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American Studies Lecture: Prof. Lisa McGirr (Harvard), 'Charles Lindbergh: Hitler’s American Friend and the America First Movement'

16:30 - 18:00 5 March 2025
American Studies lecture: Prof. Lisa McGirr (Harvard), 'Charles Lindbergh: Hitler’s American Friend and the America First Movement' Venue: SG.16, Samuel Alexander Building 4.30pm…

Annual Fred Jevons Lecture - What lies beneath the 'Chip War'? Knowledge flows, technology and geopolitics

17:00 - 18:30 5 March 2025
This year’s Fred Jevons lecture will be delivered by John Krige - a Kranzberg Professor Emeritus from the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.…

Back to the Future: Reconceptualising Environments of Ageing

12:00 - 13:30 5 March 2025
Environments of ageing have long been a focus of social gerontologists. We can see this emphasis reflected in the Social, Behavioural and Design Research Programme (SBDRP) of the Healthy…

Crime Surveys User Conference 2025

09:30 - 16:30 5 March 2025
Are you interested in research on crime? Do you want to know the latest developments in crime data from UK social surveys? This free conference, organised by the UK Data Service in…

Digital Health Equity Seminar: Cross-pollinating Knowledge on Digital Health Equity: Lessons from Two Countries

13:00 - 14:00 5 March 2025
The next seminar in the Digital Health Inequities Seminar Series is on Wed 5-Mar 2025 at 1-2pm GMT (2-3pm CET; 8-9am ET) for a virtual conversation titled “Cross-pollinating Knowledge…

Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health Webinar

13:00 - 14:00 5 March 2025
In our seventh webinar, we are handing the reigns over to our colleagues at the University of Manchester, Professor John Ainsworth and Dr James Cunningham. In this webinar Professor…

Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Gunes Acar

14:00 - 16:00 5 March 2025
Register to explore a groundbreaking study on web tracking and advertising on child-directed websites. The research, which analyzes 2,000 sites, finds that nearly 90% embed trackers…

EAS-FeRN Seminar – Nuclear Minds: Anxiety and Transformation in A-bomb Psychology

16:30 - 18:00 5 March 2025
In 1945, researchers on a mission to Hiroshima with the United States Strategic Bombing Survey canvassed survivors of the nuclear attack. This marked the beginning of global efforts—by…

FFN How to secure funding for your business

17:30 - 19:30 5 March 2025
Date: Wednesday 5th March 2025 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Location: Room 3.006a/b, 3rd Floor, Alliance Manchester Business School Event Overview: Join us for the Female Founders Network…

GDI Lecture: Enforcers Beyond Borders: The Growing Role of NGOs in International Law Enforcement and Effects on Wider Advocacy Movements

15:00 - 16:30 5 March 2025
Speaker: Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni NGOs have generally served as issue-entrepreneurs, advocates and service providers, leaving law enforcement to states. However, in recent decades,…

Imprecise Probabilistic Machine Learning - Being Precise about Imprecision by Dr. Michele Caprio

13:00 - 14:00 5 March 2025
In this talk, I will introduce myself to my new colleagues. After that, I will (briefly) talk about the history of Imprecise Probabilities (IPs) — my main research area — from their…

International Women's Day 2025 - Women, Heritage, and Social Justice

12:15 - 14:30 5 March 2025
Join us in partnership with MACFEST Muslim Arts and Culture Festival for a panel event celebrating International Women's Day 2025. Dr Jenna Ashton, Mahboobeh Rajabi, Nusrat Ahmed and…

International Women's Day Workshop - Intentional Careers™: How to figure out 'what's next?' and the strategy to make it happen (Translation Manchester)

12:00 - 13:30 5 March 2025
Struggling under the weight of managing it all? Are you feeling lost when it comes to ‘what’s next?’ in your career? Regain control of your future by immersing yourself in a transformational…

