Professor David Vines, Director, Ethics & Economics, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, will talk about his new book Capital Failure: Rebuilding Trust in Financial Services.

The book talk will be followed by a book signing

About the Speaker
David Vines is Director, Ethics & Economics, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School; Professor of Economics, and a Fellow of Balliol College, at the University of Oxford. He is also Adjunct Professor of Economics at the Australian National University, and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

From 2008 to 2012 he was the Research Director of the European Union’s Framework Seven PEGGED Research Program, which analysed Global Economic Governance within Europe. Professor Vines received a BA from Melbourne University in 1971, and subsequently an MA and PhD from Cambridge University. From 1985 to 1992 he was Adam Smith Professor of Political Economy at the University of Glasgow.

His research interests are in macroeconomics, including financial frictions, fiscal and monetary interactions, and financial crisis. His recent books include: The Leaderless Economy: Why the World Economic System Fell Apart and How to Fix It (Princeton University Press, 2013, with Peter Temin); The IMF and its Critics: Reform of Global Financial Architecture (Cambridge University Press, 2004, with Christopher Gilbert); The Asian Financial Crisis: Causes, Contagion and Consequences (Cambridge University Press, 1999, with Pierre-Richard Agénor, Marcus Miller, and Axel Weber) and his latest book Capital Failure: Rebuilding Trust in Financial Services (Oxford University Press, 2014, with Nicholas Morris).

About the Book
Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ relied on the self-interest of individuals to produce good outcomes. Economists’ belief in efficient markets took this idea further by assuming that all individuals are selfish. This belief underpinned financial deregulation, and the theories on incentives and performance which supported it. However, although Adam Smith argued that although individuals may be self-interested, he argued that they also have other-regarding motivations, including a desire for the approbation of others. This book argues that the trust-intensive nature of financial services makes it essential to cultivate such other-regarding motivations, and it provides proposals on how this might be done.

Trustworthiness in the financial services industry was eroded by deregulation and by the changes to industry structure which followed. Incentive structures encouraged managers to disguise risky products as yielding high returns, and regulation failed to curb this risk-taking, rent-seeking behaviour. The book makes a number of proposals for reforms of governance, and of legal and regulatory arrangements, to address these issues. The proposals seek to harness values and norms that would reinforce ‘other-regarding’ behaviour, so that the firms and individuals in the financial services act in a more trustworthy manner.

We are delighted to welcome Torsten Reil (CEO and founder – NaturalMotion) to Saïd Business School on Friday 21st November.

Torsten founded NaturalMotion, a leading games and technology company based in Oxford, London and San Francisco. The company develops and publishes high-end, free to play social mobile games for iOS and Android and with over 30 million downloads and counting, is one of the fastest growing publishers on these platforms. Last week, Global University Venturing awarded NaturalMotion, Exit of the Year 2014 after it was acquired by Zynga for $527million.

NaturalMotion began as a project in the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford in 2001. Working with Isis Innovation, Torsten developed a business plan and secured first-round investors. Earlier this year, that cycle was completed with a return to the seed funds managed by Isis Innovation that will help launch the next generation of spin-outs from Oxford.

About Torsten
Torsten holds a BA in Biology from Oxford University and an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from Sussex University. Prior to founding NaturalMotion, Torsten was researching for a PhD in Complex Systems at Oxford University’s Zoology department. Torsten has been named amongst MIT’s TR100 global top innovators, and has spoken at TED, TED Global and Apple’s iPhone 5 keynote.

Talk: 4pm – 5.15pm
Drinks reception: 5.15pm

Join us for a critical review of the extent to which businesses promote HR in practice. Talk of corporate responsibility, pro-bono schemes and language of sustainability and accountability continues to increase but in reality are businesses doing enough to promote and protect Human Rights? There will be the chance to talk more informally with the speakers after the event over drinks and nibbles.

Panel Speakers: Rae Lindsay (Clifford Chance), Peter Frankental (Amnesty International)

Chair: Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, University of Reading

We are delighted to welcome Michael S. Malone to Saïd Business School on Monday 24th November.

