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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

Beyond Exceptionalism II Conference

09:00 11 - 17:00 13 July 2022
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library in Manchester, UK hosts the 'Beyond Exceptionalism II' conference between 11-13 July 2022. This three day event will adopt a hybrid format…

Chinese Teaching Skills Exchange and Training Programme

2 - 23 July 2022
Join us during July as we invite British Chinese language teachers to our 2022 Teaching Skills Exchange and Training Programme, delivered in Mandarin Chinese! Overseas Chinese teaching…

Health Studies User Conference 2022

09:30 - 16:30 12 July 2022
Do you want to know the latest developments in health data from social surveys? Would you like to understand more about the impact of COVID-19 on these studies and their outputs? Are…

Is sustainability governance abetting inequality? Reflections on power in South African wine and seafood value chains

10:30 - 12:00 12 July 2022
Private and public governance instruments seeking to ensure sustainability in agro-food value chains have become ubiquitous in the past three decades. Virtually all major retailers,…

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…

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.…

'The Atom: A Love Affair’ Screening and Q&A with Director Vicki Lesley

15:00 - 17:30 13 July 2022
We are very excited to be hosting a screening of the hit movie 'The Atom: A Love Affair’ followed by a Q&A with the Director Vicki Lesley! Please register to join in person or to watch…

MCND summer seminars

13:00 13 - 16:00 14 July 2022
This summer there will be an extended two-day Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics 'mini-conference', with several invited speakers from outside and inside Manchester. Programme and details to follow shortly.

Northern Phenomenology Network IV

13 July 2022
The fourth in an annual series of events jointly organised by the Universities of Manchester, Sheffield, and York. Timetable 10.15 - 11.30: Joel Smith (Manchester), 'The Phenomenology…

NCHS: Nature and Culture with Recovery Pathways

10:30 - 12:30 14 July 2022
Thursday 14, 21 28 July 10.30am-12.30pm Referrals only, see below for details BLOOM: A 3-week creative course inspired by nature. ?Referrals only, please see email details below.…

Pure Transparent Freedom: Picturing Existential Philosophy

19:00 - 21:00 14 July 2022
A Screening of a new film by Jacob Cartwright, inspired by Joel Smith’s Existentialism: A Philosophical Inquiry. The event will include a discussion of the relevance of existential…

Outdoor Art Club

10:30 - 12:30 16 July 2022
Workshops that bring art, nature and creativity together that take place come rain or shine. Outdoor Art Club sessions are FREE and drop-in, no need to book Location: Art Garden,…

PGCE Secondary: Virtual information session

18:00 18 July 2022
A combination of impressive academic rankings and committed school partnerships means a PGCE from The University of Manchester will set you up for a bright future in teaching with a…

Researching the life-course creatively

19 July 2022
Our seminar brought researchers Signe Ravn (University of Melbourne), Melanie Lovatt (University of Stirling) and Valentina Cuzzocrea together to discuss experiences of using creative…

Bamdad Hosseini - Transport maps for conditional simulation in high dimensions

15:00 - 16:00 20 July 2022
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: MCMC algorithms are the…

Bluedot 2022

21 - 24 July 2022
Bluedot 2022 21 Jul, 2022 – 24 Jul, 2022 Our award-winning festival of discovery is set to return to Jodrell Bank on 21-24 July 2022 Set against a backdrop of the iconic Lovell Telescope,…

Menopause Yoga Workshop at the Whitworth

10:00 - 12:30 22 July 2022
The theme will be strength and empowerment and we will explore tools and techniques that help combat tiredness and fatigue. Menopause Yoga (MY) could help you manage symptoms of perimenopause…

NCHS: Big Butterfly Count with City of Trees

12:00 - 14:00 28 July 2022
Location: Whitworth Park FREE, booking essential see link below Join City of Trees on a UK-wide survey of Butterflies, the survey is aimed at helping us assess the health of our environment…

Scrap Baby

13:00 - 16:00 2 August 2022
Sensory play using objects from our Shop of Creativity. We’ll be modelling how low cost recycled objects can be used for open-ended play for babies and their grown-ups. Tuesday – Thursday Throughout August 1-4pm

National Play Day

11:00 - 15:00 3 August 2022
On top of our Playtime games and interventions come along and join in the ‘Our Year Play Day’ event organised by Manchester Play Network and Manchester City Council. A city-wide extravaganza…

A Grand (parents) Day Out

13:00 - 15:00 5 August 2022
Bring your grandchildren for these afternoons of scrap themed activities with our Age Friendly group, the Artivists.

Black Gold Arts | Whitworth Takeover

6 - 7 August 2022
Black Gold Arts – Whitworth Takeover is a two-day outdoor music and arts festival that showcases the very best, live music, DJs, dance, performance, fashion, and a catwalk – we are…

Mitchell centre Seminar series

16:00 - 18:00 12 August 2022
Federico Bianchi Statale University of Milan

A Grand (parents) Day Out

13:00 19 August 2022
Bring your grandchildren for these afternoons of scrap themed activities with our Age Friendly group, the Artivists.

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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