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SUMMARY:Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Herita
 ge Tour) 
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DESCRIPTION:\nThis tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings o
 f England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discov
 eries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture of the Universi
 ty’s Old Quadrangle and tells the story of Owens College\, which would b
 ecome England’s first civic university.\n\nFounded from the philanthropy
  of wealthy Manchester merchants\, Owens College captured the energy and
  spirit of the industrial revolution. Its successor\, the Victoria Unive
 rsity of Manchester\, helped establish the style of the modern universit
 y with its secularist approach and pursuit of research alongside teachin
 g.\n\nThe tour traces the development of the University into the twentie
 th century and visits key sites of discovery including where Ernest Ruth
 erford first split the atom and where Alan Turing helped lay the foundat
 ions of modern computing. \n\n\nThe tour is outside and lasts around 1 h
 our.\n\nBooking is essential https://makingthemodernworld.eventbrite.co.
 uk
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Old Quad\, M139PL
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