Join us at the Cambridge Festival!
From 16 March to 2 April 2026, the University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Festival will once again bring together thousands of curious minds through a vibrant programme of free talks, workshops, performances, exhibitions, and family-friendly events.
Each year we’re proud to showcase ARU’s world-leading and innovative research as part of the programme.
We’d love for you to be part of it - come along, get involved, and share in the discovery!
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.
Finding Home 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Spending time in nature has a range of benefits for physical health and psychological well-being. But why do these effects occur? And how can you make the most of natural environments?
Spending time in nature has a range of benefits for physical health and psychological well-being. But why do these effects occur? And how can you make the most of natural environments?
Corvids—members of the crow family—are renowned for their remarkable cognitive abilities, including tool use, memory, and social reasoning. Studying these birds offers valuable insights into how cognition evolves and functions in the natural world.
Join ARU’s Professor Dan Gordon as he explores the age-old fable the Tortoise and the Hare through the lens of modern sports science and human physiology. Join ARU’s Professor Dan Gordon as he explores the age-old fable the Tortoise and the Hare through the lens of modern sports science and human physiology.