Events
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MIOIR Seminar Series - The Building Blocks of Software Work
15:30 - 16:30 8 December 2025
Frank Neffke will explore the building blocks of software work and what they reveal about learning, careers and the spread of programming languages. (Co-authors: Xiangnan Feng, Johannes Wachs, Simone Daniotti) Abstract: Recent waves of technological transformation are reshaping work in uncertain and hard-to-predict ways. However, jobs at the...
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The Two Worlds of the Reader: Text World and Life-world in a New Theory of Reading (Religions and Theology Research Seminar)
15:00 - 17:00 8 December 2025
Speaker: Alexander Samely (The University of Manchester)
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Business Engagement & Knowledge Exchange Faculty of Humanities Celebration Event
16:00 - 17:30 9 December 2025
Celebrate success, network with peers and meet the Business Engagement & Knowledge Exchange team over drinks and canapes. See how your research can be applied to partnerships with business organisations, and cultural and civic partners. We welcome Professor Maggie Gale, Vice-Dean for Research for the Faculty of Humanities, and Louise Bates,...
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Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies
10:00 - 11:30 9 December 2025
Do you want to know more about the best resource for population studies in the UK? Do you want to understand how the UK census works and how to access the data within it? This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce you to the UK Census, the data held by the UK Data Service, and how to use the web interfaces to access the data. There will...
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Digital Trust and Security seminar: Prof Marija Slavkovik
13:00 - 15:00 9 December 2025
This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Autonomous Machines as Moral Arbiters Artificial Intelligence has enabled the automation of cognitive tasks. The more able autonomous machines are, and the more they share the same environment...
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