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Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 13 March 2020
Meet Kate Eggleston- Wirtz, our artist in residence who is creating a curious and fantastic insect hotel over the next few weeks in the Beauty and the Beasts exhibition. Insects are…

Creative Manchester presents Music on Campus

12:15 11 February - 13:30 24 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: In light of the developing situation around COVID-19 and the Government’s latest advice for people to avoid non-essential contact, we have taken the decision…

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…

Exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth - 60 years of Contemporary Chinese Printmaking

19 February - 13 March 2020
The Confucius Institute is delighted to bring this fascinating exhibition to Manchester, telling the story of four generations of printmakers from Heilongjiang Province in the north-east…

George Dickinson - The Riemann zeta-function and the Lindelöf hypothesis

15:00 - 16:00 13 March 2020
This week's pure postgrad seminar will be given by George Dickinson at 3pm in Frank Adams 1. Abstract: The Riemann zeta-function is key to many aspects of Analytic Number Theory, as…

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…

Linda Li - Institutional contradictions and change: Challenges for Hong Kong and a globalizing China

12:30 - 13:30 13 March 2020
How to assess the challenges and opportunities for Hong Kong and China given the conspicuous conflicts as witnessed in the unrest of 2019? This seminar contextualizes the inquiry through…

Manchester Rheumatology Afternoon meeting: March 2020 - Dr Nazia Chaudhuri - 'Rheumatological interstitial lung disease'

14:30 - 16:45 13 March 2020
The MRA meetings are monthly educational rheumatology meetings, which will be of interest for anyone working in clinical or research fields related to rheumatology or musculoskeletal…

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,…

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…

Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 14 March 2020
Meet Kate Eggleston- Wirtz, our artist in residence who is creating a curious and fantastic insect hotel over the next few weeks in the Beauty and the Beasts exhibition. Insects are…

CI Cookery Classes

14:00 - 17:00 14 March 2020
Manchester Confucius Institute is hosting three fun and hands-on cookery classes led by Sam Sin from Koi Kitchen. Each class will have a different theme and focus, allowing you to create…

Enviro Art

13:00 - 15:00 14 March 2020
This workshop takes place in a fun, relaxed and friendly environment enabling adult creativity. Open to anyone who would like to have a go at found object art for themselves, learn…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 14 March 2020
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Manchester University Wind Orchestra (MUWO) and String Orchestra (MUSO)

19:00 - 21:00 14 March 2020
Featuring Isla Atay playing Bright Sheng’s Flute Moon, the string orchestra return for their second concert of the year to play Purcell’s famous Abdelazer Suite and Peter Warlock’s…

NCHS: Walking for Wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 14 March 2020
Escape the everyday and explore the art outdoors. Walking for Wellbeing is an excellent way to get active, explore what’s on your doorstep and make new friends. Tuesdays, 12 -1pm Saturdays,…

Science show: The science of a world heritage site

14 - 15 March 2020
Jodrell Bank became a World Heritage site in July 2019. In this show we will find out about some of the important moments in this site’s history which make it such an important place.

See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly

09:15 - 11:15 14 March 2020
Sat 14 March: 9.15-11.15am See, Make and Do at the Museum - Autism-Friendly Mornings Join us for early openings at the Museum aimed at children who have autism and other needs, along…

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 15 March 2020
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…

NCHS: Pilates

09:00 - 10:00 15 March 2020
Pilates is an exercise system developed in the 1930's by Joseph Pilates. Pilates believed in striving for a strong healthy body and pushing the mind to the limit of its ability. Through…

(Cancelled) Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr Mattia Fumanti

16:00 - 18:00 16 March 2020
Title : The Remains of the Social : Traversing the Post-apartheid through Puncta This paper is concerned with the lasting presence of apartheid and its legacies in contemporary Namibia.…

DMDS Divisional Seminar Programme - Monday 16 March 2020

13:00 - 14:00 16 March 2020
DMDS Divisional Seminar Programme Open to all staff and students within DMDS Date: Monday 16 March 2020 Time: 1.00pm Venue: Stopford Building, Room 2.823/5 Samantha Smith – “Diversity…

Identification of predictive and causal biomarkers of disease" Spring School

13:00 16 - 13:00 19 March 2020
The Spring school will take place at the University of Manchester 1pm 16th - 1pm 19th March 2020. It will cover a range of topics including: · Types of bimedical/biomarker data…

[CANCELLED] Joe Leedale - Multiscale modelling of drug transport and metabolism in liver spheroids

14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2020
This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled. (Zochonis Lecture Theatre D) Join us for this seminar by Joe Leedale (Liverpool) as part of the Mathematics in the Life Sciences…

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