Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is visiting campus as a guest of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Summer Soiree, which coincides with the University’s 50th anniversary celebration weekend. 
Princess Anne will be in York on June 27, attending the event as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy. The celebration comprises of an exhibition entitled ‘Engineering: Design for Living’ in the Ron Cooke Hub followed by a Royal Academy dinner.
Throughout the weekend the University’s 50th anniversary will see hundreds of alumni attending a dinner hosted by the Chancellor Greg Dyke and outgoing Vice-Chancellor Brian Cantor. Alumni will visit a range of Festival of Ideas events including talks by Oscar winning Aardman co-founder Peter Lord on animation, the Luma film festival and a debate with Greg Dyke and Peter Hitchens on Sunday morning at the Berrick Saul building.