Undergraduate Course Webinars
Find out about the courses we offer, the facilities we have and what makes the University of Manchester a great place to study.
Our webinars were recorded in autumn 2024, with live audiences. Hear from our academics about the wide and exciting range of subjects you can study in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures.
Webinars are running up to 28 November and upcoming sessions can be seen and booked here.
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Take our quiz and learn about the diverse range of careers available to graduates from the School of Arts Languages and Cultures.
Art History
Dr Alice Correia introduces you to our Art History courses.
Recorded on 29 October 2024.
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Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology
Dr Andy Fear introduces you to courses in our Department of Classics, Ancient History, Archaeology and Egyptology.
Recorded on 28 October 2024.
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Creative and Cultural Industries
Dr James Fenwick introduces you to our Creative and Cultural Industries course.
Recorded on 30 October 2024.
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Digital Media, Culture and Society
Dr Lukasz Szulc introduces you to our Digital Media, Culture and Society course with a taster lecture on Content Moderation.
Recorded on 24 October 2024
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Drama & Film
Drama
Dr David Butler teaches a taster lecture on Drama and Power that explores how this concept is conveyed in films.
Recorded on 11 November 2024
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Film Studies
Dr Sophie Everest introduces you to our Film Studies courses.
Recorded on 19 November 2024.
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English Literature, American Studies & Creative Writing
Dr John Roache introduces you to our English Literature, American Studies and Creative Writing courses.
Recorded on 5 November 2024.
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History
Dr Emily Jones present a taster lecture taken from one of our second year Modern History modules and answers questions about our History degree courses.
Recorded on 18 November 2024.
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International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response
Dr Martin Parham introduces you to the courses offered by the Humanitarian Conflict Response Institute.
Recorded on 21 October 2024.
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Liberal Arts
Dr Wren Radford introduces BA Liberal Arts at Manchester and presents a taster lecture taken from the core module Arts and the City.
Recorded on 11 November 2024.
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Linguistics & English Language
Dr Wendell Kimper introduces you to our Linguistics and English Language courses.
Recorded on 20 November 2024. Book here.
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Modern Languages
Our academics introduce you to our courses in Modern Languages and Cultures, specifially to the study of other cultures that is a strong feature on all our modern language degree programmes alonside the practical langage classes.
- Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies
- French Studies
- German Studies
- Italian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Russian and East European Studies
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
- n.b: Chinese Studies has no webinar recording but the Study Chinese and Japanese video on our Chinese Studies course page gives you an overview of how the language and culture are studied at Manchester
Recorded in October and November 2024.
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Music
In this taster workshop, Dr Roddy Hawkins from our Music Department introduces you to a sample of his reseearch on popular music.
Recorded on 1 November 2024.
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Religions & Theology
Dr Andrew Boakye introduces you to our Religions and Theology courses.
Recorded in October 2024.
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