Events

Classics 125

Classics 125

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (14:00-19:30)
Location
Arts Building
Prof Frankland team 1911
21Jan

UoB 125: through the Archives

Dates
Tuesday 21 January (09:00) - Wednesday 31 December 2025 (18:00)
Location
Main Library Atrium
Description
Celebrating our 125th anniversary, this exhibition in the University of Birmingham's main library will feature photographs of staff, students and the campus from the past 125 years.
Murder Mystery Adventure Inside a Museum
8Feb

Cardboard Clues: Murder in the Museum

Dates
Saturday 8 February (10:00) - Sunday 7 September 2025 (17:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
From 8th February 2025 to 7th September 2025, unravel curious, whimsical mysteries at the Lapworth Museum.
The Exchange Reproduced with the permission of the Library of Birmingham. WK/B11/5129
1Mar

Heritage building tours

Dates
Saturday 1 March (11:00) - Sunday 3 August 2025 (16:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join our friendly guides on a heritage tour of The Exchange and discover its hidden history and fascinating stories.
two-children-mobile-phones
14Jun

POSTPONED: How to say no to your phone

Dates
Saturday 14 June 2025 (13:00-15:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Inspired by the powerful themes in Adolescence, this workshop at The Exchange feeds into the urgent conversation about phone use and online safety.
16Jun

Remembering Coal

Dates
Monday 16 June 2025 (10:00-18:30)
Location
the Arts Building
Description
The event is aimed at those who can remember the former industry, or those who are curious to learn the history of UoB's connection to coal mining.
disease-and-narrative-2025
18Jun

Disease and narrative: an interdisciplinary workshop

Dates
Wednesday 18 June 2025 (17:00-19:15)
Location
Arts Building Main Lecture Theatre (Room 120)
Description
This workshop will host speakers from Psychology, Geography, Creative Writing, History, and Literature to consider questions of authenticity and authority, conceptions of 'disease', and narratives of contagion.
19Jun

Seeing what hurts: Ultrasound's role in fighting arthritis

Dates
Thursday 19 June 2025 (18:00-19:00)
Location
Online
Description
Join this short talk delivered by Prof Andrew Filer to discover how research at the University of Birmingham and the NIHR Birmingham BRC is exploring ways to improve treatments for arthritis patients.
UOB_TheExchange_200624_KatjaOgrin_059-2
19Jun

World Refugee Week Celebrations

Dates
Thursday 19 June 2025 (18:30-20:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us at The Exchange for a special evening in partnership with Birmingham-based organisations supporting refugees in celebration of World Refugee Day.
shakespeare-institute-default-event
19Jun

The British Graduate Shakespeare Conference 2025

Dates
Thursday 19 June (10:00) - Saturday 21 June 2025 (14:00)
Location
Shakespeare Institute - Mason Croft - Church St - Stratford-upon-Avon - CV37 6HP
Description
The conference provides a friendly and stimulating academic forum for graduate students from all over the world to meet, present and discuss their research in an active centre for Shakespeare scholarship.
come-to-campus-event-image
21Jun

Come to Campus Community Festival

Dates
Saturday 21 June 2025 (10:00-17:00)
Location
The University of Birmingham
Description
To mark the University of Birmingham's 125th anniversary, the University invites you to a campus community festival weekend of free events, talks, campus tours, live performances, and family-friendly activities.
125 anniversary concert
21Jun

125 Anniversary Concert

Dates
Saturday 21 June 2025 (18:45-22:00)
Location
Green Heart
Description
A concert featuring the University Philharmonic Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, and a host of guest singers, bands, and entertainment to celebrate the University of Birmingham's 125th anniversary.
Picture4
23Jun

Global Health Research: What do we do, why does it matter?

