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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…

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…

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…

Book presentation - Stephen Walker's Surface and Effect

15:30 - 17:00 4 December 2018
convenor: Prof. Albena Yaneva presentation: Dr Stephen Walker respondents: Prof. Mark Dorrian (ESALA, University of Edinburgh) Dr Ian Trowell (Independent Scholar) Short Abstract…

CMI Afternoon Seminar: Women's Empowerment and Intra-household Food Allocations in Agricultural Households in Bangladesh - Prof Uma Kumbhampati

15:00 - 16:15 4 December 2018
Speaker: Prof. Uma Kumbhampati, University of Reading Abstract: An abstract will be available closer to the time of the seminar. Tea/coffee and cakes from 2.45. Join us for this…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

HCRI Research Series: 10 Years of HCRI, Jessica Field

16:00 - 18:00 4 December 2018
HCRI celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a rich programme of events. Join us for our research seminar series featuring current and alumni colleagues, and current and alumni postgraduate…

Launch of Dr. Stephen Walker's new book The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage: Surface and Effect

15:30 - 17:00 4 December 2018
Launch of Dr. Stephen Walker's new book The Fair-Line and the Good Frontage: Surface and Effect

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…

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