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- Science & Technology
- Manchester
Cognitive Robotics: From Babies to Robots and AI
Professor Angelo Cangelosi
How is the interdisciplinary field of Cognitive Robotics growing our understanding of language learning?
- Talk
- Science & Technology
- Manchester
Not just for the boys: why we need more women in science
Professor Dame Athene Margaret Donald DBE FRS HonFInstP HonF
Fewer and fewer women are working in STEM subject areas as they move up the career ladder. Why is this?
- Talk
- Science & Technology
- Manchester
Manchester’s Cancer Research Innovations: Embracing Patient Complexity and Team Science approaches
Professor Robert Bristow MD PhD FRCPC FMedSci
Find out more about Cancer Research UK’s unique mission in Manchester to provide “Precision Cancer Medicine for All"
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- Philosophy
Interview with Professor Daniel Miller
Professor of Anthropology
What did anthropologist Daniel Miller discover about the role community and place plays in making our lives more fulfilling when he spent time living in a small Irish town?
- Watch
- Climate change
Reducing your Carbon Footprint – Effective Carbon Offset
Climate Change Working Group
How can you offset your own personal carbon footprint, both ineffectively and effectively?
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- Society
Manchester Lit & Phil Voices: Nazir Afzal in conversation with Darryl Morris
Manchester Lit & Phil Voices
What is the current state of the British justice system?
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