The Southampton Science and Engineering Festival is back for 2024. The 10-day celebration was launched in 2002, and runs in parallel with British Science Week 8-17 March 2024 with a series of free interactive events open to the public, staff and students.
Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF) is the University of Southampton’s annual award-winning science festival that invites everyone to explore and discover what the exciting world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) has to offer.
General admission tickets are now available for the festival as well as event specific tickets – all the festival events are free to attend – you can see the full schedule on the What’s On Page. Some highlights include:
- Neurodiversity: a conceptual engineering perspective | Online talk | Tuesday 12 March, 15:30
- The Science of Jurassic Park (1993) with Dr Neil Gostling | Film screening + Q&A | Tuesday 12 March, 18:00
- In Conversation: Gayle Chong Kwan and Hettie Judah | Online event | Tuesday 12th March, 18:00
- The Science of Fantastic Voyage (1966) | Film screening + Q&A | Wednesday 13 March, 18:00
- How Can Culture Drive Sustainability? | Roundtable and Open Space Event | Thursday 14 March, 19:00
- Community Hubs Get Board in the City | Satellite Event (post festival) | Tuesday 19 March, 18:30
Science and Engineering Day
The festival concludes with Science and Engineering Day, 10:30-16:30, Saturday 16 March at Highfield and Boldrewood campuses.
Welcoming people young and old from across the UK to take part in hands-on activities, demonstrations, workshops, live shows, talks and laboratory tours from across the University’s faculties. The day is a showcase of the research, people and stories across the University and our local community, and relies on the efforts and incredible contributions of dedicated colleagues, students and partners. As well as celebrating this work and sharing enthusiasm for STEAM, the day provides an opportunity to hear from our visitors what their perspectives are and their responses to our research. Science and Engineering Day features 140+ activities from over 930 exhibitors. It’s free to take part and is suitable for all ages. Registration through Eventbrite is required
Here’s the highlights from last year’s Science and Engineering Day, to give you a taster of what to expect.
The festival is organised for the University by the Public Engagement with Research Unit/Public and Community Engagement (sharepoint) team and is part of our mission to enable, inspire and connect high quality mutually beneficial engagement between the University and Society.
Please share widely with anyone you think is interested and we hope to see you at the Festival.