Winchester Action on the Climate Crisis is a community climate and sustainability action group, based at and supported by the University. They run an active annual programme of events, from regular meet-ups to themed talks and workshops.

Find out more about Winchester Action on the Climate Crisis.

The Modern History Research Centre is the platform for our modern historians and all those across the University and in the community with an interest in the recent past. The centre runs a dynamic series of regular talks and seminars.

Find out more about the Modern History Research Centre and explore forthcoming events.

Since 2021, the University of Winchester Academy Trust, University of Winchester academics and local Hampshire schools have been working together to develop teaching for creativity across the school curriculum. This Creativity Collaborative is part of a national programme funded by Arts Council England and the Freelands Foundation to develop and test a range of innovative practices in fostering creativity and creative thinking in education.

Find out more about the Creativity Collaborative and their programme of events.

26 March 2025: Dementia Q&A

Join health psychologist Dr Samuel Nyman and guests for a Q&A following The Nature of Forgetting at the Theatre Royal Winchester, a powerful piece by Theatre Re about what is left when memory is gone.

28 April 2025: Musical Theatre songs

Join our talented Musical Theatre students as they perform songs from across the musical theatre repertoire. Find out more and book your ticket

16-17 May 2025: Pippin

Come dressed in your finest black to celebrate the life and times of Pippin: the Son; the Scholar; the Soldier; the King; the Lover. The Lost. With a Finale to end all Finales, what's not to like. Find out more and book your ticket.

20-22 May 2025: Earthquakes in London

Come and see our Final Year BA Acting students take on Mike Bartlett's epic 2010 play, which takes us on a journey from 1968 to 2525 and back again and opens up a range of urgent contemporary issues. Find out more and book your ticket.

Reflections on Digital Childhood and Future Wellbeing

14 May 2025, 16.30 -19.00. The Stripe Auditorium, Sparkford Road, Winchester SO22 4NR

The Centre of Research for Educational Action and Theory Exchange (CREATE) is delighted to invite you to a thought-provoking event that delves into the impact of digital technology on childhood and future wellbeing. 

Click here for full details and booking information.

TEDx is a programme of local, self-organised events that bring people together to spark deep discussion and connection. The University has been the home of TEDx Winchester since 2020 and together we are going from strength to strength.

6 June 2025, 9.00 - 16.00, West Downs Auditorium, West Downs Campus, Romsey Road, Winchester SO22 5HT.

Find out more and book your ticket.

The University of Winchester is proud to be a University of Sanctuary. As part of this year's Refugee Week (16-22 June), our Sanctuary Network, which includes Refugee Education experts, is organising a Refugee Education Conference.

The event will include workshops led by Refugee Education UK, EMTAS (the Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service), the International Rescue Committee and Student Action for Refugees. There will be an opportunity to hear directly from pupils and students from a forced migration background and the staff who support them, as well as time set aside throughout the day for networking and relationship building.

The conference is open to external attendees as well as staff and students. Timings: 9.30 - 16.00; the venue is the West Downs Quarter, Romsey Road, Winchester SO22 5HT.

Book your free place here.

Find out more about the University's Sanctuary Network.

Find out more about our Refugee Education expertise.