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SAVE THE DATE FBMH Future of Teaching & Learning Symposium

15 December 2026
Please save the date for the third annual FBMH: The Future of Teaching and Learning Symposium, which will take place on Tuesday 15 December 2026. The symposium is open to academic…

New Exhibition: The North Revisited

10 October 2026 - 24 January 2027
A joint exhibition bringing together John Bulmer’s The North and Simon Hill’s The North Revisited exploring how the North of England has changed and endured across six decades of documentary…

Schinkel in Manchester 1826-2026

7 September 2026 - 2 January 2027
An exhibition of architectural models by students from the Manchester School of Architecture of early nineteenth buildings in Berlin and Manchester created to celebrate the bicentenary…

SEERIH ACT Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 19 November 2026 - 16:00 16 June 2027
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are Ambition Community Trust members. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development.…

SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 4 November 2026 - 16:00 23 June 2027
Bookings are open for all three termly meetings of the SEERIH GM Open Primary Science Subject Leader Regional Network 2026-2027. Please note that this Network is open to all schools…

SEERIH Oldham Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 3 November 2026 - 16:00 22 June 2027
Please note that this Network is open to schools who are in Oldham. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Primary Science ECT Mentor Programme 2026-27

09:00 30 September 2026 - 16:00 30 June 2027
Join our ECT Community today! Fully funded, expert-designed and delivered professional development for Early Career Teachers in Greater Manchester. Please note that this Programme…

SEERIH Rochdale REAL Trust Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

09:00 4 November 2026 - 12:00 30 June 2027
SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate forward planning in schools, all three meetings are open to book now.…

SEERIH Salford Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:15 17 November 2026 - 16:15 8 June 2027
SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate forward planning in schools, all three meetings are open to book now.…

SEERIH STOCCAT Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

13:00 5 November 2026 - 16:00 1 July 2027
Please note that this Network is open to all schools who are STOCCAT members. SEERIH, at The University of Manchester, is a specialist hub which supports teacher development. To facilitate…

SEERIH Stockport Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

09:15 9 November 2026 - 12:15 22 June 2027
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 Trafford Primary Science Subject Leader Network 2026-27

09:15 16 November 2026 - 16:15 24 June 2027
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…

Festive Ensembles Concert

18:30 - 20:30 16 December 2026
Our MUMS ensembles return for their annual festive celebrations to exhibit some of the wonderful music making they have been doing this year. You can expect a range of well-known crowd…

The Spectre of Automation: Robots in the New Jerusalem

13:00 - 15:00 28 January 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

Quatuor Danel Evening Concert at Stoller Hall – America 250 Years

19:30 3 February 2027
Quatuor Danel celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary of Independence. The programme includes a piece by Amy Beach, which incorporates three traditional Alaskan Inuit melodies. Beach…

“It’s alive!”: Prometheus, Frankenstein, and the Cyborgs

13:00 - 15:00 25 February 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Intergalactic Network: The real origins of the Internet

13:00 - 15:00 18 March 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

Quatuor Danel Beat the Rush Hour concert with Richard Whalley (piano)

18:00 16 April 2027
The Quatuor Danel join with Richard Whalley for two iconic Sonatas named Kreutzer. The link between these two works comes through Tolstoy, who wrote a novel named after Beethoven's…

A Tale of Beer, Chile, and Syn: Cybernetics in the service of socialism

13:00 - 15:00 20 April 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

Algorithms against Neurons: The great schism between AI and cybernetics

13:00 - 15:00 27 May 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

Transcendence or Termination?: Cybernetics, transhumanism, and the future

13:00 - 15:00 24 June 2027
Meat the Machine: or, the Hidden History of Cybernetics and the Possible Futures of Humans A series of nine monthly seminars at the University of Manchester exploring the rich and…

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