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80 years of Jodrell Bank: Get involved at home!

7 May - 31 August 2025
Celebrate Jodrell Bank's 80th Anniversary with our cosmic community art project inspired by the tradition of quilting. Participants can submit a 23 cm x 23 cm textile square inspired…

A Stitch in Space time

10:00 17 May - 17:00 29 June 2025
This summer, step into a tapestry of scientific discoveries and explore the cosmic threads that tie us together in this exciting new exhibition in collaboration with the Royal Astronomical…

Alternative Futures and Popular Protest

16 - 18 June 2025
AFPP is an international, cross-disciplinary conference on social movements, protest and cognate topics. It has drawn participants from over 60 countries, whether based in departments…

Creativity + AI: Publishing

15:00 - 17:00 16 June 2025
The rapid expansion of AI is impacting and changing the publishing industry. We will be asking a panel of publishers, authors and librarians to reflect on the pace of change in the…

ELLIS Workshop on Misinformation Detection

16 June 2025
The rise of the internet and social media has significantly accelerated the spread of misinformation, posing serious societal challenges. While large language models (LLMs) offer new…

Lunchtime calligraphy for wellbeing (EVERY TUESDAY)

13:00 3 - 14:00 24 June 2025
Are you looking for a lunchtime activity to improve your wellbeing? Join the Confucius Institute’s four-week Calligraphy for Wellbeing course and spend your lunch break doing something…

Manchester Literature Festival: Colm Tóibín

19:00 - 20:30 16 June 2025
PLEASE NOTE: Due to popular demand, Colm Tóibín’s event has been moved from Central Library to University Place, 176 Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL. Quaytickets are in the process…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Epistemic games and causal problems

14:00 - 15:30 16 June 2025
Epistemic games and causal problems: a framework for teaching the evaluation of scientific information. Studies in science education demonstrate that laypeople typically engage with…

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

16:30 30 April - 17:30 2 July 2025
THIS 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…

Monthly Team Research Reading Group

10:00 27 May - 10:30 29 July 2025
Last Tuesday of the month - Team Research Community Reading Group Fancy a break? Join our Community reading group! We meet monthly (last Tuesday of the month for 30 minutes at 10am)…

Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' Space Dome experience

26 April - 13 July 2025
SOLD OUT! After a sell-out dates in 2024, we are thrilled to announce that Jodrell Bank's popular 'The Dark Side of the Moon' Space Dome experience is returning April - July. Fusing…

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…

Computational social science drop-in

13:00 - 14:00 17 June 2025
Do you find yourself: - stuck on a project with no one to ask about it? - not sure what to learn next? - the only person in your team using computational methods? - wanting to meet…

Rethinking Neurodevelopment: From WHO Policies to Neurodiversity and Care

13:00 - 17:00 17 June 2025
Neurodevelopmental conditions have emerged over the past decades as key points of interest for psychological and neuroscientific research. This has generated new understandings of conditions…

AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Theo Damoulas

11:00 - 12:00 18 June 2025
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. Title: TBC…

Translational Research at Manchester 2025: Celebrating Successes and Paving the Path Forward!

09:00 - 17:00 18 June 2025
Translational Research at Manchester 2025 Join us to celebrate the successes of Translation Manchester, and to hear about the path forward for translational research support at the…

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