The Department welcomed members of the public by the hundreds to this year's Open Day, 14 November. Guests attended 33 events - short lectures, workshops, informational sessions and walking tours - all free of charge. Here is a small selection of the events that happened on the day.

Latest episodes of the podcast Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2012

• The Num8er My5teries
• Economics: which way now?
• Henry II and the Twelfth-Century World
• W.B. Yeats and the Ghost Club
• Boulevards, Brushwork and Bugattis : Modern Art and Design in Paris
• Philosophy in 45 minutes!
• From global credit-crunch to Eurocrisis and double-dip recession: whatever next?
• Shedding light on the dark ages