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Panel: Professor Charles Godfray, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food and author of the chapter How can 9-10 Billion People be Fed Sustainably and Equitably by 2050? Professor Ian Goldin, Director, Oxford[...]
Adobe User Group Monthly Meeting – Free Event This week’s theme: Low light photography, YouTube broadcast and user experience tips We have three guest speakers this time: Roger Gilboy, Mariana Mota and David Perry. Roger[...]
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[...]
Have you ever wondered if you choose your favourite cheese by its shape rather than its flavour? What if your glass of sauvignon blanc suddenly tasted nicer while listening to Mozart? Most synesthetes would have[...]
Ben Okri OBE, Booker Prize-winning author, will be in conversation with Donald Sloan, Head of the Oxford School of Hospitality Management, on the topic ‘Food, Death and Ritual’. Hosted by Ken Hom OBE, this event[...]
This is a monthly free meeting. This week we have two main talks, one on creating 360degree tours of buildings using Google business, (basically using street view you can walk in and tour round certain[...]
Public meeting. Twenty minute talk, one hour discussion. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or participate actively in the discussion. Free entry, no need to book.
Samantha Shannon will be discussing her bestselling book ‘The Bone Season’ as well as her new release ‘The Mime Order’, book number two in the series. Joining Samantha to discuss her books and the wonderful[...]
Ever more people are interested in the social impact that organisations are creating beyond their contributions to the economy (gross value added, employment, etc.). Despite an existent tradition of cost-benefit analyses and other types of[...]
Persepolis is the exuberant and critically acclaimed story of an Iranian girl’s self-awakening, as she experiences the emotional travails of adolescence against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Based on the autobiographical graphic novel by[...]
Science Oxford and the Manchester Science Festival team would like you to join us in unlocking the secret science of songs, an evening of science and music featuring a discussion with the experts on why[...]
We are pleased to announce that Oxford will be hosting MedFest – the international medical film festival. Now in its fifth year, the theme of MedFest 2015 is ‘Global Medicine & Civilisations’, and will be[...]
Professor Traute Meyer, Southampton
Twenty minute introductory talk, one hour discussion. Free entry, no need to book, all welcome.
Open Screen – Women Filmmakers Showcase As part of Oxford International Women’s Festival (28 February–14 March 2015), for this month only, we are hosting a Women’s Film Night. ALL WELCOME Come to this Open Screen[...]
Wayne McGregor, Resident Choreographer, The Royal Ballet; Director, Random Dance, talks about his choreographic practice with Dr Phil Barnard, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Cambridge) and Eckhard Thiemann (Arts Producer). Free but booking essential.
The student workshop entitled “Diversity in 20th and 21st Century Greek Popular Culture(s) and Media” is a free event and all are welcome. Attendees will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, so please do[...]
Showcasing the latest films produced on courses and projects at Film Oxford as well as independent shorts from Oxfordshire based filmmakers. Drama, Docs, Dance, Digital.
This month we look at the fusion of video production with wearable technology and will have a presentation of Traak! an augmented reality project produced by researchers from Oxford Brookes. Augmented Reality is a cutting[...]
Almost a million people in Britain had to rely on food banks last year. Why, in the world’s fourth richest country, are there still people who cannot afford to eat?
Professor Neil Davidson (Glasgow) ‘Why wasn’t England like China? Western absolutism and the road to the tributary state’ Professor David Parker (Leeds) ‘Absolute Monarchy: Recharging Feudalism’
Everyone, I am a representative of the newly founded Oxford Brookes Documentary Club. We are an organisation open to students, staff and the public. We launch in two weeks from now promising a series of[...]
What does our “tax-competitive” regime mean, and whose interests does it serve? Discussion with John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network.
A friendly networking group that meets to watch and discuss short films
Britain’s forgotten youth shown in a new feature Bypass directed by Duane Hopkins is screening at Ultimate Picture Palace on 18th April. Duane Hopkins set out to make a film that exposes the brutal facts[...]
Ten years ago, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman shone a light on how the world was ‘flattening’; how the convergence of world events and new technologies had opened up the global supply chain[...]
With its ingenious cinematography and stunning underwater scenes, this nature documentary by young wildlife enthusiasts Péter Farkas and Ferenc Keresztúri reveals the hidden secrets of the Hungarian woodlands and the rich underwater world inhabiting their[...]
What would it mean, in the 21st century, for economic growth to come to an end? Why might this happen? Is a growthless or steady-state economy to be avoided—or, instead, pursued—at all costs? Is it[...]
OutBurst is the Oxford Brookes University festival at the Pegasus Theatre on Magdalen Road. Brookes will be bursting out of the university campus into the community, bringing great ideas, activities, and entertainment right to the[...]
https://www.facebook.com/events/495653777253176/ 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[...]
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