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Bike Registration Events Cancelled

08:00 11 - 16:00 31 March 2020
Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control bike registration events are postponed for the next few weeks. Sorry for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify…

Cancelled. Insects in Harmony

18:00 - 21:00 26 March 2020
Caring for the health & wellbeing of our visitors, staff & volunteers is our priority. To reduce the risk of Covid-19 from Tues 17 March our events & schools programme is cancelled.…

CoDE Seminar: Apocalypse forever?: racial capitalism and the social causes and consequences of the climate crisis

12:00 - 13:00 26 March 2020
This seminar is presented by Dr Leon Sealey-Huggins, Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick. His work centres on the social and political relations of climate change,…

Collection Bites: Japanese Adventures (CANCELLED)

13:00 - 14:00 26 March 2020
CANCELLED

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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: On Love, Boundaries, and Sacred Texts: Reflections, Possibilities, Questions

14:00 - 16:00 26 March 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session. Tea and biscuits…

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…

NCHS: Meditating in Nature

17:30 26 March 2020
Meditating in Nature is an opportunity for you to switch-off after work and experience a deep sense of calm whilst enjoying the beauty of the grounds at The Whitworth. When we are mindful…

NCHS: Woodland Maintenance with City of Trees

13:00 - 15:00 26 March 2020
Come and join City of Trees to help with some woodland management in the park. We will be working on an overgrown area within the park, removing brambles and ash saplings. This will…

NCHS: Yoga

08:30 - 09:30 26 March 2020
No emails, texts, updates or alerts –yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth’s peaceful setting. No need to book. When the weather is fine, this session will take place in…

Quatuor Danel Lunchtime Concert

13:10 - 14:00 26 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been postponed. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--17-march-2020/

Science Learning at Home

20 March - 30 June 2020
Jodrell Bank Observatory is the UK’s latest UNESCO World Heritage Site and an icon for British science and engineering. For the last 75 years, the pioneering scientists and researchers…

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…

Webinar: Introduction to SQL and Databases

15:00 - 16:00 26 March 2020
For large datasets, e.g. millions of records, a dedicated database environment would be the storage medium of choice. A database environment is designed to store data efficiently while…

Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 27 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…

Curator Tour: Carcanet CANCELLED

11:00 - 11:30 27 March 2020
Explore the story of Manchester’s Carcanet Press, as we delve into our newest exhibition. Celebrate the enduring power of poetry, discover how the Press continues to promote new poets…

Developing the Next Generation of Cancer Scientists

09:30 - 17:00 27 March 2020
A training and development day for aspiring and recognised world-leading cancer scientists Audience: Anyone engaged in or interested in cancer sciences, including staff and PGR researchers,…

Fridays for Future: Primary Schools Network Choir

11:45 - 12:15 27 March 2020
Come and join Manchester primary schools singing for the planet at Manchester Museum! Inspired by what they learnt about rainforests in the Museum, the children are singing traditional…

Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar - BAMC special

15:00 - 16:00 27 March 2020
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar series will continue with a BAMC special. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing Building's kitchen), with complimentary…

MUMS - Little Big Band: The University of Manchester’s Jazz Ensemble

13:10 - 14:00 27 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been postponed. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--17-march-2020/

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert with David Fanning (piano)

19:30 - 21:00 27 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been postponed. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--17-march-2020/

Quatuor Danel Open House Weekend (Times-various)

27 - 29 March 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been postponed. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--17-march-2020/

[Cancelled] Heike Fassbender - A new framework for solving Lyapunov (and other matrix) equations

14:00 - 15:00 27 March 2020
Prof. Heike Fassbender from University of Oxford will be speaking at the seminar. Abstract: We will consider model order reduction for stable linear time-invariant (LTI) systems \[\dot{x}=Ax+Bu,\quad…

(Cancelled) Dragon Boat paddling

10:00 - 12:30 28 March 2020
Students will have the opportunity to take part in regular dragon boat paddling sessions with Paddlers for Life at Debdale Outdoor Centre. If you can swim at least 50 metres and have…

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