Mike has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than thirty years, and was twice nominated by the San Jose Mercury-News for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He is the author or co-author of more than a dozen award-winning books, notably the bestselling ‘The Virtual Corporation’, ‘The Future Arrived Yesterday’ and most recently ‘The Intel Corporation’. A regular editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal, Mike has hosted three nationally syndicated public television interview series and co-produced the Emmy-nominated primetime PBS miniseries The New Heroes. As an entrepreneur, Mike was a founding shareholder of eBay, Siebel Systems (sold to Oracle) and Qik (sold to Skype), and is currently vice-chairman of a new start-up, PatientKey Inc. Mike holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, where he is currently an adjunct professor. He is also an associate fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University, and is a Distinguished Friend of Oxford.

Mike will also be signing copies of his new book ‘The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World’s Most Important Company’ during the drinks reception following his talk.

“Few people capture the rhythms and values that fuel Silicon Valley as well as longtime journalist Michael S. Malone. In his latest book, he takes on the history of Intel, a company he started covering when most reporters were still using typewriters. He reveals his deep knowledge on every page.”
—Reid Hoffman, cofounder & chairman of LinkedIn and co-author of The Alliance

Copies of the book will be available to buy for £20 (cash only).

Talk: 6pm – 7pm
Drinks reception and book signing: 7pm

Humanity is at the beginning of a revolution that will change the way you think about your family, you work and yourself and bring radical change for every institution and every nation, as well as changing the definition of wealth.
It will challenge the definition of what it means to be human and once it’s over, society will be completely re-organised and our sense of ourselves and our place in the universe altered. You may not know it but you’ve already seen the trailer.
In this talk Mark Stevenson shows us the main feature, that’s coming sooner than we realise.

MARK STEVENSON, AUTHOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND FUTURIST

Mark is an entrepreneur and thinker on global and societal trends, innovation and technology. He ha worked with IBM, the Barbican, Audi and the Wellcome Trust, helping them to see where the world is going – and how to adapt.
He is author of An Optimist’s Tour of the Future and We Do Things Differently. He has advisory roles wit Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Earth Challenge and the crowd-investing company Trillion Fund. He is also a occasional professional comedy writer.

What to do when you graduate? No idea? Sylvia is here to help..

Sylvia M’Bemba, a veteran of the recruitment world, is developing an e-learning platform to help students become more aware of their strengths and weaknesses so they can find a job that they love and they are great at!

Make Sense Oxford will be holding an interactive workshop with Sylvia to help her develop the business and support more students to find perfect jobs. We’ll be focusing specifically on finding a name that appeals through the unique powers of MakeSense methodology.

Workshop for Laurence Cruse whom you may have seen hanging out at the Launchpad! He’s creating an awesome social enterprise helping soon-to-be graduates search for jobs to make them happy. We’ll be brainstorming how to help him access student networks.

Join us: Saturday, 4-6pm, Seminar Room 1, Said Business School

Public health is a shared challenge. There is an important role for business, working in partnership with government and consumers, to ensure that our children enjoy a healthier environment than we have had.

The business community, through the brands we know and love, have arguably the greatest influence in empowering and supporting people to make informed decisions about leading healthier lives.

Henry will be exploring how we encourage businesses to take action voluntarily, examining business as a force for good in improving public health.

About the speaker
HENRY ASHWORTH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PORTMAN GROUP

Henry – an Oxford Polytechnic alumnus – is co-chair of the government’s Responsibility Deal Alcohol Network as well as Chief Executive of the
Portman Group – the UK alcohol industry’s social responsibility organisation.

Previously he led the government’s Behavioural Insights Team, applying behavioural science to public health policy including alcohol, obesity, diet, smoking and organ donation.Prior to that he was a member of the government’s Better Regulation Executive.

What does a skilled society want from higher education in the 21st century and how does that get delivered?

John will be amongst an expert panel reflecting on this issue in the light of the forthcoming general election, considering how higher education, government and business can work together to ensure graduates have the knowledge and skills for the modern age and asking such questions as “Does the current degree model work for subjects that change rapidly, like computing?”, “How will government policy impact on student choices?” and “What of A-level reform?”

Through questions from the audience the panel will explore the roles that business and higher education can play, and the way to incentivise choices.

About the Speaker
JOHN CRIDLAND, CBI DIRECTOR-GENERALJohn Cridland1

As CBI Director- General, John Cridland is the key spokesman for the business community to the media and government. He is a board member of Business in the Community, a UK Commissioner for Employment and Skills and was Vice Chair of the National Learning and Skills Council 2007-2010.

