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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…

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…

Family finance surveys user conference 2020

09:45 - 15:15 8 July 2020
The annual Family Finance Surveys User Conference, organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics,…

History Course Unit Fair

8 - 22 July 2020
Virtual History Coure Unit Fair 2020 (for next academic year's L2, L3 students)

Imran Perretta: the destructors

8 May - 4 October 2020
The Whitworth presents a new 2-screen film by London-based artist Imran Perretta. Drawing on the artist’s own experience as a young man of Bangladeshi heritage, the film explores personal…

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…

Manchester Live: Why Manchester?

11:00 - 12:00 8 July 2020
Tune in to find out everything you need to know about The University of Manchester. This webinar will explore the University's history and heritage, as well as the student experience,…

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…

Online workshop. Data skills: understanding survey data

14:00 - 15:30 9 July 2020
Online workshops: Social data and the third sector: evidence, skills and tools Does your charity or project struggle to find the data to demonstrate needs in your community or show…

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

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

Centre for Crisis Studies & Mitigation Webinar: From reliability to resilience: Battling the extremes

13:00 - 14:00 14 July 2020
The Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation at The University of Manchester invites you for a virtual session. Extreme weather events and natural hazards in the last decade or so have…

Manchester Live: Choosing what and where to study

14:00 - 15:00 14 July 2020
Tune in to receive top tips when choosing a degree programme and university. How do you make a decision when there are nearly 40,000 courses available at more than 370 Higher Education…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 15 July 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

International Festival of Public Health

09:00 - 17:00 16 July 2020
The International Festival of Public Health - bringing together hundreds of delegates from across the country in a wide range of fields and stages of their careers to attend plenary…

Online workshop: Telling a story with data

14:00 - 15:30 16 July 2020
Online workshops: Social data and the third sector: evidence, skills and tools Does your charity or project struggle to find the data to demonstrate needs in your community or show…

RAIN Webinar series: In bore robotics

09:30 - 10:30 16 July 2020
Join us on zoom for this week's RAIN Webinar series focusing on in-bore / pipe robotics https://zoom.us/j/708659623 9:30 Nick Castledine, University of Leeds: Design of a 2" Bore…

Curator Tour: Carcanet CANCELLED

11:00 - 11:30 17 July 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…

Finds Liaison

10:00 17 July 2020
Finds Liaison 10am-1pm and 1.30-4pm Heather Beeton , the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme will be in Manchester Museum. Come and see her if you have you need…

Centre for Crisis Studies & Mitigation Webinar: Resilience in Urban Reefs: A Case Study in Singapore

13:00 - 14:00 21 July 2020
The Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation at The University of Manchester invites you for a virtual session. Description: This talk will discuss biodiversity in urban reefs in…

FBMH Social Responsibility Celebration Event

11:00 - 11:30 22 July 2020
Join us for the launch of our new Social Responsibility (SR) film, which will be shown at the Faculty’s first SR virtual celebration event with a live viewing on Facebook Premier. You…

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.

Water Research at Manchester - Hydrological Change and Society's Response

15:00 - 16:45 22 July 2020
Manchester Environmental Research Institute will be hosting a webinar on the 22nd July to showcase water-related research from across the university and discuss hydrological change…

Webinar: Covid-19 and the Future of Global Value Chains

13:00 - 14:30 22 July 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic created a major shock to the global economy. The ramifications of this shock reverberated through global value chains to reach workers and sites of production…

RAIN Webinar series: CoreteX

09:30 23 July 2020
Join us on zoom for this week's RAIN Webinar series focusing on CoreteX https://zoom.us/j/708659623 9:30 Rhadhika Nath: Computer vision system for teleoperated gloveboxes 9:50 Ipek…

The Carcanet Cat: Printing demo CANCELLED

11:15 - 11:30 29 July 2020
See our Columbian Printing Press in action as we print the purrrfect cat! Paws for a print to learn about Manchester-based Carcanet Press. To celebrate 50 years of poetry publishing,…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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