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80 years of Jodrell Bank: Get involved at home!

7 May - 31 August 2025
Celebrate Jodrell Bank's 80th Anniversary with our cosmic community art project inspired by the tradition of quilting. Participants can submit a 23 cm x 23 cm textile square inspired…

Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' Space Dome experience

26 April - 17 August 2025
After a sell-out dates in 2024, we are thrilled to announce that Jodrell Bank's popular 'The Dark Side of the Moon' Space Dome experience is returning April - July. Fusing captivating…

Printing Press Demonstration

11:30 - 12:00 31 July 2025
We showcase the use of our antique and fully functional Colombian printing press. Based on the collections, the prints are free to take home after the demonstration. The John Rylands…

Rare Reads

10:40 - 11:20 31 July 2025
During our Rare Reads facsimile encounters we share beautifully accurate copies of some of our most famous objects. The incredibly rare special collections housed within The John Rylands…

Rare Reads

14:10 - 14:50 31 July 2025
During our Rare Reads facsimile encounters we share beautifully accurate copies of some of our most famous objects. The incredibly rare special collections housed within The John Rylands…

Rylands Discovery Tour

15:00 - 15:30 31 July 2025
During our Rylands Discovery Tours our staff will travel with you through the library spaces and share the fascinating history of the founding of the library, the breadth of the rare…

Summer at Jodrell

19 July - 31 August 2025
This summer, get hands-on with rockets in our new ‘Rocket Lab’, be amazed by live demonstrations and science busking sessions, enjoy special ‘Ted’s Space Adventure’ screenings, and…

Curator tour: The Secret Public LGBTQ Pop 1955-1985

15:00 - 15:30 7 August 2025
Join us for a tour around our new exhibition led by curator Mat Bancroft. The Secret Public: LGBTQ Pop 1955-1985 explores the profound influence of LGBTQ performers, artists and activists…

Computational social science drop-in

13:00 - 14:00 19 August 2025
Do you find yourself: - stuck on a project with no one to ask about it? - not sure what to learn next? - the only person in your team using computational methods? - wanting to meet…

Code Anxiety Club

13:00 - 13:30 26 August 2025
Why attend? Feeling overwhelmed by the command line? Confused by file pathways? Want to navigate the world of coding with confidence? Join the Code Anxiety Club! Viewers can follow…

Royal Society Summer Science Exhibits on Tour

30 - 31 August 2025
After 2024’s success, Jodrell Bank welcomes back the Royal Society Summer Exhibition for even more science and hands-on activities. From clean energy innovations to projects that track…

Curator tour: The Secret Public LGBTQ Pop 1955-1985

15:00 - 15:30 4 September 2025
Join us for a tour around our new exhibition led by curator Mat Bancroft. The Secret Public: LGBTQ Pop 1955-1985 explores the profound influence of LGBTQ performers, artists and activists…

Southside Tours at Jodrell Bank

4 - 13 September 2025
Step into history and celebrate 80 years of Jodrell Bank with our exclusive Southside Tours, offering a rare peek behind the curtain at the birthplace of radio astronomy. Recommended for ages 14+

Gemini and Mercury remastered

6 September 2025 - 4 January 2026
Embark on a breath-taking visual journey through the dawn of human space exploration in our new exhibition where we welcome back Andy Saunders for the release of the ‘prequel’ – Gemini…

M Summer. School: Introduction to Network Analysis for Social Sciences with UCINET

15 - 19 September 2025
This event forms a part of the M Summer. School 2025 from the Mitchell Centre This is a core introductory course on network analysis for social scientists. The course covers the main…

M Summer. School: Network Analysis for Social Sciences with R

15 - 19 September 2025
This event forms a part of the M Summer. School 2025 from the Mitchell Centre This course offers an in-depth overview of concepts and measures in social network analysis. This course…

Settler Colonial Urbanism(s) and Infrastructural Changes in Palestine

14:00 - 15:30 15 September 2025
A joint initiative between the GDI Students for Palestine group and the Global Urban Futures and Resource, Environment and Development research groups. This hybrid session will focus…

UK Stem Cell Network: 2025 Inaugural Scientific Conference

16 - 17 September 2025
Join us at the UKSCN 2025 Inaugural Scientific Conference! Early bird registration ends 30th June The UK Stem Cell Network [ukstemcellnetwork.org] (UKSCN) is thrilled to announce…

Training Course on Visualisation & quantification of tomographic datasets

09:00 18 - 17:00 19 September 2025
A 2 day in person training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. Lab/synchrotron X-ray tomography has emerged…

M Summer. School: Statistical Network Modelling for Social Sciences

22 - 26 September 2025
This event forms a part of the M Summer. School 2025 from the Mitchell Centre This course offers an in-depth overview of statistical models for social network analysis. The course…

Gemini and Mercury Remastered Heritage Lecture

19:30 - 21:00 25 September 2025
To coincide with his latest exhibition, NASA digital restoration expert Andy Saunders delivers a special Heritage Lecture sharing the untold story of humanity’s first ventures into…

Open Minds XVIII The Eighteenth Annual Philosophy Conference for Postgraduate Students in Philosophy

2 - 3 October 2025
We are delighted to announce the eighteenth annual Open Minds Conference for graduate students in philosophy. Open Minds is a two-day conference which offers graduate students working…

Training Course on In situ experiments and Digital Volume Correlation

09:00 15 - 17:00 16 October 2025
Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) is a powerful experimental technique that computes 3D full-field displacement and strain maps from volumes images acquired during a deformation process…

Impact and Blast Short Course

3 - 5 November 2025
The course is designed for professional engineers, consultants, researchers and graduate students, who are involved in the analysis, testing, modelling, design and assessment of structures…

Training Course on Advanced Scripting and Batching of Tomographic Datasets

09:00 20 - 17:00 21 November 2025
Although X-ray tomography is an attractive characterisation technique in materials science, it generates a huge amount of data at a fast rate and it can be extremely time consuming…

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