Workshops

Learn the Lab, hands on

The Lab's public workshop offer — from a first walk through the space to paid intro courses. Every one is a way in: come once, and you can come back. Register your interest and we'll tell you when the next session opens.

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The offer

Four ways to take part

Whatever your starting point, there is a way in. These are the families of workshop we run; dates land on the calendar through the year.

Walking pedagogic tours

A guided walk through the Lab and its creative technologies — the workshops, the IEL, the materials library — for anyone on campus curious about what a third kind of space can do. The gentlest way in.

Creative making workshops

Hands-on sessions in the making spaces: an afternoon with a technology, a material, or a technique, taught by the team. No experience needed — you leave having made something.

Open Day workshops

Short, welcoming sessions run on University Open Days, giving prospective students and visitors a real taste of the Lab in a single sitting. For adults; teachers and guardians bringing a group are welcome, and under-18s take part with a responsible adult.

Paid intro courses

Coming

Deeper introductory courses — making, and virtual production in the IEL — for those who want to go further than a single session. Paid, structured, and open beyond the University.

Our public workshops are for adults (18+). Under-18s are welcome only as part of a school or family group led by a responsible adult, and we follow the University of Westminster safeguarding policy. Booking is never opened to a minor directly.

Coming up

Dated sessions

Public workshops on the calendar right now. Drawn live from the same schedule the team runs on.

Wed, 23 Sept 2026 · 12:00
Walking tour — the Lab, end to end

A guided walk through the workshops, the IEL and the materials library. The gentlest way in — no booking of tools, just a look at what a third kind of space can do.

Thu, 1 Oct 2026 · 13:00
Creative making — laser cutting, first cut

An afternoon on the laser cutter, taught by the team. Design a small piece, cut it, take it home. No experience needed — you leave having made something.

Wed, 7 Oct 2026 · 12:00
Walking tour — the Lab, end to end

A guided walk through the workshops, the IEL and the materials library. The gentlest way in — no booking of tools, just a look at what a third kind of space can do.

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 · 13:00
Creative making — 3D printing from scratch

Model a small object and watch it print. A hands-on introduction to additive manufacture in the making spaces, from file to finished part.

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 · 10:00
Open Day taster — put technology to work

A short, welcoming session for Open Day visitors and prospective students — a real taste of the Lab in a single sitting. Open to adults; under-18s are welcome with a responsible adult.

Thu, 5 Nov 2026 · 14:00
Creative making — textiles and the digital loom

Where craft meets code: an afternoon with the digital knitting and weaving kit. Design a swatch, make it, understand how the machine reads your pattern.

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One session is all it takes

Workshops are how most people meet the Lab. Register free as a Subscriber and we'll keep you posted on what's coming — then come and make something.

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