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MadLab at the MANCHESTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2011

Monday, September 12th, 2011

The annual Manchester Science Festival shows that Manchester is at the very heart of UK science and gives children and adults a chance to explore science through multiple of creative approaches, amongst others dance, music, art and fashion. The Festival includes exhibitions, talks and many hands on events. It is the 5th anniversary of the festival this year, and MadLab has a bigger input than ever. All together MadLab will be hosting 6 events: Robot Hackday, Alan Turing day, Bio Ethics Debate, DIYBIO summit, Teawitter and Girl Geek Tea Party and Micro Biology and Art Exhibition. (more…)

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38° of Separation, Korea : Time and Generation

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Madlab responds to Asia Triennial Manchester 2011 by addressing the cultures of the two Koreas, North and South. Since Korea was formally divided in 1948 down the 38th parallel line, the Northern and Southern parts of the peninsula have followed very dissimilar temporal and spatial paths. The division of the nation has created subsequent generations of Koreans who are, in many ways, poles apart, both physically and ideologically. (more…)

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Microbiology and art competition – call for entries

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Art provides an opportunity for visualisation and communication of science…

During the Manchester Science Festival 2011, MadLab will be hosting its first science themed exhibition, on the subject of Microbiology and Art (Oct 20 – Nov 11). Items on display will include a range of different representations of links between microbiology and art – photography, jewellery, embroidery, music, painting and so on – produced by science students from MMU. In addition, the Manchester Microbe Map, produced by the intrepid members of DIYBIOMCR will be on display alongside the MMU AIDS banner, and an open call for work. (more…)

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Web design foundations almost upon us!

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

I blogged a little while ago about the reasons behind running my course – read

Build your own place on the web for more. In short, I want to give everyone and anyone the chance to learn the skills they need to put together a usable, accessible, modern web site that will stand the test of time, and improve the quality of web sites overall. Course such as the Omniversity web design foundations courses are really only the tip of the iceberg, and I will be work on spreading such good web teachings far and wide across the globe in the near future, when the W3C Web Education Community Group takes off. (more…)

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Announcing The First Manchester Jelly – 23rd September

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The first ever Manchester Jelly will be held on Friday 23rd September from 9am at MadLab in Manchester’s City Centre.

Manchester Jelly will be held every Friday from the 23rd September onwards, each week at the MadLab

Manchester Jelly is a casual co-working event for freelancers, home workers and small/micro business owners who want to work somewhere different alongside other interesting professionals, exchange advice and help, and even collaborate on new ideas. Jellies are not networking events for finding new clients or selling your products or services. (more…)

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