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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-Fun & ELLIS Invited Speaker Series | Lucia Cipolina Kun

11:00 - 12:00 10 June 2026

June's invited speaker will be Lucia Cipolina Kun from Meta. Lucia is a Research Scientist at META’s FAIR lab, working on large language model (LLM) agents for scientific discovery. Lucia's research focuses on developing novel techniques for the self-improvement of LLM agents and their application to coding and reasoning. She develops frameworks...

Solstice and Equinox series: Cosmic Titans – in conversation with David Olusoga

19:00 - 22:00 19 June 2026

Join Creative Manchester and Jodrell Bank for an evening that moves between science, art and philosophy to ponder what it means to imagine the universe when what we know is only ever partial. Reflecting on Cosmic Titans – an exhibition of sculpture, installation and photographic work created through collaborations between contemporary artists...

Unit M Deep Tech Accelerator Demo Day

17:00 - 20:00 24 June 2026

The Unit M deep tech accelerator team are delighted to invite you to the Unit M Deep tech accelerator demo day, taking place on Wednesday 24 June. The demo day marks the culmination of a three-month accelerator delivered by Unit M, The University of Manchester’s innovation unit, supporting early-stage, science-led startups from across Greater...

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