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In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is an immersive exhibition and VR experience that transports you to the heart of the UK’s late-80s rave scene. From pirate radio stations to secret warehouses, step into the shoes of rave culture pioneers and experience the anticipation, trepidation, and euphoria of the Acid House movement.
The exhibition runs from 29 September to 13 October at the Mead Gallery.
*Exclusive offer for University of Warwick student & Staff!
Global Illuminations lantern making workshops
-Shine Your Light: Lantern Workshops 20th August, 12:30-13:30pm
-Shine Your Light: Lantern Workshops 20th August, 2-3pm
-Shine Your Light: Lantern Workshops 18th September, 12:30 -13:30pm
-Shine Your Light: Lantern Workshops 18th September, 2-3pm
Get hands-on this summer and learn how to make simple, creative paper lanterns for the Global Illuminations Procession.
In these relaxed workshop, you’ll create your own lantern and explore ways to personalise it with designs that reflect identity, culture, or creativity.
60th Anniversary ReunionLink opens in a new window
Saturday 22 November
We're excited to share plans to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the University of Warwick with you.
The events listed give a flavour of what you can expect - details will be updated as more information is available and links to booking and taking part added. We will continue to add to the calendar as more events are confirmed.
Read about the University of Warwick's History HERE!
The Anniversary Book Collection
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the University of Warwick, the Library has created a special collection of fiction books from the last 60 years.
Come to the Library's Breathing Space to browse at your leisure or discover the collection online by searching "University of Warwick 60th Anniversary Collection" on the Library website.
Dive into the words and worlds of popular authors!
Museum of Climate Stories: Campus Kin project
Have you had a memorable experience on campus that made you think differently about your relationship to the world around us?
To mark 60 years of the University as a place where people have been forming relationships with the land on which we live, work and study, we’re looking for stories about your encounters with the plants, lichens, trees, fungi, insects, and animals with which we share our campus.
Evening Talks Series by Academics on Peace and Reconciliation
Remembering the forgotten blitz: bombing and reconciliation in Paris and Normandy and how Coventry showed the way.
1 of 2 talks - the second talk will take place on 24th September.
More information can be found HERE!
Global Illuminations Procession: Shine Your Light: Lantern Workshops
Open to University of Warwick Staff...
Get hands-on this summer with artist Benny Semp and learn how to make simple, creative paper lanterns for the Global Illuminations Procession — a spectacular part of Warwick’s 60th Anniversary celebrations in November 2025.
Global Illuminations Procession: Shine Your Light: Lantern Workshops
Open to University of Warwick Staff...
Get hands-on this summer with artist Benny Semp and learn how to make simple, creative paper lanterns for the Global Illuminations Procession — a spectacular part of Warwick’s 60th Anniversary celebrations in November 2025.
Visit the Grade II listed Maths Houses at University of Warwick!
Student Life Exhibition
A new exhibition exploring student life at the University will take place at the Modern Records Centre and the Library Foyer. This will feature material from the University's institutional archives. Find out more about the last sixty years of student life on Warwick campus!
Evening Talks Series by Academics on Peace and Reconciliation
Why Language Matters: Propaganda and remembering German women's experiences of defeat in 1945
1 of 2 talks - the first talk will take place on 17th September.
Information about both talks can be found and booked for free HERE!
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
Book your ticket back to 1989 to share in an experience that shaped a generation; to feel the anticipation, the trepidation, the excitement, and the euphoria, that was Acid House.
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats is currently touring around the UK and we're delighted to be able to host this immersive experience at Warwick Arts Centre.
Tickets on sale NOW!Link opens in a new window
Poetry Trail: A Science Art Collision
Celebrating the work of current academics from Gibbet Hill and reflecting the expansion around Gibbet Hill, the trail will encourage people to explore wonderful but relatively less accessed green spaces, providing an opportunity for everyone to enjoy our beautiful campus - combining literature, biology and outdoor activity, promoting mental health & wellbeing.
Warwick at 60 Talks: Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
Part of Warwick Arts Centre's Words & Ideas programme and featuring celebrated authors, artists and campaigners, we present a series of talks to discuss race and identity, how these shape societies and affect individual and collective states of wellbeing and belonging
Year 9 Schools Event - Language Learners as Peacemakers
This event is part of the outreach and widening participation work delivered to local schools by the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. We are collaborating on this occasion with Coventry Cathedral to design an event to mark the 80th anniversary since the end of World War Two and University of Warwick’s 60th birthday.
More information can be found HERE!
Warwick at 60 Talks: Mina Smallman
Part of Warwick Arts Centre's Words & Ideas programme and featuring celebrated authors, artists and campaigners, we present a series of talks to discuss race and identity, how these shape societies and affect individual and collective states of wellbeing and belonging.
Warwick at 60 Talks: Gary Younge
Part of Warwick Arts Centre's Words & Ideas programme and featuring celebrated authors, artists and campaigners, we present a series of talks to discuss race and identity, how these shape societies and affect individual and collective states of wellbeing and belonging.
Warwick at 60 Talks: David Olusoga
Part of Warwick Arts Centre's Words & Ideas programme and featuring celebrated authors, artists and campaigners, we present a series of talks to discuss race and identity, how these shape societies and affect individual and collective states of wellbeing and belonging.
Global Illuminations Light Festival
Join us for a dazzling international light procession, where you’re invited to join the rest of the Warwick community and create a luminous display, winding through the heart of campus. Let the rhythm of student musicians guide your steps as you carry your own handcrafted lanterns and light sculptures, lighting up familiar campus pathways with a creative glow.
60th Anniversary Reunion
Your memories, connections, friendships, education, and so much more last a lifetime – your stories shape our history.
So, whether you were among our first students in 1965, or you graduated this year, we’re ready to welcome you home.
Find out more and register now here.
Eternal Echoes - University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
We will be celebrating 60 years of wonderful music making at Warwick with a massed choir event in the Butterworth Hall featuring our current University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra in combination with a massed digital choir of Warwick alumni.
Tickets are available hereLink opens in a new window.