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 Lecture: Soil survival and re-emergence

Date

21/11/2024

Location:

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

Description

In this lecture, Dr Steve Atkinson, Associate Professor in Molecular and Cellular Bacteriology, will explore the history and biology of the plague and discuss the work being carried out by the University of Nottingham to uncover the drivers for plague inactivity and resurgence.

Science Public Lecture: Picture Perfect

Date

12/12/2024

Location:

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

Description

In this lecture, three academics from our Faculty of Science will explain how they use imaging techniques to explore a range of research questions, including how they can demonstrate the connection between our guts and our brains, help to diagnose brain tumours, and show if an anti-ageing cosmetic is actually absorbed by the skin.

Festival of Science 2025

Date

10 - 21/02/2025

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 in the Park 2025

Date

08/03/2025

Location:

Wollaton Hall and Park

Description

Science in the Park returns to Nottingham on Saturday 8th March 2025! Researchers from University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University will come together to run fun family-friendly activities at Wollaton Hall.

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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.

Sex, Drugs and Water Inequality

Date

16/11/2023

Location:

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

Description

At this public science lecture Rachel Louise Gomes MBE will explore how are we managing global challenges that include pharmaceutical drugs, sex hormones, and plastic pollution in our waters.

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