Articles about 'Public Engagement'

Dr Beth Singler will be speaking about her work on the social and ethical issues raised by robots as part of this year's Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival.

Preti Taneja's new novel uses King Lear as a framework to explore political and social changes in today's India. She will speak about it as part of the Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival.

Cambridge academics will take part in the prestigious Hay Festival for the ninth year running this year.

Do aliens exist? Can brain scans reveal our naughtiest thoughts? And what’s the point of teenagers, anyhow? These are just some of the questions which will be tackled at the Cambridge Science Festival, which kicks off today. 

The Cambridge Festival of Ideas runs from 17th to 30th October.

New book overturns assumptions on Reagan/Gorbachev 1986 summit, claims new book on 30th anniversary.

The Festival runs from 17-30 October with over 200 events, mostly free, on everything from the future of Europe to the continuing relevance of Shakespeare.

Professor Paul Murdin will be speaking in the Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival about his latest book on planetary landscapes.

Dr Giles Yeo will present a BBC Horizon programme in the summer on the science of obesity and is speaking about his research at the Hay Festival.

Dr Chris Bickerton's new book aims to explain how the EU works, where the power lies and how it makes decisions in an accessible way.