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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…

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Cancelled: Stars and Stones

2 May - 7 October 2020
-Please note that these events have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak- 2nd May, 13th May, 24th June, 11th July, 9th September and 7th October Stars and Stones offers…

Oldham Network - Summer meeting Group 1

13:30 - 14:30 29 June 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Oldham schools. We have 2 sessions available. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Oldham Network - Summer meeting Group 2

15:00 - 16:00 29 June 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Oldham schools. We have 2 sessions available. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

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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…

Greater Manchester Open Network - Summer meeting Group 1

09:30 - 10:30 30 June 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Greater Manchester schools not affiliated with our other established networks. These include schools from: -Bury …

Manchester Central Network - Summer meeting Group 1

13:30 - 14:30 30 June 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for central Manchester schools. We have 2 sessions available. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register…

Manchester Central Network - Summer meeting Group 2

15:00 - 16:00 30 June 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for central Manchester schools. We have 2 sessions available. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register…

Rochdale Catholic Network - Summer meeting Group 1

13:30 - 14:30 30 June 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Rochdale Catholic cluster schools. We have 2 PM sessions available. To register for this meeting, please click on…

Bolton (BOSCEP) Network - Summer meeting Group 1

13:30 - 14:30 1 July 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Bolton (BOSCEP) schools. We have 2 sessions available. To register for this meeting, please click on the 'register…

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Halle Choral Academy

19:00 - 21:00 4 July 2020
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This event has now been cancelled. Please see further information here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/a-notice-to-all-patrons/

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Meet the Chemistry academics

11:00 22 - 13:00 23 July 2020
If you're interested in STEM, we have a number of lectures over two days for you to meet academics and understand a bit more about their area of interest.

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Film Premiere - 'The God of Small Things: Visions of Kerala’

17:00 - 18:30 2 August 2020
Delve into images and literature of Kerala, India, featuring a reading of fragments of Indian author Arundhati Roy’s marvellous novel, The God of Small Things (Chapter 1). Brought to…

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Challenging Colourism and Western Beauty Standards Workshop 1

03:00 - 04:30 4 August 2020
A workshop about colourism and beauty standards within the South Asian community with Samihah Mudabbir. Session 1 will start with a presentation introducing colourism, colonialism and…

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Challenging Colourism and Western Beauty Standards Workshop 2

03:00 - 04:30 12 August 2020
A workshop about colourism and beauty standards within the South Asian community. Session 2 will allow participants to read out poems, creative pieces and conclude with engaging conversation,…

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Daily Telescope Talks

22 August - 29 November 2020
Join a Telescope Talk where one of Jodrell Bank's friendly Explainers will tell you all about the might Lovell telescope. You’ll find out more about how the Grade 1 listed Telescope…

SEERIH Science Spotlight: "So what?" Making science school improvement worth it!

16:00 - 17:15 12 October 2020
Christina Whittaker, SEERIH Professional Development Champion, will be leading us through reflective practice in primary science. For more details and to register, please click on…

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In Conversation with David Olusoga: Making History in the age of #BlackLivesMatter

17:30 - 18:30 22 October 2020
Join us for our online event with David Olusoga, Historian and Broadcaster and Professor of Public History at the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester.…

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Researching Black British History

12:00 - 14:00 22 October 2020
Discover the fantastic collections available for researching Black British History and learn more about research techniques and challenges. In this 2-hour workshop, History staff…

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Daisy Johnson and Sophie Mackintosh in conversation with Jeanette Winterson

12:00 - 13:00 23 October 2020
Two rising stars of the UK literary scene, both Daisy Johnson and Sophie Mackintosh excel in creating atmospheric tales centred around women and girls. Sophie’s dystopian Blue Ticket…

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Maaza Mengiste In conversation with Kamila Shamsie

16:00 - 17:00 23 October 2020
These aren’t the days to pretend you’re only a wife or a sister or a mother, she says. We’re more than this. In her stunning Booker Prize shortlisted novel, The Shadow King, Maaza…

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Half Term: Alien Hunt!

24 October - 1 November 2020
Aliens have arrived at Jodrell Bank! Seek them out across the site in our brand new scavenger hunt. Hunt them all and discover the hidden clue to finding life in space. Self-guided…

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Half Term: Fancy Dress!

24 October - 1 November 2020
We know its hallowe’en soon and you may not be able to dress up and trick and treat like usual, so, this half term, we’re inviting children to visit us in their best fancy dress! We…

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Romalyn Ante, Will Harris & Nina Mingya Powles

12:00 - 13:00 24 October 2020
Three exciting young poets read from their debut collections. What unites the work of all three is their exploration of the self, what it means to be multi-heritage in today’s world,…

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Tayari Jones & Brit Bennett n conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama

16:00 - 17:00 24 October 2020
How do you live with the kind of secret that could explode someone’s entire life? In Tayari Jones’ Silver Sparrow, Dana and her mother have always known that James, their father and…

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