Past events
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Reading Marx Then and Now
15:00 - 16:00 8 October 2025
Prof. Andrew Hartman (Illinois State University) Prof. David Alderson (EACW)
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Guest lecture: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester
16:30 - 19:00 8 October 2025
Creative Manchester and the Manchester Urban Institute are delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE, former Executive Leader for Culture and Leisure and Manchester City Council Deputy Councillor. Luthfur will deliver a guest lecture exploring place-making, planning and the role of culture, followed...
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Code Anxiety Club: Package it up: Installing software and libraries
12:00 - 12:30 7 October 2025
Feeling overwhelmed by the command line? Confused by file pathways? Want to navigate the world of coding with confidence? Join the Code Anxiety Club! Viewers can follow along as we work through common beginner topics while coding live for a quick half hour. No prior experience, installed software or...
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Digital Trust and Security Seminar Series: Dr Chester & Dr Lane
15:00 - 16:00 3 October 2025
Talk Title: Automated Data Collection from Politically Restricted Social Media Platforms: Challenges and insights from China and Russia Join us for a webinar to learn about the automated web-scraping techniques developed by Dr. Patrick Chester (Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey) and Dr. Justin...
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Introduction to effective and practical research data management
09:00 - 10:30 2 October 2025
Research data management encompasses all stages of handling data created during a research project, either primary or secondary. It is not only about adhering to principles but also about enhancing the efficiency, impact, and integrity of research. Effective data management ensures that data are Findable,...
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THE FUTURE IS BIOLOGICAL! Future Data Storage Solutions Workshop
11:00 - 15:00 2 October 2025
Are DNA storage technologies a sustainable, efficient, and useful future for archive and data management? As data production increases exponentially, traditional storage methods—expensive, energy- intensive, and inefficient—are proving unsustainable. The use of DNA as a storage medium has emerged...
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WCLC: Silent Film and Live Music Accompaniment with Frame Ensemble. Presented by the departments of Music, Drama and Film.
12:10 - 12:50 2 October 2025
Enjoy a silent movie with live accompaniment from Frame Ensemble – a group who creates music on the spur of the moment, as they watch the film with the audience. Their soundtrack is extremely responsive to the film, closely following the flow of images. The Thursday lunchtime concerts are part of...
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Survey data drop-in
11:00 - 12:00 1 October 2025
This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research. It is targeted at academic and non-academic researchers, as well as students, and anyone with an interest in survey data, whether absolute...
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Registration Now Open! Join us to celebrate 80 Years of Occupational Health Research at the University of Manchester
12:00 - 19:00 1 October 2025
The Thomas Ashton Institute and the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health are delighted to invite you to a landmark event marking eight decades of research, training, and impact in Occupational Health at The University of Manchester. From lightning talks and panel discussions to the prestigious...
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Dangerous Writings -A Symposium on the Ethics, and Practicalities of Working with Risky Texts
08:30 - 17:00 30 September 2025
"Dangerous writings" have long served as both catalysts for transformation and sources of profound personal and collective risk. From incendiary manifestos to suppressed memoirs and carceral correspondence, these texts expose, unsettle, and resist. While we recognise their power to challenge authority...
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