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Beyond Neoliberalism Conference 2025

Be part of a transformative three-day event uniting global thinkers, scholars, and leaders to shape the future—sign up today!

Today 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Shutter Hub Open 2025

The Shutter Hub OPEN 2025 exhibition brings together over 100 international photographers in a selected exhibition of diverse and creative imagery – covering the walls over four floors of the Alison Richard Building.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Crazy Cone Caper self-led trail

Join us for a whodunit mystery and track down who's been stealing seeds from cones.

10:00AM - 4:00PM

Highlight Hidden Histories

Explore the hidden histories of the Polar Museum in this new label display. From the female figures in polar history to the origins of Inuit art; follow the stories around the museum exhibits and discover something new.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

A Room of One's Own

An exhibition of contemporary queer art by Mark Mann

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Picturing Excess: Jan Davidsz de Heem

Experience the monumental still-life paintings by Dutch artist Jan Davidsz de Heem, displayed together for the first time ever.

10:00AM - 5:00PM

Highlight Rise Up: Resistance, Revolution, Abolition

Learn about the fight to end transatlantic slavery through the stories of the people, communities and anti-slavery movements who campaigned for abolition.

2:00PM - 4:00PM

Arthur Christopher Benson, Diarist: A Centenary Exhibition

This exhibition, which will be inaugurated with a lecture by Professor Eamon Duffy, co-editor of a new annotated edition of Benson’s diary, illuminates Benson’s remarkable family background, the Edwardian literary scene in which he was a significant figure, and the academic world before, during and in the aftermath of the First World War.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

Lord Patrick Vallance - Where does innovation happen? The Wilson Lecture 2025

Lord Patrick Vallance will speak on the topic 'Where does innovation happen?'

6:00PM - 7:00PM

The Master’s Book Club: Prof. Sharon Peacock FMedSci CBE in conversation with Mr Allen Packwood & Lord Richard Dannatt ‘Churchill’s D-Day: The Inside Story’

Join us for the first event in this new series, hosted by the Master of Churchill College Prof. Sharon Peacock, as she delves into 'Churchill’s D-Day: The Inside Story' with co-authors Allen Packwood, Director of Churchill Archives Centre and General Lord Richard Dannatt, a former Chief of the General Staff and member of the House of Lords. '

7:30PM - 9:30PM

Song recital - Carolyn Sampson, soprano - CD LAUNCH RECITAL

CD Launch Recital - Carolyn Sampson, soprano and Joseph Middleton, piano