In 2012 the nation stood tall as it hosted arguably the most memorable Games in living history.

Credited with leading London’s successful bid to host the Olympics, Dame Tessa will outline how the country won the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and planned, from outset to legacy, a wide range of benefits for UK plc.

Brookes staff, students and graduates made a wide-ranging contribution from designing the torch, to winning medals and volunteering.

About the Speaker
Tessa Jowell
RIGHT HONOURABLE DAME TESSA JOWELL, MP

Dame Tessa Jowell is the Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood. She first joined the House of Commons in April 1992.

She was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2001- 07, Minister for the Olympics and London 2007-10 and Shadow Minister (Olympics and London) 2010-12.

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Ever wondered how to lead your own social enterprise, business, or non-profit that really makes a difference?

Find the answers from guest speaker Sharon Jackson, founder and CEO of the European Sustainability Academy and member of the WISE programme supporting Women Innovators in Social Enterprise.

What does our “tax-competitive” regime mean, and whose interests does it serve? Discussion with John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network.

As part of ECI’s commitment to educate the next generation of global leaders in sustainability, we will be hosting a three day workshop – April 21st-23rd. Our TBL: Training Better Leaders workshop aims to improve sustainability literacy and skills for young professionals and to equip them with the tools they need going forward into their careers.

Students who attend this workshop will receive a Sustainability Skills Certificate from ECI and have the opportunity to meet sustainability professionals from various organizations. We are expecting representatives from GlaxoSmithKline, Accenture, Synergy, RBS, Coca Cola, 2Degrees, ECI, Brite Green, Pilio, Synergy, and more to be confirmed!

Places on this course will be limited, so be sure to register for this opportunity on our events page. You must attend all three days of the workshop in order to receive your certificate.

Many organisations realise the importance of conducting requirements, design, development and testing of new of changed systems in a professional and rigorous manner, but the final stage of the Systems Development Lifecycle – Implementation – is sometimes overlooked as a critical aspect of IT change. This talk highlights why Systems Implementation is so important regardless of whether the IT project uses an Agile, Waterfall, or a variant of these, and discusses the key elements of the Implementation activity, and how to ensure a successful cutover to the operational environment.

Join the Oxford Guild Business Society as we welcome Caroline Rush CBE, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, for our first exciting speaker event of a big term (keep an eye out for the rest!). This promises to be a hugely exciting event, covering some very interesting topics and an invaluable chance to hear from and ask questions of such a high profile figure!

As one of the first ladies of fashion, Rush oversees the British fashion industry’s activities within the domestic and international markets, providing key support for emerging as well as established designers and attracting foreign buyers and investors. REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: http://tinyurl.com/CarolineRushGuild

The British fashion industry is worth tens of billions of pounds a year, with investors scrambling to get involved. We thus highly recommend that those interested in finance, private equity or entrepreneurship as well as those interested in fashion attend.

Since her appointment as Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council, Rush has been widely credited with making the British fashion industry a major global force and London Fashion Week one of the coveted ‘Big Four’ fashion weeks. It was also largely due to her that London was one of the first fashion capitals to embrace live streaming over fashion week, emphasising the importance of digital innovation in fashion. Prior to this role, Rush spent twenty years in Marketing and PR across the fashion, music and lifestyle sectors and managed her own business for five years.

This is a unique opportunity to hear from an extremely high-profile figure who has a key role in shaping British fashion. It is not one to be missed!

ALL WELCOME! There will be an opportunity ask questions and there will also be photos, drinks and nibbles after the event. DO NOT MISS OUT!

Lola’s will be hosting the official afterparty for this highly exciting event. Our members will get discounted entry, and extended queue jump: https://www.facebook.com/events/1069562213057212/! We hope many of you will join us afterwards for this.

DATE: Tuesday 28th April 2015, (1st week) 7:30pm
VENUE: Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church College
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: http://tinyurl.com/CarolineRushGuild

Co-hosted with the Oxford Finance Society and the Oxford University Engineering Society.

