THE University of Bradford is celebrating British Science Week with ten days of science, technology, engineering and maths.

The celebration has been designed for people of all ages and starts tomorrow when visitors to the university will be asked to trip the "Light Fantastic" at the high-tech STEM centre.

Among the varied events on the light-themed event are family activities and workshops including 'The science of jelly and ice-cream', 'Anatomage: seeing inside the human body' and 'Nano Science: nano particles and light.'

Organisers hope the event will make complex scientific ideas more accessible to families, and the day will utilise some of the university's cutting edge laboratories.

The university is also getting involved with ‘Demo Day’ Thursday, part of an annual campaign to inspire secondary school teachers and technicians to explore new concepts, provoke discussions and generate excitement through running science demonstrations.

The National Media Museum is collaborating with the university to deliver three days of school workshops. In the morning, Key Stage 3 pupils will be taught experiments which, in a case of the apprentice becoming the master, they will then demonstrate to Key Stage 2 pupils in the afternoon.

Food experts from around Yorkshire will descend on the university for a debate on the county's food industry, and whether Yorkshire could be self sustainable.

The debate is taking place at the university on Thursday from 6.30pm to 8pm in the Norcroft Building.

Participants in the debate will be Les Firbank, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture in Leeds, Geoff Tansey, Professor at the Food Systems Academy, Malcolm Fewster, a dairy farmer from Cleckheaton, Lindsay Smales and Hilary Wilson from the Incredible Edible project in Todmorden and Chris Bem, a Health Ecologist.

The debate will examine where food comes from and how it is farmed, as well as providing an opportunity to raise the profile of good quality local food across Yorkshire.

The event will provide a warm-up for when Bradford hosts the British Science Festival in September - where thousands of people including some of the country's top scientists will descend on the city.

Janet Smith-Harrison, STEM Programme Manager, said: “Our Light Fantastic event on Saturday is a great opportunity for families to learn about Science in a fun and interactive way. I encourage everyone to come along and spend some time having a go at the different activities happening all across the campus.”

The events run until March 22.

To book a workshop at tomorrow's event, email to j.smith-harrison@bradford.ac.uk or attend the STEM centre on the day. Workshops start at 10.30am.