Events
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What's in a word, and what's in a dictionary? (Festival of Libraries 2024)
15:00 - 16:30 12 June 2024
How would you describe the meanings of everyday English words such as rose, aunt, or giggle? You have probably come across words in one language that have several translations in another – how can that be? How do dictionaries define words? What about idioms such as spill the beans? How do children (or adults!) learn meanings of words without...
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The University of Manchester's Environment and Health Symposium
13:00 - 17:00 13 June 2024
Please note this event is only open to those internal to The University of Manchester Welcome to The University of Manchester Environment and Health Symposium! Join the Manchester Environmental Research Institute and Sustainable Futures for engaging discussions and insightful presentations on work that focuses on the intersection of health and...
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Tasting Children's Literature - An Edible Readathon (Festival of Libraries 2024)
13:00 - 16 June 2024
From the apple that Snow White should not have bitten and the drink that makes Alice’s trip to Wonderland possible to the feast gobbled by the very hungry little caterpillar in Eric Carle’s now classic 1969 story and the nut that the mouse finally gets to savour in Julia Donaldson’s contemporary classic The Gruffalo, food has long played...
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AI and Sustainability Workshop
13:00 - 16:00 17 June 2024
Please note this workshop is only open to researchers from The University of Manchester post-PhD level Are you interested in AI and Sustainability? Come and join us for a half day workshop on 17th June, 1-4pm. Open to UoM academics who are eligible to co-supervise PhD candidates, the workshop will explore the interface between these two research...
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Best practices for documenting social sciences research data
10:00 - 11:30 18 June 2024
Data documentation is essential to make sure that well-organised and well-documented research data can be produced from our research projects. This workshop provides an overview of different types of documentation depending on data type (e.g. primary or secondary, survey or transcripts), as an essential part of implementing good data management...
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