Dates
Monday 23 June 2025 (18:00-20:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join Professor Alice Roberts at The Exchange for an insightful evening of discussion and interaction with leading experts and researchers tackling major global health challenges.
University String Orchestra 315
23Jun

University String Orchestra

Dates
Monday 23 June 2025 (18:00-18:45)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
This student-directed orchestra brings together string players from across the campus to share their love of music and their passion for performing.
University Music Scholars 315
24Jun

University Music Scholars

Dates
Tuesday 24 June 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
Through this scholarship scheme we hope to encourage talented students to continue making-music in the future and even go on to have professional careers or study music at postgraduate level.
25Jun

University Music Mini Recitals

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
A selection of members of University Music perform solo and duo repertoire in this informal lunchtime concert.
alice-roberts-385x385
25Jun

Classics 125

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (14:00-19:30)
Location
Arts Building
Description
Classics 125 is a one-day event that will take place on Wednesday 25th June 2025 to mark one hundred and twenty-five years of Classics teaching in the University of Birmingham.
Birmingham Symphonic Brass 315
25Jun

Birmingham Symphonic Brass

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (18:00-18:45)
Location
Chancellor's Court
Description
A popular feature at our University degree ceremonies, Birmingham Symphonic Brass provides some light entertainment to start your evening.
Summer Festival Voices 315
26Jun

Summer Festival Voices

Dates
Thursday 26 June 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Summer Festival Voices and their student conductors fill the air with the sweet sounds of the season and bring our 24/25 concerts to a close.
old-joe-campus-aerial
30Jun

Health Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School

Dates
Monday 30 June (09:00) - Friday 4 July 2025 (17:00)
Location
Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham
Description
Health Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School organised by the Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine team at the University of Birmingham.
artisan-market
1Jul

Artisan Market

Dates
Tuesday 1 July 2025 (10:00-16:00)
Location
Chancellors Court
Description
Hosted on the first Tuesday of every month, our market is brimming with goodies from local suppliers and businesses
projector
1Jul

Youth and Horror: An International Conference

Dates
Tuesday 1 July (00:00) - Wednesday 2 July 2025 (00:00)
Location
Alan Walters Building
Description
The Youth and Horror Research Network is delighted to invite submissions for its international conference.
katherine-mansfield-society-315
1Jul

Katherine Mansfield Conference 2025

Dates
Tuesday 1 July (09:00) - Thursday 3 July 2025 (16:45)
Location
Old Gym, University House
Description
The 2025 conference of the Katherine Mansfield Society will re-examine the importance of place in Mansfield's writings.
BabyLab-PHOTO-ANGELA GRABOWSKA-180225-s-28
7Jul

BabyLab Sessions

Dates
Monday 7 July 2025 (10:00-12:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join The Exchange and Birmingham BabyLab for a relaxed bi-monthly session for parents and carers to explore fascinating research while little ones play, feed, or snooze.
July 2024
7Jul

Museum Tours - July 7

Dates
Monday 7 July 2025 (12:00-13:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Join us for Tours of the Museum on Monday, July 7, 2025
grieve-jack-315
7Jul

The Annual Sinclair Lecture 2025

Dates
Monday 7 July 2025 (17:00-18:00)
Location
Alan Walters G03 (LT1)
Description
A talk on the success of large language models validating corpus linguistics as a general methodology for linguistic analysis – especially that pioneered by John Sinclair almost 50 years ago.
iStock-2163826969-3
17Jul

Back in time for Birmingham

Dates
Thursday 17 July 2025 (18:30-21:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
For South Asian Heritage Month, the University of Birmingham Race Equality Network invites you to an evening exploring Back in Time for Birmingham, the TV series that brings the city's rich British Asian history to life.
Tenement Jazz Band with Art Themen, The Exchange (3)-2
23Jul

Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival: Django Chutney

Dates
Wednesday 23 July 2025 (12:00-14:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
The Exchange welcomes back the Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival after two sell-out years in our café space for a performance from Brighton-based trio Django Chutney.
Jazz for families - Jake Leg Jug Band, The Exchange (11)-2
24Jul

Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival: Jazz for families

Dates
Thursday 24 July 2025 (11:00-12:30)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
The Exchange welcomes back the Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival after two sell-out years in our café space for a family friendly concert with crafting activities.
artisan-market
5Aug

Artisan Market

Dates
Tuesday 5 August 2025 (10:00-16:00)
Location
Chancellors Court
Description
Hosted on the first Tuesday of every month, our market is brimming with goodies from local suppliers and businesses
artisan-market
2Sep

Artisan Market

Dates
Tuesday 2 September 2025 (10:00-16:00)
Location
Chancellors Court
Description
Hosted on the first Tuesday of every month, our market is brimming with goodies from local suppliers and businesses
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11Sep

Association of British and Irish Lusitanists conference

Dates
Thursday 11 September (00:00) - Friday 12 September 2025 (00:00)
Location
Arts Building
Description
The Department of Modern Languages, at the University of Birmingham is delighted to host the XI Conference of the Association of British and Irish Lusitanists (ABIL) this autumn.
Ben Miller square
12Sep

Stand-Up Comedy in the Museum by Ben Miller

Dates
Friday 12 September 2025 (17:30-20:30)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Scientist turned stand-up comedian Ben Miller will perform at the Lapworth Museum of Geology.
artisan-market
7Oct

Artisan Market

Dates
Tuesday 7 October 2025 (10:00-16:00)
Location
Chancellors Court
Description
Hosted on the first Tuesday of every month, our market is brimming with goodies from local suppliers and businesses
artisan-market
4Nov

Artisan Market

Dates
Tuesday 4 November 2025 (10:00-16:00)
Location
Chancellors Court
Description
Hosted on the first Tuesday of every month, our market is brimming with goodies from local suppliers and businesses
artisan-market
2Dec

Artisan Market

Dates
Tuesday 2 December 2025 (10:00-16:00)
Location
Chancellors Court
Description
Hosted on the first Tuesday of every month, our market is brimming with goodies from local suppliers and businesses
22Jan

Medici Enterprise Training Programme 2026

Dates
Thursday 22 January (09:00) - Wednesday 15 April 2026 (17:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
Description
The Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage with business and industry in an impactful and professional way.
125 anniversary concert
21Jun

125 Anniversary Concert

Dates
Saturday 21 June 2025 (18:45-22:00)
Location
Green Heart
Description
A concert featuring the University Philharmonic Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, and a host of guest singers, bands, and entertainment to celebrate the University of Birmingham's 125th anniversary.
University String Orchestra 315
23Jun

University String Orchestra

Dates
Monday 23 June 2025 (18:00-18:45)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
This student-directed orchestra brings together string players from across the campus to share their love of music and their passion for performing.
University Music Scholars 315
24Jun

University Music Scholars

Dates
Tuesday 24 June 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
Through this scholarship scheme we hope to encourage talented students to continue making-music in the future and even go on to have professional careers or study music at postgraduate level.
25Jun

University Music Mini Recitals

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location
The Dome - Bramall Music Building
Description
A selection of members of University Music perform solo and duo repertoire in this informal lunchtime concert.
Birmingham Symphonic Brass 315
25Jun

Birmingham Symphonic Brass

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (18:00-18:45)
Location
Chancellor's Court
Description
A popular feature at our University degree ceremonies, Birmingham Symphonic Brass provides some light entertainment to start your evening.
Summer Festival Voices 315
26Jun

Summer Festival Voices

Dates
Thursday 26 June 2025 (13:00-14:00)
Location
Elgar Concert Hall - Bramall Music Building
Description
Summer Festival Voices and their student conductors fill the air with the sweet sounds of the season and bring our 24/25 concerts to a close.
Murder Mystery Adventure Inside a Museum
8Feb

Cardboard Clues: Murder in the Museum

Dates
Saturday 8 February (10:00) - Sunday 7 September 2025 (17:00)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
From 8th February 2025 to 7th September 2025, unravel curious, whimsical mysteries at the Lapworth Museum.
The Exchange Reproduced with the permission of the Library of Birmingham. WK/B11/5129
1Mar

Heritage building tours

Dates
Saturday 1 March (11:00) - Sunday 3 August 2025 (16:00)
Location
The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join our friendly guides on a heritage tour of The Exchange and discover its hidden history and fascinating stories.
two-children-mobile-phones
14Jun

POSTPONED: How to say no to your phone

Dates
Saturday 14 June 2025 (13:00-15:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Inspired by the powerful themes in Adolescence, this workshop at The Exchange feeds into the urgent conversation about phone use and online safety.
disease-and-narrative-2025
18Jun

Disease and narrative: an interdisciplinary workshop

Dates
Wednesday 18 June 2025 (17:00-19:15)
Location
Arts Building Main Lecture Theatre (Room 120)
Description
This workshop will host speakers from Psychology, Geography, Creative Writing, History, and Literature to consider questions of authenticity and authority, conceptions of 'disease', and narratives of contagion.
19Jun

