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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…

Decision Manchester

1 September - 31 December 2021
All students who successfully complete the Manchester Access Programme will be eligible to submit a MAP Decision Manchester application form to The University of Manchester. Submission…

Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data

10:00 - 11:30 12 October 2021
Are you thinking of using existing data in your dissertation? Join this workshop for a practical run through of the research process of a secondary analysis project. We'll be discussing…

Exchanges: Recent Additions to the Collection

2 July 2021 - 1 May 2022
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

HCRI Landmark Lecture: Bio-Power, Governmentality of Killing and Indigenous People

17:00 - 19:30 12 October 2021
For over 63 years since 1958, unknown to the world , the Indian government imposed a martial law called the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act on 45 million indigenous peoples who live…

Ian Johnson - Digital dissent: How grassroots historians are rewriting China’s past

12:30 - 13:30 12 October 2021
At a time when many in the West are convinced that China has perfected the art of dictatorship, a growing number of writers, artists, bloggers, and filmmakers are challenging the Chinese…

Macro Seminar - Pawel Doligalski (Bristol)

16:00 - 17:00 12 October 2021
Title: Redistribution with Performance Pay (joint with Abdoulaye Ndiaye and Nicolas Werquin)

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Veronica Kelsey

13:00 - 14:00 12 October 2021
Speaker: Veronica Kelsey - Manchester Title: TBC Abstract: TBC Place: Frank Adams (and to be streamed online*) *subject to equipment

Manchester Festival of Climate Action

11 - 14 October 2021
Join our programme of talks tackling the biggest climate questions. Over four days we’ll consider the challenges at the forefront of the climate crisis, providing a forum to share…

Outdoor Explorers

4 August 2021 - 17 August 2022
Whether you live in a city or town, countryside or seaside, you will find all sorts of nature on your doorstep. Just like the scientists and researchers who have collected and studied…

Social Statistics Seminar - 12 October 2021

16:00 - 17:00 12 October 2021
Social Statistics Seminars 2020/21 – October Session Redlining Cognition Iris Gomez-Lopez (University of Michigan) Join us at 4pm (BST) on 12 October 2021! Registration link: http://bit.ly/socialstats1021…

Social Statistics Seminars 2021/22

1 October 2021 - 30 June 2022
We are pleased to announce this year's Social Statistics Seminars. Our speakers: 12/10: Iris Gomez-Lopez (University of Michigan) 02/11: David Haziza (University of Ottawa) 07/12:…

Standardisation and Deviation: The Whitworth Story

2 July 2021 - 1 February 2022
Founded in 1889 through Sir Joseph Whitworth’s legacy, the Whitworth was established to honour one of Britain’s greatest mechanical engineers. A proponent of standardisation, Sir Joseph…

Star Hunters Trail

24 July - 31 October 2021
Summer Holidays: Star Hunters Trail 24 July – 17 October (Weekends only) Seek out what the night sky has to offer in this brand new scavenger hunt. Find the hidden constellations across…

Still Parents: Life after Baby Loss

24 September 2021 - 4 September 2022
Still Parents is the first exhibition of its kind, creating a platform to share personal stories open conversations and break the wall of silence that continues to surround baby loss.…

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…

Telescope Talks

25 September 2021 - 29 May 2022
Telescope Talks (weekends only) Times: 11am, 12pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm Come and join one of our expert Explainers for a talk about the Lovell telescope. You’ll learn all about the fascinating…

UK Data Service Dissertation week

11 - 15 October 2021
Join the UK Data Service for our dissertation week. Designed for undergraduates students and their supervisors, the week will: - highlight data available for dissertations, - give…

Woodblock print exhibition: The Soul of the Black Earth

20 September - 29 October 2021
Manchester Confucius Institute is delighted to welcome students back to campus. In celebration, they are hosting an exhibition featuring a selection of woodblock prints to give a taste…

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…

Functional low dimensional materials: from fundamental studies to additively manufactured devices

13:00 - 14:00 13 October 2021
Join us for this PSI seminar with guest speaker Dr Lyudmila Turyanska. In this seminar, Dr Turyanska will present the recent work on 0D and 2D materials, and their integration with…

MES - François R. Velde (Chicago Fed)

13:30 - 15:00 13 October 2021
Title: TBA

Philosophy Research Seminar: Dr Frederique Janssen-Lauret and Ajinkya Deshmukh

15:15 - 16:50 13 October 2021
This seminar will be taking place on campus, and in person, at Roscoe 2.3. If you are unable to come to campus, a zoom option will be available - please contact Dr Stephen Ingram to…

Ronnie Loeffen - Two-sided exit for the classical Markov branching process with immigration

15:00 - 16:00 13 October 2021
Ronnie Loeffen (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. We consider the classical Markov branching process introduced by Sevast'yanov (1957) which describes…

Why and how to document your steps?

10:30 - 12:00 13 October 2021
When analysing data it can be easy to forget what you've done and why you did it. For example, you may remember that you removed the outliers, but do you remember how many were removed,…

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