Events
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MUMS Ensemble Day 2: MUWO and Brass Band concert
15:30 - 16:45 18 November 2023
Come and watch a showcase of pieces performed by MUWO and Brass Band! Rep will include Bernstein’s ‘Overture to Candide’; Holst’s ‘Second Suite in F’ and Jan van der Roost’s ‘Puszta’. Instagram: @uommusicsociety Facebook: MUMS Updates After the event is off sale online, tickets can be purchased directly from the Martin...
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Doon Mackichan in Conversation (Manchester Literature Festival 2023)
19:00 - 20 November 2023
British actor, comedian and writer Doon Mackichan joins us to launch her memoir,?My Lady Parts: A Life Fighting Stereotypes. Through the roles she’s played on TV, in the theatre and in life, Doon examines the stories we are telling in a culture that profoundly diminishes our power as women. Reflecting on 40 years in showbusiness, which began...
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How to become a computational social scientist
10:00 - 11:30 21 November 2023
Scientific research and teaching are increasingly influenced by computational tools, methods and paradigms. The social sciences are no different, with many new forms of social data only available or practical through computational means (Kitchen, 2014). While social science research has always been marked by technological approaches to some degree,...
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Getting started with secondary analysis
10:00 - 11:30 22 November 2023
Participants will learn about the key issues to consider when using secondary data analysis as a method. This introductory workshop will briefly cover the pros and cons of reusing data and the importance of learning about the origins of your data. Quantitative and qualitative secondary analysis will be discussed with examples and issues of context,...
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Data Science of the Natural Environment
10:00 - 16:00 23 November 2023
This conference will be held in person: CityLabs 1.0 Hosted by The University of Manchester’s Digital Futures platform, and run jointly with Alan Turing Environment and Sustainability special interest group, this one-day conference aims to bring together researchers and various stakeholders partners together to share developments at the data...
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