Seeing what hurts: Ultrasound's role in fighting arthritis

Dates
Thursday 19 June 2025 (18:00-19:00)
Location
Online
Description
Join this short talk delivered by Prof Andrew Filer to discover how research at the University of Birmingham and the NIHR Birmingham BRC is exploring ways to improve treatments for arthritis patients.
UOB_TheExchange_200624_KatjaOgrin_059-2
19Jun

World Refugee Week Celebrations

Dates
Thursday 19 June 2025 (18:30-20:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join us at The Exchange for a special evening in partnership with Birmingham-based organisations supporting refugees in celebration of World Refugee Day.
shakespeare-institute-default-event
19Jun

The British Graduate Shakespeare Conference 2025

Dates
Thursday 19 June (10:00) - Saturday 21 June 2025 (14:00)
Location
Shakespeare Institute - Mason Croft - Church St - Stratford-upon-Avon - CV37 6HP
Description
The conference provides a friendly and stimulating academic forum for graduate students from all over the world to meet, present and discuss their research in an active centre for Shakespeare scholarship.
come-to-campus-event-image
21Jun

Come to Campus Community Festival

Dates
Saturday 21 June 2025 (10:00-17:00)
Location
The University of Birmingham
Description
To mark the University of Birmingham's 125th anniversary, the University invites you to a campus community festival weekend of free events, talks, campus tours, live performances, and family-friendly activities.
Picture4
23Jun

Global Health Research: What do we do, why does it matter?

Dates
Monday 23 June 2025 (18:00-20:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join Professor Alice Roberts at The Exchange for an insightful evening of discussion and interaction with leading experts and researchers tackling major global health challenges.
alice-roberts-385x385
25Jun

Classics 125

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (14:00-19:30)
Location
Arts Building
Description
Classics 125 is a one-day event that will take place on Wednesday 25th June 2025 to mark one hundred and twenty-five years of Classics teaching in the University of Birmingham.
old-joe-campus-aerial
30Jun

Health Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School

Dates
Monday 30 June (09:00) - Friday 4 July 2025 (17:00)
Location
Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham
Description
Health Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School organised by the Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine team at the University of Birmingham.
projector
1Jul

Youth and Horror: An International Conference

Dates
Tuesday 1 July (00:00) - Wednesday 2 July 2025 (00:00)
Location
Alan Walters Building
Description
The Youth and Horror Research Network is delighted to invite submissions for its international conference.
katherine-mansfield-society-315
1Jul

Katherine Mansfield Conference 2025

Dates
Tuesday 1 July (09:00) - Thursday 3 July 2025 (16:45)
Location
Old Gym, University House
Description
The 2025 conference of the Katherine Mansfield Society will re-examine the importance of place in Mansfield's writings.
BabyLab-PHOTO-ANGELA GRABOWSKA-180225-s-28
7Jul

BabyLab Sessions

Dates
Monday 7 July 2025 (10:00-12:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
Join The Exchange and Birmingham BabyLab for a relaxed bi-monthly session for parents and carers to explore fascinating research while little ones play, feed, or snooze.
grieve-jack-315
7Jul

The Annual Sinclair Lecture 2025

Dates
Monday 7 July 2025 (17:00-18:00)
Location
Alan Walters G03 (LT1)
Description
A talk on the success of large language models validating corpus linguistics as a general methodology for linguistic analysis – especially that pioneered by John Sinclair almost 50 years ago.
iStock-2163826969-3
17Jul

Back in time for Birmingham

Dates
Thursday 17 July 2025 (18:30-21:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
For South Asian Heritage Month, the University of Birmingham Race Equality Network invites you to an evening exploring Back in Time for Birmingham, the TV series that brings the city's rich British Asian history to life.
Tenement Jazz Band with Art Themen, The Exchange (3)-2
23Jul

Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival: Django Chutney

Dates
Wednesday 23 July 2025 (12:00-14:00)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
The Exchange welcomes back the Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival after two sell-out years in our café space for a performance from Brighton-based trio Django Chutney.
Jazz for families - Jake Leg Jug Band, The Exchange (11)-2
24Jul

Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival: Jazz for families

Dates
Thursday 24 July 2025 (11:00-12:30)
Location
The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
Description
The Exchange welcomes back the Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival after two sell-out years in our café space for a family friendly concert with crafting activities.
Ben Miller square
12Sep