Technology has changed rapidly in the last 30 years; in order to survive businesses have had to evolve or otherwise face extinction. As technology has moved from fax machine to smart phone, businesses are constantly forced to adapt in order to take advantage of the latest technological advancements. Here to discuss the changing nature of technology and its impact on business, The Oxford Forum has invited four experienced and qualified speakers on the issue to debate the subject; Zahid Khan will chair a panel consisting of Mitchel Lenson (Non-Executive Director of Nationwide Building Society), Vikram Nair (President of Europe for Tech Mahindra) and Haydn Jones (Account Managing Director of Fujitsu UK and Ireland). For further information on all of the speakers please visit the link below:

http://www.oxfordforum.org/termcard/2015/4/29/the-oxford-forums-technology-in-business-panel-debate

After the panel debate, you will have the chance to converse and dine with all four of the speakers in a more private setting. Dining tickets are limited to 30, and include a three course meal with wine in Pizza Express’ private dining room at the Golden Cross. This is an exclusive networking opportunity. Dinner will start at 8:00 p.m. and finish at 10:00 p.m.

To purchase the dining ticket, please visit the link below:
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This is a joint event with the Oxford Martin Programme on Nanotechnology

With the daunting energy challenges faced by mankind in the 21st century, revolutionary new technologies will be the key to a clean, secure and sustainable energy future. Nanostructures often have surprising and very useful capabilities and are thus paving the way for new methodologies in almost every kind of industry.

During this seminar, Professor Javier Garcia Martinez will discuss several examples of how nanotechnology is impacting exciting energy technologies and creating new opportunities in the sector.

This lecture will be followed by a drinks reception, all welcome

The panel will share their fundraising experience with the audiences. The main topic of the discussion will be on how they managed to raise substantial amount of money in their campaigns. Answers will touch topics on how they publicised the campaigns and engaged with potential donors etc.

Panellists:

Alexandra Abrahams, the Captain of Somerville Women’s Boat Club.
In the Smash and Dominate: The Women’s Boat Club Challenge on Hubbub, Somerville Women’s Boat Club successfully raised £8,300.

Andrew Cunningham, the Co-Founder of an all girls’ secondary boarding school (www.wisergirls.org) in Kenya, UNICEF Education Consultant and D.Phil student at Department of Education.
Working with WISER in using Facebook to raise funds and awareness, Andy launched a 100 day campaign to raise $25,000 and ended up raising $67,000 last year. In last month, Andy had a 48 hour challenge to raise $5,000 and ended up raising $26,000.

Elliot Falvert-Martin, the Alumni and Database Officer at Wolfson College.
In his successful campaign – Tibetan and Himalayan Studies: research and preservation on Hubhub, Elliot helped the Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Centre at Wolfson College raised £50,800 to establish a post-doctoral Research Fellowship.

Rachael Owhin, MSc student in Migration Studies.
In the #OXFORD10000 £10,000 in 10 days! campaign on Hubbub, Rachael successfully raised £10,926 to cover the tuition and college fees for her MSc course. Her campaign was reported by Daily Mail and Evening Standard and she was interviewed by various BBC stations, such as BBC Oxford, BBC Bristol, BBC Northampton, BBC Leicester and BBC Derby.

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The Oxford Guild is very excited to welcome Larry Hirst CBE, former Chairman of IBM EMEA, to speak on Thursday 7th May. This will be an incredibly insightful talk and is not one to be missed, especially for anyone interested in technology, business, or issues of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The event will include a Q&A session open to the floor, and promises to cover a wide range of topics, as Larry discusses his high-profile and varied career. ALL ARE WELCOME!

DATE: Thursday 7th May 2015 (2nd Week)
TIME: 6:40pm
VENUE: Habakkuk Room, Jesus College
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE: http://tinyurl.com/LarryHirstIBMGuildTalk

Until his retirement from IBM in July 2010, Larry Hirst was chairman of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He represented IBM to the European Commission and other authorities such as NATO and the EDA on issues of international public policy and business regulation. During his time as Chairman, IBM EMEA revenues grew to $35bn, with a workforce of 110,000 people. Previous roles in his 33-year career included Chairman of IBM Netherlands (2002-2010), the leadership of IBM’s business in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and South Africa (2002-2008).
Larry is passionate about the issues of diversity and inclusion and is an Ambassador to the Everywoman company (https://www.everywoman.com/) and Black British Business Awards (http://www.thebbbawards.com/), as well as a supporter of groups including the Asian Business Networks Association, the European Women’s Achievement Award, the Afro Caribbean Group, Stonewall, Whitehall in Industry, Asian Business Women, and Investors in Diversity.
Larry was appointed C.B.E. in 2006, in recognition of Services to the IT industry.

