Cambridge Festival

Finding Home: an exhibition of art by asylum-seeking women

See powerful artworks created by asylum-seeking women. Each piece reflects personal stories of home, inclusion, safety, hope, and survival.

• 17 - 24 March 2026, 09:00 - 17:00
• Price:  Free

Silenced Data: the politics of health research in the USA

This seminar explores how the current political climate in the United States is impacting research into the healthcare needs of diverse and marginalised communities.

• 17 March 2026, 17:00 - 19:00
• Price:  Free

Finding Home: an exhibition and community event to celebrate art created by asylum-seeking women

Join us for a community celebration of Finding Home which showcases powerful artworks created by asylum-seeking women. Each piece reflects personal stories of home, inclusion, safety, hope, and survival, emerging through participatory arts that support health and wellbeing.

• 17 March 2026, 17:30 - 19:00
• Price:  Free

Protecting your children: Teaching them to stay safe online

The internet offers great opportunities but also real risk, especially for children. In this session, we will explore practical ways to keep children safe online.

• 18 March 2026, 16:30 - 18:00
• Price:  Free

The unwelcome return of scientific racism: the Olaudah Equiano annual race justice lecture

It's back. Or maybe it never went away, but we convinced ourselves that the spurious ideas of race science - fully dismantled and debunked by genetics in the 20th century - had been put away, bygones from a less enlightened time. Join us for the Olaudah Equiano annual race justice lecture to find out more.

• 18 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
• Price:  Free

DesignLab Symposium and exhibition private view 2026: Intersections & Transformations in Design Research

The inaugural DesignLab Symposium will explore how design research can transcend disciplinary boundaries to address complex social, environmental, and technological challenges. Join us afterwards for the private view of the accompanying exhibition.

• 19 March 2026, 13:00 - 17:00
• Price:  Free

Invent your own language- workshop

Ever wondered how languages like Klingon, Na'vi, or Dothraki are brought to life? Join linguist Dr Bettina Beinhoff for a hands-on workshop where you'll explore the fascinating art of language creation.

• 19 March 2026, 15:00 - 17:00
• Price:  Free

AI’s Hidden Footprint: The Environmental Cost of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world—but at what environmental cost? This panel uncovers the hidden material and energy demands behind AI technologies, from data centres and resource extraction to e-waste and carbon emissions.

• 19 March 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
• Price:  Free

Design Lab Showcase exhibition

Design Lab Showcase is an exhibition highlighting the ideas, prototypes and experiments emerging from ARU's new Design Lab initiative within the Media, Arts and Creative Technologies Centre.

• 20 March - 10 April 2026, 09:00 - 17:00
• Price:  Free

Safe-falling workshop for over 55s

This Safe-Falling workshop with Katrina McDonald will utilise principles from the sport of judo to teach people how to apply the principles of falling safely.

• 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 15:00
• Price:  Free

Listening to meteorites: Music from the minerals of other worlds

What if you could hear the story of a meteorite? What if rocks from space could sing? In this presentation, our speakers will transform the hidden beauty of meteorites (some older than Earth itself) into music, translating their microscopic textures and mineral structures into sound.

• 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
• Price:  Free

Living Better: Interactive Research Showcase

• 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 17:00
• Price:  Free