A WEEK long festival designed to give Bradford's young people a love of science will be held in the city immediately after the country's most important collection of scientists comes to town.

From September 7 to 10, Bradford will once again host the British Science Festival, which will celebrate the latest developments in science, engineering and technology.

Expected to attract tens of thousands of people, including some of the nation's top minds, to the city, the full programme for the event will be revealed next week. It is being hosted by the University of Bradford.

As soon as the festival finishes, the annual Bradford Science Festival will start at venues across the city, offering a more light hearted look at science. This year the event is being promoted as the Bradford Science Festival Fringe, and will be aimed at schools, families and young people.

The event will run from September 11 to 18 and include events such as an archaeological dig at the old Bradford Park Avenue football ground, a family fun day in City Park, a family day at the University of Bradford and an A Level science conference.

In previous years the festival has attracted thousands of people to the city centre to witness demonstrations and take part in interactive experiments.

Emma Bridge, head of communications at the University of Bradford, said: “The festival fringe programme follows the British Science Festival 2015 and includes over 100 events aimed to engage and inspire school and college students, young adults and families.

“There will be a wide range of exciting and innovative science focused events and activities, which will take place across Bradford and we hope as many people as possible will join us.”

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Events at the University will include a "pop up" science market, a workshop by Dr Marty Jopson, the BBC One Show’s resident scientist and a comedy about love in the subatomic world. There will also be showcases of the student research going on across the university.

The National Media Museum will host a C.S.I Family weekend that will allow families to learn about forensic science and cyber crime.

Although the line up for the British Science Festival is still a few days away from being announced, it will include a "culture crawl" around North Parade.

It is the first time the touring festival has had such a cultural event, and organisers are in the process of arranging an evening programme that will involve arts and science events held in different venues in the city's independent quarter on and around North Parade.

A science festival spokesman said: "We want this event to celebrate this transformation of the local area and creatively highlight these revived local businesses to a wider audience."

The culture crawl will take place on Tuesday, September 8.