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"Architecture and the Politics of Materiality” by Professor Antoine Picon

14:30 10 December 2018 - 16:00 10 January 2019
"Architecture and the Politics of Materiality” by Professor Antoine Picon (Graduate School of Design, Harvard)

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…

Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Government in Water Quality Preservation: The Pollution Load Control Initiative in Malaysia

13:00 - 14:00 11 December 2018
Our speaker is Dr Zaki Zainudin, an independent water quality and modelling specialist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The matter of practical sustainable water resource governance is a…

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…

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…

JMCE-CODE Workshop: Resurgences of national citizenship in Europe? Brexit and other restrictions

10:00 - 16:15 11 December 2018
This interdisciplinary workshop will explore the current questioning of supra-national citizenship and intra-EU freedom of movement. Brexit, new limitations to the rights of mobile…

Mau Mau: heritage of violence and repression in colonial-era Kenya

17:00 11 December 2018
Manchester Centre for Archaeology and Egyptology Research Seminar

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…

RCPE Evening Medical Update Acute kidney injury/ Chronic kidney disease

18:30 - 20:00 11 December 2018
RCPE Evening Medical Update Acute kidney injury/ Chronic kidney disease Web streamed to: Core Technology Facility Building (UMIC), University of Manchester, Grafton Street,…

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: Guided walk through ReShare

15:00 - 16:00 11 December 2018
Are you an ESRC grant holder, whose grant has ended and is required to submit your research data into the ReShare repository? Are you a researcher interested in depositing data into…

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…

CPD Course: Health Inequalities - Older People - RCP Accrediated

13:00 - 16:00 12 December 2018
RCP Accredited Falls prevention, social isolation, polypharmacy and frailty are important issues in older age. For active healthy ageing, what evidence is there to formulate interventions…

Discover Computer Science

09:30 - 16:00 12 December 2018
The Discover Computer Science Day will provide information about what Computer Science is, what Computer Science students study, the methods of teaching and other opportunities provided…

Multi-modal imaging across the length scales at Diamond and Diamond II

13:00 - 14:00 12 December 2018
Our speaker is Dr Paul Quinn, Principal Beamline Scientist at Diamond Light Source. Coffee and tea will be available after the seminar in the first floor foyer of the Williamson Building.

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

13:00 - 14:00 12 December 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…

Understanding Animal Research

09:30 - 16:30 12 December 2018
Pupils are invited to find out about animal research at The University of Manchester as part of a special open day. We invite 45 A-level students (maximum 5 pupils per school) to show…

University Accommodation Tours

10:30 - 12:00 12 December 2018
Want to have a look at your potential future home? We run accommodation tours* of some of our halls of residence on most Wednesday mornings from November until the end of March, between…

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