All events

Applied Creative Practice 3: Collaborations with cultural partners.

11:00 - 13:00 5 June 2023
This seminar is the third of a series of three linked workshops which will bring together researchers from a range of disciplinary fields in SALC to examine how different disciplines…

Child as Method Symposium

09:30 5 - 16:00 7 June 2023
This three-day Symposium intends to bring together academics working on Child as Method or more broadly interested in childhood studies, decolonial studies, postcolonial studies, psychology,…

Microbiome Modelling Workshop: from developers to users and beyond

12:00 5 - 16:30 6 June 2023
Dear Colleague, We would like to invite you and your research group to the “Microbiome Modelling Workshop: from developers to users and beyond” held on 5–6 June 2023 at the University…

Enchanted Garments:The Clothing of the Barrock Bog Body

16:00 - 17:30 6 June 2023
A talk on Enchanted Garments: The Clothing of the Barrock Bog Body delivered by Melanie Giles (Manchester). This event is part of Affective Artefacts, a series of events exploring…

Grade Oneathon Concert

15:00 - 16:00 6 June 2023
A performance from society members of the Manchester University Music Society at a ‘grade one’ level to raise money for The Olympias foundation. For the past month, students have paired…

Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation Showcase

12:00 - 17:00 6 June 2023
Digital Futures at the University of Manchester (UoM) and The Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation are hosting a showcase for businesses to explore their support and resources…

Manchester Algebra Seminar - David Cushing

13:00 - 14:00 6 June 2023
Speaker: David Cushing - Manchester Title: TBC Tea and biscuits 12:45 in the foyer

Manchester Algebra Seminar - David Cushing

13:00 - 14:00 6 June 2023
Speaker: David Cushing - Manchester Title: Prolog whispering: Searching for new simple Lie Algebras Abstract: We provide an exploration of the utilisation of Prolog programming and…

Political Economy Seminar with Ilias Alami "Foreign investment screening mechanisms and emergent geographies of (post)globalization"

15:00 - 16:30 6 June 2023
Abstract. Technologically advanced states and large emerging economies increasingly use foreign investment screening mechanisms (FISM) to block inward foreign investment targeting sectors…

Conversations for a gender-responsive transport policy agenda in the Global South

14:30 - 16:00 7 June 2023
The 4th session of INTALInC's international webinar series, showcasing the outputs and impacts of research activity over the last six years. Chair: Eda Beyazit, Director IstanbulON…

Creative Arts Archive Encounter with Factory Academy’s Future Cultural Leaders

12:00 - 13:00 7 June 2023
Connect with a behind-the-scenes view into creative processes, artistic expression, and cultural history in the Rylands’ magnificent Historic Reading Room. Factory Academy’s Future…

Democracy and Election Seminar

7 June 2023
Lucan Way (University of Toronto) Joint with Comparative Politics

Division of Psychology & Mental Health June Research Seminar

12:00 - 13:00 7 June 2023
Please join us in June for the Division of Psychology and Mental Health Research Seminar Wednesday 7th June 12:00 - 13:00 *hybrid seminar*. For the divisional seminar in June, we…

Schwartz Round - "Why I Do My Job"

11:45 - 13:00 7 June 2023
Schwartz Rounds are a forum designed for healthcare students to come together and discuss and reflect on the personal, emotional and social challenges associated with working in healthcare,…

Writing for Wellbeing

12:00 - 14:00 7 June 2023
Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve stress and emotional turbulence. We are told that “talking helps” and that making “something…

Consent issues in data sharing

10:00 - 11:30 8 June 2023
Does your research involve human participants? This means your research will require ethical approval. Do you know the different types of consent, for example consent for research participation…

New Future Music and Big Band

19:00 - 20:00 8 June 2023
Come down for an eclectic evening of music! Student compositions performed by the New Future Music Society Club Band and rounding off the evening with Big band classics! Student compositions…

Nigerian Gospel Performance

18:00 - 18:40 8 June 2023
The Music Department’s Nigerian Gospel Singing Ensemble is back for another end-of-year public performance. The ensemble was first formed in September 2021 to enable an encounter with…

Of Song and Speech: Music and Words from Industrial Lancashire

17:30 - 19:15 8 June 2023
Join us in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library for an evening celebrating the culture of the 19th-century working classes. There will be a chance to explore rich collections…

One World Together Launch

11:00 - 12:30 8 June 2023
Please join GDI staff and students for a celebration and soft launch of their radical new social enterprise, One World Together. For the past two years, GDI academic Niki Banks and…

Writing for Wellbeing

12:00 - 14:00 8 June 2023
Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve stress and emotional turbulence. We are told that “talking helps” and that making “something…

Exploring interactions between health, environmental challenges and disease

09:00 - 17:00 9 June 2023
On 9th June 2023 the ‘Ecoimmunology and context-specific Immunology’ branch of the Lydia Becker, joint with the Manchester Environmental Research Institute and Healthy Futures within…

PLAY Day

10:30 - 14:30 9 June 2023
A space for under 5s and their grown-ups to come together to play, be curious and be creative with simple, open-ended play resources. “We love how these sessions give you the opportunity…

Prof. Juan Valle Retirement Celebration: 2pm Friday 9th June 2023

14:00 - 16:30 9 June 2023
Professor Juan W. Valle is retiring in June 2022 after over 30 years working for the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, and other international organisations.…

What's in a word, and what's in a dictionary?

11:00 - 12:00 9 June 2023
How would you describe the meanings of everyday English words such as rose, aunt, or giggle? You have probably come across words in one language that have several translations in another…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum