Events for prospective students

Exhibition – Alison Wilding: Sculptor's Drawings

6 June 2024 - 12 January 2025
<Strong>Alison Wilding: Sculptor's Drawings A display of newly acquired works on paper by the British sculptor Alison Wilding. Please note the Whitworth is closed on Mondays </Strong>…

Exhibition – Barbara Walker

4 October 2024 - 26 January 2025
<strong>Barbara Walker 4 October 2024 – 26 January 2025 Please note the Whitworth is closed on Mondays</strong> Our autumn 2024 programme leads with the first-ever survey exhibition…

Exhibition – The ‘Death’ of the Life Room

6 June 2024 - 12 January 2025
The ‘Death’ of the Life Room 6 Jun 2024 – 12 January 2025 *Please note the Whitworth is closed on Mondays* Set against the backdrop of the 1950s this collection display highlights…

Hear me! Exhibition

1 - 31 October 2024
The Hear Me! science/art exhibition about impact of hearing loss, tinnitus and dizziness, which has just been installed at Students Hub in Jean McFarlane building. The exhibition…

Manchester Literature Festival 2024: Caroline Lucas

14:30 - 15:45 5 October 2024
‘Engaging, illuminating and ultimately uplifting, Another England opens the path to a renewed country with real reasons to be proud of itself.’ Fintan O’Toole Caroline Lucas, former…

MLF 2024: Jackie Kay: A Life in Poetry and Protest

19:00 - 20:15 5 October 2024
Festival favourite Jackie Kay (Red Dust Road) returns to celebrate her new poetry collection May Day. From Reclaim the Streets to Pride to Greenham Common to Black Lives Matter, Jackie…

Manchester Literature Festival: David Peace at HOME

19:00 - 20:15 6 October 2024
Limbs and hearts may be broken, but the spirit remains. Their message is that the club is not dead. Manchester United lives on. In February 1958, BEA Flight 609 crashed on take-off…

Manchester Literature Festival: Lindsey Hilsum

16:30 - 17:45 6 October 2024
‘I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a poem came to me when I could no longer find my own.’ In the four decades she’s spent…

MLF 2024: Humanise with Thomas Heatherwick

19:00 - 20:15 8 October 2024
‘Humanise is a masterwork.’ Alain de Botton One of the world’s most prolific designers, Thomas Heatherwick is fighting ‘an epidemic of boringness’ and demands that we put human emotion…

SPACES for young people's wellbeing

17:00 - 18:30 8 October 2024
Join us for an absorbing webinar on creating SPACES (Supporting Participation in Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Sports) to improve young people’s wellbeing. Hear from researchers,…

MLF 2024: An Evening with Meera Sodha

19:30 - 20:45 9 October 2024
‘The ability to put a good dinner on the table has become my superpower and I want it to become yours too.’ Bestselling, multi-award-winning cook Meera Sodha joins us to share her…

MLF 2024: Gillian Clarke poetry masterclass

16:00 - 17:15 10 October 2024
Poet, playwright and educator Gillian Clarke is one of the most acclaimed and widely read poets of recent decades. In this workshop, she will share insights into the craft of poetry,…

MLF 2024: Joe Boyd

19:00 - 20:15 14 October 2024
“New technologies may divert our attention, but music created in the moment can still be found where it always has been, in the feet, fingers, voices and spirits of musicians in every…

Irene Manton Lecture 2024

17:30 - 19:00 16 October 2024
The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health in collaboration with The Linnean Society of London and Manchester Museum, will host the 2024 Irene Manton lecture, celebrating the significant…

MLF 2024: Andrew O'Hagan with Dave Haslam

19:00 - 20:15 16 October 2024
‘Andrew O’Hagan has made more than a great book – he has made a social miracle.’ Joshua Cohen Scottish author Andrew O’Hagan joins us to discuss his gripping new state-of-the-nation…

A conversation with Delaine Le Bas at the Whitworth

18:00 - 20:00 18 October 2024
Join us for the launch of the Autumn/Winter 2024 issue of Crafts at the Whitworth in Manchester next month – with a conversation with Turner prize nominee Delaine Le Bas, who is interviewed…

Are Friends Electric?

10:00 - 15:30 23 October 2024
In this interactive exhibition led by Dr. Scott Midson, visitors will explore the concept of friendship and whether robots can be friends. The exhibition covers themes like emotion,…

Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir (book launch)

16:00 - 17:30 23 October 2024
Join us for this hybrid event with Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian & Conflict Research Institute (HCRI), to hear about and discuss the content…

Data Treasure Hunt – Behind the scenes of where our everyday information comes from!

10:00 - 11:30 23 October 2024
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, an event at Salford Museum & Art Gallery will explore the secrets behind everyday data. This 90-minute, in-person event includes a treasure…

Social Media and Me: Exploring young people's digital worlds

10:00 - 11:30 23 October 2024
In a world where adults think they know what’s best, is banning social media the answer to improving everyone’s mental health? Do they really understand how young people use and experience…

Lecture: Professor Kath Albury (Swinburne University of Technology) and Yigit Aydinalp (University of Sheffield) 'Safer Sextech: Intimacy, Pleasure and Wellbeing'

15:30 - 17:30 25 October 2024
The event is co-organised by the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media and the Centre for the Study of Sexuality and Culture. This event will be held only in person and…

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