All events

Brownbag - Caitlin Brown

13:00 - 14:00 4 October 2023
Title: Improving Street Food Safety through Better Infrastructure and Training

Division of Psychology & Mental Health October Research Seminar: ‘Why is it so hard to stick to a diet? Health behaviours and cognitive control’

12:00 - 13:00 4 October 2023
Please join us in October for the Division of Psychology and Mental Health Research Seminar Wednesday 4th October 12:00 - 13:00 *hybrid seminar*. For the Divisional seminar in October,…

Fascinate CPD in North Manchester

09:15 3 - 15:30 12 October 2023
This brand new Fascinate CPD Programme is for year group teachers and Science Subject leaders from schools in Bury, Bolton and Wigan. Hosted at Greenhill Primary School, Mile Lane,…

Ivan Tomašic (QMUL)

15:15 - 16:15 4 October 2023
Title: A categorical view of difference and differential Galois theories Abstract: Janelidze’s Categorical Galois theory provides a powerful template that encompasses almost all known…

MANCEPT Seminar

16:00 - 17:30 4 October 2023
Aurelia Bardon (Konstanz University)

Mandarin Corner (every Wednesday)

16:45 4 October - 17:45 13 December 2023
Practice your Chinese and develop an appreciation of Chinese culture at our weekly Mandarin Corner. These are informal conversation sessions at Beginner (HSK 1-3) and Advanced (HSK…

MET Seminar - Artyom Jelnov (Ariel)

17:00 - 18:00 4 October 2023
Title: Lobbying under conflicting interests (joint with Doron Klunover) Abstract: A variation of a cheap talk game is considered in which the preferences of a special interest group…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 4 October 2023
Johan Koskinen, Stockholm University

Part-A: A brief and selective review of applications of RMT; Part B: Estimation of rectangular random matrices: Applications to high-dimensional biological data (- in person)

14:30 4 October 2023
Madhuchhanda Bhattacharjee, Reader in Statistics in the Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester. Title: Part-A: A brief and selective review of applications of RMT; Part…

Policing the Crisis Reloaded: Stop and Search, Gang Violence Matrix, and Structural Racism

16:00 - 18:00 4 October 2023
In the first event of the new Racial and Justice Seminar Series, Katrina Ffrench, founder and director of UNJUST, will talk about the organisation's campaign to fight racism and violence…

Reflecting on Environmental NGOs in Regulation

17:30 - 19:00 4 October 2023
An Inaugural Lecture by Professor Carolyn Abbot Environmental NGOs contribute to the regulatory space in a variety of ways. They can be involved in shaping the rules of regulation…

Research Café: Economy of Arts and Development

11:45 - 14:00 4 October 2023
Join us for an informal lunch event exploring the intersection between the arts and soci-economic progress In a world increasingly defined by rapid technological advancements and nuanced…

SQUIDS Seminar

14:30 - 16:00 4 October 2023
We are happy to invite you to the first SQUIDS seminar for this term; it will take place on Wednesday, October 4th ’23 in room G.114 in the Alan Turing Building. Speaker is our new…

The Dazzling Whiteness of an Early Tomfoolery: Sex Work and Racial Politics in Samuel Beckett and Nancy Cunard’s early 1930s work'

17:00 - 19:00 4 October 2023
Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture hosts this public lecture with Professor Daniela Caselli. The event is followed by drinks reception. Everyone is welcome!

William Fitzgerald - Random interface growth and interacting particle systems

15:00 - 16:00 4 October 2023
William Fitzgerald (University of Manchester) will speak in the Probability seminar. (in-person) Over the past two decades, there have been significant advances in our understanding…

Co-PACT Photovoice Exhibition Manchester

16:00 - 19:00 5 October 2023
The Mental Health Act allows involuntary hospital admission, disproportionately affecting black and minority ethnic communities. The Co-PACT Study, funded by NIHR and led by the University…

Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data

10:00 - 11:30 5 October 2023
Secondary analysis offers a great option for dissertation students who are looking to gain experience working with data but who have limited abilities to go out into the field or would…

Dorothy Emmet Lecture 2023

16:00 - 18:00 5 October 2023
Our annual Dorothy Emmet Lecture will be hosting Professor Alison Stone. Taking place Thursday, the 5th of October from 4pm-6pm, we hope you can make it! This event is generously supported…

Monica Pearl's Queer Salon

18:30 - 20:00 5 October 2023
Monthly discussions are held at the gallery, around particular questions in queer culture. FREE – booking required

NCHS: Meditation in Nature

17:45 - 18:45 5 October 2023
Alex Bernstein Garden, FREE Meditation in Nature is an opportunity for you to switch-off and experience a deep sense of calm whilst enjoying the beauty of the grounds at The Whitworth.…

The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing Industrialization

15:30 - 17:00 5 October 2023
Dr. Jostein Hauge (Assistant Professor, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge) will give a talk on his new book - The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing…

Thursday Lates: Portrait of a Poet

19:00 - 20:00 5 October 2023
Portrait of a Poet is P. A. BITEZ’s surreal live performance art piece about the ways we all perform for love, safety and acceptance. The piece is both visceral and tender, combining…

WCLC: Xenia Pestova Bennett (piano)

13:10 - 13:55 5 October 2023
Annea Lockwood Ear-Walking Woman (1996) Xenia Pestova Bennett All Aglow (2023) Pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett explores the full spectrum of sound that can…

NCHS: Silent Spaces

10:00 - 12:00 6 October 2023
Fridays, 10am – 12pm Sundays, 10am – 12pm Take time out and enjoy the restorative benefits of being peaceful in a green space. All we ask is: No phones, no talking and no cameras. Thank you.

Where the Wind Blows - Chinese film screening at HOME cinema

6 - 12 October 2023
We are delighted to continue our collaboration with HOME Cinema with the screening of "Where the Wind Blows". The film will be showing from Friday, 6th October until Thursday, 12th…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum