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Alessandra Cipriani - Scale-free percolation mixing time in one dimension

15:00 - 16:00 1 December 2021
Alessandra Cipriani (TU Delft) will speak in the Probability seminar. Assign to each vertex of the one-dimensional torus i.i.d. weights with a heavy-tail of index ??1>0. Connect then…

Brownbag - Michele Berardi

12:00 - 13:00 1 December 2021
Title: TBA

Christmas Shopping Weekends

27 November - 5 December 2021
Christmas Shopping Weekends 27-28 November and 4-5 December 10am -6pm It’s that time of year again! Hot chocolates, mince pies, snow glistening around a scenic Lovell telescope, and…

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…

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…

Family Stargazing, Online!

18 November - 12 December 2021
Family Stargazing, Online! Thursday 18th November 6pm – 7pm Sunday 12th December 4pm – 5pm An opportunity for the whole family to explore our solar system and beyond from the comfort…

GDI Lecture Series: Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development - Postponed

16:00 - 17:30 1 December 2021
Due to the planned UCU strike action, this lecture has been postponed. We are working to reschedule this and will update our website as soon as any date is finalised. We apologise…

Hunting down a theory on monuments: memorials, trauma and healing

17:15 - 18:15 1 December 2021
Online Event Hunting down a theory on monuments: memorials, trauma and healing Ana Milosevic is known by the academic community as 'the Monument Hunter.' She is Post-Doctoral Researcher…

Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis

12 November - 10 December 2021
Longitudinal data is essential in a number of research fields as it enables analysts to concurrently understand aggregate and individual level change in time, the occurrence of events…

Julia Brettschneider -- North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences

13:00 - 14:00 1 December 2021
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by Julia Brettschneider (Warwick) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series…

Manchester Live – Why Manchester?

19:00 - 20:00 1 December 2021
Tune in to hear everything you need to know about the University of Manchester. This webinar will explore the University's history and heritage, as well as the student experience, teaching…

Microbes in radioactive waste disposal

13:00 - 14:00 1 December 2021
Prof Rizlan Bernier-Latmani from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne will present this week’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar

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,…

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 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…

Stars Science Show

27 November - 5 December 2021
Stars Science Show 27-28 November and 4-5 December 11:30, 13:30*, 14:30 and 16:00 Now the nights are getting darker why not come and find out all about the Stars in our new live science…

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.…

Suzanne Lacy: What kind of city? A manual for social change

26 November 2021 - 10 April 2022
The Whitworth presents the first major UK presentation of multiple works of US artist Suzanne Lacy, a pioneer of social practice and community organising for almost five decades. In…

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…

Turing-UoM Sandpits 2021-22: Digital Twins

14:00 1 - 16:00 2 December 2021
The Digital Twins sandpit is a two-day event scheduled to take place from 14.00 to 16.00 on Weds 1 and Thurs 2 December. Please note that this is one event across two days and participants…

Uniformed groups Stargazing sessions online

1 December 2021
Wednesday 1st December 6pm – 7pm An opportunity for Brownies and Cubs to explore our solar system and beyond from wherever you normally meet. You will find out about stars, constellations,…

Applied Seminar - Andrea Tesei (Queen Mary)

13:00 - 14:00 2 December 2021
Title: TBA

Single-Case Designs

09:30 - 12:30 2 December 2021
This short course is an introduction to single-case designs (SCD) over two half-day workshops. In the first workshop, we will provide an overview of the different type of SCD and describe…

Christmas Choral Showcase (SOLD OUT)

12:00 - 13:00 5 December 2021
The University Chorus are delighted to be able to welcome you back to the Martin Harris Centre to watch our first concert since March 2020. Joined by our auditioned choirs, Ad Solem…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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