Public engagement
On Saturday 11 July from 12 – 5pm, the University of Cambridge will present the annual Fun Lab, a space where everyone can get seriously hands-on with science, during the Big Weekend on Parker’s Piece.
WOW Cambridge and the Cambridge Science Festival turn spotlight onto women, education and science.
A new transatlantic pilot study aims to better understand what makes science events tick.
These activities range from festivals, science busking and trips to nature reserves, and involve about half of the UK population. The project, called Science Live, will explore the differences between the huge varieties of live science events and will develop research questions about how they affect their audiences.
The fascinating results of CT scans performed by the radiology team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital on two mannequins from the 18th and 19th centuries reveal astounding science and conservation stories from the exhibition Silent Partners.
The largest ever Cambridge Festival of Ideas launches on Monday with 250 events celebrating the very best of arts, politics and culture.
Bookings open today for this year's Cambridge Festival of Ideas, now in its seventh year and bigger and better than ever. The Festival, which runs from 20 October to 2 November, explores the rich contributions the arts, humanities and social sciences make to our culture and understanding of the world.
Open Cambridge returns to welcome you through the doors of some of Cambridge’s most beautiful and intriguing places.
After a wonderful week, our three exhibits at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition have returned to Cambridge. With over 10,000 visits from the public, school pupils, potential funders and Government Ministers, it was a very busy but enjoyable and successful week for everyone involved.
Although the weather on Saturday 5 July wasn’t brilliant, Fun Lab at the Big Weekend certainly lived up to its name!
Cyberbullying, climate conspiracies, gender politics and how to teach history are just a few of the important and contentious topics covered in this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas.
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