BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Columba Systems Ltd//NONSGML CPNG/SpringViewer/ICal Output/3.3- M3//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20171108T162913Z DTSTART:20180324T130000Z DTEND:20180324T140000Z SUMMARY:The rise of a university: industry\, engineering and science (Her itage Tour) UID:{}f1bg-j9r9et 3u-c2wp4o DESCRIPTION:This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technolo gical innovation. Our guides explain the history of the Manchester Mecha nics’ Institution founded by eleven successful merchants in 1824 to enab le workers to acquire a basic education.\n\nThe Manchester Mechanics’ In stitution later took on local and national concerns by tailoring its edu cation to meet Manchester’s industrial needs and by researching new tech nologies that would improve Britain’s competitive edge.\n\nThe Instituti on developed into the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) which established itself as a specialised centre of s cientific\, engineering and technological education and research.\n\nThe tour takes places around one of Manchester’s oldest industrial sites an d leads visitors from the fine architecture of the Sackville building\, invested with civic pride\, through to the postwar modernist structures exemplifying progress and possibility. \n\nThe tour is outside and lasts around 1 hour.\n STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Sackville St Building\, Sackville St Entrance\, Sackville Street Building\, Manchester END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR