Past events
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Maths education seminar: Richard Crossman on Mathematical Decolonisation
14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Richard Crossman (University of Durham) Title: Bring Down The Barricades! Clearing A Path For Mathematical Decolonisation Abstract: The process of decolonising higher education is international, cross-institutional, and multidisciplinary. This makes a one-size-fits-all approach inappropriate;...
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Maths education seminar: Katie Steckles and Jon Shiach on group examinations
14:00 - 15:00 16 March 2026
Speakers: Dr Jon Shiach and Dr Katie Steckles (Manchester Metropolitan University) Title: Two-Stage Exams - implementing group assessment in an exam setting Abstract: At Manchester Metropolitan University, we have been trialling a new form of assessment (on the maths course and elsewhere), which splits...
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Dynamical Systems and Analysis Seminar - Sophie Wright
16 March - 18 April 2026
Speaker: Sophie Wright (University of Bristol) Title: Random covers of hyperbolic surfaces Abstract: Given a closed hyperbolic surface, we study random infinite-sheeted covers whose fundamental group is isomorphic to the free group F_k. I will show that, asymptotically, these covers distribute according...
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Manchester Geometry Seminar - Andrey Jivkov
15:00 - 16:00 16 March 2026
Speaker: Andrey Jivkov (Manchester) Title: What becomes of Geometry when the Manifold is gone? Abstract: Classical differential geometry describes physical systems as smooth fields evolving on manifolds. However, many systems of interest evolve through discrete structural changes, for which smooth...
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Digital health equity seminar series: A systems approach to addressing digital health equity in Wales
13:00 - 14:00 11 March 2026
The next seminar in the University of Manchester Digital Health Equity Seminar Series is on Wed 11th-Mar, 1-2pm BST via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97225205099. Diana Bright (Public Health Wales and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Digital Health Equity) will talk about A systems approach to addressing digital...
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