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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…

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…

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…

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…

MaRMN seminar

13:00 - 14:00 30 October 2020
Online MaRMN seminar; Membranous Nephropathy as a Paradigm for Autoimmune Disease by Dr Patrick Hamilton

Pedagogy Journal Club

13:00 - 14:00 30 October 2020
A monthly session to meet and discuss a journal article or paper. The choice of article will be based on current issues as well as the Faculty’s teaching strategy. To book a place,…

Windows of Creativity Art Trail

26 October - 4 December 2020
Monday 26 October until Friday 4 December Windows of Creativity Art Trail Free, Everyone, Drop by From the Wild in Art team who brought the award winning Bee in the City trail to Manchester…

Humanistic Management Performativity ‘in the Wild’: The Role of Performative Bundles of Practices

15:30 - 17:00 2 November 2020
Join us for Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 20/21, webinar hosted by Dr Oliver Laasch, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University…

David Tobin - Securing China's Northwest Frontier: Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang [Book Launch]

12:30 - 13:30 3 November 2020
Webinar: David Tobin will be introducing and discussing his new book, Securing China's Northwest Frontier: Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang In the first study to incorporate majority…

Hierarchical Modelling of COVID-19 Death Risk in India in the Early Phase of the Pandemic

16:00 - 17:00 3 November 2020
We model of India’s pandemic vulnerability in an innovative way. We create and estimate a multi-disciplinary model of the risk of severe COVID-19 and death. Our model allows for socio-demographic-group…

Macro Seminar - Xavier Jaravel (LSE)

16:00 - 17:00 3 November 2020
Title: What are the Labor and Product Market effects of Automation? New Evidence from France

SEERIH Science Spotlight: Assessment in Primary Science

16:00 - 17:15 3 November 2020
This is an interactive session led by Dr Sarah Earle, Bath Spa University, for all teachers of primary science, including NQTs and senior leaders, relating to the TAPS (Teacher Assessment…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 1 June: Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Recent Developments

16:00 3 November 2020 - 17:00 1 June 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – June Session Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Recent Developments Joseph Sakshaug (German Institute for Employment Research) Join…

Social Statistics Seminar – Hierarchical Modelling of COVID-19 Death Risk in India in the Early Phase of the Pandemic

16:00 - 17:00 3 November 2020
Speakers: Wendy Olsen and Arkadiusz Wisniowski (University of Manchester) Join us on Zoom! https://zoom.us/j/91458711542 Meeting ID: 914 5871 1542 We model of India’s pandemic vulnerability…

Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21

16:00 3 November 2020 - 17:00 1 June 2021
The Department of Social Statistics is pleased to invite everyone interested in quantitative social research to a series of online seminars. The events will be held once a month throughout…

“Real and Perceived Risks of Asteroid Impacts”

13:00 - 14:00 3 November 2020
The Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation presents Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons, Queen’s University Belfast. Asteroid and comet collisions with the Earth are a classic example of a…

American Studies Research Seminar: Race and Sexuality in 19th Century Baltimore

17:00 - 18:30 4 November 2020
Paige Glotzer (University of Wisconsin) and Katie Hemphill (University of Arizona) in conversation about race and sexuality in 19th and 20th century Baltimore, hosted by Natalie Zacek. Open to all.

Christian Diddens - Rayleigh vs. Marangoni in multi-component droplet dynamics

14:00 - 15:00 4 November 2020
Christian Diddens (University of Twente) joins us for this virtual seminar in the Physical Applied Mathematics Series This seminar will be held via Zoom. Please email alice.thompson@manchester.ac.uk…

Eder Zavala - Developing a mathematical understanding of physiological chronodisruption

13:00 - 14:00 4 November 2020
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Eder Zavala (Birmingham) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be…

Live Tutorial: The 8 Brocades of Qigong – a 10min feel-good routine to start your day

13:00 - 14:00 4 November 2020
Join us for a live tutorial of this easy to follow physical and spiritual routine of an ancient Chinese exercise! Qigong, also known as Chinese yoga is a gentle form of exercise that…

Robert Spencer and Anastasia Valassopoulos (EAC), ‘New Directions in Postcolonial Studies’

12:00 - 14:00 4 November 2020
CIDRAL Key Ideas Seminars

Trafford AM Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Autumn Term Meeting

11:00 - 12:15 4 November 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Trafford schools. For more details and to register, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Trafford PM Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Autumn Term Meeting

16:00 - 17:15 4 November 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Trafford schools. For more details and to register, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

Ehrhardt Seminar: Prof. Charlotte Hempel (University of Birmingham) ‘The Community Rules: Florilegia from a Forthcoming Commentary’

14:00 - 16:00 5 November 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.…

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