Workshop

Archive Fever

14:00 - 17:00 12 December 2023
**Due to illness, please note that the workshop element of this event has been postponed until Semester 2. Katherine Verdery's talk will continue as scheduled but will be an online…

Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks

10:00 - 11:30 12 December 2023
Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how…

Make your own sustainable material christmas paper wrapping

11:30 - 14:00 12 December 2023
Pop into the Nest in the SU to use waste fabrics to create your own sustainable Christmas wrapping material. Hand sew using a needle and thread or use fabric glue to create sustainable…

Oral Histories & Futures workshop

14:00 - 16:00 12 December 2023
This Methods@Manchester Masterclass is co-hosted with the Morgan Centre and features: Dr Liz Ackerley, Dr Santiago Levya del Rio & Dr Laura Fenton from the Austerity and Altered Life-courses…

Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods data

10:00 - 11:30 14 December 2023
Did you know that qualitative and mixed methods data can be accessed for research? The UK Data Service provides access to a range of qualitative and mixed-methods data, including…

Microfibre Research Networking Session

14:00 - 15:00 14 December 2023
The Resourceful Futures Challenge Area presents this networking session for researchers and/or research groups who are working on microfibre pollution. This session is part of a wider…

Visualising the City: Digital Twins and Beyond

12:30 - 14:30 17 January 2024
Join the Manchester Digital Strategy Research Network and Digital Futures for a free event on January 17th to explore the latest ways to visualise cities. This event will bring together…

M-ADE | Innovations in Apparel and Textiles for Sportswear

10:30 - 15:00 24 January 2024
Join the Apparel Design Engineering (ADE) group and Digital Futures at The University of Manchester for the latest event in a series of M-ADE events: “Innovations in Apparel and Textiles…

Me Time Mencap

10:00 - 16:00 28 January 2024
On Sunday 28th January, 10am – 4pm, Poets from Tameside MeTime Mencap will be displaying their poems and associated art in our Garden Studio at the Whitworth. Visitors will be able…

Engagement@Manchester: Collaborative and participatory approaches to research & engagement

12:00 - 14:00 31 January 2024
Wednesday 31st January, Simon Building, Oxford Road Open to: University of Manchester Staff and Research Students, Public Contributors and Community Partners. Do you engage people…

Teaching with the EVENS dataset

10:00 - 11:30 31 January 2024
The Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) provides unique insights into the experiences of ethnic minorities in Great Britain. We have prepared a teaching dataset which will…

Empowering Change: Harnessing Qualitative Data for Impactful Project Evaluation in Charitable Work

14:00 - 16:00 2 February 2024
This Methods@Manchester Masterclass is co-hosted with the Greater Manchester Third Sector Research Network and features Dr Amir Raki (University of Liverpool) Dr Ilma Chowdhury and…

Sharing research findings in creative ways

13:30 - 15:00 6 February 2024
Please join us for the seventh event in our online seminar series as part of the ‘Austerity and Altered Life-Courses’ project. This seminar is on the topic of creative ways of sharing…

artsmethods Workshop: Using World Literatures

11:00 - 13:00 12 February 2024
This workshop, run by artsmethods@manchester, provides an overview of World Literatures as a debated theoretical and methodological field. Its interdisciplinary approach will draw…

Mapping crime data in R: An introduction to GIS and spatial data

11:00 - 12:30 13 February 2024
Do you want to display crime data on maps but don’t know how? Crime data often contains spatial components. As a result, analyses of crime data can create patterns that are clearly…

Careers Panel: Work and life in the humanitarian sector

13:30 14 February 2024
A discussion with experienced professionals from humanitarian and human rights organisations, for University of Manchester students and interested members of the public. SPEAKERS…

Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys

10:00 - 11:30 14 February 2024
Did you know that data from major social surveys such as the British Social Attitudes survey, the Labour Force Survey and the Health Survey for England can be accessed for research…

A single scene: using smartphone cameras in ethnographic research

14:00 - 17:00 15 February 2024
Smartphones have become indispensable tools in both our personal and professional lives. While these devices are commonly used for spontaneously and unsystematically capturing both…

Artificial intelligence and future transport and mobility: What do cities want and how can urban planning respond?

12:30 - 14:30 15 February 2024
Policy@Manchester's monthly GM Policy Hub seminar series focuses on a different regional policy agenda each month. In February 2024, we will focus on artificial intelligence in transport,…

GM Connected Health Ecosystem | XR in Mental Health

09:30 - 16:00 15 February 2024
Immersive technologies represent the next generation of precision medicine and patient-centred care, with opportunities to deliver personalised, participatory, data-driven experiences…

Mapping Crime Data in R: Live code demonstration

11:00 - 13:00 16 February 2024
Do you want to display crime data on maps but don’t know how? Crime data often contains spatial components. As a result, analyses of crime data can create patterns that are clearly…

artsmethods Workshop: Researching Human Rights

11:00 - 13:00 19 February 2024
This workshop, run by artsmethods@manchester, offers postgraduate researchers the opportunity to build up interdisciplinary links between Human Rights discourse and Literary and Critical…

Sustainability in Construction - Retrofit Challenges and Opportunities

09:30 - 16:30 21 February 2024
A one-day event exploring retrofit and sustainable buildings. Making sure our homes, workplaces and buildings are warm and comfortable uses energy, and a lot of it when buildings are…

The Language of Life - Biochemical etymology workshop (part of International Mother Language Day 2024)

13:00 - 14:00 21 February 2024
Come and learn about the origins of scientific vocabulary and where the terms we use for chemicals in the body come from. You will hear a short talk filled with examples from ongoing…

artsmethods Workshop: Refugee Studies Theory

11:00 - 13:00 26 February 2024
This workshop provides an insight into Refugee Studies research, its strengths and it limitations. It is aimed at postgraduate researchers with an interest in work which draws on Refugee…

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