Anthropology Communicates: A VIRTUAL WEBINAR SERIES ORGANISED BY THE RAI'S ANTHROPOLOGY OF POLICY AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE Thursday 8 April 2021, 3-5pm (UK time) More information and registration at: Anthropology Communicates: with Civil Society With confirmed...
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NHS at 70: Covid Conversations: Historians, Archivists and Curators
NHS at 70: Covid Conversations: Historians, Archivists and Curators Tuesday 20 October 12.30-1.30pm UTC+1 FREE Online event - please register on Eventbrite here What should a national collection of Covid-19 personal testimonies contain? Supported by a grant from UK...
Loving Robots? Public event next month
With support and funding from Scientists in Congregations and Creative Manchester, I have been working on some short films based on my research on love and robots. The films will feature robo-companions such as Pepper, MiRo, and Cozmo and they will be used as the...
Ada Lovelace celebrations: wiki edit-a-thon 17 October 2019
Join us in our Ada Lovelace celebrations by helping to improve the gender diversity of Wikipedia Mathematician Ada Lovelace has long-been recognised as one of the first computer programmers from her involvement in work carried out in the 1800s. Since 2009, her...
Launch of the Manchester ESRC Festival of Social Sciences
You are warmly invited to the launch of this year’s Manchester ESRC Festival of Social Science. The launch will take place in the Fossils Gallery at Manchester Museum, on Wednesday 30 October from 5.30 to 7pm. There will be some short presentations from some of the...
Research Spotlight: Manchester’s Early Career Cancer Researchers
I’m pleased to invite you to a public event we are hosting on Thursday 24th October at the Oglesby Cancer Research Building, Wilmslow Road in Withington (opposite The Christie Hospital). Research Spotlight: Manchester’s Early Career Researchers will celebrate...
Bad bugs bookclub
The Bad Bugs Bookclub invites you to their next bookclub event: The Killing Snows by Charles Egan - 25 September, 6.30pm at the Irish World Heritage Centre, Manchester. The bookclub runs 6:30-7:30pm and is free to attend – no registration required. Following the...
Calling all scientists and engineers – looking to engage new audiences with your research?
Wonder Match Manchester – Tuesday 8 October, at Bridge 5 Mill. Are you a scientist or engineer who would like to engage with new audiences with your research? There is funding available to help this happen! Come to a Wonder Match event to find out more… Wonder Match...
Interactive Public Event: Vector
A new virus is ravaging the planet, infecting animals and humans at a worrying rate; we welcome you to BioCore, a medical research facility tasked with managing this crisis and finding an immunisation to protect our planet. Working as part of a team and against rival...
UoMStories: A Ted Talk-Style Event for PhD students
Dear PhD and Doctoral Students, Start off 2019 ignited and inspired! UoM Stories is a Ted-Talk/Humans of New York-style event for PhD and Doctoral students, with a vision to create a story-telling culture at the university. We are pleased to announce our line-up of...
UoM Event: Adam Rutherford: In Conversation 17 Jan 2019
Adam Rutherford, Thursday 17 January 2019, 7pm University Place, University of Manchester The AHRC Double-Helix History project and Manchester Literature Festival are delighted to present an evening with self-proclaimed ‘author, broadcaster, scientist, geek’ Adam...
See our researchers in action at the Manchester Science Festival – 19-29 October 2017
Hurrah the Manchester Science Festival returns for 2017 (Thursday 19 October - Sunday 29 October) and you can see our researchers involved in a host of events and activities. Here are some just of the highlights where you can see them in action: Sentinel - Thursday 19...
Join us for the UoM Three Minute Thesis Final…
AN 80,000 WORD THESIS WOULD TAKE 9 HOURS TO PRESENT. THEIR TIME LIMIT… 3 MINUTES! Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition – The UoM Final - Wednesday 7 June, 14:00 – 15:30, University Place Lecture Theatre A What is 3MT? The Three Minute Thesis ®(3MT) competition...
Event: Resilence, Recovery, Happiness. 4 November 1pm Zochonis Building
An interactive music event: Resilience, Recovery, Happiness - 1pm Friday 4 November, Zochonis Building Café (ground floor), Brunswick Street The Division of Psychology and Mental Health in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health are holding an interactive music...
Elements: Poetry in molecular motion
Thursday 27 October 2016, 7:00pm - 8:00pm School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL Be immersed in a poetic and scientific experience of all the senses, as poet and meteorologist Rachel McCarthy performs works from her...
Spectacular Science: Manchester Museum Takeover!
Free event on Saturday, 29 October 2016 (10am-4pm) at the Manchester Museum As part of the Manchester Science Festival, The University of Manchester will be running its Spectacular Science event on Saturday 29 October, offering a fun-filled family day of science...
Science Uncovered – Friday 30 September 2016
Science Uncovered at Manchester Museum Friday 30 September is European Researcher’s night and for the second time Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, will be hosting Science Uncovered Manchester - a spectacular night showcasing Manchester’s finest...
Be part of Biology Week 2016
Biology Week is an annual celebration of life science with events all over the UK and beyond for everyone from children to professional scientists. It is a great opportunity to share your passion for biology as part of the biggest week in the life sciences calendar,...
London SciComm Socials – Career Development Session
The feedback from our recent symposium highlighted how useful it was to meet people who worked across a range of science communication and public engagement careers, and have the chance to ask them questions about what it's like to do those jobs, and how they ended up...
After Hours at the Museum – Documentary Screening of The Lived Experience of Climate Change
The Lived Experience of Climate Change: A Story of One Piece of Land in Dhaka’ on 24 August 6:00pm to 9:00pm Dhaka, Bangladesh is on the front line of climate change, but what does that mean to the people living in its slums? As part of the Manchester Museum's Climate...
Fair Education Alliance – Manchester Report Card Launch 14 June 6pm
The University is hosting and event with the Fair Education Alliance (FEA) on Tuesday 14 June, 6pm – 8.30pm, to launch the FEA’s second report examining educational inequality across England. The Fair Education Alliance was launched in June 2014 and is a coalition of...
Standing Up For Science Media Workshop – 8 April, Manchester
Sense About Science will be holding a Standing up for Science media workshop at the University of Manchester on Friday 8 April 2016. This full day event is free and for early career researchers and scientists in all sciences, engineering and medicine (PhD students,...
Behind the Scenes of Cancer Research UK
Come along to see what happens inside a real-life cancer research laboratory. 14:00, 14 March 2016 with Cancer Research UK, Manchester This Behind the Scenes opportunity is a chance to see exactly how researchers are fighting cancer in your local area. You’ll hear...
Fifty leading scientists stage a takeover at Manchester Museum this autumn
Science Uncovered takes place on 25 September 2015 (6pm-10pm), is open to all and is completely free Manchester is one of the UK’s leading science cities, and is home to a huge number of scientists working at the leading edge of their fields. This September, Science...
School-University Partnership Initiative (SUPI) Networking Event
Are you a researcher or lecturer interested in engaging with local schools? Want to share your passion for research and your subject area with teachers and students? Want to develop your public engagement and outreach skills? DATE: Wednesday 21 October, 4pm - 6:30pm...