School of Environment, Education and Development

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

08:00 11 - 23:30 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…

Keynote speech: Researching Professionals and Doing Research Critically - Professor Emerita Helen Gunter

15:00 - 16:00 13 February 2026
Professor Gunter’s lecture will examine what it means for educational professionals to practice as researching professionals, and the risks and challenges of undertaking critical approaches…

‘She says she would like to know more about me’: Minoritised applicants’ doctoral subjectivity formation in the pre-application stage

15:00 - 16:00 17 February 2026
Guest lecture from Emily F. Henderson, Professor and Director of the Doctoral Education and Academia Research Centre (DEAR) at the University of Warwick Doctoral admissions tend to…

Beyond the 'Spark': Sitting with the Uncertainty of Committing to a Research Topic

15:00 - 16:00 18 February 2026
This is a session as part of the HARRP programme where researchers from all levels and backgrounds reflect on the social and emotional experiences of doing research.

Educating Out Prejudice through LGBT+ History Month

17:00 - 18:00 18 February 2026
In this guest lecture, Sue will explore how we can use LGBT+ History Month - and other months dedicated to minoritised groups - to challenge stereotypes and celebrate the many achievements…

Educating Out Prejudice through LGBT+ History Month

17:00 - 18:00 18 February 2026
Guest lecture from Sue Sanders, co-founder of UK LGBT+ History Month In this guest lecture, Sue will explore how we can use LGBT+ History Month - and other months dedicated to minoritised…

Teaching Matters Workshop 4 Scaffolding Higher Education Assessments: Creating Student Checklists

13:00 - 14:30 18 February 2026
Teaching Matters began in MIE (TEPL) and now welcomes everyone to share HE teaching practice across SEED and Humanities. Each workshop blends theoretical insight with practical tools…

Teaching Matters Workshop 4 Scaffolding Higher Education Assessments: Creating Student Checklists

AiM:MAKING MATTERS Exhibition - Communication Architectural Ideas Through Models

10:00 2 - 18:00 5 March 2026
Open from 2nd March - 2nd April A new exhibition showcasing how architects communicate ideas through physical models. It brings together practitioners’ work at different scales to…

AiM:MAKING MATTERS Exhibition - Communication Architectural Ideas Through Models

10:00 - 17:00 6 March 2026
Open from 2nd March - 2nd April A new exhibition showcasing how architects communicate ideas through physical models. It brings together practitioners’ work at different scales to…

Michael Kahan Kapelye (the university klezmer ensemble)

13:00 - 14:00 23 March 2026
A wedding without a klezmer is worse than a funeral without tears’. As co-directed by MIE's Richard Fay, the fifteenth generation of the university’s resident klezmer ensemble returns…

Michael Kahan Kapelye (the university klezmer ensemble)

The 9th International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices (EPIP)

14 - 15 April 2026
SAVE THE DATE The 9th International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices (EPIP) will take place at the University of Manchester, UK, following the success of EPIP…

Co-leading with Fairness, Respect, Inclusion and Compassion.

14:30 29 April 2026
In this talk we discuss how we developed our co-leadership model, arising from feminist principles of leadership. We outline the key values that are central to our departmental leadership…

Dialogues on Enhancing Inclusive Practice: Co-leading with Fairness, Respect, Inclusion and Compassion

14:30 29 April 2026
Guest speakers: Vanita Sundaram and Kathryn Asbury, Co-Heads of the Department of Education, University of York In this talk we discuss how we developed our co-leadership model, arising…

Including ‘seldom heard’ voices in longitudinal qualitative research: Focusing on families with a learning disabled child and families with experience of domestic violence

16:30 29 April 2026
Presentation by Professors Vanita Sundaram and Kathryn Asbury, Co-Heads of the Department of Education, University of York In preparing for its new UK-wide Early Life Cohort study…

Conference 2026: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Balancing Equity, Access, and Innovation

9 - 10 June 2026
Venue: Online and in-person at the Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Organiser: Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester Generative…

The Whitworth

Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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