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West Bridgford

Science for Everyone

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
Peter O Tel: 07745995735
Leader:
Julia Tel: 0115 923 4668
Group email: Science for Everyone group
When: Monthly on Friday afternoons 14:00-16:00
Last Friday of each month. No meeting in December.
Venue: West Bridgford Baptist Church
Cost: £2 per meeting

Overview

The group is for anyone with an interest in science and technology. There are no formal membership requirements. There is no preference for any scientific or technical discipline and an idea of the range of topics covered can be gained from some our previous presentations, which are listed at the bottom of this page.

Links to additional material

Presentations Some past presentations with either the presentation slides or video

Extras videos you might enjoy.

Meetings start at 14:00 on the last Friday of each month, with the exception of December when there is no meeting.

Here we all are on a cold day in October standing around a rock during our visit to the British Geological Survey (BGS) at Keyworth.

Could science be any more fun?

Seriously though, we were being told all about the formation and age of this rock and many others on our walk around the BGS site.

DateTopicSpeaker
31-Oct-2025The Six Metals of Antiquity Sam Millman
28-Nov-2025The Lunar Society of BirminghamJoe Cols
30-Jan-2026Balloons and RocketsDominic Dixon
27-Feb-2026Forensic Science and MoreJon Wright
27-Mar-2026
24-Apr-2026What Psychology Can Tell Us About Conspiracy TheoriesDaniel Jolley
29-May-2026
26-Jun-2026
31-Jul-2026
28-Aug-2026
25-Sep-2026
30-Oct-2026
27-Nov-2026

Previous presentations
Some of our previous presentations have the slides available or have a video. To view these use the link SfE Presentations .

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