CheltenhamFestivals Science08

The Cheltenham Science festival commences on Wednesday 4 June through to Sunday 8 June. There will be opportunity to attend events covering Science, sponsored by RCUK among other Research Councils and a list of other supporters and sponsors.

RCUK sponsored events:

• THE POWER OF FUSION – 4 June, Town Hall, 4:30-5:30pm. £5; Kate Lancaster from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will be present alongside the Director of UKAEA’s Culham lab, and David Jenkins from York University 
• ASTROBIOLOGY –  5 June, Town Hall, 6-7pm. £5 
• LEARNING FROM OTHER PLANETS – 7 June, Town Hall, 4-5pm. £6

Other council’s sponsored events:

 STFC

• THE GOD PARTICLE/Is science the new religion; 4 June, Town Hall, 6-7pm. £7
• IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON; 7 June, Town Hall, 4-5pm. £6

EPSRC

• ROBOTIC WORLD; 5 June, Town Hall, 12-1pm. £5
• ARABIC SCIENCE; 5 June, Town Hall, 8-9pm. £6
• HOW THE ZEBRA GOT ITS STRIPES; 5 June, Town Hall, 8:45-9:45. £7
• ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; 6 June, Town Hall, 4:30-5:30pm. £5
• TOXIC TRUTH/man-made or natural; 4 June, at Science café in Town Hall, 5-6pm. £Free

MRC

• THE SECRET WORLD OF ABUSE; 4 June, Town Hall,12-1pm. £5
• 99.9% HUMAN; 4 June, Town Hall, 4:15-5:30. £7
• MIND READER; 6 June, Town Hall, 6:15-7:15pm. £7
• IMAGE OF A TROUBLED MIND; 7 June, Town Hall, 4:30-5:30. £5

NERC/Royal Academy of Engineering

• CLIMATE ENGINEERING; 8 June, Town Hall, 2:15-3:15pm. £7

FORESIGHT

• MENTAL CAPITAL AND WELL BEING – 3 sessions, Town Hall, £6 each:
  • Your Well-Tuned Brain; 10:15-11:15am
  • Dyslexia; 12-1pm
  • Dyscalculia; 2-3pm