Events

The Institute for Policy and Engagement runs regular events that help connect policymakers and the public with the exciting research taking place.

If you have any suggestions for events you’d love to see us organising, or if you’re running an event where our research might make a contribution, please get in touch. 

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Science Public Lectures

Festival of Science and Curiosity 2025

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Cosmic Titans Exhibition

Date

25/01/2025 - 27/04/2025

Location:

Lakeside Arts

Description

This free exhibition unites art and science in a captivating exploration of the quantum universe, celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

Country lives: Exploring the English countryside from 1800

Date

10/04/2025 - 21/09/2025

Location:

Lakeside Arts

Description

From 10th April to 21st September Lakeside Arts will be showcasing the Country lives exhibition, exploring how the English countryside has been depicted over the past 200 years, from idyllic scenes to the realities of rural life. Jointly curated by the University of Nottingham Libraries, Manuscripts and Special Collections, and Dr. Sarah Holland from the Department of History, the exhibition highlights the lasting impact the countryside has had on people throughout history.

Country lives: Exploring the English countryside from 1800

Date

10/04/2025 - 21/09/2025

Location:

Lakeside Arts

Description

From 10th April to 21st September Lakeside Arts will be showcasing the Country lives exhibition, exploring how the English countryside has been depicted over the past 200 years, from idyllic scenes to the realities of rural life. Jointly curated by the University of Nottingham Libraries, Manuscripts and Special Collections, and Dr. Sarah Holland from the Department of History, the exhibition highlights the lasting impact the countryside has had on people throughout history.

CHAIN study information event

Date

01/05/2025

Location:

Medical School Foyer, Queens Medical Centre

Description

The university is hosting a community outreach event to share information, research findings and opportunities with individuals in Nottinghamshire about the impacts of physical activity levels on healthy aging.

Science Public Lecture: Breast cancer

Date

15/05/2025

Location:

B1 Physics Building, University Park Campus

Description

Join us in May for our next Science Public Lecture, featuring Professor Kwok-Leung Cheung and Miss Ruth Parks

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Science Public Lecture: Art and artificial intelligence

Date

17/10/2024

Location:

Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

In this lecture, Professor Steve Benford, from the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, will explore how he collaborates with artists, through his research programme Somabotics, to create robotic artworks that provoke meaning making and challenge foundational assumptions in AI.

Tales from the Caves exhibition

Date

03/10/2024 - 09/03/2025

Location:

Lakeside Arts

Description

Delve beneath the surface and discover the many-layered history of Nottingham's famous caves and the people who have carved out a life within their walls for over a thousand years.

Science Public Lecture: User-centred robot design

Date

19/09/2024

Location:

Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

In this lecture, Dr. Deshpande will explore three areas of research he has worked on over his career: telesurgery, teleoperation, and mixed reality training, bringing them together through the common theme that runs through his research, keeping the human user at the centre of the development of the technologies.

Science Public Lecture: Could bacterial viruses help us finally crack TB?

Date

15/08/2024

Location:

Physics Building, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

In this lecture, Professor Cath Rees, Professor of Microbiology within the Faculty of Science, explores a new diagnostic method that may finally help us tackle TB, a global disease that affects every country in the world and kills more than 1 million people every year.

Hidden Heritage Art Walk

Date

25/07/2024

Location:

University Park NG7 2RD Nottingham

Description

A guided art walk around a brand new sound trail on University Park

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