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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 9d

We’re delighted that
@manchester.ac.uk has been awarded funding as part of @ukri.org
#CreativeCommunities programme to catalyse place-based innovation. Creative Manchester will work with Community Innovation Practitioner Ruth Flanagan @cartwheelarts.bsky.social on the ‘Unity & Strength’ project

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 9d

🎉 We’re thrilled for @manchester.ac.uk to be the official HE partner of @mcrlitfest.bsky.social as it celebrates 20 years of literary magic. Join us with the Centre for New Writing (@uomsalc.bsky.social) for a vibrant programme of partnership events.

📚 Discover more: www.manchester.ac.uk...

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 12d

📢IN 6 WEEKS: 'You Ought To Know' - Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories

📅6 Nov, 6pm
📍@thejohnrylands.bsky.social

Join us to hear Karen Gabay's research findings documenting the stories of artists underrepresented in the history of the Manchester music scene.

🎫 ow.ly/aGbX50WY6hQ

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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · 14d

FABER LECTURE: Pigeonholed: Creative freedom as an act of resistance - Gary Younge

📅 Thurs 16 Oct 2025 7pm
📍Friends’ Meeting House, Manchester
🎫Tickets & more info on Faber website

@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social
www.faber.co.uk/product/uom-...

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 15d

📅9 OCTOBER: A History of Black Theatre in Manchester 1827-2020: Celebrating presence
🎫 ow.ly/GlAf50X0LgE

@uomsalc.bsky.social

Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 15d

📅8 OCTOBER: Place-making and the role of culture in Manchester
🎫 ow.ly/SyTV50X0LgF

@mui-uom.bsky.social

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 15d

2 WEEKS: @oxrdmcr.bsky.social is back with its Cultural Welcome, from 6th to 12th Oct! We are proud to be hosting 2 events, with former Deputy Leader of Manchester City Council Luthfur Rahman OBE and another celebrating Black History in Manchester.

🔗 oxfordroadcorridor.com/the-cultural...

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 19d

We’re proud for @manchester.ac.uk to be the official HE partner of @mcrlitfest.bsky.social as it celebrates 20 inspiring years.
Join us with the Centre for New Writing (@uomsalc.bsky.social) for a series of events throughout the Festival.

📖 Explore the programme and book: www.manchester.ac.uk...

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 20d

The Joan Brossa exhibition officially launched this evening.

Thank you to Cllr Garry Bridges, for the warm welcome address, and to Prof Helena Buffery for the insightful talk on Brossa

You can view the exhibition until 30 Sept, in the Glass Corridor at Samuel Alexander Bldg, @manchester.ac.uk

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 22d

Presenters Prof Abi Gilmore, Prof Justin O'Connor and Dave Moutrey deliver presentations on the contexts, insights and histories behind Manchester's cultural infrastructure

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 22d

Today in Sam Alex building: Cultural Infrastructure at a Crossroads

John McAuliffe, CM Director, welcomes the room and introduces our presenters and speakers

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 22d

Delighted to host an exhibition viewing and panel discussion this afternoon at HOME
“MY MUM IS WHITE: exorcising 'half-caste' ghosts”

An engaging discussion with project leads, artist Linda Brogan and UoM psychologist Prof Adam Danquah & participants.

You can see the exhibition until Sun 21 Sept

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 26d

Congratulations to Keir Monteith KC, a @uomsalc.bsky.social Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law.

Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk...

@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social @eithnequinn.bsky.social

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 26d

@uniofmanchester.bsky.social is proud to be the official HE partner for @mcrlitfest.bsky.social. This year's Festival marks 20 years of literary magic - celebrate with us and the Centre for New Writing at our series of exciting partnership events

Book: www.manchester.ac.uk...

@uomsalc.bsky.social

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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 27d

Congratulations to Professor Sadiah Qureshi on receiving the @royalsociety.org's Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal for her groundbreaking work on science, race, empire and extinction.

A proud moment for us and a powerful reminder of how history shapes our future.

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h...

Manchester expert wins Royal Society’s highest honour for historian of science

Professor Sadiah Qureshi, a leading historian at The University of Manchester, has been awarded the prestigious Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture by the Royal Society in recognition of her inte...

www.manchester.ac.uk

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Laura Pottinger @laurajpottinger.bsky.social · 27d

How might stitching help us get to know mosses on more intimate terms?

New coauthored paper from the MossWorlds project on stitching sphagnum moss and doing creative, interdisciplinary work in geography labs: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@uomcreativemcr.bsky.social (1/3)

Embroidered moss made from a selection of textural green fabrics attached to plain cotton fabric stretched across an embroidery hoop. A brown label with the handwritten words 'laboratory incident' is attached to the fabric.

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School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomsalc.bsky.social · 27d

Join @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social for an exhibition viewing and panel discussion on Joan Brossa, presented with Manchester and Barcelona UNESCO Cities of Literature.

📅 Wed 17 Sep
⏰ 4.15-6pm
📍 Sam Alex Building, SG.16
🎟 Free – Booking required

Tickets and info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joan-bross...

Joan Brossa. The mental feeling of complete happiness

Join us for an exhibition viewing and panel discussion on Joan Brossa, presented with Manchester and Barcelona UNESCO Cities of Literature

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomsalc.bsky.social · 29d

SALC wishes to congratulate Keir Monteith KC, a SALC Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law.

Read more on our website: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/c...

Congratulations to Keir Monteith KC, Honorary Professor of Law

On his promotion, Keir commented:

www.manchester.ac.uk

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Stephen Hicks @stephenrhicks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Enjoying #ICRMC25 creative research methods conference lots of ideas to take back to @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social 😀

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