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Science and Engineering Doctoral Academy

Events

The Researcher Development Team offer a range of seminars covering a broad range of topics, from supporting your development as an effective researcher right through to reflective accounts of careers within academia.

Each year, teams across the University delivers a range of events, bringing together researchers and supporting them to develop interdisciplinary connections. These encompass a range of activities, including the Postgraduate Summer Research Showcase as well as departmental level events, which often form part of your portfolio for progression and assessment. These are also excellent opportunities to enhance your presenting and communication skills and showcase your research.

Upcoming events


AI & Sustainability PhD/ECR Workshop

13:30 - 16:00 30 October 2025

[University of Manchester Staff and Student Only | In-person] Location: Nancy Rothwell building, 3A.016 We are looking for PhD students/Early Career Researchers to present their research This will be an interdisciplinary group, so it’s an opportunity to share your knowledge outside of your usual field and to develop interesting conversations...

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Chengchun Shi

11:00 - 12:00 12 November 2025

November’s AI-Fun and ELLIS Invited Speaker lecture will take place in Nancy Rothwell Building room 3A.012. This is in Core 1, on the third floor. If you go by stairs, once you get to the third floor stairwell/seating area, .012 is the first room on the right (entrance down the corridor on the right). If you use the left, head left out of the...

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 14 November 2025

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Maciej Bersewicz Professor of Statistics, Pozna University of Economics and Business Title: Shadow Populations: Estimating Unauthorized Migration joint work with Brendan Georgeson (ONS), Peter Walsh (University of Oxford) and Aniela Czerniawska...

Secure Your Ticket Early! GM Connected Health Ecosystem series

08:45 - 13:00 04 December 2025

Join Digital Futures for the next event in our GM Connected Health Ecosystem series! Topic TBA! PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE NHS OR IN HEALTHCARE. Book your ticket now for the next in series of the GM Connected Health Ecosystem! After the hugely successful AI in Healthcare: Transforming the Future with Large Language...

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 09 December 2025

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: José Manuel Aburto Brass Blacker Associate Professor in Demography, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

AI-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Sam Power

11:00 - 12:00 10 December 2025

November’s AI Fun and ELLIS Invited Speaker is Sam Power from the University of Bristol Bio: Sam is a Lecturer in the School of Mathematics. Sam received his PhD degree in 2020 from the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where his thesis focused on the synthesis and analysis of stochastic simulation algorithms for Bayesian...

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 10 February 2026

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Ridhi Kashyap Professor of Demography & Computational Social Science, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 10 March 2026

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Mónica Hernández Alava Professor in Health Econometrics, University of Sheffield Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 14 April 2026

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar, we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: András Vörös Associate Professor in Quantitative Methods, University of Birmingham Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

SOCIAL STATISTICS SEMINAR SERIES

14:00 - 15:30 12 May 2026

Please join us for the Social Statistics Seminar , we have coffee and cake. We are very pleased to welcome: Amiya Bhatia Associate Professor, University of Oxford Title: TBA Abstract: TBA

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