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Building stars on Earth: the potential of nuclear fusion

09:00 - 09:30 3 September 2021
Podcast and video episode hosted by Climate Now, featuring Aneeqa Khan, Research Fellow in Nuclear Fusion at The University of Manchester, as an expert on nuclear fusion. The episode…

Vital Topics - Choices now that will define a decade

14:00 - 15:00 13 September 2021
As the economy shows promising signs of recovery, Tony Danker, the CBI’s Director-General, will set out why the choices we make now will define the decade to come, in this latest Vital…

Organising care around patients, Stories from the frontline of the NHS

12:30 - 14:00 17 September 2021
To celebrate the launch of Organising care around patients Manchester University Press and Alliance Manchester Business School are hosting a live panel discussion, asking how care can…

Panel Event: How can we make the digital world accessible to older people?

13:30 - 14:30 17 September 2021
Join a panel of experts on Friday, 17 September to discuss what can be done to make sure everyone has the opportunity to access the digital world. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced…

Telescope Talks

25 September - 31 October 2021
Telescope Talks 25th September- 31st October (Weekends Only) Times: 11:15am, 12:15pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm Come and join one of our Explainers for a talk about the Lovell telescope. You’ll…

David Olusoga OBE - From Bristol to Manchester: history and memory in our cities

12:00 - 13:30 5 October 2021
A panel discussion hosted by David Olusoga OBE, Professor of Public History About this event The tearing down of the statue of Edward Colston in June 2020 prompted national and international…

Original Thinking Webinar

16:30 - 17:30 6 October 2021
We all face and make decisions on an ongoing basis, whether at work or in our private lives. The vast majority of these decisions involve trade-offs between multiple criteria, be it…

Online Talk: Applying for graduate schemes successfully - with Siyi Wang

18:00 - 19:00 7 October 2021
Many international students come to study in the UK with the aim to gain some work experience upon graduation. Last July, the UK Graduate Route was introduced, giving international…

Dr. Nasreen Akhtar: Keeping ‘abreast’ of mammary gland tissue morphogenesis

16:00 - 17:00 13 October 2021
MRC Come & See are delighted to announce Dr Nasreen Akhtar as the fourth speaker in our virtual public health keynote series. How the cells inside our bodies assemble to form organs…

'Between Worlds: A Queer Boy from the Valleys'

16:00 - 18:00 10 November 2021
An event of the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives Manchester Sociology Department A SoSS Making a Difference Event Professor Jeffrey Weeks is a world renowned expert…

Creative and cultural collaborations in social science research (part of the ESRC Festival 2021)

12:30 - 14:00 10 November 2021
What happens when social science meets the creative and cultural sector? About this event Can universities and cultural leaders really change policy when they work together? What…

“Public Law and Human Rights: Secrets and Tricks from the Inside”

17:00 - 19:00 11 November 2021
This meeting is with a leading High Court Judge, Sir Michael Fordham. The informal meeting is a great opportunity for students to find out more about what it is like starting out…

Chinese Collections in the City

16:00 - 17:30 18 November 2021
Part of the Being Human Festival of Humanities. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Museum have teamed up to spotlight the city’s…

Follow the Thing: Towards Universal Access to Medical Oxygen

18:00 - 19:30 18 November 2021
A podcast conversation on the journey of medical oxygen from production to patient - part of the Follow the Thing podcast series About this event: Towards Universal Access to Medical…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Does UK research collaboration in R&I promote levelling-up? An analysis of UKRI funding between 2014-2021

15:30 - 16:30 22 November 2021
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Chair in Regional Economic Development at the Department of…

Online Talk: Collecting and Displaying China at the National Museum of Scotland

18:00 - 19:00 25 November 2021
A new East Asia gallery opened at the National Museum of Scotland in February 2019 as the final stage of the Museum’s fifteen-year transformation and renovation. The new gallery presents…

MIOIR Seminar Series - How Canadian firms mitigate innovation barriers to (try to) remain innovative

15:30 - 16:30 29 November 2021
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Catherine Beaudry, Full Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Industrial…

Navigating crisis from the margins: LGBTQIA+ vulnerability and resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. Research and stories from the UK and Brazil.

13:00 - 15:00 1 December 2021
The coronavirus pandemic and responses have had uneven impacts on different segments of societies. Despite growing awareness and research into lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer,…

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