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Robotic surgery, spray-on-clothing and science stand-up feature among the music, comedy and science demonstrations at Imperial College London's first public festival **Festival open on 11 and 12 May*

Graduates from across the South West will have the opportunity to apply for valuable learning placements thanks to a new internship academy being launched in May.

Girl power for Olympic torchbearers at Durham University Three rising international sportswomen from Durham University have been selected to carry the Olympic Torch.

Artist to artist: Deller's film tribute to art icon Bruce Lacey previews at Brighton Festival Brighton Festival goers will be able to enjoy a University of Sussex-sponsored sneak preview of Turner Pr

An evening at Lucy Cavendish College next Monday will bring together speakers and musicians from Cambridge and beyond to look at the ways in which the literature, art and music of Iran have flourished through revolution and repression.

A pop-up exhibition and drop-in shop is to open in Coventry city centre throughout the month of May, focussing on the history of British pop music programming.

Six of the UK's top science fiction writers are calling for scientists and the creative community to work more closely together to improve the credibility of their work.

A debut feature film by a Clare College alumna is showing at the Arts Picturehouse on Tuesday 24 April and again the following evening.

The ICCI360 Arena will provide a dramatic setting for a range of interactive and multi-national events this summer in Weymouth, and is part of Maritime Mix – London 2012 Cultural Olympiad by the Sea.

A three year project aiming to understand how English popular music shapes identity is looking for people to reveal the songs that inspire them, the objects they treasure and the events they'll never forget.

India's Bollywood stars have turned to new media in huge numbers to be closer to their fans as part of a radical transformation of the industry in its quest for greater audiences.

PA 88/12 Art and national identity are to be seen in a fresh light with the launch of Ireland on Show, exploring how Ireland displayed its art from the late eighteenth to the early 20th-century.

A £1.5 million investigation, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), has been launched to understand how society can get the most out of the vast array of often overlooked cultural activities Britons take part in.

World premiere of treasured composer's violin concerto The Durham University Orchestral Society is to perform the world premiere of a work by one of Britain's most treasured classical composers.

—Dr Sungjune Jung Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up.

Table tennis and classical music may seem a strange mix but the two will come together at the University of Warwick next month for a unique performance as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

A series of recitals organised by poet John Kinsella look at the relationship between song lyrics and poetry, inviting renowned musicians to perform their poetry and lyrics without instruments at Cambridge University.

Musicians and music-lovers alike are invited to this year's Cambridge Science Festival - the UK's biggest free science festival - which runs from March 12-25 at venues across the University and City.

National recommendations for using public money to build arts venues are only succeeding in enforcing a system that is already flawed, a new study concludes.

Landscapes of Exploration is being held in the Peninsula Arts Gallery – within the University’s Roland Levinsky Building – and draws together for the first time the works of 10 visual artists, one musician and three writers who undertook residencies in the Antarctic between 2001 and 2009.

A staggering 46,800 people flocked to The University of Nottingham's Lowry exhibition in just 10 weeks.

—Professor Gillian Griffiths Under the Microscope is a collection of videos that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up.

The University of Manchester is to host a £1.5 million investigation, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), into how society can get the most out of the vast array of often overlooked cultural activities Britons take part in.

Owners of Apple iPads and iPhones are invited to be part of an open ‘iOrchestra’ next week and perform a large-scale composition by a University composer.

The Scott Polar Research Institute is proud to have provided the inspiration for a major new composition by leading British composer, Cecilia McDowall.

City of London Sinfonia, in collaboration with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), will embark on an ambitious concert tour in February to celebrate the centenary of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12.

Two of the UK's leading international research centres studying the use of digital technologies in the arts and humanities are to merge.

Kettle's Yard has unveiled its 2012 New Music Series featuring 12 cutting edge concerts performed by world class musicians.

One of the world’s leading physics laboratories is set to stage a unique musical duet between a violinist and radioactive subatomic particles later this month.

An exhibition curated at the Bodleian Library by an English academic and a Music professor uncovers the story behind the largest donation ever made to the library.