This annual, interdisciplinary festival is coordinated by University of Cambridge – and every year we present a programme of activities to showcase ARU research. The festival has four overarching themes: Society, Health, Environment and Discovery.
The festival features free events for all ages, including talks, workshops, demonstrations, performances, exhibitions and hands-on activities.
A podcast exploring emotions, sustainability, and positive action, with Professor Rosie Robison. Feeling overwhelmed by climate change? In the second edition of this podcast, ARU Professor of Social Sustainability Rosie Robison explores why the obvious action may not always be the most helpful one when it comes to managing our feelings about climate change.
What are you and how did your brain create you? Although everyone has (and is) a self, it is not easy to explain how selves came to arise in the world. Most people associate the term ‘self’ with personality and identity, but what lies at its core – what is its deep biological basis?
Do you want to make a change in your community? Are you interested in sharing your opinions to help academics develop ground-breaking research? Join this event to find out how ARU academics and members of the public collaborate at the early stages of research design. Learn about volunteering opportunities with ARU's 'Let's Shape Research Together' programme.
With a focus on real-world applications and collaboration, drop-in to discuss practical skills for writing, reviewing, and sharing research that reaches a broad audience, making a tangible impact on community engagement and policy-making.
Exercise is recommended as way of reducing the risk of both developing diabetes and also the complications that may arise once it develops. But what happens when exercise becomes to challenging due to complications such as neuropathy, ulceration or poor circulation? How do we make exercise possible?
Exercise is recommended as way of reducing the risk of both developing diabetes and also the complications that may arise once it develops. But what happens when exercise becomes to challenging due to complications such as neuropathy, ulceration or poor circulation? How do we make exercise possible?
This ARU student and staff collaborative pilot project aims to establish sustainable enzyme-based treatments for synthetic and mixed (natural, synthetic) fibre fabrics for textile design and up/recycling.
This Safe-Falling workshop with Dr Katrina McDonald will utilise principles from the sport of judo to teach people how to apply the principles of falling safely.
This three-part event will be based on exploring the themes presented in the play text through a movement workshop, a talk, and a staged reading of the play.
The late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe are often viewed as the climax of the Age of Enlightenment, when discoveries in science and philosophy transformed Europe and America into societies dominated by reason. But much of the intellectual debate of the time still centred on religion and sacred history.
This exhibition explores the relationships between Fibromyalgia pain, wearing choices, and creative practice drawing upon the lived experience of those with the condition.
This Safe-Falling workshop with Dr Katrina McDonald will utilise principles from the sport of judo to teach people how to apply the principles of falling safely.