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Original Thinking Lecture - Travelling through Productivity Land

16:30 - 18:00 29 September 2021
Our Original Thinking lecture series showcases some of the world-leading research from colleagues at Alliance MBS. This episode will be hosted by Bart van Ark, Professor of Productivity…

Diffraction as a tool: optimal data collection and analysis.

11:00 - 12:00 5 October 2021
Drs Kun Yan and Simon Hunt from the Department of Materials, The University of Manchester will co-present this seminar. Dr Kun Yan has accumulated some experience using synchrotron…

Introduction to the UK Data Service

10:00 - 11:30 5 October 2021
The UK Data Service holds the UK’s largest collection of research data. This introductory webinar is for anyone with an interest in social research who wants to hear about the vast…

SEERIH Spotlight Webinar: Supporting pupils with high potential

16:00 - 17:00 5 October 2021
In this webinar, Joy Morgan considers how the research into best practice for disadvantaged high potential learners can be brought alive in science. Book your place via Eventbrite by…

Global Development Institute Lecture Series - From protest to progress? Why addressing global discontent is essential to build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic

16:00 - 17:30 6 October 2021
Social unrest is on the rise once more. A surge in discontent in the wake of the global financial crisis was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic but is resuming in many places and…

Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service

10:00 - 11:30 7 October 2021
This introductory webinar is intended for anyone who wants to hear about finding data from the UK Data Service and contains interactive elements throughout. Participants will be given…

Vital Topics: The UK’s regional productivity disparities and the “levelling up” agenda – what’s the role of research and development?

17:30 - 19:00 7 October 2021
The UK has a profound problem of regional disparities in productivity performance, with second-tier cities that underperform compared to expectations based on their size, and deindustrialised…

Data for dissertations

10:00 - 11:30 11 October 2021
Join this online session to learn about data available for dissertations with case studies, tips and details of the UK Data Service Dissertation Award. Through the UK Data Service,…

Ian Johnson - Digital dissent: How grassroots historians are challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s version of the past—and its right to rule

12:30 - 13:30 12 October 2021
At a time when many in the West are convinced that China has perfected the art of dictatorship, a growing number of writers, artists, bloggers, and filmmakers are challenging the Chinese…

Conversations on Urban Ageing: Urban Ageing and Co-production

15:00 - 16:00 19 October 2021
Urban Ageing and Co-production: New ways of working with co-production in research. In the first conversation in this series, Liesbeth de Donder from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and…

Kirk Denton - The Politics of Museums in China and Taiwan

12:30 - 13:30 19 October 2021
Author and Professor of Chinese literature, Kirk Denton, will be examining the politics involved with China and Taiwan's museums, and the narratives that they propagate. The talk…

Johannes Lotze - Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire

12:30 - 13:30 2 November 2021
This online talk coincides with the exhibition "Qing: China's multilingual empire" at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library from 21 October to 13 March Dr. Johannes Lotze,…

Original Thinking Webinar - Skill-underutilisation and discrimination in the labour market: Why it matters and what can be done about it?

16:30 - 17:30 3 November 2021
Our Original Thinking webinar series showcases some of the world-leading research from colleagues at Alliance MBS. This episode will be hosted by Anthony Rafferty, Professor of Employment…

Katja Levy & Annette Zimmer - “With a Little Help from my Friends”, Nonprofits Providing Social Services in China and Germany

12:30 - 13:30 9 November 2021
[BOOK LAUNCH EVENT] To mark the publication of their selected research results, Annette Zimmer and Katja Levy present an exciting German-Chinese research project on NGOs who, in cooperation…

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