Events
Architecture for the People: Manchester City Architect’s Department, 1902-2003
Public Exhibition: Architecture for the People For 101 years, the City Architect’s Department in the Town Hall served the citizens and met diverse civic needs by designing hundreds of different municipal buildings. They ranged from grand airport terminals to the small public lavatories, from the high profile like the new Free Trade Hall to..
History Film Night: Architecture for the People?
Join us for a film screening and discussion exploring Manchester's urban history and development from the 1940s to today. Organized in collaboration with The Modernist and the current exhibit up at the Central Public Library, Architecture for the people: the works of Manchester City Architect’s Department (1902-2003), this Manchester Urban F..
Ingural Lectures: Prof Will Fletcher and Prof Seth Schindler
You are warmly invited to join the School of Environment, Education and Development at The University of Manchester for inaugural lectures from Will Fletcher, Professor of Physical Geography, and Seth Schindler, Professor of Urban Politics & Development, at the Cordingley Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford Street. Join us from 3.30pm for drinks a..
Shape a sustainable future with systems thinking: RoundView workshop
Discover an accessible, robust way to make sense of sustainability. Leave equipped with practical approaches you can apply immediately. Join Dr. Joanne Tippett from The University of Manchester for a free, hands-on workshop with the RoundView - an award-winning toolkit for sustainability thinking and learning. Watch this short video to find..
Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson
Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception. About the lecture The University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture brings a distinguished guest lecturer to Manchester to share their research. This year we are pleased to welcome Professor Bridget Anderson (University of Bristo..
Educating Out Prejudice through LGBT+ History Month
In this guest lecture, Sue will explore how we can use LGBT+ History Month - and other months dedicated to minoritised groups - to challenge stereotypes and celebrate the many achievements which have gone unsung, and been vital to society. This talk will be followed by a drinks reception on the ground floor of University Place.
Teaching Matters Workshop 4 Scaffolding Higher Education Assessments: Creating Student Checklists
Teaching Matters began in MIE (TEPL) and now welcomes everyone to share HE teaching practice across SEED and Humanities. Each workshop blends theoretical insight with practical tools for effective teaching, learning and assessment. We hope this is useful for professional learning generally and particularly supportive for colleagues working on..
Online archival workshop: The Black Radical Press in 1970s Britain
Join us for an online workshop exploring the materials and histories of Black activist publishing in the UK from the 1970s. Organized in collaboration with the George Padmore Institute and co-sponsored by the Institute of Race Relations, this event will focus on the archival legacy and continued significance of the Black radical press — as m..
Creativity and AI: Entertainment
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 community. The first event of the 202..
Digital Worlds Fireside Chat: Meet Our Theme Lead
Find out more about our Digital Worlds theme and learn more about the support we can provide. Meet the Digital Worlds Theme Lead, Dave Topping, at Digital Worlds Fireside Chat: Meet Our Theme Lead! "When we frame digital tools as an ecology, we draw on natural-system concepts to reveal how software, hardware, data, people, and the wider envi..