Our outreach work, including events and activities with school, colleges and and public, is a central part of our social responsibility mission.
The Faculty’s scientists, engineers and students take part in a huge range of activities aimed at engaging the public with the research going on at Manchester, from science festivals, public lectures, and visits to primary and secondary schools, to TV documentaries seen by millions.
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Outreach at the University
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Outreach events
Keep up-to-date with the latest outreach events from the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
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ELLIS Workshop on Misinformation Detection
16 June 2025
The rise of the internet and social media has significantly accelerated the spread of misinformation, posing serious societal challenges. While large language models (LLMs) offer new opportunities for misinformation detection, they also enable the creation of increasingly convincing false information, blurring the line between truth and deception. This...
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AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Theo Damoulas: Decision Making under the Exponential Family: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with Bayesian Ambiguity Sets
11:00 - 12:00 18 June 2025
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. On 18 June, we are joined by Prof Theo Damoulas from the University of Warwick. Title: Decision Making under the Exponential Family: Distributionally Robust Optimisation with...
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AI-Fun with ELLIS Seminar | Laurent Orseau
11:00 - 12:00 16 July 2025
The Manchester Centre for AI Fundamentals and Manchester's ELLIS Unit are co-hosting a series of seminars featuring expert researchers working in the fundamentals of AI. Bio: Laurent has been working as a research scientist at DeepMind since 2014 having received a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from INSA Rennes / Université de Rennes II in 2007. Title...
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