Events for prospective students

Heritage Futures Studio – ‘The Oxford Road Murders: the real value of urban trees’

06:00 25 April - 17:00 6 May 2019
Do we want a future without trees? Trees in cities are key for health and well-being, carbon storage, pollution amerilation, slowing rainwater runoff, urban cooling, wildlife and landscape.…

MACBETH- Toil and Trouble: SOLD OUT

10:00 - 11:00 25 April 2019
Please note, this event is fully booked. If you would like to be added to the waiting list for this event, please call Emma Rayner on 0161 275 8950 or E-mail schoolsevents@manchester.ac.uk.…

Manchester is my World - After Hours

18:00 - 21:00 25 April 2019
We’re surrounded by nature, even in the heart of the city. Join us for an evening exploring the wilder side of our urban environment and launching the Greater Manchester City Nature…

Performative Walk - Heritage Futures Studio – ‘The Oxford Road Murders: the real value of urban trees’

25 April 2019
Do we want a future without trees? Trees in cities are key for health and well-being, carbon storage, pollution amerilation, slowing rainwater runoff, urban cooling, wildlife and landscape.…

Stars and Stones

3 April - 4 September 2019
Stars and Stones offers a rare opportunity to explore The Blackden Trust and Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre on the same day. You’ll have the chance to discover the science and the stories…

Statistics Careers Event

13:30 6 March - 16:00 6 May 2019
This year's annual Statistics Careers Event (kindly sponsored by the RSS Manchester Local Group) will take place on Wednesday, 6th March 2019, 1.30-4.00 pm in the Alan Turing Building,…

City Nature Challenge campus walk

15:00 - 16:00 26 April 2019
Take part in the Greater Manchester City Nature Challenge. Join Curator of Botany Rachel Webster on a walk around campus to see what we can spot and identify using iNaturalist. 15 places,…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 28 April 2019
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general…

Chinese Brush Painting

18:00 - 20:00 30 April 2019
Join us for our Chinese painting drop-in sessions, a new initiative with brush painting artist Stephen Woolley. Whether you would like to learn a new skill or are more experienced but…

Guided Campus Visit

13:30 - 15:30 1 May 2019
Can’t come to one of our open days? Join us for one of our regular guided visits of our campus instead and get a feel for the facilities, amenities and atmosphere you’ll enjoy as a…

Lives of Letters: Letters to the editor

15:00 - 16:30 1 May 2019
Join us for the fourth seminar of the semester. Speakers tbc.

Who Cares? - 'A growing collection of stories about people caring for nature across Greater Manchester.'

2 May - 31 July 2019
A growing collection of stories about people caring for nature across Greater Manchester. A Heritage Futures Studio Residency at Manchester Museum 29th April - 31st July 2019 In…

Explorer Tour

15:00 - 16:00 7 May 2019
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. 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…

GDI Lecture Series: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities with Edgar Pieterse

16:30 - 18:00 8 May 2019
The Global Development Institute is pleased to host Edgar Pieterse as part of the GDI Lecture Series, talking about: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities Urban…

MRC Come & See - Angela Saini on Science Journalism

16:00 - 17:00 8 May 2019
MRC Come & See are proud to introduce Angela Saini, award-winning journalist and author of highly acclaimed book Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research That's…

Pre-16 Guided Campus Visit

11:00 - 13:00 9 May 2019
Secondary School students are welcomed to The University of Manchester campus to get a taste of university life, find out more about higher education and gain an insight into student…

Careers in Humanitarianism Day 2019

08:30 - 17:00 10 May 2019
Get ready for our 6th Annual Careers in Humanitarianism Day! Are you considering a career in the humanitarian sector? If so, join us for a fantastic day of presentations, discussion…

Iftar at the Museum

18:00 - 22:30 16 May 2019
Manchester Museum is hosting its first annual Iftar in collaboration with the University of Manchester Muslim Chaplain. In the spirit of the month of Ramadan, the month of hospitality…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 19 May 2019
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the…

Chinese Brush Painting

18:00 - 20:00 21 May 2019
Join us for our Chinese painting drop-in sessions, a new initiative with brush painting artist Stephen Woolley. Whether you would like to learn a new skill or are more experienced but…

Explorer Tour

15:00 - 16:00 21 May 2019
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. 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…

Don Share in conversation with John McAuliffe

17:00 - 19:00 22 May 2019
The John Rylands Research Institute and Centre for New Writing are pleased to present: Don Share in conversation with John McAuliffe. Don Share is the editor of Poetry magazine. His…

One Giant Leap: Talk, Tour and Picnic

22 May - 25 September 2019
One Giant Leap: Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon July 2019 will mark 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. In this, the 50th anniversary year of the…

Tyndall Manchester Seminar by Professor John Barrett

13:00 - 14:00 23 May 2019
Achieving rapid energy demand reduction in the UK John Barrett, Sustainable Research Institute, University of Leeds While reducing energy demand has been described as the fastest and…

May Half Term: Rocket Lab!

25 - 27 May 2019
Rocket Lab! Saturday 25th – Monday 27th May 11am – 4pm (Drop-in) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, zero. We have a lift-off! As we approach the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, join us at…

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