Programme

Expanding our view of the unvierse

10:00 - 10:15 Welcome

10:15 - 11:15 Activity session 1 - see below for options

11:15 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 12:30 Talk 1: Dr Ian Stevens - The Search for Other Worlds

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch, there are a variety of options around campus, more info below.

13:30 - 14:30 Talk 2: Dr Samuel George - Big radio telescopes and the hunt for places that alien life could exist

14:30 - 14:45 Break

14:45 - 15:45 Activity Session 2 - See below for options

15:45 - 16:00 Close.

For more information about our talks please see here.

Activity sessions:

Going into Space and back! - Spread over morning and afternoon, with the morning dealing with the fundamentals of how rockets work with building an air rocket, and the afternoon looking at how the various Space Agencies get their precious cargo's of astronauts and equipment to land safely on the ground again with construction of your own landing capsule.

Scale of the Universe - Just how big is the solar system and other star systems? Find out with a scale size tour on the campus grounds

Alien Codebreaking - Take the challenge to decipher Earth transmissions with this session

Lunch Options: The University campus offers a wide range of selections of food, from sandwich shops (the is a Subway/Spar in the Guild of Students) to cooked meals (Avanti at University Centre). The University is also a five minute walk away from Selly Oak where you will find a vast range of restaurants and take outs along the Bristol Road. Tea and biscuits will be available throughout the day however.

Event Location: The day will be taking place in the Poynting Physics Building (R13 on the University map), the talks will take place in the Large Lecture Theatre (S02). Directions to the University can be found on the University's visitor information pages and a campus map can be found here.