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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

Douglas Stuart in Conversation with Jackie Kay - Manchester Literature Festival

19:30 19 April 2022
Manchester Literature Festival is excited to welcome Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, to launch his eagerly anticipated new novel. Set in Glasgow in the…

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…

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:…

Star Hunters Trail

6 April - 1 May 2022
Star Hunters Trail Wednesday 6th April – Sunday 1st May Please note the centre will be closed from 15-18 April. Seek out what the night sky has to offer in this brand new scavenger…

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 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…

'Shatter and Scream: Yoko Ono Grief Diaries' CoDE seminar by Joshua Chambers-Letson

15:00 21 April 2022
Publicly hated and mocked in terms dripping with revanchist sexism and anti-Asian animus, Yoko Ono has none-the-less laid an indelible impress on a host of fields including conceptual…

How to anonymise qualitative and quantitative data

11:00 - 12:30 21 April 2022
The past two years has involved a huge change in expectations for researchers in how they manage and share participants’ information. There are new legal obligations, such as the new…

Sustainable Futures Seminar Series | Education for Sustainable Development in a Living Lab approach & Bioeconomy Sustainability Indicator Model (BSIM)

14:00 - 15:15 21 April 2022
This event will see separate talks from The University of Manchester's Dr Jen O’Brien and Dr Andrew Welfle Agenda: 14:00: Welcome and introduction with event chair (TBC) 14:05:…

UoM – Wellcome/ISSF Sandpits – Multi-modal Data Integration with Biomedical Applications

10:00 - 16:00 21 April 2022
This event is one of two University of Manchester Wellcome Institutional Strategic Support Fund ‘Sandpit’ events taking place in 2022. This is a hybrid event We are hosting a sandpit…

David Wedge -- The genomic evolution of cancer

14:00 - 15:00 25 April 2022
(via Zoom) Join us for this seminar by David Wedge (Manchester) as part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data Sciences. Details of the full series can be…

Literature Live: Beth Underdown and JR Thorp

18:30 - 20:00 25 April 2022
Join us for the latest in the Literature Live series, presented by the Centre for New Writing. This event will feature readings by Beth Underdown and JR Thorp; the authors will be…

MIOIR Seminar Series - Self-driving cars and the rules of the road

15:30 - 16:30 25 April 2022
Join us for the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research Seminar Series 21/22, webinar hosted by Jack Stilgoe, Professor in Science and Technology studies at University College London.…

Social Anthropology Seminar - Dr. Meadhbh McIvor

16:00 - 18:00 25 April 2022
Title: To Love "Beyond Belief": Liberal Religion and Civic Engagement in a Divided United States Méadhbh McIvor is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester,…

Advances in Data Science and AI Seminar | Urban-Regional Planning and Data-intensive technologies: needs, trends and challenges in a developing country

14:00 - 15:00 26 April 2022
Dr. Augusto dos Santos Pereira is a Brazilian Geographer at the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian census bureau). He also works as a consultant in Urban Geography,…

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