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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online
🔗 Find an event for you: festivalofsocialscience.com

The Festival of Social Science is an annual celebration of research and knowledge about humans and society..

Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

🎭Inundated: an immersive drama - this acclaimed, interactive performance grapples with themes of climate resilience and collective responsibility
📅multiple
📍Revolución de Cuba Manchester
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inundated-...

Inundated: an immersive drama

This acclaimed, interactive performance grapples with themes of climate resilience and collective responsibility (28 Oct, 4 Nov from 5.30pm)

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

🎨Brave Spaces: Visualising Support for Women Experiencing Domestic Abuse in Faith Communities

Interactive exhibit: 1st - 5th Nov, 10am-4pm
Guided Craft Workshop 1: 3 Nov, 10.30am-12.30pm
Guided Craft Workshop 2: 4 Nov, 1-3pm

📍SEESAW, 86 Princess Street

festivalofsocialscience.com/events/brave...

Brave Spaces: Visualising Support for Women Experiencing Domestic Abuse in Faith Communities | Events | Festival of Social Science

Learn how faith communities can better support women experiencing domestic abuse, especially those from ethnically minoritised backgrounds. Experience powerful digital artwork and take…

festivalofsocialscience.com

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

Presented by Creative Manchester with @uomsalc.bsky.social Music Department and Karen Gabay
🗯️You Ought To Know – Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories
📅6 November, 6pm - 7.30pm
📍 @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
🎫 ow.ly/1TBT50XbOyr

You Ought To Know – Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories

This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2025.

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

Presented by @uomsoss.bsky.social
⚖️Not a soft option: How the arts are reimagining youth justice
📅6 November, 5pm - 7pm
📍Martin Harris Centre, @uomsalc.bsky.social
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Not a soft option: How the arts are reimagining youth justice

Step into the world of arts-based justice: watch, create, and see how creativity steers young people away from crime and towards change.

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

👵Hulme Nannas' exhibition of (in)visibility, community and urban change
📅5 November, 6pm - 8pm
📍Manchester Museum
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Hulme Nannas' exhibition of (in)visibility, community and urban change

An exhibition of artwork by older women in Hulme, demonstrating the power of gentle methodologies working in pressured communities

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 1h

We're excited to once again be part of the @ukri.org #FestivalofSocialScience this year! The festival kicks off this weekend and will be exploring and celebrating the world of social science.

📅 18 Oct - 8 Nov
🎟️ Free entry
📍 Across the UK and online - find out about @manchester.ac.uk events👇

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University of Manchester School of Social Sciences @uomsoss.bsky.social · 6h

🎨 Discover how creativity can support young people to move away from crime. Hear a talk, watch powerful short films + join an interactive art workshop

📅6 November, 5-7pm, Martin Harris Centre

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-a-soft...

#ESRCFestival #McrESRCFest @ukri.org @criminologyuom.bsky.social

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Manchester Literature Festival @mcrlitfest.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Festival day🎉 We kick it off with a very strong first day. Get your last minute tickets at manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/whats-on%F0%...

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 4d

Huge congratulations to our friends at @mcrlitfest.bsky.social as this year’s Manchester Literature Festival begins! 🎉 This year celebrates 20 years of literary magic - and once again @manchester.ac.uk is the proud official HE partner.

Explore the full programme: manchesterliterature...

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 5d

🤖Professor Angelo Cangelosi, Professor of Machine Learning and Robotics and Co-Director of the Manchester Centre for Robotics and AI
"With an ageing population and a strained care sector, could robots help? Social robots might become companions, helping with health, independence and loneliness"

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 5d

👗Courtney Chrimes, Lecturer in Digital Fashion Marketing
"My research explores how emerging tech – especially AI – can guide more sustainable decisions in fashion. The goal? A future where innovation drives circularity, without losing the creativity that makes fashion unique"

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 5d

💜Dr Riza Batista-Navarro, Senior Lecturer in Text Mining & our Creative Industries & Innovation Lead

"My research focuses on natural language processing for tasks like information extraction, machine reading, and language modelling in diverse contexts such as heritage and archives"