This event will be particularly insightful for anyone considering a career in technology or business, and there will be a Q&A session as part of the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

The presenter will introduce different crowdfunding platforms which serve different purposes, for instance education-related initiatives, charitable works, new products and start-ups.

Presenter: Shan Huang, D.Phil student at Department of Education, Founder of OxFund

Adam Divák and Tamás Nagy from Synetiq Ltd.

Ádám Divák (CTO) and Tamás Nagy (lead researcher) will talk about Synetiq, a Hungarian start-up providing neuromarketing research and emotional insights for media companies. They will show how biometric sensory information is turned into recommendations for films and TV adverts, how infostructure allows real-time monitoring of affective reactions, and how they integrate data recording with processing and analysis.

Entry is via the BabyLab entrance: http://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/research/oxford-babylab/your-visit-to-the-babylab/how-to-find-us

Have you thought about using crowdfunding to fund your next degree, innovation, entrepreneurial project, charitable work, creative arts or sports club? What support you need from your college, the university and the crowdfunding platform? Speak out and let them know.

OxFund invited Jonathan May – the CEO and Co-founder of Hubbub, the representatives from the Development Offices at Green Templeton College, Keble College, Merton College, Regent’s Park, St Hugh’s College, Somerville College (the only Oxford college has its own branded crowdfunding platform) and University College, and the staff from ISIS Innovation who are working with Hubbub to build a Oxford-branded crowdfunding platform for Oxford staff and students to raise money for their entrepreneurial projects to form a panel to listen your needs.

More college’s development offices may join, as we are still in the process of confirming. Please check the Facebook event for the updates. Even your college’s development office is not in the panel, speak out your needs and we will pass them to the development office of your college.

How do the humanities engage with business, and vice-versa? And what might this relationship lead to in the future? This panel will explore the reciprocity – existing and potential – of business and the humanities, considering the contribution humanities researchers and graduates can make to the business world and how the humanities might benefit in return.

Speaker: Dr Donald Drakeman
Panel: Professor Elleke Boehmer (Chair), Professor Howard Hotson, Professor Sally Maitlis

Panel Bios

Don Drakeman has been an entrepreneur and venture capitalist in the life sciences for many years. A lawyer with a PhD in the humanities, he has also written extensively about religious history and constitutional law. His book, Why We Need Humanities, will be published later this year. He is currently Distinguish Research Professor in the Program on Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and a Fellow in Health Management at the University of Cambridge.

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English. She has published Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (1995, 2005), Empire, the National and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920 (2002), Stories of Women (2005), and Nelson Mandela (2008). She is the author of four acclaimed novels, including Screens again the Sky (short-listed David Hyam Prize, 1990), Bloodlines (shortlisted SANLAM prize), and Nile Baby (2008), and the short-story collection Sharmilla and Other Portraits (2010). A book on ‘Empire’s Networks’ and a new novel, The Shouting in the Dark, are forthcoming.

Sally Maitlis is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Her areas of expertise include sensemaking in organisations, trauma and adversity at work, and processes of personal growth. Sally conducts research in a range of public and privatesector organisations, with a particular interest in the cultural industries,studying symphony orchestras, dancers, and other creative professionals. She specialises in qualitative research, closely observing individual, team and organisational processes as they unfold in real time, and analysing these processes through talk and text.

Howard Hotson is Professor of Early Modern Intellectual History at the University of Oxford. He currently works on traditions of religious non-conformity in the Holy Roman Empire in the post-Reformation period, pedagogical innovations linking Ramus to Comenius and Leibniz and a book on the intellectual diaspora of the Thirty Years War. He also directs the Oxford-based collaborative research project, ‘Cultures of Knowledge: Networking the Republic of Letters, 1550-1750’.

