern Research Symposium and Doctoral Workshop Project Management and the Productivity Challenge The Hacienda Suite, Holiday Inn Manchester Piccadilly, Tuesday 4 December 2018…

Discover Law

09:30 - 16:00 4 December 2018
The Discover Law Day will provide information about what law students study, the methods of teaching and other opportunities provided by the School of Law. This will include our Legal…

Explorer Tour

14:00 - 15:00 4 December 2018
Ever wondered where some of the Library doors and staircases lead to? Then this is the tour for you. Join us as we take a look behind the scenes at The John Rylands Library. Free, booking required.

Mapping Manchester for Researchers

09:30 - 16:30 4 December 2018
The John Rylands Research Institute is proud to present this one-day workshop which connects unique and distinctive maps from the University of Manchester's Special Collections to current…

May Fourth Activism, Natural Disaster, and 1920s Groundwork for Maoist Class Struggle - Dr Pierre Fuller, University of Manchester

12:00 - 14:00 4 December 2018
The Manchester China Institute Lunch Time Seminars Series 2018-2019 Dr Pierre Fuller Lecturer in East Asian History- University of Manchester Tuesday 4th December 2018, 12:00-14:00pm…

Professor Spiros Denaxas: Data-driven tools for Disease Prognosis

11:00 - 12:00 4 December 2018
Professor Spiros Denaxas, University College London, will be delivering a talk on Tuesday 4 December. Find the details below: Data-driven Tools for Disease Prognosis Professor Spiros…

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…

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