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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…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Dr Kirsi Cobb (Cliff College) ‘“Look at what they’ve turned us into”: Reading the Story of Lot’s Daughters through the Lens of Trauma with a Little Help from the Handmaid’s Tale’

14:00 - 16:00 29 April 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.…

Humanitarianism and Human Rights: Book Launch and Roundtable

15:00 - 17:00 29 April 2021
The book, edited by Michael N Barnett, explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism. For most of their lives, human rights and humanitarianism have…

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…

Making the Unknown Knowable

15:00 29 April - 16:30 27 May 2021
Making the unknown knowable has always been located at the heart of scientific activity. Yet, whether the goal is to understand extreme environments, outer space or the universe (Helmreich,…

Manchester Access Programme - Research and Referencing Workshop

28 - 29 April 2021
This is a workshop for MAP students to help develop the skills needed to successfully complete their academic assignment and prepare for study at university. Students complete a post-event…

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…

MICRA Webinar: Inequalities in ageing: health disadvantages amongst ethnic minority groups

10:00 - 11:00 29 April 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on most ethnic minority groups in England. But this inequality is a crisis within a crisis – the pandemic has laid bare and exacerbated…

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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Dr Katja Stuerzenhofecker (Manchester) “An Act of Compassion? Normalizing Online Delivery of Jewish Orthodox Rituals and Female Participation Under COVID-19”

16:00 - 17:30 29 April 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 Chemical Microscope – a view from the edge

15:00 - 17:00 29 April 2021
Professor Nicholas Lockyer Online Inaugural Lecture Since its invention in the 16th Century the ‘modern’ optical microscope has proved an essential instrument in scientific advancement…

Webinar: Data Management Basics 1: Introduction to data management and sharing

11:00 - 12:00 29 April 2021
This introductory session is intended for researchers and anyone who wants to learn about research data management. Data management is essential to make sure that well organised, well…

Ken Ono - Can’t you just feel the moonshine? - Pure Mathematics Colloquium

15:00 - 16:00 30 April 2021
Speaker: Ken Ono, University of Virginia Series: Pure Mathematics Colloquium Date and Time: Friday 30th April 2021, 3pm - 4pm Title: Can’t you just feel the moonshine? Abstract:…

Webinar: Data Management Basics 2: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:00 30 April 2021
Data management is essential to make sure that well organised, well documented, high quality and shareable research data result from our research projects. The introductory webinars…

Amy Zhang, Asa Roast & Carwyn Morris - Online Influencers and China's Urban Aesthetics [Roundtable Discussion]

12:30 - 13:30 4 May 2021
How do aesthetics influence urbanism and consumption in Chinese cities? And how should we understand what has been called the 'internet celebrity city' (wanghong chengshi) and 'internet…

Hot rocks beneath our feet; 3D seismic reflection imaging of the processes and products of crustal magmatism

13:00 - 14:00 4 May 2021
Prof Christopher Jackson, University of Manchester, joins us for a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences seminar. Abstract below. Volcanoes are hot, loud and scary, thus…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Caroline Lassueur - Kaiserslautern

13:00 - 14:00 4 May 2021
Speaker: Adam Thomas - University of Warwick Speaker: Caroline Lassueur - Kaiserslautern Title: On splendid Morita equivalences for principal blocks in characteristic 2. Abstract:…

Social Statistics Seminar - 4pm, 4 May: In-group bias or out-group reluctance? The role of gender and religion in creating religious friendship segregation among Muslim youth

16:00 - 17:00 4 May 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – May Session In-group bias or out-group reluctance? The role of gender and religion in creating religious friendship segregation among Muslim youth…

The truth about racial inequalities and COVID-19 - and what should be done to address the long-term impacts

14:00 4 May 2021
This webinar, organised by The Conversation, will bring academics together to discuss the full social and health impacts of the pandemic on various black, Asian and ethnic minority…

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