Past events
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WCLC: Inside Lud’s Church
12:10 - 13:00 30 April 2026
A cross-genre microtonal musical event inspired by geology and mythology around the Peak Distract chasm known as Lud’s Church, performed by VORTEX: Stephen Altoft (microtonal trumpet / flugelhorn), Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos (voice / electronics) and Richard Whalley (lumatone). The Thursday lunchtime...
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Creativity and AI: Cultural Heritage
13:30 - 16:00 30 April 2026
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and June 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the Northwest, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries...
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Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Daniel Shiu
11:00 - 12:00 29 April 2026
The Internet is shifting to post?quantum security as current encryption weakens. This talk explores the risks &how we can protect our future This event invites participants from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together, fostering interdisciplinary connections and discussions. Talk Title: Can...
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UK census data drop-in
12:00 - 13:00 29 April 2026
This free online drop-in is for anyone working, or thinking of working, with UK census data from the UK Data Service. If you are looking for help and advice with your project or research, join us on 29 April. The session is targeted at academic and non-academic researchers, analysts, students, and anyone...
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Christabel Pankhurst Lecture 2026: PUSHing for Justice: Women, Power and the Unfinished Fight for Equality
15:00 - 17:30 29 April 2026
Join us for the Annual Christabel Pankhurst Lecture as our guest speaker, trailblazing legal leader and equality advocate Dr I. Stephanie Boyce CBE FKC. reflects on what it truly means to lead as a woman within systems that too often reward conformity and resist change. In “PUSHing for Justice: Women,...
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Alternative democratic spaces: environmentalism and Algerian youth politics
29 April - 5 October 2026
Dr Jessica Northey, Coventry University Host: Dr Ikram Bennai Abstract: The uprisings in the Arab world since 2011 brought profound changes. The Algerian hirak of 2019 constituted a massive political and social movement affecting popular consciousness that change was possible. While youth participation...
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Celebrating ten years of MUARG: Urban ageing research and action
28 April - 5 October 2026
Join us at the St Thomas Centre in Ardwick, Manchester, on Tue 28 Apr 2026 to celebrate the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group’s (MUARG) 10-year anniversary! To celebrate ten years of MUARG’s collective research into making our cities and communities better for older people, we will be hosting...
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Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing
09:00 - 10:30 23 April 2026
Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research projects. A key data management component is considering the ethical and legal issues of collecting, using and/or sharing data. Researchers obtaining...
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Research Café - Religion, Culture and Community
11:00 - 13:00 23 April 2026
Join Creative Manchester and the Manchester Museum for an informal research café exploring the ways in which cultural institutions and faith spaces bring people together. As societies become increasingly polarised, cultural institutions and faith spaces have a vital role to play in bringing people...
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WCLC: Divine Intimacies
12:10 - 12:50 23 April 2026
Join Tangram on a deep exploration between Chinese philosophy and Western classical music. Divine Intimacies presents a programme for Chinese and Western instruments showcasing how ancient divination practices have inspired music, ritual and performance for over 1,000 years. Presented by the Department...
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