Events
Find out more about the events, seminars and public lectures you can attend in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Theatre Performance: The War of the Worlds
Step into the heart of one of the most iconic sci-fi stories ever written as H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds is reimagined in a gripping solo performance by storyteller Gav Cross, delivered in the intimate style of a Victorian parlour reading. Recommended ages 14+
Interdisciplinarity &: 2026 Series - Research Ethos: Speed-Networking
Each research discipline has its own ethos—distinct ways of asking questions, applying methods, and communicating ideas. This diversity can sometimes feel like a barrier to collaboration, even within schools, let alone across the wider university. As interdisciplinary research becomes increasingly vital—driven by complex societal challenges...
Training course on advanced scripting and batching of tomographic datasets
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming to process the data manually. A great benefit to creating scripts and plugins in Avizo is the ability to reuse a workflow on more than one image or to develop a bespoke...
Remote Patient Monitoring in the NHS: From Promise to Practice
Remote patient monitoring is a cornerstone of the government’s 10-year plan to get the NHS 'fit for the future'. It could support earlier detection of health problems, better assessment of treatment response, and more proactive self-management. While there have been promising examples of success, most initiatives to date have taken place as...
Ideas with Impact 2026 Awards - £300k in equity-free prizes up for grabs! Deadline for applications 22nd May 2026
Applications are now OPEN for Ideas with Impact 2026! Here’s everything you need to know: What is it? The University of Manchester’s Ideas with Impact Awards is a £300,000 prize pot to help researchers and entrepreneurs solve the world’s most pressing issues. Individual equity-free awards of £100k, £75k and £50k will be awarded to...
Training course on in situ experiments and digital volume correlation
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful experimental technique that computes 3D full-field displacement and strain maps from volumes images acquired during a deformation process of a material. DVC is the 3D extension of Digital Image Correlation (DIC) which was first described four decades ago. The emergence of DVC started early 2000s with...
9th Annual Workshop on Advances in X-ray Imaging
The 9th Annual Workshop on Advances in X-ray Imaging is a collaboration between The University of Manchester at Harwell, 3Dmagination Ltd and the Collaborative Computational Project in Tomographic Imaging (CCPi) with the aim of bringing together scientists from different fields to discuss developments and applications of a variety of X-Ray imaging...
Unit M Deep Tech Accelerator Demo Day
The Unit M deep tech accelerator team are delighted to invite you to the Unit M Deep tech accelerator demo day, taking place on Wednesday 24 June. The demo day marks the culmination of a three-month accelerator delivered by Unit M, The University of Manchester’s innovation unit, supporting early-stage, science-led startups from across Greater...
Creativity and AI: Free and Open-source AI Tools and Platforms
This event forms part of a three-part CreaTech Network Series running between February and April 2026, designed to strengthen connections across the CreaTech ecosystem in Greater Manchester and the North West, and to support collaboration between the University and the wider creative and cultural industries community. The third and final event...
Training course on visualisation and quantification of tomographic datasets
A 2 day in person training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged as one of the most important techniques for research in a wide range of applications including healthcare, energy, food and geology. Advances in the quality of X-ray...