In collaboration with the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP), the Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) is bringing together Disabled Peoples’ Organisations, young Disabled people, activists, and allies to launch and mobilise a powerful regional movement for Inclusive Education. Educate, Don’t Segregate Our collective power can dismantle segregation and build an education system where […]
Generative AI is rapidly transforming the creative industries. This hands-on AI Social Club workshop shows artists and creators how to actually use today’s most powerful AI tools for writing, image creation, video, music and creative development. Only 25 places are available to keep the workshop practical and interactive. Earlier this year, AI Social Club: The […]
Hot off the press for spring 2026, Interrogating the Global Social Challenges presents wide-ranging expertise from sociologists on some of the most urgent issues of our time. This accessibly written volume offers readers tools to think critically and act thoughtfully in relation to topics such as decolonization, inequalities, climate, ecology and waste, pandemics, work, racialized […]
The North-West Translator’s Network (NWTN) provides a physical and virtual meeting place for translators, interpreters, teachers, students, language service providers and everyone who is interested in working with languages. Tickets are now on sale for the next Stronger Together day, taking place once again at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester city centre. Let’s […]
Ece Temelkuran in conversation with Carole Cadwalladr in Manchester about Ece’s latest book Nation of Strangers:Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century. The Turkish writer and political thinker Ece Temelkuran in conversation with Nerve co-founder Carole Cadwalladr. Ece, the author of How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Fascism will talk about […]
Since Amye Everard Ball became the first woman to be granted an English patent in 1637, hundreds have been awarded to women but rarely cited. These overlooked women navigated legislation and social assumption of their times, to ensure their patents were registered as their own. Referring to themselves as housewives, widows, inventors, scientists, nurses, electricians […]
Part of the 2025 Manchester Animation Festival Ever wonder how a would-be superhero artist, Muppeteer, and rock musician ends up as an Animation Supervisor at one of the biggest studios in the world? In this entertaining and candid talk, Ken Fountain takes you on his unpredictable journey through art, music, theatre and tech, all of […]
Join the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People for an evening of socialising, food, and open mic in Manchester city centre to celebrate the International Day of Disabled People. Easy Read information to follow. Join us for an evening of socialising, food, drink and open mic at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF) in Manchester […]
Why do some automation projects succeed, while others fail? More broadly, how do organisations shape new technology – for good or ill? Why are some automation schemes supported and some resisted, subverted and discarded? Here we document one historical example. Expect many photos of solid engineering, beehive hairdos and a walk-on part for Steven Spielberg’s […]
Local journalism used to be a thriving and highly profitable industry – so much so that the Manchester Evening News used to subsidise the losses on its stablemate, the Manchester Guardian. But the 21st century has been devastating for local newspapers in the UK as their main revenue model has disappeared and thousands of journalists […]