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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…

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,…

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…

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…

Deborah Levy (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:00 7 October 2023
‘I projected myself into her and she became music.’ In August Blue, the latest novel by acclaimed author Deborah Levy, virtuoso pianist Elsa M. Anderson sees a woman in a flea market…

Kate Mosse in Conversation

16:30 7 October 2023
‘I am, indeed, notorious, feared over sea and land. I am the one they did not believe could exist. I am the commander of the Ghost Ship.’ In her gripping new novel,?The Ghost Ship,…

Max Porter presents Shy (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)

19:30 7 October 2023
MLF Members can book advance tickets on Wednesday 21 June. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 23 June. MLF Get Closer Membership starts at £20 pa. To buy an MLF Get Closer Membership…

NCHS: Feel Good Kid’s Art Club

13:00 - 15:00 7 October 2023
Clore Garden Studio & Whitworth Park, FREE Join us for a fun and expressive art and mindfulness session. Aimed at ages 7 -12 years, children will explore calming mindfulness techniques…

Manchester Geometry Seminar - Andreas Swerdlow

13:30 - 14:30 9 October 2023
Title: Graphical calculus: from numerical methods to Feynman diagrams to higher Lie theory and microformal morphisms, part 2 Abstract: The goal of these talks is to explore a number…

Tasty molds: brewing culinary cultures for contemporary Japan

16:00 - 18:00 9 October 2023
Alice Doublier (CNRS): Tasty molds: brewing culinary cultures for contemporary Japan. For about a decade now, a small group of Japanese soy sauce brewers have been working on the revitalisation…

Algebra seminar - Coherence, non-positive immersions and L^2-Betti numbers

14:00 - 15:00 10 October 2023
Abstract: A group is said to be coherent if all of its finitely generated subgroups are finitely presented. Proving a group or a class of groups is coherent can often be a delicate…

Conversations on Urban Ageing and Sustainable Cities

14:30 10 October 2023
In Conversation, MUARG and MUI present: In collaboration with the Manchester Urban Institute, Jenny Fisher and James Evans will be in conversation discussing Urban Ageing and Sustainable…

Digital Trust and Security Seminar: Youcheng Sun

14:00 - 15:30 10 October 2023
An Arms Race in Intellectual Property Protection of Deep Learning Models Seminar with Q&A and Networking Date & Time: Tuesday 10th October 2023 | 14.00-15.30 (UK) Venue: Alan Turing…

GDI Lecture Series: Unpacking the ‘Developing’ Country Classification: Origins and Hierarchies

12:00 10 October 2023
The GDI Lecture series is pleased to present a webinar by Dr Deborah Barros Leal Farias of The University of New South Wales. Talk blurb: The division of the world into ‘developing’…

Introduction to Quantitative Time Diary Analysis

14:00 10 - 17:00 17 October 2023
This free online short course aims to introduce participants to time diary data analysis, a multidisciplinary field which has made a sustained contribution to social science over the…

NCHS: Dementia Naturally Active

14:00 - 15:00 10 October 2023
Whitworth Park Come and join City of Trees and The Whitworth for our Dementia Friendly walk on the second Tuesday of every month. The walks are designed for anyone living with a…

NCHS: Nature for Health – Print and Book Making

13:00 - 15:00 10 October 2023
Every Tuesday; 1pm – 3pm Clore Garden Studio & Whitworth Park Create prints from nature and make a series of books using different techniques. To make a referral, please contact…

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