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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…

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…

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…

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…

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/

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…

[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…

Artist in Residence – Beauty and the Beasts

10:30 - 16:00 28 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…

NCHS: Tree Planting with City of Trees

12:00 - 14:00 28 March 2020
Come and join City of Trees to plant some trees in Whitworth Park. We will be planting a range of native trees to add to the lovely trees already growing! All tools and equipment…

NCHS: Walking for Wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 28 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,…

NCHS: Pilates

09:00 - 10:00 29 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…

Advances in Biosciences Seminar: The life of an mRNA is controlled by DEAD-box ATPases - Karsten Weis, ETH Zurich

15:00 - 16:00 31 March 2020
Advances in Biosciences Seminar: The life of an mRNA is controlled by DEAD-box ATPases Karsten Weis, ETH Zurich Host: Mark Ashe

Genomic Variant Interpretation: A free CPD course for clinicians and counsellors

10:00 - 17:00 31 March 2020
Genomic Variant Interpretation This CPD course will provide an introduction to the tools and procedures used in the interpretation of genetic variants in the clinical setting. It is…

Manchester Neurimaging Seminar Series

15:30 31 March 2020
Manchester Neuroimaging Seminar Series Dr Shruti Garg, Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester TBA

NCHS: Walking for Wellbeing

12:00 - 13:00 31 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,…

Romeo and Juliet: Star Crossed Lovers

13:00 - 14:00 31 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/

Wordwear! CANCELLED

10:30 - 12:00 31 March 2020
Make your own piece of mood jewellery, inspired by poems to express how you feel. Taking different coloured beads to express different emotions, you’ll create your very own mood jewellery.…

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