Stand-Up Comedy in the Museum by Ben Miller

Dates
Friday 12 September 2025 (17:30-20:30)
Location
Lapworth Museum of Geology - Earth Sciences Building (R4 on campus map)
Description
Scientist turned stand-up comedian Ben Miller will perform at the Lapworth Museum of Geology.
Prof Frankland team 1911
21Jan

UoB 125: through the Archives

Dates
Tuesday 21 January (09:00) - Wednesday 31 December 2025 (18:00)
Location
Main Library Atrium
Description
Celebrating our 125th anniversary, this exhibition in the University of Birmingham's main library will feature photographs of staff, students and the campus from the past 125 years.
come-to-campus-event-image
21Jun

Come to Campus Community Festival

Dates
Saturday 21 June 2025 (10:00-17:00)
Location
The University of Birmingham
Description
To mark the University of Birmingham's 125th anniversary, the University invites you to a campus community festival weekend of free events, talks, campus tours, live performances, and family-friendly activities.
125 anniversary concert
21Jun

125 Anniversary Concert

Dates
Saturday 21 June 2025 (18:45-22:00)
Location
Green Heart
Description
A concert featuring the University Philharmonic Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, and a host of guest singers, bands, and entertainment to celebrate the University of Birmingham's 125th anniversary.
alice-roberts-385x385
25Jun

Classics 125

Dates
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (14:00-19:30)
Location
Arts Building
Description
Classics 125 is a one-day event that will take place on Wednesday 25th June 2025 to mark one hundred and twenty-five years of Classics teaching in the University of Birmingham.
disease-and-narrative-2025
18Jun

Disease and narrative: an interdisciplinary workshop

Dates
Wednesday 18 June 2025 (17:00-19:15)
Location
Arts Building Main Lecture Theatre (Room 120)
Description
This workshop will host speakers from Psychology, Geography, Creative Writing, History, and Literature to consider questions of authenticity and authority, conceptions of 'disease', and narratives of contagion.
shakespeare-institute-default-event
19Jun

The British Graduate Shakespeare Conference 2025

Dates
Thursday 19 June (10:00) - Saturday 21 June 2025 (14:00)
Location
Shakespeare Institute - Mason Croft - Church St - Stratford-upon-Avon - CV37 6HP
Description
The conference provides a friendly and stimulating academic forum for graduate students from all over the world to meet, present and discuss their research in an active centre for Shakespeare scholarship.
old-joe-campus-aerial
30Jun

Health Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School

Dates
Monday 30 June (09:00) - Friday 4 July 2025 (17:00)
Location
Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham
Description
Health Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School organised by the Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine team at the University of Birmingham.
projector
1Jul

Youth and Horror: An International Conference

Dates
Tuesday 1 July (00:00) - Wednesday 2 July 2025 (00:00)
Location
Alan Walters Building
Description
The Youth and Horror Research Network is delighted to invite submissions for its international conference.
katherine-mansfield-society-315
1Jul

Katherine Mansfield Conference 2025

Dates
Tuesday 1 July (09:00) - Thursday 3 July 2025 (16:45)
Location
Old Gym, University House
Description
The 2025 conference of the Katherine Mansfield Society will re-examine the importance of place in Mansfield's writings.
grieve-jack-315
7Jul

The Annual Sinclair Lecture 2025

Dates
Monday 7 July 2025 (17:00-18:00)
Location
Alan Walters G03 (LT1)
Description
A talk on the success of large language models validating corpus linguistics as a general methodology for linguistic analysis – especially that pioneered by John Sinclair almost 50 years ago.
event-default-315
11Sep

Association of British and Irish Lusitanists conference

Dates
Thursday 11 September (00:00) - Friday 12 September 2025 (00:00)
Location
Arts Building
Description
The Department of Modern Languages, at the University of Birmingham is delighted to host the XI Conference of the Association of British and Irish Lusitanists (ABIL) this autumn.
22Jan

Medici Enterprise Training Programme 2026

Dates
Thursday 22 January (09:00) - Wednesday 15 April 2026 (17:00)
Location
Edgbaston Park Hotel 53 Edgbaston Park Road Birmingham B15 2RS
Description
The Medici programme will give you the business skills, knowledge and confidence you need to engage with business and industry in an impactful and professional way.