Manchester Science Festival will take place 23 October - 1 November 2020, with 23 October being dedicated to school groups from KS2 and KS3. This year’s Festival is curated around the theme of climate and it will be explored through three broad lenses of: our cities,...
Manchester Science Festival
We hope you can join us at Science Spectacular 2018!
Saturday 20 October 2018, 11am – 4pm, The University of Manchester, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, Oxford Road. Free, drop in, family fun science day! Hurrah the Manchester Science Festival is nearly here and The University of Manchester is playing host to...
Science Spectacular 2018 Applications of Interest Now Open
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Science Spectacular – our annual university-wide family fun science fair – returns for the Manchester Science Festival 2018, and we hope you can join us. Science Spectacular is a key event in the University’s calendar of public engagement...
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...
After School Science Club – MSF event needs your help!
After School Science Club: BLOCKS - Friday 27 October, 6.30pm-10pm, Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Road, Manchester, Tickets £9.50, adults 18+ (bar open all night) Finished school, but still excited about science? After School Science Club is a night of...
Science Spectacular 2017 – Applications of Interest – Now Open (closes 11 Sept 2017)
Science Spectacular - our annual university-wide family fun science fair - returns for the Manchester Science Festival 2017, and we hope you can join us. Science Spectacular is a key event in the University's calendar of public engagement events. It provides an...
Science and Poetry – call for scientists to take part in Manchester Science Festival
As part of Manchester Science Festival 2017, we are looking to pair up a selection of Manchester-based scientists with local poets to develop a series of interdisciplinary performances. This is a really fun and engaging event that has sold out for the past two years,...
Call for nominations: The Josh Award 2017 – science communication
Are you - or do you know - an amazing science communicator who is at a defining moment in their career? The Josh Award is the UK’s national award in science communication, established to recognise and support up-and-coming talent in science communication. The award...
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...
Manchester MegaPixel needs you!
Mathematician and science communication award winner Katie Steckles is running a large-scale maths project at this year's Manchester Science Festival - the MegaPixel will be a giant photograph made from individual pixels, the same way computer and phone displays show...
Calls for applications of interest – Science Spectacular 2016 and Sampling Science Talks
Science Spectacular – a key event in the Manchester Science Festival programme, returns for 2016 and you are invited to take part. When: Saturday 29 October 2016, 10:00 – 16:00 Where: Manchester Museum What is it? Now in it's 6th year, our university-wide science fair...
Event Volunteer – applications now open for Manchester Science Festival 2016
Do you enjoy working with people? Do you enjoy talking to and helping people? Are you interested in being involved in live events in and around Manchester? What are we looking for? Manchester Science Festival is looking for a team of people to help deliver an exciting...
Public engagement events with the BEAM lab
The BEAM lab is jointly run by Drs Ellen Poliakoff and Emma Gowen from the School of Psychological Sciences and the Faculty of Life Sciences. They are interested in how our brains use sensory information such as vision and touch to move and interact with the world...
Arts Science Collaboration project – exhibition at The John Rylands Library
‘NOISY BODIES’ by Daksha Patel 1 October – 20 December 2015 The John Rylands Library, Historic Reading Room, 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH This exhibition is the outcome of an Arts Science Collaboration residency with Dr Rebecca Elliott funded by The University of...
Be a Manchester Science Star at Science Spectacular 2015
Free event on Saturday, 31 October 2015 (11am-4pm) in Whitworth Hall and Manchester Museum Hurrah, the Manchester Science Festival is coming and The University of Manchester is playing host to a Science Spectacular! With more than 40 interactive experiments, you don't...
We hope you can join us at Science Spectacular 2015!
Saturday 31 October 2015, 11am – 4pm, The University of Manchester, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, on Oxford Road. Free | Drop in event Hurrah the Manchester Science Festival is coming and The University of Manchester is playing host to our annual family...
Call for University of Manchester Science Buskers
If you love science and engaging with the general public then we want to hear from you! The University of Manchester is recruiting Science Buskers to support events taking place during this year’s Manchester Science Festival (MSF). We’re holding an information and...
Call for event volunteers for Manchester Science Festival 2015
Want to be part of the creative and innovative Manchester Science Festival? Want to meet like-minded people? Love working with the public? Apply to become an Event Volunteer for Manchester Science Festival 2015 Event Volunteers enhance the overall visitor experience...
Science and Poetry – call for scientists
At this year’s Manchester Science Festival, there will be a Science Slam, in which scientists and poets will work together to create science poetry and then perform it at an evening of celebration. The event itself will be on Thursday 22 October 2015 from 19:30 in the...
Artefacts and Experiences – Reframing Narratives Across Medicine and Health
Manchester Central Library, 22 October - 7 November 2014 An innovative and thought-provoking exhibition that explores the spaces where art, medicine, health, and technology meet. Collaboratively curated by The Museum of Medicine and Health and Anatomy Projects, the...
Wonder-drugs Roadshow
One week to go before the Wonder-drug Roadshow hits the road.... Come to see a sculpture made by Manchester Health Academy School inspired by 'Medicines Safety' and try our challenges. A team from the Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational...
Have you tweeted #ScienceIsSpectacularBecause…
In the run up to the Science Spectacular – our mega family fun science fair featuring 200+ researchers, which is taking place during the Manchester Science Festival, we invite you to share you thoughts on twitter by finishing this sentence:...
Science Spectacular returns for Manchester Science Festival 2014
You are invited to Science Spectacular - Saturday 25 October 2014, 11am – 4pm, The University of Manchester, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, on Oxford Road. Free, drop in event Hurrah the Manchester Science Festival is coming and The University of Manchester...
Want to get into public engagement? (Free training event 3 October)
Manchester Girl Geeks and ScienceGrrl, who both run workshops and events to engage people with science, are looking for early career researchers to join our team of speakers. We are running a free half-day training event, with training from Jon Wood...
Call for Event Volunteers – Manchester Science Festival 2014
Want to be part of the most creative and innovative Science festival in the North West? | Want to meet like-minded people? | Love working with the public? Then why not apply to become an Event Volunteer for Manchester Science Festival 2014. Full details, job...