A quick round up of just some of the Public Engagement activities going on in and around Manchester? this April and May. Many of these events feature academics and researchers from the University of Manchester…

8 April 2013, 6:30pm – Bollington SciBar
Where: Vale Inn, Bollington
Topic: Skulls, Death and the Dark Ages
Speaker: Bryan Sitch
Visit: www.bollingtonscibar.co.uk

15 April 2013, 6.46pm – Didsbury SciBar
Where: The Albert Club, 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, Didsbury, M20 2PA
Topic: Pharmaceuticals
Speaker: Anthony Bristow
Visit: www.scibar.info

15 April 2013, 6:30pm – Manchester Salon
Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester,
Topic: Getting away with murder: genocide and politics
Speakers: Mukesh Kapila, Vanessa Pupavac and Rony Brauman will introduce a discussion on countries seeming to get away with genocide, chaired by James Thompson
Visit: www.manchestersalon.org.uk

17 April 2013, 1:00 – 2:00pm – engagement@manchester
Where: Alan Turing Building, G.107, The University of Manchester
Topic: Working in partnership with the public – examples of participative and collaborative research partnerships with different public groups.
Visit: www.engagement.manchester.ac.uk/resources/engagement/

20 April 2013, 10:30 – 15:30 – MOSI Saturday Science
Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester
Topic: The Big Bang Seen by The Planck Satellite
Visit: www.mosi.org.uk/whats-on/saturday-science.aspx

24 April 2013, 6.00pm – Cafe Scientifique
Where: KroBar, Oxford Road
Topic: Body fat: more than just a lump of lard?
Speaker: Catherine Lawrence
Visit: www.cafescientifique.manchester.ac.uk/calendar/

24 April 2013, 6:30pm – Manchester Salon
Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester,
Topic: Modernisation, development and conservation
Speakers: Dominic Standish, Angela Connelly, Tom Jarman and Alex Solk will open up ‘sustainable development’ to some critical thinking, chaired by Jane Leach
Visit: www.manchestersalon.org.uk

27 April 2013, 11am-4pm – Big Saturday Manchester Museum
Where: Oxford Road Manchester
Topic: Nature’s Library
Visit: www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/whatson/families/

4 May 2013, 10:30 – 15:30, MOSI Saturday Science
Where: Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester
Topic: Marvellous Materials!
Visit: www.mosi.org.uk/whats-on/saturday-science.aspx

7 May 2013, 6:30pm – Knutsford SciBar
Where: Knutsford Sports Club, Mereheath Lane, Knutsford
Topic: When you think of the things some animals can do or make, we have to ask if they can think “scientifically” and if so, what does this mean for humankind?
Speaker: Dr Bill Sellers
Visit: www.knutsford-scibar.co.uk

13 May 2013, 6:30 – Bollington SciBar
Where: Vale Inn, Bollington
Topic: From Fukushima to Outer Space – Threats and Opportunities for the UK Nuclear Industry in the 21st Century
Speaker: Adrian Bull
Visit: www.bollingtonscibar.co.uk

20 May – 6.46pm, Didsbury SciBar
Where: The Albert Club, 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, Didsbury, M20 2PA
Topic: So how much bandwidth do you really want?
Speaker: Nigel Linge
Visit: www.scibar.info

20 May 2013, 6:30pm – Manchester Salon
Where: International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, Cambridge Street, Manchester
Topic: Assisted dying: does it benefit society?
Speakers: Kevin Yuill, Ray Tallis, Jane Barraclough and Bob Pounder
Visit: www.manchestersalon.org.uk

29 May 2013 – 6.00pm, Cafe Scientifique
Where: KroBar, Oxford Road
Topic: Frogs, people and ferns – how to save the rainforest and its contents
Speaker: Prof. Richard Preziosi
Visit: www.cafescientifique.manchester.ac.uk/calendar/

Others events to keep an eye out for…