What’s on in November?
30 Oct 2024
Welcome to November’s edition of ‘What’s on?’. Here you will find everything you can get involved in for free each month, ranging from cultural, extracurricular and celebratory events and activities.
Events
Festival of science
The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change. Events will take place across several UK universities (including UoM) up to Saturday, 9 November.
Digital trust seminar
Join Professor Rob Black to discover how we can enhance our cyber security measures, defend our systems and fight our cyber attackers.
- Book your free ticket on Monday, 18 November at Christabel Pankhurst Building
Welcome event for new colleagues
Join our Welcome Event to meet new colleagues, hear from guest speakers, and join a campus tour. During November’s event, we will be joined by Head of Marketing, Andrew Simmons, who will be giving a talk on his experience at the University of Manchester.
- Book a welcome event on Thursday, 7 November 9am to 12noon at University Place 3.204
AHEP Online Event: Building a Professional Services Career in Higher Education
This event will explore how professionals have developed successful careers in higher education, with insights from AHEP members and special guest Patrick Hackett, COO and Registrar.
- Book your place on Monday, 4 November 3pm to 4.30pm on Microsoft Teams
Houseplant sale at the Students Union
The Houseplant Sale is back for two days only with thousands of plants, pots and accessories on offer.
- Find the sale Monday, 4 to Tuesday, 5 November 10am to 7pm at the Students Union
Bridging the gap: An introduction to intercultural communication with China
Join the Confucius Institute for a lunchtime public talk given by Catherine Hua Xiang (LSE). Catherine will talk about her new book on 'Bridging the gap: An introduction to intercultural communication with China'. The talk will be followed by a book signing.
- Book your free ticket on Tuesday, 12 November 1pm to 2.30pm at the Alliance Manchester Business School
Instruments in Chinese music: The violin
The second event in the “Instruments in Chinese music” series hosted by the Confucius Institute will focus on the violin. The guest will be University of Manchester Musicology PhD student Ziluo Huang.
- Book your free place on Wednesday, 20 November 6pm to 7pm at Manchester Central Library
Sustainable Futures Seminar: Sustainable Aviation Fuel | Garment Designing
Join us for our November edition of our seminar series with Dr Doğuşhan Kılıç and Phumza Sokhetye.
- Book your free place on Wednesday, 20 November online
Our cultural institutions
Jodrell Bank
Wedding Open Day
Are you dreaming of a wedding that’s out of this world? Tour the grounds at Jodrell Bank and explore the various moving backgrounds for your ceremony under the stars at this special Wedding Open Day.
- Reserve your free place on Sunday, 3 November at Jodrell Bank and Devere Cranage Estate
Relaxed Visits to Jodrell Bank
Explore Jodrell Bank with reduced sound in exhibition spaces and an early showing of the free ‘Introduction to Jodrell Bank’ film.
- Book free with admission on Sunday, 3 November from 10am
Manchester Museum
All November: Wild exhibitions
Wednesday, 6, 13, 20 and 27 November (12pm to 12.50pm): Introductory tai chi qigong
Friday, 8 November (10.30am to 3pm): Finds ID
Saturday, 9 November (1.30pm to 3pm): Wild Walks: Treescapes sensory walk
Wednesday, 13, 20 and 27 November (5.30pm to 7pm): Wild shared reading
Tuesday, 19 November (11am to 2pm): Art of collections
Wednesday, 20 November (6pm to 7.30pm): Critical Conversations
Sunday, 24 November (2.15pm to 2.35pm): Pride Tours
Wednesday, 27 November (4pm to 6pm): Teacher drop-in
Wednesday, 27 November (6pm to 10pm): Werkha presents Saturama
Saturday, 30 November (1pm to 2.30pm): Future Treescapes
Whitworth Art Gallery
All November:
- Barbara Walker: Being here
- The ‘Death’ of the Life Room
- Shirley Craven’s post-war designer exhibition
- Everyday Art School
- Anya Gallaccio’s commission on nature and architecture
Saturday, 2 November: Feel Good Kids Art Club
Sunday, 17 November: Still Parents project
Thursday, 21 to Saturday, 23 November: The Care Lab
Thursday, 21 to Sunday, 24 November: Exchanges
Saturday, 30 November (11am to 5pm): Bound Art Book Fair 2024
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Thursday, 21 November (1pm to 1:45pm): Revisiting British Humanitarianism: Three Life Stories
Thursday, 28 November (1pm to 1:45pm): Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections: Conservation, Digitisation and Community Engagement with Contested Collections
Our community
Religious celebrations and traditions
Friday, 1 November: Diwali (Hinduism)
Friday, 1 November: Bandhi Chorr Divas (Sikhism)
Friday, 15 November: Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ki Gurpurab (Sikhism)
Read more about religious celebrations that our friends and colleagues may be observing throughout November.
Awareness days
Tuesday, 19 November: International Men’s Day
Wednesday, 20 November: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Monday, 25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Groups and societies
Book Club
Two books this month! Lost Property by Helen Paris and Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
You don't even need to have finished the book (although there will be spoilers!). We will also recap Butter by Asako Yukuki.
Why not head over to our Viva Engage (yammer) group for more reading inspiration! Looking forward to a good discussion!
- Contact Fiona.Lynch@manchester.ac.uk for the zoom link for Friday 29 November 12.30pm to 1.30pm.
Want to feature your event next month?
If your event is free and open to all colleagues at the University, you can advertise it here next month!
Submit your suggestion to uninews@manchester.ac.uk by 25 of each month to feature in the following month. Please send us a short description (max 30 words) and any relevant links you may have too.
Please note that we unfortunately cannot guarantee your submission will feature, but we will do our best to feature as many as we can.
The deadline to feature in December’s ‘What’s on?’ is 25 November. Any questions, just drop us an email!