As part of the 2025 FUTURES Festival, our partners,Ā Agile Rabbit, brought the celebrations to Cornwall as part of the Researchers in Churches scheme. This programme takes academia into a new setting, inviting members of the community to talks and conversations delivered in churches across theĀ South West.Ā
Month: December 2025
Loveland Bridging Communities Project
Tim Hughes tells us about recent work completed with Loveland, a community field project based in Falmouth, which invites local people to get involved in food growth and sustainability. With support from our Bridging Communities Fund, Loveland’s work has continued to grow, inviting new audiences to explore their natural surroundings.
Inviting Publics to Engage with Structural Biology
In this interview, Dr Becky Conners from the Department of Biosciences talks about her journey into public engagement, and the role this plays in her work on structural biology – including most recently, her contributions to both the Somerscience and FUTURES festivals on the importance of bacterial phages.
Self-Discovering Research: The Workshops of FUTURES 2025
Alongside our walking tours, visitors to the 2025 FUTURES Festival could book a ticket for one of our workshops. Whether they were interested in creative writing, encouraging growth in our natural environment, or honing their artistic skills, these free events offered audiences the chance to try something new.Ā
Being Human Festival: How Literature, Film, and Creativity Can Bring Communities TogetherĀ
The Being Human Festival is the UKās national celebration of the humanities, bringing humanities research to public audiences across the country. Running from the 6th to the 15th November, this yearās festival, āBetween the Linesā, invited academics to explore the theme of boundaries in their work.Ā