Events for prospective students

Creepy-Crawly Chronicles Children’s Story Competition

7 December 2019 - 9 March 2020
From ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ and ‘Charlotte’s Web’ to 'Spiderman’, insects have inspired countless much-loved stories and comics. Enter your ideas into our story competition to…

Daily Telescope Walking Tours

2 December 2019 - 2 December 2020
(Weekdays) 2.30pm (Weekends) 11.45am and 2.30pm We’ll be hosting our popular Telescope Walking Tours daily for 2019 where you can join one of our friendly Explainers as they take you…

Family Stargazing Night

19 October 2019 - 8 February 2020
6pm – 9pm Calling all budding young stargazers. You are invited to join us for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. During our fun-packed evening you will enjoy…

Stargazing Night

15 November 2019 - 20 March 2020
7pm – 10pm Join us at Jodrell Bank for an unmissable opportunity to get started in astronomy. You’ll learn how to navigate the skies and locate the stars in our inflatable Planetarium,…

GDI Lecture with Dr Nick Jepson: In China's Wake: How the commodity boom transformed development strategies in the global south

17:00 29 January 2020
In the early years of the 21st century, breakneck economic growth in China stimulated a boom of unprecedented duration and extent in world markets for metals and fuels. In China’s Wake…

Runway - No Door Theatre

20:00 - 21:45 30 January 2020
Written and Directed by Georgia Affonso If you could leave, would you? Skid and Bean sit in the park, smoking fags and playing Buzzfeed quizzes. Nyla, Muslim and Mancunian, is moving…

WCLC: Tom Hewson (jazz piano) Essence

13:10 - 14:00 30 January 2020
Join jazz pianist Tom Hewson as he performs original music from Essence, his latest album made inside the Bösendorfer piano factory in Vienna, drawing both on the colours of the contemporary…

Runway - No Door Theatre

20:00 - 21:45 31 January 2020
Written and Directed by Georgia Affonso If you could leave, would you? Skid and Bean sit in the park, smoking fags and playing Buzzfeed quizzes. Nyla, Muslim and Mancunian, is moving…

CIDRAL Public Lecture: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Capitalism and Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet and Communicative/Digital Capitalism

17:30 - 19:00 4 February 2020
This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals, Popularity and Populism programme. Christian Fuchs, professor of media and communication studies and Director of the Communication…

Lovell Lecture: Dr Ian Heywood

19:30 6 February 2020
Lovell Lecture How a MeerKAT sees the Universe Dr. Ian Heywood Thursday 6th Feburary, 7:30pm MeerKAT is a new South African radio telescope situated in the arid Karoo region of the…

Literature Live: Luke Brown and Emma Jane Unsworth

18:30 - 19:45 10 February 2020
Luke Brown grew up in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and now lives in London, although he is frequently in Manchester to teach at the Centre for New Writing at The University of Manchester.…

Fully Booked Literature Live: Isabel Allende in Conversation with Jeanette Winterson

19:00 - 20:45 11 February 2020
***This event is now fully booked*** Manchester Literature Festival and the Centre for New Writing are thrilled to welcome one of Latin America’s greatest authors to the UK for her…

GDI Lecture with Dr Jelmer Kamstra: Civil society aid as balancing act - Navigating between managerial and social transformative principles

17:00 - 18:30 12 February 2020
The civil society policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands saw big shifts in 2015/2016, with its budget halved and its focus shifted from service delivery to lobby…

Manchester Rheumatology Afternoon meeting: February 2020 - Dr Sarah Burlinson - 'Helpful approaches for persistent pain management'

14:30 - 16:45 14 February 2020
The MRA meetings are monthly educational rheumatology meetings, which will be of interest for anyone working in clinical or research fields related to rheumatology or musculoskeletal…

MUMS - New Sounds

13:10 - 14:00 14 February 2020
There is great enthusiasm for contemporary music amongst music students at The University of Manchester. In this concert, a variety of ensembles present works recently written by student…

February Half-Term: Space Crafts

15 - 23 February 2020
Join us for our arts and crafts activities centred around all things space! Whether you enjoy drawing or making, drop-in anytime between 11am-4pm and find something for all the family to enjoy.

Science show: The science of a world heritage site

15 - 23 February 2020
Show Times: 11am, 12pm, 2.30pm Jodrell Bank became a World Heritage site in July 2019. In this show find out about some of the important moments in this site’s history which make it such an important place.

Aperture

10:30 - 11:30 16 February 2020
Calling all photographers! This is a fantastic opportunity to capture the beauty of our Historic Reading Room, before the Library opens to the general public. You’re welcome to bring…

February Half-Term: Meet the Expert

12:00 17 - 12:00 21 February 2020
Here’s your chance to meet one of our resident science and astronomy experts. You’ll learn all about their work, plus have the chance to ask the space questions you’ve always wanted to ask!

Literature Live: Eimear McBride

19:30 - 20:45 17 February 2020
Manchester Literature Festival and the Centre for New Writing are delighted to present an evening with Eimear McBride. One of our most arresting writers, Eimear has written two acclaimed…

GUY: A New Musical

19:30 - 21:30 19 February 2020
Finding love isn’t easy when you're fat, gay and nerdy. Luckily for Guy, you can be anybody online… leo&hyde’s award-winning electronic musical is Queer As Folk meets Bridget Jones…

The Complete Works: Lindsey Hilsum

18:45 - 20:30 19 February 2020
Part of: The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance , The Complete Works: Year 1 – Hope & Resistance Editor, critic & broadcaster Ellah Wakatama OBE curates and presents this…

WCLC: Jack Adler-McKean - Solo tuba

13:10 - 14:00 20 February 2020
Giacinto Scelsi Maknongan Patrick Friel Ezra’s Telescope (British première) Sylvain Marty Diversion 2 (British première) Vinko Globokar …

MUMS Opera – The Enchanted Pig

19:00 - 21:30 21 February 2020
The MUMS Opera team return this year to put on Jonathan Dove’s eccentric The Enchanted Pig, an opera exploring a magical and enchanting story of love and destiny, by one of the most…

The Proud Trust Takeover: LGBT History Month at Manchester Museum

13:00 - 17:00 22 February 2020
A showcase of the local LGBT+ communities with young LGBT+ people from The Proud Trust youth groups performing and leading activities.

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