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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…

Architecture for the People Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003

7 November 2025 - 28 February 2026
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People -------------------------------------------------- For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens…

Architecture for the People: Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003

7 November 2025 - 28 February 2026
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens and met diverse civic needs by designing hundreds…

Astro Night - Kids

22 November 2025 - 7 March 2026
SOLD OUT! - Let your young astronomer’s imagination run wild as they navigate the night sky in a fun-filled evening where they will learn all about the planets and constellations lighting…

BEYOND Conference 2025

24 - 26 November 2025
Creative Manchester are delighted to be a partner of BEYOND 2025 conference again, where we will share some of the innovative research by early career researchers in digital and creative…

Brownbag - Yue (Joyce) Yu

13:00 - 14:00 26 November 2025
Title TBD

Dome Show: Ted's Space Adventure

9 November - 30 December 2025
Join us in the Space Dome and blast off with Ted and Plant on an interactive adventure across the Solar System! Filled with music and rhyme, this show is the perfect introduction to…

Engagement@Manchester: Collaborative Practice

12:30 - 13:40 26 November 2025
A community of practice: share, learn, connect Are you interested in public engagement? Would you like to hear and share some inspiring ideas and practice? Do you want to network with…

GDI Lecture: Tax and Development: The OECD Experience, Joseph Stead

16:30 - 18:00 26 November 2025
Speaker: Joseph Stead, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration The Seville Commitment emphasized the pivotal role of tax revenues as the largest source of financing for development.…

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…

Geography Department Research Seminar - Dr. Jesse Proudfoot

15:00 - 16:00 26 November 2025
Connecting symptoms to social causes: Reading carceral urbanism in Chicago through a drug addiction

Islamic Feminism: Hermeneutics and Activism

13:00 - 14:30 26 November 2025
Dr Mulki Al-Sharmani will explore what Islamic feminism contributes both as an academic field within Islamic studies and as a form of knowledge-based gender activism. She will also…

Logic Seminar - Azul Fatalini

15:00 - 16:00 26 November 2025
Speaker: Azul Fatalini (University of Leeds) Title and abstract to be confirmed

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 - Albin Erlanson (Essex)

17:00 - 18:00 26 November 2025
Title: Optimal Allowance with Limited Auditing Capacity Authors: Thomas Brzustowski & Albin Erlanson Abstract: We analyze the mechanism-design problem of a principal allocating…

MIE - Anti Racist Education Network: Countering Islamophobia.

26 November 2025
"November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month, and the Anti-Racist Education Network is pleased to invite you to a special in-person conversation with Professor Salman Sayyid from the…

MIE - Anti Racist Education Network: Countering Islamophobia.

13:30 - 15:00 26 November 2025
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month, and the Anti-Racist Education Network is pleased to invite you to a special in-person conversation with Professor Salman Sayyid from the…

Mitchell Centre Seminar Series - Tobias Stark (Utrecht University) - Effects of Identity Signals on the Perception of 2nd Generation Immigrants’ Integration in Social Networks

16:00 - 17:30 26 November 2025
The majority of 2nd generation immigrants in Western Europe identify both with the ethnic group of their parents and with the national majority group. Yet their belonging to the national…

Modern Architecture in Models: from the B.15 Workshop Archive

11:00 31 October - 17:00 24 December 2025
An exhibition of student models from the modernist canon of the twentieth century were created by groups of students from the University of Manchester School of Architecture between…

New Dome Show: What Santa Sees

15 November - 21 December 2025
Soar through our Space Dome and discover the night sky through Santa’s eyes as he races around the world on Christmas Eve! Taking a ride in Santa’s sleigh, you’ll journey past the constellations…

Nicolle Alzamora (UoM): A Tale of Two Invasions: Fictional Excavations of Panama’s Difficult Pasts

17:00 - 18:30 26 November 2025
This talk is part of the seminar series of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Wed 26 Nov 2025, 5pm (UK time). This event will be in person, in Samuel Alexander Building,…

PhD work-in-progress seminar with Sam Toscano and Heather Urquhart

26 November 2025
PhD work-in-progress seminar with Sam Toscano and Heather Urquhart

Printing Press Demonstration

11:30 - 12:00 26 November 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…

Prof. Gareth Austin (University of Cambridge), Coercion and Markets: Reconciling Economic and Social Explanations of Slavery in Precolonial West Africa, c1450-c1900

13:00 - 15:00 26 November 2025
Department of History Guest Seminar

Rare Reads

10:40 - 11:20 26 November 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 26 November 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

Rylands Discovery Tour

15:00 - 15:30 26 November 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…

SEERIH Bolton Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

13:00 11 November 2025 - 16:00 23 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Bolton. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Bury FA1 Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

13:00 25 November 2025 - 16:00 30 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Bury FA1. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

09:00 5 November 2025 - 12:00 25 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Greater Manchester. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development.…

SEERIH Manchester MSA Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

12:00 5 November 2025 - 16:00 25 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Manchester. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

13:00 13 November 2025 - 16:00 11 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Oldham. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

09:00 4 November 2025 - 12:00 25 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Rochdale. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Salford Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

13:00 18 November 2025 - 16:30 9 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Salford. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH STOCCAT Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

13:00 6 November 2025 - 16:00 2 July 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in STOCCAT. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

09:15 10 November 2025 - 16:30 22 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Stockport. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Tameside Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

13:00 12 November 2025 - 16:00 10 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Tameside. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Trafford Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2025-26

09:15 17 November 2025 - 16:30 23 June 2026
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are in Trafford. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

Seminar series spotlighting intersectional voices in Chemistry

13:00 26 November 2025
The MIB EDI Committee at The University of Manchester invites staff and students, including Manchester Metropolitan University, to join us for the launch of our new seminar series,…

Step into Astrophotography

19 November 2025 - 11 March 2026
SOLD OUT! - Learn to capture the iconic beauty of the British night sky in an introductory lecture and practical session at Jodrell Bank – a UNESCO site where researchers have been…

UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, finding and accessing data

10:00 - 11:30 26 November 2025
A practical overview of the UK Data Service including guidance on searching and accessing data. This interactive session is ideal for anyone interested in social research and keen to…

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