Public engagement events in and around Manchester
08 Apr 2013
Just some of the (mostly) free activities to go along to in April.
Bollington SciBar
8 April 2013 (6.30pm)
- Where: Vale Inn, Bollington
- Topic: Skulls, Death and the Dark Ages
- Speaker: Bryan Sitch
- Visit Bollington SciBar
Didsbury Scibar
15 April 2013 (6.45pm)
- Where: The Albert Club, 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, Didsbury, M20 2PA
- Topic: Pharmaceuticals
- Speaker: Anthony Bristow
- Visit DidsburySciBar
Manchester Salon
15 April 2013 (6.30pm)
- Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester
- Topic: Getting away with murder: genocide and politics
- Speakers: Mukesh Kapila, Vanessa Pupavac and Rony Brauman will introduce a discussion on countries seeming to get away with genocide, chaired by James Thompson
- Visit Manchester Salon
engagement@manchester
17 April 2013 (1-2pm)
- Where: Alan Turing Building, G.107, The University of Manchester
- Topic: Working in partnership with the public - examples of participative and collaborative research partnerships with different public groups.
- Visit engagement@manchester
MOSI Saturday Science
20 April 2013 (10.30am -3.30pm)
- Where: Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester
- Topic: The Big Bang Seen by The Planck Satellite
- Visit http://www.mosi.org.uk/whats-on/saturday-science.aspx
Cafe Scientifique
24 April 2013 (6pm)
- Where: KroBar, Oxford Road
- Topic: Body fat: more than just a lump of lard?
- Speaker: Dr. Catherine Lawrence
- Visit CafeScientifique
Manchester Salon
24 April 2013 (6.30pm)
- Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester
- Topic: Modernisation, development and conservation
- Speakers: Dominic Standish, Angela Connelly, Tom Jarman and Alex Solk will open up 'sustainable development' to some critical thinking, chaired by Jane Leach
- Visit Manchester Salon
Big Saturday, Manchester Museum
27 April 2013 (11am-4pm)
- Where: Oxford Road Manchester
- Topic: Nature's Library
- Visit Manchester Museum
Other events to keep an eye out for
- Knutsford SciBar
- Manchester Bright Club
- Manchester Signature Lectures (University College for Interdisciplinary Learning