University of Birmingham hosts one-off Arts and Science Festival

The University of Birmingham is set to host its first Arts & Science Festival to showcase the wealth of ideas, research and collaboration across its campus. Running from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 March 2013 at various venues across the University's Edgbaston and Selly Oak campuses, the festival is open to enthusiastic and curious minds from the University and the general public. There will be something for everyone including collaborations with regional partners including eclectic annual festival production, Flatpack, who celebrate the opening weekend of their annual film festival with a family-friendly screening of The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) complete with live score at the Bramall Music Building. Vivid Projects, in association with local curator Antonio Roberts and The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, will also present Dirty New Media , a day of performances and interactive installations from digital artists, hackivists and new media explorers from the West Midlands and beyond. Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Cultural Engagement, Ian Grosvenor explains the importance of making University research accessible to the wider public: "Our desire to share the wealth of knowledge at the University has led to the our first Arts and Science Festival, a public programme of exhibitions, talks, performances, workshops and screenings which celebrates the University's identity and makes available the first class research generated by one of the UKs leading higher education institutions." Connections: Communication in Ancient Egypt (Talk & Exhibition) Monday 18 March, 1 - 3pm at the Orchard Learning & Resource Centre, Selly Oak campus This groundbreaking exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts investigates ancient methods of communication.