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Alien Hunt!

24 April - 20 June 2021
Alien Hunt! Saturday 24th April – Sunday 20th June Aliens have arrived at Jodrell Bank! Seek them out across the site in our brand new scavenger hunt. Hunt them all and discover the…

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

24 April - 31 October 2021
Astronomy Photographer of the Year Saturday 25 September – Sunday 31 October The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s hugely popular Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at…

Daily Telescope Talks

24 April - 20 June 2021
Daily Telescope Talks Saturday 24th April – Sunday 20th June Join one of our expert Explainers for a short talk on the giant Lovell Telescope. You’ll learn all about its fascinating…

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…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Caleb Femi Hosted by Vanessa Kisuule

19:30 8 - 12:00 30 April 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 8 April 2021 and be available to watch until 30 April. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. A rising star on the British…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Kazuo Ishiguro & Jackie Kay in Conversation

19:30 19 April - 12:00 17 May 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Mon 19 April 2021 and available to watch until 17 May. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. ‘Do you believe in the human heart?’…

Manchester Literature Festival Spring 2021 Online Events- Roger Robinson Hosted by Malika Booker

19:30 25 March - 12:00 30 April 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 25 March 2021 and be available to watch until 30 April. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. One of the most prominent…

Natalie Diaz NEW COMMISSION Hosted by Mary Jean Chan

22 April - 21 May 2021
This event will be first broadcast at 7.30pm on Thursday 22 April 2021 and available to watch until 21 May. The event will be pre-recorded and captioned. ‘Natalie Diaz is a poet who…

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…

Dr Diego Maria Malara: Pious Demons and Sinful Christians: Mimesis, Historicity, and the Demonization of Protestantism in Ethiopian Orthodox Exorcism

16:00 - 17:30 26 April 2021
Dr Diego Maria Malara, University of Glasgow Chaired by Sebastien Bachelet Title: Pious Demons and Sinful Christians: Mimesis, Historicity, and the Demonization of Protestantism…

Getting materials manufactured – why politics and policy matter!

16:00 - 18:00 26 April 2021
Professor Laura Cohen Online Inaugural Lecture We live in challenging times from a political and environmental perspective. There is a real urgency to develop new materials and novel…

Novel Voices- Natasha Brown and Jarred McGinnis in Conversation with Ellah Wakatama

19:00 - 20:00 26 April 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…

Peter Stewart -- Elastic jumps on networks - towards a mathematical framework for predicting retinal haemorrhage

14:00 - 15:00 26 April 2021
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Peter Stewart (Glasgow) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be…

Philip Boyland - Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar Series

15:00 - 16:00 26 April 2021
Philip Boyland will be speaking at this research seminar, part of the Dynamical Systems and Analysis seminar series.

INFRA+ Infrastructure for Fragmented Cities: East Asia

14:30 27 April 2021
Speakers: Dr Nannan Dong, Tongji University Children's Play Infrastructure in High-density Urban Environments Prof Daniel Karthe, UNU-FLORES Prof Gantuya Ganbat, German-Mongolian…

Macro Seminar - Joseba Martinez (LBS)

16:00 - 17:00 27 April 2021
Title: Automation Potential and Diffusion

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Adam Thomas - University of Warwick

13:00 - 14:00 27 April 2021
Speaker: Adam Thomas - University of Warwick Title: The classification of extremely primitive groups Abstract: Let G be a finite primitive permutation group acting on a set X with…

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on working women

13:00 - 14:30 27 April 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on work and working lives, and there is a recognised need to consider the issue of differential impacts across demographic groups.…

Yan Wang Preston - Yangtze: The Mythical Mother River of China

12:30 - 13:30 27 April 2021
This talk is held in conjunction with Manchester Museum. In this talk the award-winning British-Chinese artist, Dr Yan Wang Preston, will present her long-term photographic project…

Aqueous Solution-Vapor Interfaces Investigated with Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

13:00 - 14:00 28 April 2021
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Prof. Hendrik Bluhm. Aqueous solution-vapor interfaces govern important phenomena in the environment and atmosphere, including the uptake…

Digital Futures - Digital Trust and Security Seminar with Guest Speaker Dr Bran Knowles, Senior Lecturer in Data Science, Lancaster University

13:45 - 15:00 28 April 2021
We are delighted to announce Dr Bran Knowles, Senior Lecturer in Data Science, Lancaster University as the next speaker for the upcoming Digital Trust & Security Seminar Series, taking…

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