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ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

22 January - 31 December 2022
Be blown away by the stunning images in this year’s Astronomy Photography of the Year exhibition from The Royal Observatory Greenwich. IMAGE: Polar Lights Dance © Dmitrii Rybalka

Diamond Light Source Dual Imaging and Diffraction Beamline - Introduction & Proposal Writing Workshop. For University of Manchester staff only

10:30 - 12:30 10 March 2022
The DIAD beamline at Diamond Light Source is a new dual-beam instrument for quasi-simultaneous full-field imaging and powder diffraction. DIAD enables its users to visualise internal…

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…

International Women's Day with Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain

13:00 - 15:30 10 March 2022
Celebrate International Women's Day with a guest talk from Professor Gina Rippon, hosted by the Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health. About this event Join the Faculty of Biology,…

Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Spring Term Meeting

15:00 - 17:00 10 March 2022
Our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Oldham schools will take place remotely online this Spring. Book your place by clicking "Register via Eventbrite" under "More information".

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…

Single-Case Designs

09:30 3 - 12:30 10 March 2022
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…

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:…

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.…

Sustainable Futures Seminar Series | Translating research into effective green infrastructure practice & Geological subsurface energy storage

14:00 - 15:15 10 March 2022
This event will see separate talks from The University of Manchester's Dr Ian Mell and Professor Kevin Taylor Agenda: 14:00: Welcome and introduction with event chair (TBC) 14:05:…

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…

The Door Opened: 1980s China - Photographs by Adrian Bradshaw

26 January - 6 July 2022
One can argue that nostalgia is the strongest emotion, a pure mixture of wistfulness and melancholy. Adrian Bradshaw, an English photographer, brings that sense of yearning into full…

The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series: The Bible in West Africa: Exploring Early Missionary Translations

12:00 - 13:00 10 March 2022
Join us for an online lunchtime seminar taking a close look at the earliest translations of the Bible into Twi (spoken mainly in Ghana) and Hausa (spoken primarily in Northern Nigeria).…

WCLC - Shirley Smart Trio (Musica Festival event)

13:10 - 13:55 10 March 2022
Shirley's trio draws on her eclectic background to bring together her jazz, blues and world music influences. Shirley Smart - cello John Crawford - piano Demi Garcia Sabat - drums/percussion…

Women and Property in the 18th Century: Owners and Managers - The Tabley House Collections Trust

19:00 10 March 2022
Most people are aware that women rarely owned property outright until the passage of the Married Women's Property Act in 1881. An heiress's property passed to her husband when she married.…

Greater Manchester Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Spring Term Meeting

10:30 - 12:30 11 March 2022
Our open termly Primary Science Network Meeting for schools across Greater Manchester will take place remotely online this Spring. This Network is for teachers who are not eligible…

Manchester Central Primary Science Subject Leader Network: Spring Term Meeting

14:00 - 16:00 11 March 2022
Our termly Primary Science Network Meeting for Manchester Schools Alliance member schools will take place remotely online this Spring. Book your place by clicking "Register via Eventbrite" under "More information".

UoM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra - ‘A Child of Our Time’

19:30 - 21:15 12 March 2022
UoM Chorus are delighted to be able to return to the Whitworth Hall for their annual second semester concert. They will be joined by the Music Society Symphony Orchestra to perform…

An Evening with Warsan Shire

20:00 - 21:15 14 March 2022
In partnership with our partners at Manchester Literature Festival, the Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester are thrilled to present an evening with Somali-British poet and…

MIOIR Seminar Series - UK Science and Innovation Policy: Problems and Paradoxes

14 March 2022
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Paul Nightingale, Associate Dean at the University of Sussex Business School, where…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Vlad Schuler-Costa

16:00 - 18:00 14 March 2022
Title : Academia will never love you back”: precarity, passion, and meaningful work in science Description : Contemporary science is increasingly carried out by research projects…

Macro Seminar - Christian Bayer (Bonn)

16:00 - 17:00 15 March 2022
Title: Monopsony Makes Firms not only Small but also Unproductive: Why East Germany has Not Converged

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Jeremy Rickard

13:00 - 14:00 15 March 2022
Speaker: Jeremy Rickard - University of Bristol Title: Finitistic dimension and derived categories Abstract: The Finitistic Dimension Conjecture (FDC) is a long open conjecture…

Reciprocal Design: Exploring Hands-On Remaking with Early Modern Objects; Talk

16:00 - 18:00 15 March 2022
How does making shape the lives of artefacts? How does remaking shape our understanding of artefacts’ past lives? Join Marta Ajmar (Victoria & Albert Museum) for a conversation that…

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