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 5d

This week @manchester.ac.uk's AI @ Manchester campaign kicks off, celebrating 75 years since Alan Turing established the Turing Test, laying the foundations for AI🔢

Learn more about AI at Manchester: www.manchester.ac.uk/research/ai/

Meet some of researchers driving the future of AI at Manchester👇

AI at Manchester: shaping the future of AI research and innovation

Discover how we’re shaping AI research and innovation through AI that tackles global challenges and transforms industries, enhances public services and ultimately improves lives.

www.manchester.ac.uk

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight we’re welcoming SuAndi OBE, Kate Dorney senior lecturer in Drama and Lerato Mokate, theatre maker, access coordinator and alumni.

We’re here for the exhibition launch of A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: celebrating presence

Part of @oxrdmcr.bsky.social #CulturalWelcome

Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 6d

The lecture is followed by a discussion with @abigilmore.bsky.social (@mui-uom.bsky.social & @uomsalc.bsky.social) where they explore policymaking for culture and a city accessible to all - from parks and green spaces as democratic arenas of leisure to large investments such as Aviva Studios

Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 6d

Luthfur Rahman OBE gives his lecture on place-making and the role culture plays in every aspect of Manchester he paints a picture of Manchester's colorful history, its strength in diversity and countless cultural offerings - a bold vision to make it a great place for all 💬🐝

@mui-uom.bsky.social

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 6d

Our Platform Director Professor John McAuliffe welcomes the audience and our speakers, and introduces Luthfur, whose impact on Manchester's cultural scene as Manchester City Council's former Executive for Skills, Culture and Leisure is immense 💭

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 6d

We're delighted to welcome Luthfur Rahman OBE to the Martin Harris Centre tonight - he will give a guest lecture on place-making and the role of culture in Manchester 🐝

This lecture is part of @oxrdmcr.bsky.social #TheCulturalWelcome and presented in partnership with Manchester Urban Institute 🤝

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 9d

Join our friends at ENO's Tuning Into Opera tomorrow as part of Oxford Road Corridor's #TheCulturalWelcome for a hands-on opera-making workshop

📅7 October, 4.15pm
📍G16, Martin Harris Centre, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
🎫Free, no booking required

More info: https://ow.ly/tZah50X5ypi

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 9d

THIS WEEK Oxford Road Corridor is back with #TheCulturalWelcome and we are proud to be hosting two events on 8 and 9 October 👇

If you're a new or returning student you can grab a Creative Manchester goodie bag at registration🎁

🎫https://ow.ly/tjX350X5qBB

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 12d

NEXT WEEK Oxford Road Corridor is back with #TheCulturalWelcome and we are proud to be hosting two events on 8 and 9 October 👇

If you're a new or returning student you can grab a Creative Manchester goodie bag at registration🎁

🎫https://ow.ly/tjX350X5qBB

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 13d

Join our friends at ENO's Tuning Into Opera next week as part of Oxford Road Corridor's #TheCulturalWelcome for a hands-on opera-making workshop

📅7 October, 4.15pm
📍G16, Martin Harris Centre, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
🎫Free, no booking required

More info: https://ow.ly/tZah50X5ypi

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 13d

Creative Manchester is celebrating 4 yrs as a Research Platform! 🎉 Since 2 Oct 21, we've built key partnerships across the GM arts & culture sector, driving innovative research.

🎥 Watch our 24-25 highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2plvaMe_2A&list=PL6wd3KyqJvmL52XNUgT8CJvjj2fsr_9Fh

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 14d

The project ‘Unity and Strength: Banner-Making as a Craft Tool to Support Belonging and Community Cohesion’ will build a research base for Ruth Flanagans work with @cartwheelarts.bsky.social, delivering craft + heritage projects with diverse communities in Rochdale.

@ukri.org
#CreativeCommunities

"How do we make connections with one another? This interdisciplinary project is about the tangible positive impacts of craft traditions - and how we can model good practices by weaving together our different research, artistic and community resources." Prof John McAuliffe, Director, Creative Manchester

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