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SALIENT Lunch & Learn Webinar Series 2026

12:00 30 April - 12:30 26 November 2026
SALIENT Lunch and Learn Webinars are your chance to:? Discover the latest developments in the world of National security and resilience? Hear short TED-style talks by experts on related…

Manchester Literature Festival presents Douglas Stuart

19:00 26 May 2026
We’re delighted to welcome back to Manchester Literature Festival Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart, to discuss his profoundly moving new novel John of John, set on the Isle…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Getting Results Reports Right.

15:00 - 16:30 26 May 2026
Just how we phrase the results report of an empirical study matters because the form and content of the report suggests what can and cannot be done with the study results and what the…

THIRST Leads to Enslavement: 99+ Years of Reclaiming Dignity

15:00 - 17:00 29 May 2026
Water is not scarce. It is withheld. A talk on caste, infrastructure, and the long arc from the Mahad Satyagraha to Mumbai's water politics today.

Walt Whitman in Manchester: The Local Presence of America's Global Poet

13:00 - 14:00 29 May 2026
Join us to hear more about the work and influence of Walt Whitman told through archives held at Library. We'll be joined by Professor Karen Karbiener who has explored the legacy of…

Manchester Literature Festival presents Tayari Jones

19:00 2 June 2026
Manchester Literature Festival is delighted to welcome bestselling author Tayari Jones to discuss her highly anticipated new novel Kin. Born days apart in Honeysuckle, Louisiana,…

Improving Productivity in the NHS

17:30 - 19:00 9 June 2026
About the event: Productivity is often discussed through the lens of the private sector, yet some of the most significant productivity challenges – and opportunities – lie within public…

Expert Insight Series - Leading the way to a safer nuclear future

14:00 - 15:00 10 June 2026
Exploring nuclear safety, lessons from past incidents, critical thinking, and new reactor designs to improve future industry confidence. Getting the government and public on-side to…

Solstice and Equinox series: Cosmic Titans – in conversation with David Olusoga

19:00 - 22:00 19 June 2026
Join Creative Manchester and Jodrell Bank for an evening that moves between science, art and philosophy to ponder what it means to imagine the universe when what we know is only ever…

Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Simulating Expertise-Based Inference.

15:00 - 16:30 22 June 2026
The reliability of causal inference based on a physician’s expertise has been a matter of debate. In recent work, Tabatabaei Ghomi and Stegenga developed a model to simulate such inferences…

Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms

14:30 - 17:00 25 June 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and April 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester…

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Jodrell Bank

Martin Harris Centre

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Manchester Museum

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