Theatre shows, workshops and stands

Find out what’s different between you and your closest cousins, the great apes. Dr Jeremy Prichard and Dr Susannah Thorpe from the University of Birmingham explore the major features of human evolution 6.5 million years ago and gives you the chance to find out who the best chimp walker is in the audience

Get Animated with this exciting stop-motion animation workshop, and create your very own animated film!

BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory crew believe that the best science lets you try, find out and prove things for yourself. You can join the team – live – as they hit the stage to test, stretch, explain and experiment with science and how it shapes the world around us.

Students get the opportunity to ask questions of real scientists and engineers. This activity is run in a speed dating style format where students have a few minutes to put questions to our volunteers. Students can work in pairs and will speak to about 6 – 8 ambassadors during a 45 minute session. Ambassadors are encouraged to bring a prompt object to provoke questions and discussion

Would you like to be an inventor? Would you like to change the world you live in? Do you like to imagine new things?

DNA is the instruction manual for life. When the manual gets damaged it must be repaired, or the damage can slowly build-up to cause ageing or cancer. Films like Spiderman and Hulk feature the results of DNA damage and mutation, but we’ll show you what really happens when DNA is damaged. We’ll explain how DNA can be damaged and help you understand all the health and lifestyle advice that you are bombarded with

DayGlo is a screening of Y Touring’s latest Theatre of Debate® production on pharmacogentics and punk. The screening will be followed by a debate with leading scientists and experts from the project advisory group

This provides is an exciting insight into the planning processes, structures, mechanisms, systems and controls at Alton Towers Resort. It’s been designed to bring the subject alive by demonstrating the theory through real life examples found on the rides

This fun InterActives 45 minute workshop covers employability skills, work preparation and CV building.

How can engineering let us see inside ourselves, improve ­sporting performance and give someone extra independence? This exciting presentation, with lots of demonstrations and audience interaction, reveals how engineering improves our quality of life from before we’re born