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AN IMPERFECT ACCOUNT OF A COMET

18 November 2022 - 16 April 2023
An Imperfect Account of a Comet is an audio-visual installation by Lynda Laird celebrating the celestial discoveries of the 18th century astronomer Caroline Herschel. The work is presented…

APOLLO REMASTERED

3 December 2022 - 16 April 2023
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of our last steps on the Moon, Andy Saunders will present a small selection of remastered photographs from the final mission of the programme –…

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

Computational social science drop-in

13:00 - 14:00 13 December 2022
Join our free monthly UK Data Service data drop-in to get or give some help on computational social science projects. This event will take place on Zoom. There will be a data expert…

Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods data

10:00 - 11:30 13 December 2022
The UK Data Service provides access to a range of qualitative and mixed-methods data, including ethnographic data and field notes, images, oral history transcripts, and essay responses.…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - Gareth Tracey

13:00 - 14:00 13 December 2022
Speaker: Gareth Tracey Title: How many subgroups are there in a finite group? Abstract: Counting the number of subgroups in a finite group has numerous applications, ranging from…

COEH Seminar [online]: Dr Richard Wakeford on Risks from Exposure to Ionising Radiation - What Have We Learnt from Epidemiological Studies?

16:00 - 17:00 14 December 2022
On Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 4pm, we will have Dr Richard Wakeford presenting on Risks from Exposure to Ionising Radiation - What Have We Learnt from Epidemiological Studies? …

Democracy and Elections

15:30 - 17:00 14 December 2022
Matthew Barnfield (University of Exeter)

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

15:00 - 16:30 14 December 2022
Can a celebrity be a “disrupter,” promoting strategic partnerships to bring new ideas and funding to revitalize the development field—or are celebrities just charismatic ambassadors…

Kostas Zygalakis - TBC

15:00 - 16:00 14 December 2022
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: TBC

Logic seminar: Ivan Di Liberti (University of Stockholm)

15:15 - 16:15 14 December 2022
Title: Spaces of points, ionads of models. Abstract: For B a boolean algebra, its set of models can be equipped with a natural topology, induced by the boolean algebra. This observation…

Postcards from the field

14 December 2022
Our seminar continued with the theme of creativity in method. We shared early thoughts and findings from a creative activity of sending ‘postcards from the field’

Theodore Papamarkou - Machine learning with probability generating functions (online)

15:00 - 16:00 14 December 2022
Theodore Papamarkou (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (online) A relation between activation functions and probability-generating functions (PGFs) exists…

[Internal UoM Event] Mapping/GIS Innovation Club Monthly Meeting

15:00 - 16:00 14 December 2022
This is a monthly meeting of the Mapping/GIS Innovation Club. Innovation Spotlight: Timna Denwood on participatory mapping approaches The purpose of Mapping/GIS club activity is…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Stephen Barton (University of Manchester and Durham University) ‘The Devil as ‘the Father of Lies’ in the Fourth Gospel’

14:00 - 15:30 15 December 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,…

Evening Festive Concert

19:00 - 21:00 15 December 2022
MUMS ensembles perform their festive repertoires to celebrate the end of 2022. This uplifting evening of music will include: festive Symphonies of Wind Instruments 9 by Stravinsky,…

Little Big Band Jazz Ensemble featuring Yazz Ahmed and Carlos Maldonado

13:10 - 14:00 15 December 2022
Established in October 2019, the ensemble is directed by Dr Alexander Gagatsis, lecturer in Jazz Studies, and takes the form of a little big band, a smaller version of the conventional…

MIOIR & WEI Joint Seminar - Adoption of Digital Technologies and Skills in Greater Manchester: Motivations, Barriers and Impact

12:30 - 13:30 15 December 2022
Join Manchester Institute of Innovation Research and Work and Equalities Institute for their seminar with Mabel Sánchez Barrioluengo & Silvia Massini on Adoption of Digital Technologies…

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