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Anatomy of Failure: International 'Narcotic' Drug Control

16:30 - 18:30 5 December 2018
The 2018 UNODC World Drug Report cites record highs: in the cultivation of coca and opium poppy, in cocaine and heroin production, in the manufacture of synthetic drugs, in drug use,…

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Brilliant bacterial biominerals: From early Earth survival to modern biotech solutions

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
Our speaker is Professor Vernon Phoenix from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. Bacteria play a key role in the generation of…

CGP Seminar with Victoria Basham: A Tale of Two Cities? Insecurity and Terror at London Bridge and Grenfell Tower

14:30 - 16:00 5 December 2018
Victoria Basham (Cardiff University) speaks on insecurity and terror at London Bridge and in regards to Grenfell Tower. Victoria Basham’s research interests lie in the field of critical…

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CI Film Club

15:00 5 December 2018
We are holding our Film Club, one of our intercultural activities for students once again from October! The club is providing a platform for students to engage in inter-cultural discussions…

Aeirial view of The University of Manchester at Harwell campus

Colloquium: Progress in fusion reactor design

15:00 - 17:00 5 December 2018
Dr Elizabeth Surrey, Technology Programme Leader at Culham Centre for Fusion Technology, presented on progress in fusion reactor design at the first University of Manchester at Harwell…

D&E Cluster Seminar with Chris Butler: How do governing parties respond to public opinion? The strange case of the Liberal Democrats and tuition fees.

15:30 - 17:00 5 December 2018
University of Manchester Doctoral Student Chris Butler will speak on how governing parties respond to public opinion and the case of the Liberal Democrats and tuition fees.

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Digital Trust and Security Guest Lecture Series - Chris Hankin

13:00 - 14:30 5 December 2018
CNI and Cyber Security This talk will review the current cyber threat landscape in critical national infrastructure and cyber-physical systems more generally. We will describe the…

DORA MARSDEN LECTURE: CATHERINE CLAY (NOTTINGHAM TRENT) '"MEN AND BOOKS" AND FEMALE CRITICS: TIME AND TIDE AND THE INTELLECTUAL WEEKLIES (1920-1939)

17:00 - 18:30 5 December 2018
5 DECEMBER, DORA MARSDEN LECTURE: CATHERINE CLAY (NOTTINGHAM TRENT) '"MEN AND BOOKS" AND FEMALE CRITICS: TIME AND TIDE AND THE INTELLECTUAL WEEKLIES (1920-1939)' 5PM, SAM ALEX A112

Engaging students: what we have learnt using Twitter, Facebook, Piazza and Blackboard Discussion Boards (Teaching Online Workshop Series)

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
Engaging students: what we have learnt using Twitter, Facebook, Piazza and Blackboard Discussion Boards

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JMCE Seminar Series 2018-19 SEMESTER I - Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Kutlay (City University)

14:00 - 15:00 5 December 2018
Wednesday 5 December 2018, 14:00 @ University Place, 6.206 Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Kutlay (City University) Title: Turkey in Turbulent Times: political institutions and economic development

Lives of Letters Series: Literary Letters.

15:00 - 16:30 5 December 2018
Charles Olson and Henry Murray: The Poet and the Personologist Lucy Burns (Manchester) This paper explores the unpublished correspondence between the American poet, Charles Olson,…

MANCEPT Cluster Seminar with Tim Meijers: Agents of Justice

16:00 - 17:30 5 December 2018
Assistant Professor Tim Meijers is based at the department in Utrecht as a post-doctoral researcher but also at the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University. He thinks and writes…

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Schuster Colloquium - Prof Mark Lancaster - Is New Physics Lurking in the Magnetic Interaction of a Muon?

15:00 - 16:00 5 December 2018
The interaction of a muon's spin with a magnetic field defines its magnetic moment in terms of the gyromagnetic ratio, g. In the Dirac equation, g is exactly 2, but additional higher…

SEED Sixth Form Lecture: Glaciated landscapes: Changes in the world’s ice sheets and glaciers

16:30 - 18:00 5 December 2018
In this lecture, we will look at what defines current ice masses on Earth and how they have changed in the past. Over the last 2.6 million years, glaciers and continental-scale ice…

SEED Sixth Form Lecture: Service with a script: how can businesses improve the interpersonal skills and knowledge of their staff?

16:30 - 18:00 5 December 2018
Dr Miriam Firth will offer an insightful lecture regarding a topic within Management Leadership and Leisure. The lecture will offer data on service encounters in Leisure businesses.…

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Studying extreme teams: Developments in theoretical, methodological and analytical approaches

13:00 - 14:00 5 December 2018
methods@manchester are pleased to welcome Nathan Smith for our latest Lunchtime Seminar: Studying extreme teams: Developments in theoretical, methodological and analytical approaches…

Systemic inflammation adds fuel to the fire during neurodegenerative disease

5 December 2018
Next in the DNEP External Seminar Series Dr. Colm Cunningham, Associate Professor in Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin The seminar will be hosted by Stuart Allan on Wednesday 5th…

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Turkey in Turbulent Times: political institutions and economic development

14:00 - 15:00 5 December 2018
The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) Seminar Series

'Neo-Tories. British Conservatives in rebellion against democracy and political modernity, 1929-39,' History Research Seminar: Dr. Bernhard Dietz

16:15 - 17:30 6 December 2018
Bernhard Dietz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz): New Approaches to the History of Conservatism: Dr. Dietz will present his new book Neo-Tories. British Conservatives in rebellion…

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Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Benedict Kent (Manchester), "Jesus as God’s Broker in Romans 8"

14:00 - 16:00 6 December 2018
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

Eric Gysels (UNC)

15:00 - 16:15 6 December 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Lucia Corno (Cattolica)

13:00 - 14:15 6 December 2018
Applied Economics Seminar

Nicola Tomlinson (Manchester): 'Un cos sense ànima no és res, no?’: Place and identity in La substància (Lluís Galter, 2016)'

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2018
Part of the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies seminar series. Venue: Samuel Alexander A104

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Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr. Scott Midson and Dr. Holly Morse, "Creating Desire: Gender, Mythology, Posthumanism"

16:00 - 17:30 6 December 2018
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

Whitworth Studies: Art(ist) as Witness: displacement, trauma, resistance and memory - Jenna Ashton

17:00 - 18:30 6 December 2018
As part of the Whitworth Studies series Dr Jenna Ashton, Lecturer and Programme Director of Heritage Studies at The University of Manchester will being delivering a seminar entitled:…

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