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    • Saturday 16 June
    • Sunday 17 June
    • Monday 18 June
    • Tuesday 19 June
    • Wednesday 20 June

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10:00 - 12:30

Talbot Campus

Navigating Uncertainty: towards a post-Brexit trade and business agenda

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10:00 - 12:30

Talbot Campus

Brexit and Immigration: impact on local businesses in Dorset

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10:00 - 14:00

Talbot Campus

Ageing well: innovations for greater health and wellbeing

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10:00 - 11:00

Talbot Campus

Ballet

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10:00 - 12:00

Talbot Campus

Badminton

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10:00 - 11:00

Talbot Campus

Zumba

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11.15 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Mini Professors

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

A Mammoth Adventure

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Increasing access to music

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Smart Checkout Assistant: a better till experience?

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Digital Me Exhibition: Chapter II

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Accessible 3D modelling and 3D printing

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Draw a Scientist

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Robot or Human? You decide

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Keeping Upright: test your perception of vertical

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Fitness fun zone

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

It’s painless (almost)!

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

What You Don’t See: Sex work in the context of the sport mega-event

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Using games to raise scam awareness

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

The four pillars of health and functional fitness (endurance, strength, reaction, balance)

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11:00 - 14:00

Talbot Campus

Police training using virtual reality

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Encouraging fruit and vegetable intake

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Behind the Scenes at the Lab: the science of being humans

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Native? Looking at fauna from the Palaeolithic to now

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Chronology: a game of time

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Symbols – past and present

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

How well can children remember?

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Eye tracking as a window to the mind

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Trust me, I’m a Doctor! Innovative ways to learn in the NHS

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

We like to move it move it… The power of the mind in our body movements

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Are e-cigarettes as harmful as tobacco?

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Science Playground

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Breathe your way to lower blood pressure

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Personality: are you a Phoebe or a Monica? Improving your ability to communicate through understanding personality types

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Exploring research into Virtual Learning experiences

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11:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Celebrating Breastfeeding

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11:00 - 12:00

Talbot Campus

Street Dance

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11:00 - 12:00

Talbot Campus

It’s only water… Or is it?

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11:00 - 12:00

Talbot Campus

Pump

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11:00 - 13:00

Talbot Campus

Escape Room: an archaeological mystery

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11:00 - 13:00

Lansdowne Campus

Orthopaedic Research Institute: Orthopaedics in action

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11:30 - 12:30

Talbot Campus

Eye movements when reading acronyms and textisms

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12:00 - 13:00

Talbot Campus

Smart Checkout Assistant- a better till experience

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12:00 - 14:00

Talbot Campus

Gaming group genius

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12:00 - 14:00

Talbot Campus

Sensing the past: Hands-on creative archaeological fun!

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12:30 - 15:30

Talbot Campus

Kids Parties Tasters

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13:00 - 14:00

Talbot Campus

Trust Deficit: causes and remedies for businesses

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13:00 - 14:00

Talbot Campus

Legs, Bums and Tums

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13:30 - 15:30

Talbot Campus

Female travel: an exploration of travel, gender and religion

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13:30 - 14:30

Talbot Campus

Tamed: family talk

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14:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Digital Health Technology: friend or foe?

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14:00 - 16:30

Talbot Campus

Telling data stories that stick

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14:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

VegUP – How to be Sustainable and Green

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14:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Seldom Heard Voices

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14:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

The Kitchen Detectives

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14:00 - 15:00

Talbot Campus

Yoga

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14:30 - 15:30

Talbot Campus

Trust Deficit: causes and remedies for businesses masterclass

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14:30 - 15:30

Talbot Campus

Music to your ears

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14:30 - 16:30

Talbot Campus

The Horrible Hidden History of British Comics: a make and do session

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15:00 - 17:00

Talbot Campus

Reading on Screen Roadshow

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15:00 - 17:00

Talbot Campus

Exploring Broadcasting Archives

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15:00 - 16:00

Talbot Campus

Hunger by the sea: stories of food poverty in Southern England

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15:00 - 16:00

Off Campus

Exceptional Sporting Performance

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15:00 - 17:00

Talbot Campus

Combatting identity theft amongst silver surfers using Eduweb

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15:30 - 16:30

Talbot Campus

Tamed: three species that changed our world…

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16:00 - 17:30

Talbot Campus

Demystifying Research: helping us make a difference

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16:00 - 17:00

Talbot Campus

Here to Play: forced migrants, music and belonging

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16:00 - 18:00

Talbot Campus

Going ‘behind the scenes’ in Paralympic Production: Channel 4 and the broadcasting of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

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16:00 - 18:00

Off Campus

Why sharks affect climate change: the need for a new view of ocean management

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16:30 - 18:30

Talbot Campus

Film Screening: Italian Horror Cinema in its Political Contexts

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17:00 - 18:00

Talbot Campus

Let’s talk tax!

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17:00 - 18:00

Talbot Campus

Magic Science…Science Magic: for ages 6 -11

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17:00 - 18:00

Talbot Campus

Health and Migration Research in Nepal and India

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17:30 - 19:30

Talbot Campus

Film Screening: Tales of the Tribes

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17:30 - 19:30

Talbot Campus

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

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18:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

Orthopaedic Research Institute: expert talks

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18:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

The Future of Human Computer Interaction: when machines see, hear, read and reason

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18:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

What makes flavour?

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18:00 - 19:00

Talbot Campus

A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects

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18:00 - 19:00

Talbot Campus

15 years of oil price volatility: fundamentals vs speculations

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18:00 - 19:00

Talbot Campus

Pier Review: what does the future hold for British seaside piers?

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18:00 - 19:00

Talbot Campus

More than just pretty faces: women in the film industry today

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18:00 - 19:30

Talbot Campus

What’s funny about that?

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18:00 - 19:00

Talbot Campus

Neurodiversity is the spice of life: exploring autism spectrum conditions

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18:00 - 19:00

Talbot Campus

Stepping Forward: a life in research

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18:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

Introduction to Career Construction Theory: How your cultural interests can help you make vocational and professional decisions

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18:30 - 19:30

Talbot Campus

The eye’s pupil: a reflection of the mind

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18:30 - 20:30

Talbot Campus

Beat the heat: how your body responds to extreme environments and what we can do about it

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19:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

Balance in older age: what happens and what can we do about it?

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19:00 - 21:00

Talbot Campus

Women in Science – why media presence matters

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19:00 - 21:00

Talbot Campus

Active Ageing discovery event

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19:00 - 21:00

Off Campus

Feral: roving play

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19:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

Magic Science…Science Magic: for ages 12+

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19:00 - 20:00

Talbot Campus

What is Fake News and how to avoid being taken in

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19:30 - 20:30

Talbot Campus

My PhD experience: the copyright war raging in the EU

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19:30 - 20:30

Talbot Campus

Low Cost Clean Energy Solutions for Domestic and Industrial Needs

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19:30 - 20:30

Talbot Campus

Uncertainty and Control: how do people with obsessive-compulsive disorders cope with decision making in gambling tasks?

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20:00 - 21:00

Talbot Campus

The XRF Factor: science, archaeology and the future

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20:00 - 21:00

Talbot Campus

Can supermarket promotions make you healthy?

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20:00 - 21:00

Talbot Campus

Stress, drugs and rock and roll: revealing a time line of abuse through toxicological hair analysis

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