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Bruno Martins - Round the clock: single-cell dynamics of circadian processes in cyanobacteria

13:00 - 14:00 21 October 2020
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Bruno Martins (Warwick) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be…

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…

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…

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…

Nádia Farage (IFCH - UNICAMP): Comrades: naturism and pacifism in Lima Barreto

17:00 - 18:30 21 October 2020
Part of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies research seminar. This talk will be online: https://zoom.us/j/93328853287 Meeting ID: 933 2885 3287 Nadia Farage graduated…

Vital Topics webinar: How a digital boost can help small businesses survive and thrive in the wake of COVID-19

17:00 - 18:30 21 October 2020
In conversation with Sherry Coutu: How a digital boost can help small businesses survive and thrive in the wake of COVID-19 The pandemic has particularly impacted SMEs with forecasts…

Webinar: Data for dissertations

15:00 - 16:00 21 October 2020
Are you doing or supervising a dissertation this year? This free webinar will talk you through options for using secondary data available from the UK Data Service in undergraduate…

What has changed for teenagers’ mental health and opportunities since the UK COVID-19 outbreak?

11:30 - 12:30 21 October 2020
Policy@Manchester presents: In conversation with Dr Ola Demkowicz This has been a difficult time for teenagers, raising lots of difficult feelings and concerns. There is no "one size…

Balancing access, cost and quality: reforming Australian general practice

11:00 - 12:30 22 October 2020
Join us at the Institute for Health Policy and Organisation (IHPO) seminar series on 22nd October. Zoom Recording: https://youtu.be/bq2CatkZjWo Abstract: The Australian health system…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. George Brooke (University of Manchester, University of Chester) ‘Esoteric Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls’

14:00 - 16:00 22 October 2020
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. This semester all sessions will take place online via Zoom. To register to attend, please email siobhan.jolley@manchester.ac.uk.…

HCRI Landmark Lecture: When Wounds Travel

15:00 - 17:00 22 October 2020
Join Dr Omar Dewachi (Rutgers University) and chair Dr Stephanie Sodero (HCRI) virtually, for a fascinating discussion on the movement of wounds: physical, social and political. Decades…

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.…

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…

Webinar: Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies

15:00 - 16:00 22 October 2020
Did you know that Census data can be accessed for research? Census data from 1971-2011 provides a unique source of robust population data, particularly for small areas and often-overlooked…

Women's Suffrage in the Americas

17:00 - 18:30 22 October 2020
A talk by Stephanie Mitchell (Carthage College) with a response from Rebecca Fraser (University of East Anglia). Open to all. Contact Natalie Zacek for Zoom details.

Artist in Residence Beauty and the Beasts: falling in love with insects

11:00 - 16:00 23 October 2020
Artist in Residence Beauty and the Beasts: falling in love with insects Artist Kate Eggleston-Wirtz was commissioned by Manchester Museum to create an ‘Insect Hotel’ within the Beauty…

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…

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…

Artist in Residence Beauty and the Beasts: falling in love with insects

11:00 - 16:00 24 October 2020
Artist in Residence Beauty and the Beasts: falling in love with insects Artist Kate Eggleston-Wirtz was commissioned by Manchester Museum to create an ‘Insect Hotel’ within the Beauty…

Artists Talk - Beauty and the Beasts; falling in love with insects

11:00 - 11:30 24 October 2020
Saturday 24 October 11-11.30am Artist Kate Eggleston-Wirtz has been commissioned by Manchester Museum to create an ‘Insect Hotel’ in response to our Beauty and the Beasts: Falling in…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Ali Smith in conversation with Kamila Shamsie

14:00 - 15:00 25 October 2020
Well, that’s what art is, maybe. Something that impresses mysteriously on you and you don’t know why. Over the past four years, Ali Smith has created both a work of art and a chronicle…

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