School of Environment, Education and Development

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…

GRiEG Seminar: African Indigenous Ontologies for Decolonial Climate Change Education and Resilience

14:00 - 15:00 28 October 2026
The presentation will argue that resilience requires epistemic plurality, to which African Indigenous ontologies and decolonial climate change education make vital contributions. Colonial…

Book launch: China +100

17:30 - 18:30 29 October 2026
What might China look like in the year 2119, a century after the first outbreak of Covid-19? This is the question posed by editor Xueting C. Ni to ten leading Chinese science fiction…

Building China: landscapes of change

10:00 - 16:00 30 October 2026
What does it mean to build a country? Beyond its dams, roads, housing developments and rapidly changing cities, China's landscapes are shaped by the everyday lives of the people who…

HERE@Manchester Webinar: What is higher education for?

12:00 - 13:00 2 November 2026
HERE@Manchester is running a three-part webinar series focused on the purpose of higher education. Each webinar brings together a range of policy, practitioner, student and academic…

David Lea, architect, and the China connection - A talk by Adam Voelcker

16:30 - 18:00 5 November 2026
Join us for a fascinating talk reflecting on David Lea's photographs of daily life and architecture in 1970s China. How can a journey change the way an architect thinks, lives and…

The mobility trap: transport exclusion in global south cities

12:00 - 13:30 11 November 2026
Geaography Research seminar with Professor Karen Lucas (Department of Geography, UoM). Chair: Saska Petrova; 3pm in Coupland 3 Building, Theatre B

HERE@Manchester Webinar: What could higher education be?

12:00 - 13:00 19 November 2026
HERE@Manchester is running a three-part webinar series focused on the purpose of higher education. Each webinar brings together a range of policy, practitioner, student and academic…

GRiEG Seminar: Ecological Islamophobia

14:00 - 15:00 25 November 2026
The seminar will unveil emerging work on Ecological Islamophobia: Muslim Experiences of Environmental Harm in East London, examining how environmental issues such as poor air quality,…

Trans Awareness Training (Online)

13:00 - 15:00 25 November 2026
This session provides a conversational, non-judgmental space to increase confidence and familiarity around trans identities and rights, and to learn how to create a positive experience…

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