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Ballroom and Latin for Beginners

13:05 25 September - 13:55 20 November 2019
Back due to popular demand, this autumn the Martin Harris Centre is going back to basics again! Join us for ‘Ballroom and Latin for Beginners’ in a relaxed and friendly environment.…

Bike Registration Event Cancelled

12:30 - 13:30 11 November 2019
Due to the current awful weather conditions and poor forecast for the rest of the day this event is cancelled as we can't mark bikes that are wet. Sorry for any inconvenience. Free…

CEAS Department Seminar - Dr Antoni Forner-Cuenca

10:30 - 12:00 11 November 2019
As part of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Department Seminar Series, we'll be welcoming Dr Antoni Forner-Cuenca from Eindhoven University Technology,…

Confucius Institute Talk: Wellbeing - The Chinese Approach

18:00 - 19:00 11 November 2019
What really is wellbeing and do we need to look at the wellbeing of the Chinese nationals in our communities differently? This talk will explore these questions by arguing that Chinese…

Creative Approaches to Qualitative Researching

11 - 12 November 2019
This course will: Introduce participants to creative qualitative research, both as an overall approach and as a means of generating social science research data; Introduce participants…

Cézanne at the Whitworth

24 August 2019 - 1 March 2020
This exhibition celebrates an extraordinary collection of drawings and prints by Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) that has been gifted and placed on long-term loan to the Whitworth by gallerist,…

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…

DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 11 November 2019

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2019
DMDS Divisional Seminar Date: Monday 11 November 2019 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Tracy Briggs – “Monogenic Type I interferon driven disorders.” Senior Clinical…

Elizabeth Price

25 September 2019 - 1 March 2020
Bringing together many new and acclaimed works - including drawings, sculpture and video - this exhibition engages with Price’s pre-occupations of technology, history, politics and…

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…

Family Stargazing Night

19 October 2019 - 8 February 2020
6pm – 9pm Calling all budding young stargazers. You are invited to join us for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. During our fun-packed evening you will enjoy…

Han Yu (Cambridge) - Analysis and Dynamical Systems Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:00 11 November 2019
Han Yu (Cambridge) will be speaking at this research seminar, part of the Dynamical Systems and Analysis seminar series.

Home Educator Days

11 November 2019
A chance for home educated children to spend the day at the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, and celebrate the transit of Mercury! – On 11th November, we are taking bookings for some…

Immigration, diversity, and systems of advantage and disadvantage in U.S. universities

15:30 - 16:30 11 November 2019
Join us for MIOIR External Seminar Series 19/20, seminar hosted by Professor Monica Gaughan. Abstract: Immigration and diversity are two crucial dynamics affecting the scientific…

Instruments of Change

19 March 2019 - 31 December 2020
Instruments of Change is an exhibition that showcases objects from the Beswick Collection at the Museum of Medicine and Health, telling the stories of the people of Manchester whose…

Introduction to Astrophotography

23 October 2019 - 26 February 2020
Introduction to Astrophotography Wednesdays 23rd October, 20th November, 15th January and 26th February, 7.30pm – 10pm Jodrell Bank's popular Introduction to Astrophotography workshops…

Li Yuan Chia: Unique Photographs

18 May - 15 December 2019
In his lifetime, Li Yuan Chia (1929-1994) travelled from China, to Taiwan, Bologna and London but found his home in a house that he bought in 1972 from Winifred Nicholson in Banks at…

One Giant Leap: Talk and Tour

12 October - 17 November 2019
One Giant Leap: Jodrell Bank and the Race to the Moon, 13:30-16:00 NEW DATES ANNOUNCED! 2019 marks 50 years since humans first set foot on another celestial body. And so, in this,…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Olga Ulturgasheva - Monday 11th of November 2019

16:00 - 18:00 11 November 2019
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 11th of November 2019 Dr Olga Ulturgasheva – University of Manchester Adding Cosmo to Geo: Climate Change as a New Matrix of Animation The intensification…

Tapestries

12 October 2019 - 1 March 2020
A tapestry is a coming together of people or things, usually thread, to make an intricate whole. This exhibition shows the breadth of the textiles at the Whitworth that are made with…

The Reno at the Whitworth

15 March 2019 - 1 March 2020
For a period of one year Linda Brogan and a group of local residents, who went to the Reno nightclub in the 1970s and 80s, will occupy the Whitworth. The Reno, located in Moss Side,…

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…

Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity

17 August 2019 - 5 July 2020
Unreformed: Wallpaper and Design Diversity In the middle of the nineteenth century wallpaper design suddenly became diverse. English manufacturers began to excel at the quick production…

Young, Rich & Famous

10:00 1 October 2019 - 17:00 1 January 2020
In this digital age of collecting selfies and more on social media, what does immortality mean? Manchester Museum’s latest installation at Manchester’s Central Library, Young, Rich…

Print a Palimpsest: Printing demo

11:15 - 11:30 12 November 2019
Drop in and peek into the world of palimpsests with our unique printing press demonstration. Using our Columbian printing press we’ll explore how old manuscripts were reused, giving…

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