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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

Book celebration ‘Latour for Architects’, curated by Demetra Kourri & Albena Yaneva

14:00 - 16:30 28 April 2022
MARG Spring Seminars Series 28 April, 2pm, HBS, 1.27, hybrid event – ‘Latour for Architects’, curated by Demetra Kourri & Albena Yaneva Invited speakers: Rania Ghosn, MIT Architecture,…

bp-ICAM Webinar: Energy Storage in Batteries for Sustainable Electrification

15:00 - 16:00 28 April 2022
Professor R. Vasant Kumar presents his talk on "Energy Storage in Batteries for Sustainable Electrification". Abstract Given the massive shifts facing the future of the energy environment,…

College Behind Bars: Lessons from the US Bard Prison Initiative

15:00 - 16:30 28 April 2022
A Making a Difference Event A documentary and Q&A about one university’s 20-year struggle to provide tuition-free, full-time higher education to incarcerated students. This 90-minute…

Dante: Libri Nuovi - new Dante-inspired artists’ books

14:00 - 16:00 28 April 2022
Are you interested in visual art and book design? Then do not miss this opportunity to explore contemporary reinterpretations of a literary classic. The Italian medieval author Dante…

Data management basics: Introduction to data management and sharing

11:00 - 12:30 28 April 2022
Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. The introductory…

Designing Accessible Visualization for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)

15:00 - 17:30 28 April 2022
Register through Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-accessible-visualization-for-people-with-disabilities-idd-tickets-307489367977 Abstract Data visualization…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Peter Atkins, University of Chester, ‘Reading Across the Human-Animal Boundary: The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4’

14:00 - 15:30 28 April 2022
The Centre for Biblical Studies weekly seminar series. Sessions will take place in a hybrid format - attendance is possible in person or online via Zoom. To register to attend online,…

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…

MANCEPT Research Seminars - Riki Yamochi - University of Manchester - ‘Collective Moral Agency and Legitimate Authority

16:00 - 17:30 28 April 2022
MANCEPT Research Seminars April 28: Riki Yamochi - Manchester University - ‘Collective Moral Agency and Legitimate Authority Details to be confirmed

Online Talk: Conversations with Dante

18:00 - 19:00 28 April 2022
Join us for this online event live from The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, as we bring together 700 years of Dante’s history in books. Dr Guyda Armstrong (Senior Lecturer…

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…

Religions & Theology Research Seminar: Professor Grant Macaskill (University of Aberdeen) “Autism, Selfhood and Language: Social, Biblical and Theological Intersections”. [Zoom Only]

16:00 - 17:30 28 April 2022
The Religions & Theology research seminar takes place on alternate Thursdays. This is an online event. Please register to receive the Zoom link by emailing Dr Andrew Boakye. Seminars…

Reproducibility Bootcamp - online

26 April - 24 May 2022
Ideally, research is collaborative, well-documented, sharable, and can be reproduced by others (or by the original researchers at a later point in time). Not only does this make a researcher’s…

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…

The Rylands Lunchtime Seminar Series: Reading and Making in the Mary Hamilton Papers

12:00 - 13:00 28 April 2022
Join this lunchtime talk to explore the personal papers of Mary Hamilton (1756-1816). Cassie Ulph will be joined by Anne Anderton (Curator of Western Manuscripts at the Rylands) to…

Training Course on Advanced Scripting and Batching of Tomographic Datasets

09:00 27 - 17:00 28 April 2022
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming…

WCLC - The University of Manchester Jazz Ensemble

13:10 - 13:55 28 April 2022
The Music Department’s jazz ensemble takes the form of a little big band (a smaller version of the conventional 18-piece big band). The ensemble was established in October 2019 and,…

White Cube, Renzo Martens - Film Screening and Panel Discussion

18:30 - 20:30 28 April 2022
Film Screening and Panel Discussion with artist, Renzo Martens, Prof David Olusoga, Alistair Hudson, WAG - The Whitworth Grand Hall About this event We are delighted to welcome Dutch…

Careers in Humanitarianism Day 2022

29 April 2022
This year's Careers Day will include speakers from Médecins Sans Frontières, UK-Med and Save the Children - alongside sessions where current students will share their experiences of…

Data management basics: Ethical and legal issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 29 April 2022
Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. The introductory…

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