Events at The University of Manchester

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Children’s Choir Concert

13:10 - 14:00 11 December 2019
Come along to the Martin Harris Centre on 11 December to experience the stunning sounds of the Children's Choir Concert. This concert is part of the Music Society Outreach scheme;…

Christmas demonstration lecture (Manchester)

14:15 - 15:15 11 December 2019
Funded and organised in partnership with the local Royal Society of Chemistry, this annual lecture runs in Manchester and Bolton. The “John Salthouse lecture”, named in honour of former…

CIDRAL Key Ideas seminar: Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed (Calem Institute, Marseille): Islam and the Diversity of Gender and Sexuality

14:00 - 16:00 11 December 2019
CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminar: Islam and the Diversity of Gender and Sexuality As a queer French Muslim who is trained in cognitive sciences, social psychology, anthropology, and also…

Creepy-Crawly Chronicles Children’s Story Competition

7 December 2019 - 9 March 2020
From ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘Charlotte’s Web’ to 'Spiderman’, insects have inspired countless much-loved stories and comics. Enter your ideas into our story competition to…

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,…

D&E Research Seminar with Dr Carol Galais (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

15:30 - 17:00 11 December 2019
Please join the Democracy and Elections Research Cluster for a seminar with Dr Carol Galais from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Dr Galais' research interests revolve around…

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…

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…

FSE Inaugural Lecture Series - Department of Computer Science, Prof Daniel Dresner

17:00 11 December 2019
You are invited to the inaugural professorial lecture i the Department of Computer Science of Professor Daniel Dresner, Department of Computer Science Title: The Attack on a Cyber…

Getting to Know Your Camera: Photography Workshop

24 November 2019 - 12 January 2020
10am – 1pm Ever wanted to take your camera off the auto setting and see how you can be in more control of the images you make and be able to explore more creative options? In our introduction…

HCRI Christmas Party

19:00 - 21:00 11 December 2019
We are delighted to invite you to our Christmas party. We have a feeling the party will be bigger and better than ever before! The evening will provide HCRI colleagues and students…

Instrumental Change Exhibition

10:00 - 16:00 11 December 2019
"Instrumental Change" is an 1-day, pop-up exhibition, taking place on Wednesday 11th December, 10am-4pm at the Manchester Central Library (Performance Space). The exhibition is organised…

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…

Mercury Talk: Data-Driven Modelling of Technology Acceptance: A Machine Learning Perspective

14:00 - 15:00 11 December 2019
Join us for the next Computer Science Mercury Talk with speaker Asim Alwabel in Kilburn L.T 1.5 Forecasting and understanding technology adoption have dominated research of Information…

Plastics in the Natural Environment workshop

10:00 - 13:00 11 December 2019
On the 11 December Manchester Environmental Research Institute will be hosting the inaugural 'Plastics in the Natural Environment' workshop. The aim of the group is to: 1) Connect…

Socio-Legal Research Methods

13:00 - 14:00 11 December 2019
This seminar will examine a number of ways of conducting socio-legal research, discussing the relations between methods used in socio-legal inquiry and methods used in Sociology, Political…

Stargazing Night

15 November 2019 - 20 March 2020
7pm – 10pm Join us at Jodrell Bank for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. You’ll learn how to navigate the skies and locate the stars in our inflatable Planetarium,…

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,…

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

13:00 - 14:00 11 December 2019
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…

The True Cost of Christmas

2 - 16 December 2019
Want to learn how to live more sustainably? This interactive installation highlights hidden environmental impacts and shows exactly how small changes can help us all live more sustainably.…

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…

Vital Topics breakfast event: What’s next for wellbeing

08:00 - 09:30 11 December 2019
Hear from a panel of experts with a wealth of knowledge about wellbeing in the workplace: Judith Grant, Director of Health and Wellbeing at MACE David Roomes, Group Director - Health,…

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…

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