Events
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Events
- Race Equity: Barriers to Progression for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse Staff Wednesday 29th March 2023 2:00PM - 4:00PM
- Putting our heads together: Insights from auditory research with the autistic community Wednesday 5th April 2023 2:00PM - 3:00PM
- Sustainable Futures Seminar Series Thursday 20th April 2023 2:00PM - 3:00PM
- Exclusive Screening of The Plastic Warriors Documentary Wednesday 3rd May 2023 5:45PM - 8:00PM
- Thomas Ashton Institute Research Showcase Wednesday 10th May 2023 11:00AM - 3:00PM
- Under the Weather: Reimagining mobility in the climate crisis (book launch) Tuesday 23rd May 2023 12:30PM - 2:00PM
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Lunch and Learn Workshop Thursday 25th May 2023 11:45AM - 2:00PM
- Sustainable Futures Seminar Series Thursday 25th May 2023 2:00PM - 3:00PM
- Exploring interactions between health, environmental challenges and disease Friday 9th June 2023 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Events
Join us for a panel discussion exploring how we can drive action on race equality at the University of Manchester We will examine progression barriers encountered by Black Asian and ethnically diverse colleagues at all levels ranging from the start of a research career to succeeding in senior managerial and professorial roles The aims of this event are to critically appraise the culture within FBMH raise awareness of intersectionality and encourage employee and student voice to inform meaningful… Autistic people have long reported hearing difficulties in noisy environments like restaurants classrooms cafes and social gatherings Yet corresponding laboratory research has yielded inconsistent and inconclusive results Our team of autistic and neurotypical researchers believes that one explanation is the lack of autistic voices shaping this research limiting the utility of both research questions and research methods Our project aims to build a new foundation for research in this field progressing systematically from in-depth self-report to evidence-based hypotheses… This event in partnership with Creative Manchester will showcase talks from The University of Manchester's Professor Ricardo Climent and Professor Mat Paterson Agenda Welcome and introduction with the event chair Professor Ricardo Climent Prof of Interactive Music Composition at The University of Manchester Video Games Sustainability Q A with Professor Ricardo Climent Professor Mat Paterson Prof of International Politics at The University of Manchester Climate Change Ukraine Economy Q A with Professor Mat Paterson Event Close Sustainable Futures and Social Responsibility at The University of Manchester are delighted to host this exclusive screening of The Plastic Warriors Documentary Showcasing expertise from The University s Professor Jamie Woodward this film explores the effect of plastic pollution on our health lifestyle and wildlife - and what we all can do about it We invite our internal University colleagues and students as well as our key external partners to join this unique feature film screening with a… A showcase of the diverse and innovative research happening in the Thomas Ashton Institute for Risk and Regulatory Research This will be an in-person research showcase day on Wednesday th May at the University of Manchester This free showcase will kick-off with a morning of presentations exploring the research themes of the Institute Digitalisation and complexity - How the digital revolution impacting society can be harnessed to continuously improve safety and health and be best employed to assure… HCRI's Dr Stephanie Sodero will discuss her new book 'Under the Weather Reimagining mobility in the climate crisis' This is a hybrid event in-person and online The exact location will be released nearer the time Please register to confirm your place and receive updates ABOUT THE BOOK Humans and human mobility including driving and flying are entangled with the climate emergency Fossil-fuelled mobility worsens severe weather and in turn severe weather disrupts human mobility A shift to zero-emission… A Life Cycle Assessment is the act of measuring the environmental impact of a product or service throughout its life cycle from the resources used to create the product or service across its use by the user to it's final end of life destination An LCA measures the environmental impacts of each distinct part involved in creating and using products and services such as energy used in production fuel used in transport and end-of-life ecological costs This helps… This event will showcase talks from The University of Manchester's Dr Stephanie Sodero and Aristeidis Voliotis Agenda Welcome and introduction with the event chair Dr Stephanie Sodero Lecturer in Climate Change and Health at The University of Manchester Under the Weather - Reimagining Mobility in the Climate Crisis Q A with Dr Stephanie Sodero Aristeidis Voliotis Research Scientist National Centre for Atmospheric Science at The University of Manchester Understanding air pollution through aerial ground-based and laboratory observations Q… On th June the Ecoimmunology and context-specific Immunology branch of the Lydia Becker joint with the Manchester Environmental Research Institute and Healthy Futures within Sustainable Futures are holding a one day symposium entitled OneHealth and EcoImmunology Exploring Interactions between health environmental challenges and disease The event will take place in the at The University of Manchester in Engineering Building A Blended Theatre - GA and the conveners are Kathryn Else Sheena Cruickshank Susanne Shultz Holly Shiels and Iris…Race Equity: Barriers to Progression for Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse Staff
Wednesday 29th March 2023 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Putting our heads together: Insights from auditory research with the autistic community
Wednesday 5th April 2023 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Sustainable Futures Seminar Series
Thursday 20th April 2023 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Exclusive Screening of The Plastic Warriors Documentary
Wednesday 3rd May 2023 5:45PM - 8:00PM
Thomas Ashton Institute Research Showcase
Wednesday 10th May 2023 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Under the Weather: Reimagining mobility in the climate crisis (book launch)
Tuesday 23rd May 2023 12:30PM - 2:00PM
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - Lunch and Learn Workshop
Thursday 25th May 2023 11:45AM - 2:00PM
Sustainable Futures Seminar Series
Thursday 25th May 2023 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Exploring interactions between health, environmental challenges and disease
Friday 9th June 2023 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Events at the University
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