The thought of long, warm days in June may seem very far away, but if you want to run an activity as part of the Festival of Learning, we need to hear from you soon!
The open call for proposals to run events closes on Friday 6th December. For further information, please contact Emily Loring.
If you are looking for inspiration, why not check out the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement’s website, or see some of our earlier blog posts for ideas:
- Festival of Learning 2014 – what could you do? TV programme + Research = A new way of engaging!
- Festival of Learning in 2014, what could you do? Street busking?
- Festival of Learning 2014 – what could you do? Live-lab experiments?
- Festival of Learning 2014, what you could you do? Get your kit out?
- Festival of Learning 2014 – what could you do? An ‘adventure’ styled event? Or a ‘treasure’ hunt?
- Festival of Learning in 2014: What could you do? A guided tour?
- Festival of Learning 2014 – what could you do? A FACT OR FICTION style event?
- Festival of Learning 2014 – what could you do? A comedy evening?
Take part in the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2021: The call closes on Friday 11 June










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