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Creative Writing Workshop with CPs Day Off

15:00 - 17:00 18 March 2021
Writing can be fun, extremely useful for self-development, and a shared experience as well as a means of self-expression. Yet, many of us grow up seeing writing as something bound…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Samuel Hildebrandt ‘The Bird on the Roof, the City on the Hill: Images of Isolation in the Hebrew Bible’

14:00 - 16:00 18 March 2021
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.…

From Digital Futures to Digital Present: How has the Post-Pandemic World reshaped our digital lives?

10:00 - 12:45 18 March 2021
A cross-theme Digital Futures event between Health & Care, Citizens & Government and Social Media & Networks themes. The Covid pandemic has prompted many changes in the way citizens…

Letters to a President - A National Writing Competition for School Pupils

21 January - 30 April 2021
This spring the University of Manchester’s programme in American Studies is asking UK school students in Years 9- 13 to write “Letters to a President”, to the incoming US presidential…

MICRA webinar - Lockdown in poor housing: Health impacts on older people and successful responses

08:00 - 16:00 18 March 2021
On 18 March, MICRA hosted the webinar: Lockdown in poor housing: Health impacts on older people and successful responses. Chaired by MICRA’s Professor Chris Phillipson, this online…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Darius Samadian (University of Manchester) “The Apophatic Philosophy of Karl Jaspers”

16:00 - 17:30 18 March 2021
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This semester the seminars will take place online via Zoom - please register to receive the link by emailing…

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…

The 2021 Dorothy Emmet Lecture

18:15 - 19:30 18 March 2021
The University of Manchester Philosophy Department is delighted to announce the 2021 Dorothy Emmet Lecture. Miranda Fricker will be asking 'How is forgiveness a gift?'. The event will…

Webinar: 2021 Census: What to expect from the UK Data Service

12:00 - 12:45 18 March 2021
It is Census Day for England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Sunday 21 March 2021. The UK Data Service invite you to this short update webinar to hear about what is happening now and…

Online workshop: Introduction to the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey

09:30 - 13:00 20 March 2021
Would you like to know more about using the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population survey (APS) in research? This free half-day online workshop will give background information…

Creative Writing Workshop (pupils Years 12&13) - supporting our Letters to a President writing competition for schools

17:30 - 18:30 22 March 2021
Join us for a free creative writing workshop on letter writing, offered in collaboration with the University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing and supporting our American Studies…

Manu Setty -- Computational modelling of lineage decision mechanisms using single-cell data

16:00 - 17:00 22 March 2021
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Manu Setty (Fred Hutch, WA, USA) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series…

Novel Voices- Catherine Menon and Victoria Princewill

19:00 - 20:00 22 March 2021
Taking place between February and April 2021, Novel Voices is a five-part, online series featuring Ellah P. Wakatama in conversation with 10 debut authors who are helping to shape 2021's…

The origin of originality in science

15:30 - 17:00 22 March 2021
Join us for Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 20/21, webinar hosted by guest speaker, Sotaro Shibayama, Senior Lecturer at School of Economics and Management,…

CIDRAL Online Events - ‘The Egyptian Coffee House’

14:00 - 16:00 23 March 2021
CIDRAL Online Events - Spring 2021 (Semester Two) Key Ideas Seminars Amina Elbendary and Dalia Moustafa, ‘The Egyptian Coffee House’ ZOOM Link - click on joining links Passcode: 932176

Macro Seminar - Tim Lee (Queen Mary)

16:00 - 17:00 23 March 2021
Title: Transforming Institutions: Labor Reallocation and Wage Growth in a Reunified Germany

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Michael Livesey - Towards RoCK blocks for double covers of symmetric and alternating group

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2021
Speaker: Michael Livesey Title: Towards RoCK blocks for double covers of symmetric and alternating group Abstract: In this talk I will give an overview of RoCK blocks and their significance…

One Reason Why Aerospace Needs Geologists: How Mineral Dust Damages Engines

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2021
Dr Rory Clarkson, Rolls Royce, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Sand and mineral dust is increasingly becoming a problem for…

Politics Pankhurst Seminar with Professor Francesca Gains: Metro Mayors: Who are They and What do They Do? - A Pre-Election Primer

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2021
Politics Pankhurst Seminar with Professor Francesca Gains Metro Mayors: Who are They and What do They Do? - A Pre-Election Primer March 23d 2021 1-2pm Zoom meeting ID:…

Tobias Ross - The Chinese Football Dream: How voluntarily-driven is China’s private football boom? [Early Career Researcher Workshop]

12:30 - 13:30 23 March 2021
Since initiating a set of large-scale reforms in the field of football at the highest political level in 2014, China is aiming to become a leading football nation by 2050. With a clear…

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