Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.

Apr
7
Tue
Saving Oxford’s Wetland Wildlife – Eleanor Mayhew @ St Margaret's Institute
Apr 7 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Saving Oxford's Wetland Wildlife - Eleanor Mayhew @ St Margaret's Institute

How the Freshwater Habitats Trust’s ‘Saving Oxford’s Wetland Wildlife’ project is helping to improve and monitor Oxford’s valuable freshwater areas, and protect the species they support.

May
5
Tue
Long-term changes in invertebrate biodiversity: Are we approaching insectageddon? – Dr Nick Isaac @ St Margaret's Institute
May 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Long-term changes in invertebrate biodiversity: Are we approaching insectageddon? - Dr Nick Isaac @ St Margaret's Institute

In recent years there have been some alarming media stories about declines in insect populations. This talk provides an overview of trends in British insect populations over the past four decades.

Jun
2
Tue
Amphibians Of Oxfordshire – Rod d’Ayala @ St Margaret's Institute
Jun 2 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Amphibians Of Oxfordshire - Rod d'Ayala @ St Margaret's Institute

Identification, ecology and conservation of amphibians found in Oxfordshire.

Jul
7
Tue
Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside – Professor Dieter Helm @ St Margaret's Institute
Jul 7 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside - Professor Dieter Helm @ St Margaret's Institute

To enhance our natural environment, we need to put the environment
back into the heart of the economy. Using natural capital as the
guiding principle, we can leave a better environment for future
generations, implementing a bold 25 year environment plan, thereby
restoring rivers, greening agriculture, putting nature back into towns
and cities, and restoring the uplands and our marine ecosystems. We
can put the carbon back into the soils, encourage natural carbon
sequestration, rebuild our biodiversity and improve our mental and
physical health. This is the prize – a Green and Prosperous Land – and
it is much more economically efficient than the dismal proposed of
business-as-usual and allowing the declines of the last century to
continue.

Oct
29
Thu
Athlete Z: Where will we draw the line on athlete welfare in sport? @ Online
Oct 29 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Athlete Z: Where will we draw the line on athlete welfare in sport? @ Online

We are please to announce this s really important symposium on athlete welfare and the Duty to Care in sport with @oxford_brookes @OBUSportCourses in partnership with
@_UKCoaching

Speakers to include Tanni) Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson
Cath Bishop, rower and Olympic silver medallist and Andy Burns (commonwealth athlete and English Institute of Sport.

This is a free virtual event but booking is essential http://bit.ly/athlete-z

Nov
19
Thu
Intersectionality and Inclusion Series: Pathways to visibility @ Saïd Business School - Online
Nov 19 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Intersectionality and Inclusion Series: Pathways to visibility @ Saïd Business School - Online

How do you build inclusion from the ground up?

People with albinism face discrimination across the globe but are often left out of activist efforts around diversity and inclusion.

In this episode, we speak to representatives of Sesame Street Workshop, who have been championing diversity for years. With a breadth of expertise in the art of embracing diversity, this insightful look into the world of Sesame Street gives us new ways of approaching our goals. Supermodel and activist Diandra Forrest also joins the conversation. Fellow guest speaker Stephan Bognar, Executive Director of New York Dermatology Group Foundation, completes the line-up. They worked together previously on the Colorfull campaign, which was conceived by NYDG to highlight the prejudice that albinism attracts.

Dec
10
Thu
Prof Yvonne Jones & Prof Charles Godfray in conversation: “Protein structure & AI: the excitement about the recent advance made by Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold Programme” @ Online
Dec 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

On the 30th November it was announced that the Artificial Intelligence computer programme AlphaFold had made a decisive breakthrough in the determination of the 3-D structures of proteins.

The announcement was immediately hailed as one of the major scientific advances of the decade.

Why is it important to understand the 3-D structures of protein, why are they difficult to construct, and what is the nature of AlphaFold’s advance? Why is this so exciting and what further advances in medicine and the other biosciences may result? To find out, join a conversation between Yvonne Jones, Director, Cancer Research UK Receptor Structure Research Group and Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin School, who will explore these fascinating issues.

Jun
9
Wed
Restorative Just Culture: the story of Mersey Care NHS Trust @ Online
Jun 9 @ 12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Restorative Just Culture: the story of Mersey Care NHS Trust @ Online

Amanda Oates (Executive Director of Workforce, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust) and Dr Kristina Brown (Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University) will be speaking on the story of the Just and Learning Culture at Mersey Care NHS Trust.

In recent years, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust has undergone a radical shift in workplace culture and organisational procedures. They have gone from a blame culture to a culture where staff feel empowered and supported to learn from incidents. Numbers of disciplinary and suspension cases went down, staff reporting of adverse incidents went up, and there were positive effects on staff retention and levels of sickness absence.

Restorative justice was integral to these changes, termed the ‘Just and Learning Culture’. Amanda Oates and Kristina Brown will reflect on the impact of the restorative just culture at Mersey Care and help us to understand how other organisations can adopt a similar approach.

This event will be held online via Zoom (link TBA). Please contact joy@minthouseoxford.co.uk for more information.

You can register for this this event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/restorative-just-culture-the-story-of-mersey-care-nhs-trust-tickets-146564629753