York Festival of Ideas was launched by the University of York in 2011 as a partnership between the University and cultural, social and business organisations both within the city and at a national level.
York Festival of Ideas was launched by the University of York in 2011 as a partnership between the University and cultural, social and business organisations both within the city and at a national level.
The objective of the Festival of Ideas is to enhance York’s reputation as a city of ideas and innovation by offering the highest calibre of public events to local, regional and visitor audiences and to demonstrate to the widest possible audiences the transformative power of education and ideas. The Festival has developed partnerships with a range of regional and national organisations to enable it to become one of the largest free festivals of its kind in the UK.
How does the Festival of Ideas support the York Narrative? Here's some examples...
York is known as a city of learning and knowledge, and the festival works to reinforce this message on a national scale.
The festival shows how culture, business and education can work together to engage the wider public in creativity and learning.
The Festival of Ideas is an excellent means of communicating York’s talents in research, innovation and big thinking and encourages new collaborations to form across different sectors within the city to generate positive change.