How To prepare for the arrival of your baby: antenatal classes at ARU Peterborough
Free ante-natal classes are for pregnant women and their partners and run twice a month.
- 16 October 2025 - 16 June 2026, 00:00
- Price: Free
How To...
The ‘How To’ series of workshops at ARU Peterborough are designed to support you with everyday challenges. Our specialist lecturers will share their knowledge and expertise to bring you hints and tips to make life a little easier. Each month, we will host a different workshop from managing your finances to planning your next DIY project.
- 16 October 2025 - 16 June 2026, 12:20 - 18:15
- Price: Free
How To breastfeed your baby: breastfeeding support at ARU Peterborough
Free weekly drop-in for mothers - you can access confidential support and information around all your breastfeeding needs.
- 22 October 2025 - 10 June 2026, 10:00 - 12:00
- Price: Free
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
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
The Science and Practice of Breathing
Discover the power of your breath in this interactive session designed to deepen your understanding of how your lungs work and how to breathe more effectively.
- 28 - 29 March 2026, 11:00 - 16:30
- Price: Free
The hidden world of Microbes: a hands-on Science adventure!
Step into the fascinating world of microbes — the tiny creatures that live all around us, especially on our hands. Perfect for curious minds of all ages, this activity blends science and creativity to reveal the invisible world that plays a big role in our health.
- 28 - 29 March 2026, 11:00 - 16:30
- Price: Free
Stephen Hawking’s Time Travellers Party
Drop in for timejump poems and poetry board games — reconstruct fragments of poem from across the eras, or roll the dice in a race to escape the time vortex!
- 28 - 29 March 2026, 11:00 - 16:30
- Price: Free
Make a fold-out fossil cabinet with Kate Winter
Join Kate Winter, award-winning author and illustrator of The Fossil Hunter and The Cave Explorer, in a fun family-friendly workshop drawing fossils and making your very own fold-out fossil cabinet.
- 28 March 2026, 13:30 - 14:30
- Price: Free
Telling better stories (In-person)
Join Professor Nick Caddick for his Inaugural Professorial Lecture focusing storytelling in reducing inequalities.
- 22 April 2026, 18:00 - 19:30
- Price: Free