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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 –…

British science week at the Manchester Musuem

14 - 15 March 2023
British Science Week 2023 (https://www.britishscienceweek.org/ ) will be taking place from 10th – 19th March 2023 and is a 10-day celebration of all things STEM. The Manchester Museum…

Campus visit for school and college groups

13:15 - 15:15 15 March 2023
The visits will take place between 1.15pm and 3.15pm and the timetable is as follows: 1.15pm A welcome presentation delivered by a member of the Student Recruitment Team, who will…

Can we use Fashion to enhance and embrace equality? - Dr. Aurore Bardey

12:00 - 13:00 15 March 2023
Having designed the BSc (Hons) Psychology of Fashion at the London College of Fashion in 2016, Aurore's expertise focuses on applying psychological concepts in the fashion context.…

CANCELLED Collection Encounter: Literature, loves and liminal spaces: private correspondence and conscientious objection to the First World War

13:30 - 16:30 15 March 2023
What leads people to refuse to go to war in times of conscription? How did books sustain conversation between those imprisoned for their beliefs, and their friends, families and political…

CANCELLED: MUMS Musica/MUWO

19:00 - 20:00 15 March 2023
As a result of infrastructural issues, the Martin Harris Centre has had to cancel this event. The programme will include Francois Borne’s Carmen Fantasy on themes from Bizet’s opera,…

Democracy and Election Seminar

15:30 - 17:00 15 March 2023
Tom O’Grady (University College London)

MET Seminar - Sinem Hidir (Warwick)

17:00 - 18:00 15 March 2023
Title: When to go negative? (joint with Xueying Zhao) Abstract: We consider the problem of an incumbent politician who decides whether to use negative advertising against a competitor…

Rebecca Lewis - Cox reduction and confidence sets of models (- in person stat seminar)

14:00 - 15:00 15 March 2023
Rebecca Lewis, PhD student in the Department of Mathematics at the Imperial College London is our speaker for the Statistics seminar series. Title: Cox reduction and confidence sets…

Reflecting on Environmental NGOs in Regulation = POSTPONED

17:30 - 19:30 15 March 2023
Environmental NGOs contribute to the regulatory space in a variety of ways. They can be involved in shaping the rules of regulation by participating in both the drafting of law and…

SMRs and Beyond: A Panel Discussion | Dalton Seminar Series

13:00 - 14:00 15 March 2023
Watch the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MfEtOBB27k There is hope that Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), currently planned for the early 2030s, will provide low-carbon…

SQUIDS Seminar: Andrew McRae - Deep learning for weather forecasting

15:00 - 16:00 15 March 2023
Join us for this research seminar, part of the SQUIDS (Statistics, quantification of uncertainty, inverse problems and data science) seminar series. Abstract: Weather forecasting has…

Yvik Swan - On the distance between discrete and continuous random variables on the real line

15:00 - 16:00 15 March 2023
Yvik Swan (Universite Libre de Bruxelles) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) We revisit Stein’s method of approximate computation of expectations, here with the aim…

Ehrhardt Seminar: Lynn Cohick, Northern Seminary, Topic: Judaism, Paul, and the Resurrection of the Body

14:10 - 15:30 16 March 2023
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,…

NCHS: Nature for Health – Beauty in The Everyday (Photography)

10:30 - 12:30 16 March 2023
Thursdays; 10:30am – 12:30pm Clore Garden Studio & Whitworth Park Join us for a series of photography activities which encourage creative play and explore the environment around us,…

UPDATED LOCATION: WCLC - Danels

13:10 - 14:00 16 March 2023
As a result of ongoing structural problems adjacent to the Martin Harris Centre, tomorrow's Walter Carroll Lunchtime Concert with the Quatuor Danel and Richard Whalley will now take…

Transitions in Print: Exhibition Tour

11:00 17 March 2023
The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has one of the world’s greatest collections of 15th-century printed artefacts, which have been examined by scholars for over 100 years.…

UoM Students' Union Irish Society St Patrick’s Day Party

18:00 - 22:00 17 March 2023
Irish Society's first annual St Patrick's day special event. A global celebration of Irish culture, language and tradition! Traditionally celebrated with a big Irish community, drinks…

VENUE UPDATE: Danels Evening concert with David Fanning and Michelle Assay

19:30 - 21:30 17 March 2023
Due to ongoing structural issues adjacent to the Martin Harris Centre the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall is closed. This concert will now go ahead with a change of venue. The concert…

Brain Health Day - a public science event all about clinical brain research!

11:00 - 16:00 18 March 2023
Taking place on Saturday 18 March at Manchester Central Library, the event will be a showcase of talks and scientific discovery stalls focussing on clinical neuroscience (brain and…

From Print to Pixel

11:00 - 14:00 18 March 2023
Join us for a morning focused on advanced imaging techniques and how the Rylands use them to discover more about collections. Drop in and meet Senior Photographer Tony Richards who…

Outdoor Art Club

10:30 - 14:30 18 March 2023
Creative activities designed to encourage children to play freely whilst exploring nature outdoors. Splash around in the water play, create a masterpiece in our mud painting studio…

University of Manchester Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

19:30 - 20:30 18 March 2023
An opportunity to hear Bernstein’s iconic Chichester Psalms in the exciting original scoring for full orchestra, together with a selection of choral and orchestral works, including…

MARG 2023 Spring seminar series Alan Lewis and Diana Osmolska, “The Intuitive Approach in Site Analysis: A Critique of Current Literature.”

12:00 - 14:00 19 March 2023
MARG 2023 Spring seminar series - 29th of March - 12-2pm Alan Lewis and Diana Osmolska, “The Intuitive Approach in Site Analysis: A Critique of Current Literature.” - Room Booked 1.27 HBS

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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