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Registration for the FBMH Future of Teaching and Learning Symposium is now open

19 September - 15 December 2025
We are excited to announce that the second FBMH Faculty Symposium on the Future of Teaching and Learning will take place on 16 December 2025. This full-day event (09:00–16:15) will…

Active Lives, Natural Spaces: Supporting Children and Young People's Wellbeing and Mental Health

16:00 22 October 2025
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, Sarah MacQuarrie and Alexandra Hennessey from the Manchester Institute of Education are leading a drop-in event to explore how play,…

Book launch: Rosie Walters, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University - Girls, Power and International Development: Agency and Activism in the Global North and South

15:00 - 16:30 22 October 2025
On Oct 22nd, Rosie Walters, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University (https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/waltersr13) will be giving a talk to launch her new…

Contemporary Issues in FinTech by Prof. Markos Zachariadis, Bahrain

19:00 - 21:00 22 October 2025
Join us in Bahrain for an engaging masterclass on Contemporary Issues in FinTech by Professor Markos Zachariadis, Professor of Financial Technology (FinTech) and Chair at Alliance Manchester…

DKO 2025 Lecture: Seeing Shapes in Data: How Topology Helps Us Understand Biology and Medicine by Professor Heather Harrington

17:00 - 20:00 22 October 2025
Please see the link below to register for this year’s Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw lecture on Wednesday 22nd October 2025, 5-8pm - https://forms.office.com/e/9HAmVa619g The event will…

Dr James Koranyi (Durham University), New Europeans in the Carpathians, 1870s-1930s

13:00 - 15:00 22 October 2025
Department of History Guest Seminar

Gemini and Mercury remastered

6 September 2025 - 4 January 2026
Embark on a breath-taking visual journey through the dawn of human space exploration in our new exhibition where we welcome back Andy Saunders for the release of the ‘prequel’ – Gemini…

GISMEO Webinars – GeoBytes for Spatial Insights #2 – GIS in Flood Hazard Mapping

13:00 - 14:00 22 October 2025
This quick-fire webinar will explore how GIS supports global flood hazard mapping — from hydrological modelling and spatial data integration to quality assurance and real-world application.

Leandro Minuchin, UoM: Architectures of Exit: Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism, and the Substitution of Politics in Latin America

17:00 - 18:30 22 October 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 22 Oct 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building,…

Logic Seminar - Thorsten Altenkirch

15:00 - 16:00 22 October 2025
Speaker: Thorsten Altenkirch (University of Nottingham) How to Define Type Theories? Traditionally, type theories have been defined extrinsically—by sorting untyped terms. In this…

Mandarin Corner - EVERY WEDNESDAY

16:30 8 October - 17:30 10 December 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…

MET Seminar - Kfir Eliaz (Tel Aviv)

17:00 - 18:00 22 October 2025
Title: Wasonian Persuasion Authors: Kfir Eliaz & Ariel Rubinstein Abstract: A firm wishes to persuade a patient to take a drug by making either positive statements like “if you take…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Nynke Niezink (Carnegie Mellon University), Network Analysis in Statistics Education: Substantive and Methodological Results

16:00 - 17:30 22 October 2025
Progress on substantive research and methodological development often goes hand in hand. In this talk, I will illustrate this in the context of statistics education. While statistics…

Printing Press Demonstration

11:30 - 12:00 22 October 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: Xiong Jin - A Chung-Fuchs Type Theorem for Skew Product Dynamical Systems

15:00 - 16:00 22 October 2025
Xiong Jin (University of Manchester) will speak at the Probability seminar. Title: A Chung-Fuchs Type Theorem for Skew Product Dynamical Systems Abstract: I will present a Chung-Fuchs…

Rare Reads

10:40 - 11:20 22 October 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…

Rare Reads

14:10 - 14:50 22 October 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…

Rylands Discovery Tour

15:00 - 15:30 22 October 2025
During our Rylands Discovery Tours our staff will travel with you through the library spaces and share the fascinating history of the founding of the library, the breadth of the rare…

Sci-Fi film season at Jodrell Bank!

4 October - 30 November 2025
TICKETS SELLING FAST! Get ready for an autumn under the stars with Jodrell’s popular Sci-Fi Film Season! From the intergalactic journeys of Interstellar and Dune to the dystopian futures…

Curator tour: The Secret Public LGBTQ Pop 1955-1985

15:00 - 15:30 23 October 2025
Join us for a tour around our new exhibition led by curator Mat Bancroft. The Secret Public: LGBTQ Pop 1955-1985 explores the profound influence of LGBTQ performers, artists and activists…

Fixing the Future: Co-operative and Trade Unions Working Together

17:00 - 19:00 23 October 2025
Hosted by the WEI, the University of Lancashire, the University of Bristol and the University of Nottingham, this event explores how trade unions and co-operatives can collaborate in…

Mimi Khalvati: Rylands Poetry Reading (Manchester Literature Festival in partnership with Centre for New Writing and Creative Manchester)

19:00 - 20:15 23 October 2025
Join us for the annual Rylands Poetry Reading, this year delivered by one of our best-loved poets Mimi Khalvati. Her award-winning lyrical poetry has been inspired by everything from…

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