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Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People
Contact | Until 2 December 2023

The legendary annual celebration of all things curious and creative returns to Manchester. Nine Lessons is a variety night like no other.

Robin Ince: Weapons of Empathy
Contact | 21 September 2023

Robin Ince takes audiences on a celebratory tour of the places books can take us, and of the ideas that can make wonder and widen the sky.

Lunchtime Lectures: Visually Presenting Deaf BSL users’ lived experiences of dementia
Contact | 21 July 2023

Visually Presenting Deaf BSL users’ lived experiences of dementia by Dr Emma Ferguson-Coleman, Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

Lunchtime Lectures: Sharing untold stories
Contact | 14 July 2023

Oral Histories and Futures by Professor Sarah Marie Hall will touch on the role of creative and participatory methods to get at often untold stories

Lunchtime Lectures: What do we mean by ‘Loneliness’?
Contact | 7 July 2023

What do we mean by ‘Loneliness’? by Prof Pamela Qualiter, Dr Lily Verity, and Jasmine Conway

Lunchtime Lectures: Make a new beginning
Contact | 30 June 2023

Creating a better world through inclusion in the Arts and Humanities by Dr Jessica Gagnon, Manchester Institute of Education

Research café: ‘A Journey with Two Maps’: practice-based research and creative interventions for well-being
Contact | 14 June 2023

An informal lunch event exploring creative writing and other art interventions in the context of healthcare workplace settings.

Research café: Collaborative Creative Practice Research
Contact | 21 June 2023

Join Creative Manchester for an informal lunch event exploring how creative practitioners and researchers can work together effectively

Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World
Contact | 16 June 2023

The official homecoming launch event for Blue Machine, Dr Helen Czerski’s exploration of the “ocean engine”—the physics behind the ocean’s systems—and why it matters.

Is Anybody Out There?
The Old Abbey Taphouse | 24 May 2023

Join Pint of Science to discover the different ways Manchester’s researchers are searching for extraterrestrial life!

Nanoworld: Small Science, Big Possibilities
The Old Abbey Taphouse | 23 May 2023

Listen to scientists explore the nanoworld, discussing the applications of graphene and other 2D materials. The tiniest wonders await.

Pint of Science: Sip of Science
Henry Royce Institute | 15 April 2024

Fascinating flash talks across multiple themes featuring some of Manchester’s leading thinkers and researchers.

Written in the Stars: The Story of the Universe
The Old Abbey Taphouse | 22 May 2023

Join Manchester’s finest Astrophysicists for an evening of wonder as they explain all this and more, in the story of the Universe!

General Lecture by Jack Dongarra
MECD | 21 July 2022

General Lecture by University of Manchester Professor Jack Dongarra in celebration of his ACM Turing Award.

Pint of Science: Let’s Get Physical
The Font | 11 May 2022

Pint of Science discuss everything graphene, to how Einstein’s famous formula can make matter from light and how smashing up atoms can achieve the perfect pint.