Just wanted to let you know that after last year's success, we are running a second series of The University of Manchester Life Sciences podcasts. We have a lot of ideas and a new intern working on the project, so we wanted to share our excitement with you! The second...
Public Engagement Blog posts
Ancient Worlds talks at the Manchester Museum: Boyd Dawkins and Life at Kahun
The Manchester Museum is hosting two public talks this week as part of the Ancient World Exhibition. Boyd Dawkins: Ancient worlds cave hunter - 2 November 2012, 1-2pm Join historian Leucha Veneer in this talk to find out more about William Boyd Dawkins, the...
NCCPE Newsletter October 2012
Welcome to the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Newsletter - October 2012 Engage 2012 at a glance - Programme now available online We have launched our programme for Engage 2012 – so check it out! Our 3rd National Conference: Engage 2012 will...
Workshop: Engaging with local ethnic and linguistic communities
Engaging with local ethnic and linguistic communities: A one-day workshop sponsored by Multilingual Manchester and the Higher Education Academy We are inviting abstract submissions for a one-day workshop that will take place at The University of Manchester on Tuesday,...
DNA: Can it predict your future health?
2pm- 3:30pm, 3 November 2012, Manchester Museum - Oxford Road DNA technologies are impacting on us all and many expect DNA screening to become routine within medicine. Come along to this event to hear from experts and discuss how much you would to know. What can your...
Chemistry Flash Bang Show
Saturday 27 Oct 2012, 3pm - 4pm, Room G.51, Chemistry Building, The University of Manchester, Brunswick Street, Manchester Find out what got a lot of chemists interested in chemistry - pretty colours, explosions and the chance to blow things up! There’s all this and...
Science Spectacular & Chemistry Flash Bang Show – 27 October 2012
If you happen to be at a loose end in Manchester this weekend, then we have just the thing - pop along to the Science Spectacular! Saturday 27 October 2012, 11am 3pm, The University of Manchester, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, on Oxford Road. Free, drop in...
History & Policy Network Session – Tues 30 October
The History & Policy Network is holding a roundtable event on Engaging with Policy on Tuesday 30 October, 10.30-12.00 in Seminar Room 2.57, 2nd floor Simon Building, Brunswick Street. Contributors include Colin Talbot, Professor of Public Policy and Management...
Science buskers take to the streets for Science Spectacular
Science buskers from The University of Manchester will be lining Oxford Road on Saturday with all sorts of sensational science tricks and treats to amuse adults and children of all ages. Some of the daring displays will include balancing a cork and two forks on their...
BBC prehistoic autopsy tour at the Manchester Museum
Prehistoric Autopsy is a three part BB2 programme starting tonight, Monday 22 October at 9pm. It’s a journey into our evolutionary past, piecing together the bodies of our prehistoric family. The Manchester Museum is pleased to hosting a BBC learning exhibition linked...
Calling all female experts who want to be presenters
Are you a female expert who would like to be presenter? Do you have industry recognised expertise in science, history, politics, business or engineering? If you do, and you can be in London on Friday 18 January 2013, then the BBC Academy would like to hear from you....
What a dog can tell us? Talk by Jo Longhurst at the Manchester Museum
Artist Jo Longhurst is speaking at the Museum on Tuesday 23 October at 6pm on ‘What a dog might tell us: on photography, perfectibility, and the aesthetics of breed.’ For several years Jo worked with eminent British Whippet breeders, photographing their dogs by...
Images of research – cast your vote now!
A 305 million-year-old spider, the inside of a tadpole’s head and lightning striking the blade of a windmill all feature in this year’s Images of Research competition at The University of Manchester. 15 stunning photographs have been shortlisted and are going on...
Macclesfield SciBar – Graphene: Unexpected Science in a Pencil Trace
Stop Monday night feeling like an inescapable black hole! Come along to the Macclesfield SciBAR and get the low down on life, the universe and everything. Who & What: Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan, The University of Manchester will talk about the Nobel prize winning,...
Countdown to Science Spectacular begins…
Saturday 27 October 2012, 11am – 3pm, The University of Manchester, Whitworth Hall & Manchester Museum, on Oxford Road. Free, drop in event. If you haven't heard – the Manchester Science Festival is coming! And The University of Manchester is playing host to a...
Didsbury SciBAR – Bugs ‘n’ Drugs
Stop Monday night feeling like an inescapable black hole! Come along to Didsbury SciBAR and get the low down on life, the universe and everything. Who: Dr David G. Allison, The University of Manchester, presents Bugs 'n' Drugs. When: Monday 15 October 2012, 6.30 pm,...
Opportunities for working with The Manchester Museum and other cultural assets
Come to the next Engagement@Manchester event on 17 October. All University students and staff are invited to attend our monthly lunchtime meetings exploring aspects of public engagement. There is a wealth of expertise across the University in this field and we are...
Confucius Institute Events in October
Your Chinese calendar of events for October 17 October – How Do China’s Leading Thinkers View the Rest of the World? Stimulating public lecture and debate with Dr Astrid Nordin (University of Manchester), 1pm – 2pm; Free; The Kanaris Theatre, Manchester Museum, Oxford...
Inaugural Manchester Signature Lecture by Professor Sir Konstantin (Kostya) Novoselov
The Story of Carbon in England - Nobel Prize winner Professor Kostya Novoselov, will talk about the illegal trade in graphite. Thursday 22 November 2012, Reception: 4.30pm, Lecture: 5.00-6.00pm, The Whitworth Art Gallery The Manchester Signature Lecture Series...
IOP outreach workshops
Doing Outreach is a one day introductory workshop for physicists who are interested in getting involved with public engagement and outreach activities. This interactive workshop introduces participants to the social and political context of science communication as...
Box Office Bioethics – 2012-2013 competition now open
Box Office Bioethics is the Council's film competition that aims to get young people making short films about contemporary bioethics issues. Who is eligible to enter? The competition is open to individuals or groups of students in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It...
Battle of Ideas 2012 – an annual festival of ideas, debate & discussion
20 & 21 October, London. Two days of high-level, thought-provoking, public debate organised by the Institute of Ideas at the Barbican. Organised by the Institute of Ideas, which is a must for the intellectually curious and open minded. The event, now in its eighth...
NCCPE Newsletter October 2012
Welcome to the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Newsletter Conference: Engage 2012, 5 & 6 December 2012, Bristol We are delighted to announce that booking has now opened for our 3rd National Conference: Engage 2012. This two day conference will...
Bollington SciBAR – The Arsonist, the Martian, the Cat and the Coke … oh and Dwain
8 October 2012, 6:30pm, The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington Tony Bristow of AstraZeneca in Macclesfield will describe the use of the analytical science technique, mass spectrometry, in forensics, food analysis, space exploration, drugs in sport, environmental...
Conference – Engage 2012 – registrations open
We are delighted to announce that booking has now opened for our third National Conference: Engage 2012, 5 - 6 December 2012, Bristol. This two day conference will explore how public engagement enables universities to face the challenges posed by the need to more...