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Workshops

Holiday workshops: Cosmetic chemistry (ages 9–11)

Thu 20 Feb 2025

Students will explore pH, neutralisation, solubility and changes of state, and make their own bathbombs and lipbalm to take home

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YSC Holiday workshops: Bacterial evolution (ages 15–18)

Tue 18 Feb 2025

Using restriction enzyme digests and gel electrophoresis, explore and analyse real bacterial DNA

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Holiday workshops: Colour chemistry (ages 12–14)

Mon 17 Feb 2025

Discover what a colour actually is, understand how objects become coloured, and how Chemists can manipulate these aspects to

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Discourses

Discourse: The future of engineering biology

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Join Dame Angela McLean, the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, as she discusses the transformative potential of the field

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Talks and shows

Following Faraday's hint: The search for quantum gravity

Sat 08 Feb 2025

World-renowned physicist Jim Gates explores how visualisation can propel the search for quantum gravity.

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LIVESTREAM TICKETS AVAILABLE - The greatest science demos of all time!

Sat 15 Mar 2025

Help decide the most-loved demo from over 200 years of history.

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Talks and shows

Let there be light! (Family)

Sat 26 Apr 2025

Join Gideon Koekoek as he explores the existence of light.

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Talks and shows

An introduction to cosmology 2025 (short course)

Mon 24 Feb 2025 - Mon 24 Mar 2025

Join Malcom Fairbairn's famous short course to explore the greatest cosmology questions of our time.

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Talks and shows

Messy science (Family)

Fri 11 Apr 2025

How to make a mess... scientifically!

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Talks and shows

Science and snacks: Hormone evolution

Thu 10 Apr 2025

We'll bring the science, you bring the snacks.

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