Cambridge Festival 2026
Attend free events as part of the annual Cambridge Festival. Find out more about research taking place at Anglia Ruskin University.
- 16 March - 2 April 2026, 10:00 - 16:00
- Price: Free
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
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
Nurtured by Nature: Why Being in Nature is Good for Us (In-person)
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?
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- 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
The Mind of a Crow: What Studying Corvids Tells Us About Cognition
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.
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- Price: Free
The Tortoise and the Hare- who got it right? The Physiology of Endurance
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.
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- Price: Free
Nurtured by Nature: Why Being in Nature is Good for Us (Virtual)
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?
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
- Price: Free
Living Better: Interactive Research Showcase
- 21 March 2026, 11:00 - 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