Events for prospective students

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…

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,…

Stockport Network - Spring meeting

13:00 - 16:00 25 February 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Stockport schools. We have a PM session available. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Bolton (BOSCEP) Network - Spring meeting

13:00 - 16:00 27 February 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Bolton (BOSCEP) schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

WCLC: Gazelleband

13:10 - 14:00 27 February 2020
Gazelleband combines pioneering Palestinian oud player Reem Anbar and Mancunian multi-instrumentalist Louis Brehony, as they present a unique take on the radical and traditional music…

Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 28 February 2020
Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts Is the clock ticking? Is time running out? How can we show our love to insects and mini beasts? Kate Eggleston-Wirtz is artist in residence,…

MUMS Chamber Music from the Nineteenth Century

13:10 - 14:00 28 February 2020
Join talented chamber musicians in the music society as they take on a programme of nineteenth century works. This free concert explores three works by Johannes Brahms, Clara and Robert…

Trafford Network - Spring meeting - AM Group

09:15 - 12:15 28 February 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Trafford schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link.

Trafford Network - Spring meeting - PM Group

13:15 - 16:15 28 February 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Trafford schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link.

Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 29 February 2020
Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts Is the clock ticking? Is time running out? How can we show our love to insects and mini beasts? Kate Eggleston-Wirtz is artist in residence,…

MANTIS FESTIVAL: Digital Overlays

18:00 - 19:30 29 February 2020
Come along to the 2020 spring edition of the MANTIS festival ‘Digital Overlays’. Immersive media environments and human-machine Interactivity by music composers and digital artists…

MANTIS FESTIVAL: Digital Overlays

20:00 - 21:00 29 February 2020
Come along to the 2020 spring edition of the MANTIS festival ‘Digital Overlays’. Immersive media environments and human-machine Interactivity by music composers and digital artists…

MANTIS FESTIVAL: Digital Overlays

14:00 - 15:00 1 March 2020
Come along to the 2020 spring edition of the MANTIS festival ‘Digital Overlays’. Immersive media environments and human-machine Interactivity by music composers and digital artists…

Tameside Network - Spring meeting - AM group

09:00 - 12:00 2 March 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Tameside schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Tameside Network - Spring meeting - PM group

13:15 - 16:15 2 March 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Tameside schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Greater Manchester Open Network - Spring meeting

09:00 - 12:00 3 March 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Greater Manchester schools not affiliated with our other established networks. These include schools from: Bury Bolton (non…

Manchester Central Network - Spring meeting

13:00 - 16:00 3 March 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for central Manchester schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Oldham Network - Spring meeting

13:00 - 16:00 4 March 2020
Join us for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Oldham schools. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

POSTPONED: GDI Lecture with Prof Lyla Mehta: The politics of climate change, uncertainty and transformation in marginal environments

17:00 - 18:30 4 March 2020
UNFORTUNATELY THIS LECTURE IS POSTPONED AND WILL BE RE-ARRANGED. FULL DETAILS TO FOLLOW. The scale and impacts of climate change remain deeply uncertain. This is particularly true…

Black Voices Singing Workshop (part of Musica Festival 2020)

14:30 - 16:00 5 March 2020
We continue our celebration of women in music with an afternoon of songs from black oral music traditions. Explore harmony singing in diverse styles – from traditional African, spirituals…

History Research Seminar: Clare Hickman (University of Newcastle) - 'Pine Fresh: A history of pine aroma and health from the sanatorium to the domestic bathroom'

16:15 5 March 2020
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