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2022
08
December
2022
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15:52
Europe/London
A new publication on the influence of the late artist Leonora Carrington on contemporary artists will feature Dr Jenna Ashton's feminist arts and curatorial practice. Dr Ashton is an artist, curator and producer, and Lecturer in Heritage Studies at t...
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08
September
2022
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13:40
Europe/London
Since becoming a research platform at The University of Manchester, Creative Manchester has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform’s research is centred on three key themes:...
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04
January
2022
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09:49
Europe/London
We are delighted to announce that Molly Lewis, Art History student at the University of Manchester is the winner of the Association for Art History’s 2021 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for the essay, ‘Sinful, Sexual, Sacred: Locating a Thirteenth ...
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2021
16
November
2021
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10:27
Europe/London
How does the arts respond to traumatic events?What kinds of social care and solace can artworks and the culture institutions that commission and exhibit them offer?And how have artists and arts workers found their own pathways for respite and recover...
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19
October
2021
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13:04
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On 10 November, researchers from the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures and Creative Manchester will host a hybrid workshop exploring research and knowledge exchange with the creative and cultural industries.Focused on the creative and cultural i...
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09
August
2021
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15:47
Europe/London
Students from The University of Manchester have been involved in a project to catalogue and preserve tributes left on the Marcus Rashford mural in Withington, after thousands of people had covered over offensive graffiti with positive messages.
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03
June
2021
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14:21
Europe/London
A new AHRC and BBC Radio 3 podcast series Green Thinking explores issues linking climate challenge and society, in conversation with some of the UK’s leading researchers.This 45-min launch episode on Radio 3 features SALC academic Dr Jenna Ashton, ta...
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11
February
2021
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17:31
Europe/London
Made in Persia is a research and development project looking at the history of Iranian Women's position in society before and after the revolution in 1979, through the journey of the 3rd generation born after the revolution. In 1979, revolution in Ir...
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14
January
2021
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16:13
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Due to popular demand, the deadline for entries for The University of Manchester Making a Difference Awards has been extended.The new closing date is midnight on 24 January 2021. It is hoped the extension will help anyone struggling to meet the deadl...
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2020
30
November
2020
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13:18
Europe/London
3D scanning technology is being used to bring some of Manchester’s most celebrated cultural sites to all.The School of Arts Languages and Cultures, The Institute for Cultural Practices, Creative Manchester and Digital Futures have launched an excitin...
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12
August
2020
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11:22
Europe/London
In the latest edition of the series, we heard from creative sector researchers and practitioners from The University and its cultural partners. They explored how their field of work has been impacted by and adapted to the crisis.
Dr Abi Gilmore, S...
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20
May
2020
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11:38
Europe/London
The Institute for Cultural Practices (ICP) at The University of Manchester’s School of Arts, Languages and Cultures has recently launched its new magazine, Cultural Practice.
The new magazine features critical reflective pieces in arts management,...
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07
February
2020
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08:58
Europe/London
The next generation of arts managers can develop their skills on a new short course offered by the Creative Manchester Summer Schools.
Running from 6-15 July 2020, the Creative Producing Summer School offers students a chance to work with cultural...
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2019
10
December
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
Blue Mythologies, the latest book by Professor of Visual Arts at The University of Manchester’s Department of Art History Carol Mavor, has been celebrated as ‘richly eclectic’ by the Guardian’s PD Smith.
The book covers the history of art, photogr...
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05
December
2019
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10:49
Europe/London
The evolution of medical practice through innovation and the development of new materials is explored in a pop-up exhibition produced by students from the University of Manchester’s MA Art Gallery & Museum Studies course.
Instrumental Change featu...
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07
November
2019
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12:33
Europe/London
Creatives will be joining the discussion on issues affecting the burgeoning city of Manchester as part of a special weekend-long event.
Contemporary theatre company Quarantine (Wallflower; Summer.), is bringing people together from all sides of th...
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10
October
2019
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09:43
Europe/London
New sociology research dives into the inequalities of the cultural sector, with recommendations for improving how the sector collects its equality monitoring data.
Dr Susan Oman, an Honorary Research Fellow working with the Institute for Cultural ...
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25
September
2019
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15:06
Europe/London
Erika Fernández, PhD student in Humanities at the University of Alcalá (Spain), is on a three-month research visit at the Institute for Cultural Practices to collaborate with Dr Kostas Arvanitis, Senior Lecturer in Museology, and study messages from ...
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17
July
2019
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16:43
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is part of a new network that will boost the contribution of higher education institutions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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2018
28
November
2018
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15:21
Europe/London
A new study of 35 million UK job adverts from 2013-2017 finds that employers require creativity in jobs that are particularly likely to grow in importance in the future workforce.
Looking at 39 transferable skills, creativity is consistently ident...
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26
July
2018
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14:17
Europe/London
Thousands of tributes left by the public to remember those killed or injured in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack will be preserved for the future, thanks to a grant made possible by National Lottery players, and with the involvement of Universit...
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20
April
2018
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16:39
Europe/London
Free drop in taster sessions for MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies and MA Arts Management, Policy and Practice.
Digital Heritage Project Presentation
Monday 30 April 2018
11.30am-12.30pm
Simon Building, 2.39
Creative Learning Project Prese...
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20
February
2018
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16:35
Europe/London
Ana Sanchez Santana begins a 3-month placement coordinated by the ICP with The Whitworth and the Manchester Museum Partnership.
Ana has worked as a researcher, policy consultant, and lobbyist. Her primary research interest is stakeholder engagemen...
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02
February
2018
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16:31
Europe/London
We are pleased to welcome Chiara Bartolini, a visiting PhD student at the Institute for Cultural Practices.
Chiara holds an MA in Specialized Translation from the University of Bologna. She is currently undertaking a PhD at the Department of Inter...
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