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artsmethods Information Session: Applying for Post-Docs

14:00 - 16:00 26 October 2023
This information session, run by artsmethods@manchester, focuses on helping PGRs start preparing for postdoctoral applications - to understand the process and how to start planning…

Depositing your data with ReShare

11:00 - 12:30 26 October 2023
This is a workshop designed to give participants a virtual tour of ReShare, where you will learn everything you need to know in order to archive data using our self-deposit repository.…

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…

NCHS: Apple Pressing & Spooky Scavenger Hunt with City of Trees

12:00 - 14:00 26 October 2023
Whitworth Park Community Garden, FREE Join us and City of Trees in Whitworth Park and have a go at making your own apple juice! We will be using an apple press to make a tasty and…

Re-Thinking the Intellectual-State Relationship: Academic Freedom in China

17:00 - 18:30 26 October 2023
Join the MCI for a timely discussion on the past, present, and future of academic freedom in China, featuring Benjamin Mulvey and Boya Li. In this seminar, we aim to provide a reappraisal…

Sook-Kyung Lee | Pilkington Lecture

18:00 - 20:00 26 October 2023
The Friends of the Whitworth are delighted to welcome Sook-Kyung Lee as the 2023 Pilkington Lecturer. Dr Sook-Kyung Lee, Director of the Whitworth, The University of Manchester The…

Sustainable Futures October Seminar Series

14:00 - 15:00 26 October 2023
Our October 2023 edition of the Sustainable Futures Seminar Series will feature the following presentations from some of the leading academics working on the new national energy research…

WCLC: Waldstein Trio (cello, piano & violin)

13:10 - 13:55 26 October 2023
Valentina Ciardelli Common Phrases when you’re late (premiere) (2023) I. I’ll be there in 5 minutes …

Founders and Funders: What Next?

13:00 - 16:00 27 October 2023
Join the John Rylands Research Institute and Library in activities to promote and explore collections close to our current exhibition Founders and Funders: Slavery and the building…

IDSAI Seminar: Petar Velickovic

13:45 - 15:30 27 October 2023
Speaker: Petar Velickovic, Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind and Affiliated Lectureship at the University of Cambridge Abstract: When deploying graph neural networks, we often…

More than a 'Foul Drain': Manchester's Water History

13:00 - 15:00 27 October 2023
Where does Manchester get its water from? How has the city used water over the centuries? And how has water shaped the Manchester we know now? Join us and get to know Manchester’s water…

Plastics Question Time - One Bin to Rule Them All

10:00 - 16:00 27 October 2023
Have you ever wondered why plastic recycling in the UK is so confusing and chaotic? Join our interactive session to discuss and discover why this is the case and explore solutions.…

A Library of Living Care – Part of the Manchester ESRC Festival

11:00 - 15:00 28 October 2023
A Library of Living Care – Part of the Manchester ESRC Festival Saturday 28 October, 11am-3pm FREE, please book to attend via this Eventbrite link Location: The Whitworth, Collections…

Building Manchester: A Historical Walking Tour of Manchester's Stone

13:00 - 15:00 28 October 2023
Red sandstone is Manchester’s native rock, but many of our buildings are clad in Portland Stone all the way from the South Coast- why? Join us to get the solid facts on why humans are…

MANTIS FESTIVAL (Autumn Edition)

18:00 - 19:30 28 October 2023
This Autumn, the MANTIS festival is collaborating with the Music and Sonic Art Conference, MuSA 2023. Keynote speaker Simon Emmerson. This concert features audio-visual and fixed-media…

MANTIS FESTIVAL (Autumn Edition)

20:00 - 21:00 28 October 2023
This Autumn, the MANTIS festival is collaborating with the Music and Sonic Art Conference, MuSA 2023. Keynote speaker Simon Emmerson. This concert features guest artist Simon Emmerson…

Music and Sonic Art: Seeing Sound, Hearing Sight (MuSA 2023)

28 October 2023
We are delighted to announce the twelfth international conference on Music and Sonic Art: Seeing Sound, Hearing Sight (MuSA 2023), an interdisciplinary event supported by the Royal…

MANTIS FESTIVAL (Autumn Edition)

14:00 - 15:30 29 October 2023
This Autumn, the MANTIS festival is collaborating with the Music and Sonic Art Conference, MuSA 2023. Keynote speaker Simon Emmerson. This concert features audio-visual and electroacoustic…

Quiet Mornings

10:30 - 12:30 29 October 2023
Multi-sensory, open-ended play for families with additional needs. These multi-sensory play sessions are specially designed for families with additional needs who may prefer a quieter,…

Digital Futures PHD Event

11:00 - 12:00 30 October 2023
Digital Futures network is for PhD students within UoM who are working on research related to digital. This aims to help students to develop interdisciplinary, cross faculty relationships…

Algebra seminar - Kieran Calvert

14:00 31 October 2023
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Manchester Number Theory Seminar - Maleeha Khawaja

15:00 - 16:00 31 October 2023
Speaker: Maleeha Khawaja (Sheffield) Title: Primitive algebraic points on curves Abstract: We say a number field K is primitive if K and Q are the only sub extensions of K. For example,…

NCHS: Nature for Health – Print and Book Making

13:00 - 15:00 31 October 2023
Tuesdays; 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 Referrals.RecoveryPathways@gmmh.nhs.uk…

NCHS: Nature for Health – Print and Book Making

Wellbeing in Law – Promoting Mental Health for Students and Professionals

13:30 - 16:30 31 October 2023
In collaboration with the University of Manchester’s Justice Hub, the University of Salford’s SILKS Law Clinic, Salford City Council and two law firms: Ward Hadaway and Fieldfisher,…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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