1. Welcome to Manchester Roger Barlow

2. The Town Origins in Roman times

3. The City Centre of the Cotton Industry Mills and warehouses (still around) Massive growth in work and population and (for some) wealth

4. The architecture Wealthy cotton magnates spent money on civic buildings

5. The Heritage ‘Manchester School’ economists and politicians Cobden, Bright, Peel, Fielden, Brotherton, Owens… Radical voices for –democracy –workers’ rights –abolishing privilege –free trade that shaped today’s society

6. The University Grew from 1824 “Mechanics Institute” 35,000 students 26,000 undergraduates Major rebuilding programme

7. Physics School intake ~250 undergraduates/year Research covers all Physics and Astronomy Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope is part of us

8. Particle Physics - Past Rutherford split the atom here (Cambridge please note) Rochester and Butler discovered the Strange Particles (but never got the Nobel prize)

9. THEORY Particle Physics – Present and Future ACCELERATORS EXPERIMENT ILC nsFFAG LHC QCD Model Building. FP420