This past Saturday the University of Nottingham opened its doors to the public for its annual May Fest open day and, from what we saw, much fun ensued.
May Fest is a fantastic family fun day which gives children and adults alike the chance to learn more about what the university teaches – while taking part in some great fun events. The event takes places across several buildings on the university’s sprawling campus – with a free hopper bus helping people get around quicker and events on offer included an inflatable planetarium, swimming lessons and a host of fun scientific experiments.
Busiest of all, it seemed, was the Portland building where kids could learn about DNA, take part in physics experiments and even dress up as vets – something my kids thoroughly enjoyed, while a demonstration on electrical switches caught their attention in the Chemistry buildings.
The crowds had certainly packed out the venue, which at times made it difficult to get to some of the events going on, especially with a pushchair in tow, however there was enough to ensure everybody had fun and it proved a fascinating insight into the likes of science and technology – if only school was as much fun!
All the staff and students who were on hand were extremely helpful and happy to answer the children’s questions as they learnt about DNA profiling and how atoms help make bacon taste nice (well done atoms).
May Fest is a fantastic fun for all the family day out, as a city we are lucky to have two of the best University’s in the country and it is great to be able to experience some of the great stuff that goes on there for the day.
Personally I can’t wait to get back there for May Fest 2014.
May Fest took place at the University of Nottingham on Saturday 18 May – for more on the University and the courses it offers click here
