Southampton Science and Engineering Festival 2026
We were delighted to support the University of Southampton Science and Engineering Day as part of British Science Week in March 2026. Science and Engineering Day is a free family-friendly event packed with more than a hundred hands-on activities, workshops, talks, exhibits, shows and laboratory tours, and is part of the week-long Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF).
It was fantastic to see so many people getting hands-on with the wave tank and using it as a starting point to talk about flooding, climate change and resilience.
Some of the best conversations came from simple questions that quickly turned into bigger discussions about how flooding happens, what we can do to reduce risk, and how communities can adapt in the future.
Events like this are a really important reminder of why outreach matters. Being able to take the science behind flooding and turn it into something practical, visual and interactive helps make these topics more accessible.
A big thank you to all our volunteers from JBA Consulting for their hard work and enthusiasm (Amber Humphries, Luna Richardson, Ella Mitchell, Samuel Hotchkiss, Jacqui Hooper and Jake Finch) and to our partners at the University of Southampton, Linley Hastewell and Billie-Mae White.
Hopefully we’ve also helped a few young people see themselves as future engineers, hydrologists, geographers or scientists…
