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Borys Kuca -Counting polynomial configurations and equidistribution on nilmanifolds

15:00 - 16:00 3 February 2020
Borys Kuca will be speaking at this research seminar, part of the Dynamical Systems and Analysis seminar series. Abstract: The equidistribution theorem of Weyl gives a sufficient…

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,…

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…

Data Visualisation Observatory and Behavioural Research Laboratory tour for University of Manchester staff

15:00 - 16:00 3 February 2020
Following the success of our staff tours in November, we are holding another tour at 3pm on 3 February 2020.

DMDS Divisional Seminar Programme - Monday 3 February 2020

13:00 - 14:00 3 February 2020
DMDS Divisional Seminar Programme Date: Monday 3 February 2020 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Sarah Wood – “Understanding the views of community pharmacists on…

Dov Stekel - Mathematical models for spread of antimicrobial resistance

14:00 - 15:00 3 February 2020
(Zochonis Lecture Theatre D) Join us for this seminar by Dov Stekel (Nottingham) as part of the Mathematics in the Life Sciences Series. Abstract: This seminar will cover aspects of…

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…

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…

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…

PN Review 250 Launch Party

18:30 3 February 2020
Please join us in the atmospheric setting of Christie's Bistro in Manchester to celebrate the 250th issue of PN Review, with readings from contributors Parwana Fayyaz, Jane Yeh, John…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Professor Thomas Stodulka

16:00 - 18:00 3 February 2020
Social Anthropology Seminar Monday, 3rd of February 2020 Professor Thomas Stodulka University of Berlin Affective Scholarship, Emotional Economies, and The Coming of Age on the…

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,…

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…

Utopias

31 January - 4 October 2020
Utopia is, at its essence, about creating a perfect world, yet in this way, it is always in opposition with the present. In his seminal book Utopia (1516), Thomas More gave name and…

Abracadabra: Printing demo

11:15 - 11:30 4 February 2020
Watch our beautiful Columbian printing press in action and discover the power of ancient words. Shazam! Did you know that people used to think words had the power to ward off illness…

Beyond Lecture Capture - does screen casting encourage student engagement? (Humanities Teaching Academy Workshops 2019-20)

13:00 - 14:00 4 February 2020
For the 2018/19 academic year the PLAN30852/60852 Green Infrastructure & Sustainable Cities module produced weekly screen casts to introduce students to the topics being debated in…

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