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

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Bright Sparks family talk: Exploring our universe

Date

20/07/2024

Location:

Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

In this interactive and sensory family talk, Jez Turner will explore how most of our Solar System and the Universe is not just what we see with visible light. Through practical demonstrations, Jez will show how we can explore space through smell, touch, and sound.

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

Science Public Lecture: Could bacterial viruses help us 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.

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.

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Ending stagnation panel discussion

Date

29/02/2024

Location:

Cleaver and Wake, Nottingham NG2 3JL

Description

Join a panel of leading economic experts from across the UK to explore and debate Britain's economic strategy. This event is hosted by Resolution Foundation in collaboration with the Institute for Policy and Engagement at the University of Nottingham.

Science Public Lecture: Observing using the Isaac Newton Telescope

Date

15/02/2024

Location:

Physics Building (lecture theatre B1) University Park Campus, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

Join Dr. Julian Onions, School of Physics and Astronomy, as he shares his experiences, and challenges, of observing with the Isaac Newton telescope.

Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity 2024

Date

05 - 16/02/2024

Description

This annual festival showcases a world of science and curiosity that's all around us every day through free, fun and interactive events across Nottinghamshire.

Science Public Lecture: Close encounters of the small kind

Date

18/01/2024

Location:

Physics Building (lecture theatre B1) University Park Campus, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

Join Dr Luke Norman for a captivating journey into the microscopic world as we explore the fascinating subject of electron microscopy and its profound potential for outreach.

Black Holes and the Dark Universe

Date

14/12/2023

Location:

Physics Building (lecture theatre B1) University Park Campus, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD, University Park

Description

In this talk, three successive holders of Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Awards at Nottingham explore how we can study these cosmological mysteries of black holes when we cannot observe them directly.

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