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

Jun 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Blue Boar Lecture Theatre
Professor Trevor Young, Dean of the University of Toronto and world expert on bipolar disorder, is coming to Oxford to give a talk on “Your Brain Needs YOU: Why Psychiatry Is the Best Specialty for[...]
Jun 25 – Jun 26 all-day Oxford Town Hall
Check out http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/oxford-science-fair.html for a full list of stalls. This is a FREE, drop in event with something for the whole family. Saturday 25 June 12-5pm, