Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
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‘How BuzzFeed covers news’ – Jim Waterson, deputy editor, BuzzFeed UK
2:00 pm
‘How BuzzFeed covers news’ – Jim Waterson, deputy editor, BuzzFeed UK
@ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
Mar 2 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook, David Levy Jim[...]
Automation, robotics and the promise of an easier life
5:00 pm
Dr Kat Arney & Herding Hemingway’s Cats – how do our genes work? @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub
7:30 pm
Dr Kat Arney & Herding Hemingway’s Cats – how do our genes work? @ Oxford Skeptics in the Pub
@ St Aldates Tavern
Mar 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
![]() 7.30PM start at St. Aldates Tavern, and entry is free, although we do suggest a donation of around £3 to cover speaker expenses. Come along and say hello! All welcome http://oxford.skepticsinthepub.org/Event.aspx/5783/Herding-Hemingways-Cats–how-do-our-genes-work — The language of[...]
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Monitoring Children’s Rights: Challenges and Dilemmas for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
12:30 pm
Monitoring Children’s Rights: Challenges and Dilemmas for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
@ Manor Road Building, Seminar Room B
Mar 3 @ 12:30 pm – 12:30 pm
![]() Drawing on her experience, first as the Committee’s Chairperson and now as Rapporteur, Dr. Sandberg will speak to developments in some areas of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on challenges but[...]
In an ideal world: reconciling quantum mechanics with materialism
7:30 pm
In an ideal world: reconciling quantum mechanics with materialism
@ The Mitre (upstairs function room)
Mar 3 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
![]() An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As, and an hour or so’s discussion. All welcome. No need to book.
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Emmanuelle Charpentier – CRISPR-Cas9: Biological Roles, Mechanisms, And Evolution
12:00 pm
Emmanuelle Charpentier – CRISPR-Cas9: Biological Roles, Mechanisms, And Evolution
@ Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Sherrington Building
Mar 7 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Secular Space: Diverse or Intolerant?
6:30 pm
Secular Space: Diverse or Intolerant?
@ Fuller Lecture Theatre
Mar 7 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Gita Sahgal is the executive director of the Centre for Secular Space. She is also a writer and documentary film maker, and the co-editor of Refusing Holy Orders: Women and Fundamentalism in Britain. She has[...]
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‘Legal equality is important – but not enough’ – The Merton Equality Conversation 2016
5:00 pm
‘Legal equality is important – but not enough’ – The Merton Equality Conversation 2016
@ TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College
Mar 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
![]() The introductory talk at the third annual Merton Equality Conversation will be given by Peter Tatchell. This will be followed by a discussion and Q&A, with a panel including: Helen Charlesworth, Vice-Chair of the University’s[...]
LMH Conversations: Writing about science, health and climate
5:45 pm
LMH Conversations: Writing about science, health and climate
@ Simpkins Lee Theatre, Pipe Partridge Building, Lady Margaret Hall (LMH)
Mar 8 @ 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm
Sarah Boseley, James Randerson and Dr Hannah Devlin write about health, the environment and science for the Guardian. How do you write for the general public without dumbing down? Sarah Boseley is the health editor[...]
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‘Spies and journalists: the impossible relationship’ – John Lloyd, senior research fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
2:00 pm
‘Spies and journalists: the impossible relationship’ – John Lloyd, senior research fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
@ Barclay Room, Green Templeton College
Mar 9 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Reuters Institute seminars “The business and practice of journalism” The following seminars will be given at 2pm on Wednesdays, normally in the Barclay Room, Green Templeton College. Convenors: James Painter, Richard Sambrook, David Levy John[...]
2016 Astronomy For All Lecture Series: Dr John Stott ‘Clusters of Galaxies’
6:00 pm
2016 Astronomy For All Lecture Series: Dr John Stott ‘Clusters of Galaxies’
@ Green Templeton College, EP Abrahams Lecture Theatre
Mar 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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Nutrition: fact or fiction?
7:00 pm
Nutrition: fact or fiction?
@ St Aldates Tavern, The Blue Room
Mar 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
![]() A poor diet is the leading cause of ill-health in the UK yet it is also one of the most contested areas of science. Is eating less saturated fat or sugar the most important factor[...]
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