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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…

Construction Talks

20 May - 18 June 2021
Construction Talks Every Thursday from 20th May – 18th June Talk Times: 11:30am and 3pm How do you go about building the UK’s largest concrete dome? Join Kier Construction’s Building…

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…

Fact And Fiction: Intersection of the Imagination And Historical Record (online workshop)

14:00 - 16:00 9 June 2021
An online, two hour creative writing workshop introducing our uniquely decolonised contemporary library collections at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre & Education Trust. Bring yourself,…

Family Stargazing online

27 May - 13 June 2021
Family Stargazing online Thursday 27th May, 6-7pm Sunday 13th June, 4-5pm An opportunity for the whole family to explore our solar system and beyond from the comfort of your own home!…

HCRI LEAP Programme webinar

12:00 - 13:30 9 June 2021
The LEAP programme in Humanitarian Practice is a flexible master’s course designed by humanitarians for humanitarians, allowing you to study alongside working in the field. In collaboration…

How to publish your science: An editor’s guide on how to write an abstract and navigate peer review

13:00 - 14:00 9 June 2021
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Dr. Zach Ridgway. Scientific papers may have a rigidly defined structure and can be largely considered “artless prose,” but there’s still…

Not Set in Stone: Remembering Empire and Contesting Statues

17:00 - 19:00 9 June 2021
A roundtable discussion on the material legacies of empire and slavery in Bristol, Oxford, and beyond. On 7th June 2020, young Bristolians toppled a statue of Edward Colston in the…

Research and Libraries (Part of Festival of Libraries 2021)

17:00 - 18:00 9 June 2021
Hear from a distinguished panel about how archives are created, collated and used within research. Speaking in the historic reading room of the Rylands, publisher Michael Schmidt and…

Writing for Wellbeing Workshops

9 - 12 June 2021
Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve stress and emotional turbulence. We are told that “talking helps” and that making “something…

Annual Grigor McClelland lecture: Is business to blame for capitalism?

17:30 - 19:00 10 June 2021
In this annual Grigor McClelland lecture we will explore how current business practices are encouraging short-termism, ignoring nature and harming customers. The lecture will be given…

Industrial Dante

19:00 - 20:00 10 June 2021
On the 700th anniversary of his death, join our panel to explore the reception history of the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri in Victorian Manchester. Stephen Milner of the University…

Inspiration for a Fair Future for All - Andy Burnham

14:00 - 14:45 10 June 2021
Mayor Andy Burnham to address BA Social Sciences students at the University of Manchester About this event What is a fair future for all, and how can the students of today be a part…

Online event: Industrial Dante

19:00 - 20:00 10 June 2021
On the 700th anniversary of his death, join us to explore how Victorian Manchester embraced medieval Italian poet, Dante Alighieri. Professor Stephen Milner of the University of Manchester,…

Screen & Talk

17:30 - 20:00 10 June 2021
The Screen & Talk event includes the screening of 'A collection of art and blood, the Goering catalogue ' followed by a Q&A panel with Jean-Marc Dreyfus, co-writer of the documentary.…

Towards an Anti-Racist Dance Research

14:00 - 15:30 10 June 2021
In this talk we reflect, as two colleagues and friends, on expectations, doubts, and discoveries arising from our collaborative, anti-racist research project on contemporary dance in…

Ashton’s Radical Poets (Part of Festival of Libraries 2021)

14:00 - 14:45 11 June 2021
Presented by Jennifer Reid and Mike Sanders, this event focuses on two working-class poets, John Stafford and Joseph Chapman, who were active radicals and poets in Ashton-under-Lyne…

Exploring the role of art in communicating experiences of displacement

16:00 - 18:00 14 June 2021
How do artists use their practice to tell stories about displacement? How does their own experience of displacement influence their artistic practice? Join the Humanitarian and Conflict…

UG Virtual Open Week

14 - 19 June 2021
Registrations are open for our next undergraduate virtual open week! Join us for live sessions about student life at Manchester, including how to choose your accommodation and apply…

Work and Equalities Third Annual Lecture: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work

13:00 - 14:00 14 June 2021
Technological innovation is transforming every part of our lives. The ability to quickly and cheaply exchange large amounts of data and information has laid the foundations for the…

Guardian Live: Humanitarian issues and the power of the media

13:00 - 14:00 15 June 2021
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library holds the entire archive of the Manchester Guardian. In this series of events to mark the Guardian bicentenary, panels of UoM academics…

Israel-Palestine: Where is the UN?

13:00 - 17:00 15 June 2021
In recent months, Palestinians in the occupied territory have once again been feeling the devastating impact of a barrage of Israeli airstrikes, forced evictions, and mass arrests.…

Seeing Heat Inequity – Prof. Zoé Hamstead

16:00 - 17:00 15 June 2021
The University of Manchester Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation Webinar Series Seeing Heat Inequity Prof. Zoé Hamstead Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning, Director…

Synthetic Data Code Demo

13:00 - 14:00 15 June 2021
In this free training series, we cover the advantages and disadvantages of synthetic data. We explore the variety of methods available to generate synthetic data. Finally, we discuss…

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