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Anne Murphy (Hertfordshire) 'Embracing change: 'economical reform' at the 18th-century Bank

16:00 - 18:30 23 April 2020
4.15 - 5.30: 23 April (Uni Place_3.204) Anne Murphy (Hertfordshire) 'Embracing change: 'economical reform' at the 18th-century Bank of England'

Assessing the evidence: Qualitative research

10:00 - 13:00 23 April 2020
Due to the current Coronavirus situation our face to face CPD session has been converted into online webinar. Intended Learning Objectives: • Ensure an understanding of how qualitative…

Cancelled: Jodrell Bank: 75 Years of science

20 April - 13 November 2020
-Please note that these events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak- 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Jodrell Bank Observatory. Since 1945, this globally significant…

Collection Bites: From Smokestacks to Sandcastles CANCELLED

13:00 - 14:00 23 April 2020
In this collection bite we'll be taking a closer look at the work of Manchester's Wood Street Mission charity, and the summer trips that began in the 1800s for children living in poverty.…

Curator Tour: Carcanet CANCELLED

17:30 - 18:00 23 April 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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: David Bell (University of Manchester) ‘Mortality Patterns and Bereavement Language in 1 Thessalonians: the Impact of Children in the Community of the Text’

14:00 - 16:00 23 April 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…

History research seminar: Anne Murphy (Hertfordshire) 'Embracing change: 'economical reform' at the 18th-century Bank of England'

16:15 - 17:30 23 April 2020

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…

Now Online - DNA Day film screening, Jurassic Park

18:30 - 21:00 23 April 2020
Originally this screening of Jurassic Park was due to be held in the appropriately atmospheric surrounds of Manchester Museum’s fossil gallery, with film fans set to get closer than…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Kristin Aune (Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, University of Coventry) “Religious Student Societies in Universities – Division and Cohesion”

16:00 23 April 2020
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. These seminars are free with no registration required. Seminars last 90 minutes including a 30 minute Q&A session.

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…

WCLC: Michelle Assay (piano) and David Fanning (piano)

13:10 - 14:00 23 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

Webinar: Web-scraping for Social Science Research: Websites as a Source of Data

15:00 - 16:00 23 April 2020
Vast swathes of our social interactions and personal behaviours are now conducted online and/or captured digitally. In addition to common sources such as social media/network platforms…

Informal Applied Mathematics Seminar - First Year talks

15:00 - 16:00 24 April 2020
The Informal Applied Mathematics seminar series will continue with a series of short talks from first-year PhD students. Talks will take place in Frank Adams 2 (next to the Alan Turing…

The University of Manchester Brass Band (UMBB)

19:00 - 21:00 24 April 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/coronavirus-update--1-april-2020/

(Cancelled) Dragon Boat paddling

10:00 - 12:30 25 April 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…

Jon Pitchford - Diversity, dynamics, and dominance in simple models of complex systems.

14:00 27 April 2020
(via Zoom) Join us for this webinar by Jon Pitchford (York) as part of the Mathematics in the Life Sciences Series. Abstract: Some brilliant work has explored the structure and function…

CANCELLED Fabio Nobile - Title TBA

12:00 - 13:00 28 April 2020
This seminar has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Childhood Obesity – an introduction to Health Promotion

13:00 - 16:00 28 April 2020
Due to the current Coronavirus situation our face to face CPD session has been converted into online webinar. Intended Learning Objectives: • Define health and the underlying…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Rob Kurinczuk - Galois distinguished l-modular representation of p-adic GL(n)

14:00 - 15:00 28 April 2020
Speaker: Rob Kurinczuk - University of Bristol Title: Galois distinguished l-modular representation of p-adic GL(n) Abstract: I will present some results on Galois distinguished…

The English public health reforms: Success or failure?

13:30 - 15:00 28 April 2020
Join us at the IHPO webinar series on 28 April via Zoom. Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ihpo-webinar-david-buck-english-public-health-reforms-success-or-failure-tickets-102156444676…

[Cancelled] Fabio Lanza - “To Make Life More Beautiful:” Gender, Industrial Labour, and Collectivization during the Great Leap Forward

12:30 - 13:30 28 April 2020
In the years between 1958 and 1962, the Urban Commune movement was promoted as a radical effort to change the daily lives of Chinese city residents, including their relationship to…

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