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Big Data in Social Science - The Cathie Marsh Institute at the 2020 Festival of Social Science

13:00 - 14:00 9 November 2020
Join leading researchers from the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research to discuss the newest threats and possibilities facing society in the age of big data, from disinformation…

Bike Registration Event Cancelled

09:00 - 12:30 9 November 2020
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to the latest National lockdown restrictions. Apologies for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted…

Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Autumn Term Meeting

16:00 - 17:15 9 November 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Bolton (BoSCEP) schools. For more details and to register, please click on the 'register for this event' link under 'More information'

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…

ESRC Festival of Social Sciences - Manchester

7 - 15 November 2020
2020 has been a challenging year for Manchester, with many famous festivals and productions unable to proceed. However, the annual Festival of Social Science will go ahead as planned…

George Constable - Stochastic Modelling of Self-incompatibility Systems

14:00 - 15:00 9 November 2020
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by George Constable (York) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be…

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…

Integrating natural and built infrastructure in water resources development – what’s stopping us?

15:00 - 16:00 9 November 2020
FutureDAMS would like to invite you to our upcoming webinar, hosted by Professor David Hulme, with speakers Mark Smith (Director General) and Matthew McCartney (Sustainable Water Infrastructure…

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 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…

Watercooler Ponderings

13:00 - 14:00 9 November 2020
A chance to meet colleagues and share thoughts about current events that have traditionally taken place at the watercooler fountain or in the kitchen. To book a place, please go to…

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…

Carwyn Morris - Surveillance states: Surveillance, censorship & digital activism in contemporary China

12:30 - 13:30 10 November 2020
Webinar: This seminar considers the role of surveillance in contemporary Chinese society, how it structures and is structured by the spatial relations and examines various technologies…

Greater Manchester Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Autumn Term Meeting

11:00 - 12:15 10 November 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Greater Manchester schools who don't belong to another SEERIH network. For more details and to register, please click…

HCRI and UK-MED: A partnership to tackle growing humanitarian need

18:00 - 19:00 10 November 2020
Today, more people are in need of humanitarian assistance than ever before. An increasing number of disease outbreaks, natural disasters and conflict is placing additional strain on…

Macro Seminar - Daniel Kaufmann (University of Nuchatel)

16:00 - 17:00 10 November 2020
Title: Do Sticky Wages Matter? New Evidence from Firm-Survey and Register Data

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Simon Crawford

13:00 - 14:00 10 November 2020
Speaker: Simon Crawford - University of Manchester Title: Hopf actions and twisted superpotentials Abstract: In light of work of Chan-Kirkman-Walton-Zhang and others, there is currently…

Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Autumn Term Meeting

16:00 - 17:15 10 November 2020
Join us online for our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Stockport schools who don't belong to another SEERIH network. Details on how to register for this meeting will be coming soon.

A temperate deciduous forest Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) facility – results from seasons 0, 1, 2 (& 3) of 10

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2020
Prof Rob Mackenzie, University of Birmingham, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. The land carbon sink is calculated to be the most…

Bike Registration Event Cancelled

09:00 - 13:00 11 November 2020
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to the latest National lockdown restrictions. Apologies for any inconvenience. Free Bike Marking session - To qualify for a discounted…

Data for Good: The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in Britain

10:00 - 13:00 11 November 2020
GMCVO and the UK Data Service (University of Manchester) have worked together to organise an online workshop about how voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations…

Music, Health and Wellbeing Workshop (part of ESRC Festival 2020)

13:00 - 16:15 11 November 2020
This workshop is open to anyone wishing to learn more about the importance of musical participation in everyday life, especially for those in society who may struggle to be heard in…

Sara Jabbari - Mathematical modelling to advance novel treatments for bacterial infections

13:00 - 14:00 11 November 2020
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Sara Jabbari (Birmingham) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be…

Vision and Value: Cotton and the Materiality of Race

12:00 11 November 2020
This talk examines the visual relationship between the cotton trade and the representation of the black body in American culture, using historical case studies and contemporary art.…

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