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• Mike set up the volunteer organisation Smile Kids Japan (website under reconstruction…) in 2007 to promote sustainable and local volunteering at institutional care facilities (sometimes called orphanages) in Japan. This grew and has helped volunteers set up visits in 25 of the 47 prefectures in Japan, seeing several thousand people volunteer their friendship to kids in care. Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck Tohoku, Smile Kids Japan joined up with another NPO, Living Dreams, and Mike moved to the area to work full time on this project. Mike and the team raised over $900,000 in the months after the disaster, working with large corporate donors and setting up smaller events, including a 5 kilometre fun run that was carried out in 12 countries on the same day and raised over $100,000. The work was featured on the ITV ‘Tonight’ documentary news program, and in national papers. After giving a talk at TEDxTokyo and returning to the UK to study the alternative care system in Japan, Mike was invited by the Japanese Ambassador to meet and talk with the Emperor and Empress of Japan along with other Brits, including Lord Patten, who had been involved in the relief work.

• Mike is going to speak about fundraising strategies and will suggest (at least) three concrete ideas for fundraising that can be done before the end of term. These can be used for any charity fundraising, however the focus will be on post disaster, specifically on the situation in Nepal.

• The meeting aims to form a small team who can work on a flash fundraising event before the end of term, though you do not have to participate further if you just want to listen to the talk and learn more about fundraising.

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If you run a small business and have been thinking about taking on an Apprentice, this event is for you. In a relaxed forum, experts will be on hand to answer all your questions and explain the benefits of taking on an Apprentice, including details of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers.

You’ll also have the chance to hear from employers who have taken on Apprentices and the Apprentices themselves talking about their experiences and how Apprenticeships have worked for them.

Since the discovery that our genes hold the keys to our health, the race has been on to find a precise method to edit our genomes. CRISPR provides the tools to precisely edit genomes with unparalleled simplicity and flexibility, resulting in the potential for a revolutionary step towards curing hereditary disorders and correcting mutations that cause cancer. This breakthrough gene editing technology is barely 3 years old, however it has already attracted tens of millions of dollars from investors, inspiring a multitude of exciting biotech start-ups.

Join us for what is certain to be an informative and inspiring discussion about how entrepreneurs, academics and industry professionals can join in with the battle to exploit, arguably the biggest biotech discovery of the decade.

The Oxford HubSpot User Group is a community for HubSpot customers and Inbound marketers in the Oxford area. This group meets 4-6 times a year to share best practices, insights and a combination of informal networking, content and education.

We help you grow your business and get the best from your HubSpot application and Inbound marketing activity.

We welcome all HubSpot customers and anyone interested in how HubSpot and / or Inbound Marketing might help your business.

If you run a small business and have been thinking about taking on an Apprentice, this event is for you. In a relaxed forum, experts will be on hand to answer all your questions and explain the benefits of taking on an Apprentice, including details of the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers.

You’ll also have the chance to hear from employers who have taken on Apprentices and the Apprentices themselves talking about their experiences and how Apprenticeships have worked for them.

Oxfordshire Apprenticeships are delighted to be running this event in partnership with Banbury Chamber of Commerce, who are kindly hosting us at the Colin Sanders Innovation Centre in Banbury.

The Oxford Architecture Society lecture series

Lisa Finlay is coming to speak to us from Heatherwick Studio.
Established by Thomas Heatherwick in 1994, Heatherwick Studio is recognised for its work in architecture, urban infrastructure, sculpture, design and strategic thinking. At the heart of the studio’s work is a profound commitment to finding innovative design solutions, with a dedication to artistic thinking and the latent potential of materials and craftsmanship. In the twenty years of its existence, Heatherwick Studio has worked in many countries, with a wide range of commissioners and in a variety of regulatory environments.

Oxbotica are an Oxford University Spin-Out Company from the mobile robotics group. Oxbotica specialize in mobile navigation and perception – allowing robots to precisely map, navigate and interact with their surroundings.”
Graeme Smith, Oxbotica’s Chief Executive has a substantial track record in delivering complex products and services from research and development through to customer launch and has held executive leadership positions in several global start-ups and Joint Ventures.

If you want to learn more about the technology, a career in research, or just have an interest in robotics, come to hear Graeme at OUEngSoc’s first of many lunchtime talks this year. There will be a Q&A session at the end of Graeme’s talk. A buffet lunch will be served after the talk.