Logic seminar: Cas Burton

15:00 - 16:00 5 March 2025
Title: A Basis Theorem for Rings with Commuting Generalised Hasse-Schmidt Operators. Abstract: In 1961, Kolchin proved the differential basis theorem for a differential ring with multiple…

Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

16:30 4 February - 17:30 8 April 2025
HIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY between 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for another term and we're delighted to bring you more language practice and some cultural…

MET Seminar - Ran Shorrer

17:00 - 18:00 5 March 2025
Title: Algorithmic Collusion by Large Language Models Authors: Sara Fish, Yannai A. Gonczarowski, Ran I. Shorrer Abstract: The rise of algorithmic pricing raises concerns of algorithmic…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series

16:00 - 17:30 5 March 2025
Nick Crossley University of Manchester. Dr Hoor is unwell and so this weeks seminar has been changed. Nick Crossley has kindly agreed to step in. The Social Structure of Punk in…

On Me

19:00 - 20:45 5 March 2025
Presented by Dangerous To Know theatre company Directed by Helen Parry Christian and Shona have been cast in a tacky true crime docudrama as an abusive predator and his victim. As…

Printing Press Demonstration

11:00 - 11:30 5 March 2025
We showcase the use of our antique and fully functional Colombian printing press. Based on the collections, the prints are free to take home after the demonstration. The John Rylands…

Probability Seminar: Goran Peskir - The Optimal Mean-Variance Selling Problem with Finite Horizon

15:00 - 16:00 5 March 2025
Goran Peskir (The University of Manchester) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: The Optimal Mean-Variance Selling Problem with Finite Horizon Abstract: Imagine an investor…

Rare Reads

14:15 - 15:00 5 March 2025
During our Rare Reads facsimile encounters we share beautifully accurate copies of some of our most famous objects. The incredibly rare special collections housed within The John Rylands…

SEERIH Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 5 November 2024 - 16:00 24 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 5 November 2024, 13:00-16:00 Spring term meeting:…

SEERIH Bury FA1 Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 5 December 2024 - 16:00 1 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Bury FA1 Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 5 December 2024, 13:00-16:00 Spring term…

SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:00 12 November 2024 - 12:00 1 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 12 November 2024, 9:00-12:00 Spring term…

SEERIH Manchester MSA Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

12:00 12 November 2024 - 16:00 1 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Manchester MSA Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 12 November 2023, 13:00-16:00 Spring…

SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 14 November 2024 - 16:00 26 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term meeting: 14 November 2023, 13:00-16:00 Spring term…

SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:15 19 November 2024 - 12:15 8 July 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network. Autumn term meeting: 11 December 2024, 12:30-3:30…

SEERIH STOCCAT Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 7 November 2024 - 16:00 3 July 2025
The STOCCAT Network is for teachers in Greater Manchester who are part of STOCCAT , but if you cannot attend these dates, please email fascinate@manchester.ac.uk. We're delighted that…

SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:15 11 November 2024 - 16:15 23 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network. Autumn term meeting: 11 November 2024, 9:15-12:15 or 13:15-16:15…

SEERIH Tameside Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

13:00 13 November 2024 - 16:00 25 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Tameside Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network Autumn term PM meeting: 13 November 2024, 13:00-16:00 Spring…

SEERIH Trafford Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2024-25

09:15 18 November 2024 - 16:15 24 June 2025
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH Trafford Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network. Autumn term AM meeting: 18 November 2024, 09:15-12:15 Autumn…

SQUIDS Seminar - Nested expectations with kernel quadrature

15:00 - 16:00 5 March 2025
This paper considers the challenging computational task of estimating nested expectations. Existing algorithms, such as nested Monte Carlo or multilevel Monte Carlo, are known to be…

Statistics Seminar - Bayesian Functional Regression for Extremes

14:00 - 15:00 5 March 2025
Dr. Nicolas Hernandez (QMUL) Title: "Bayesian Functional Regression for Extremes". Abstract: Recent record-breaking extreme events-such as catastrophic wildfires, unprecedented flooding,…

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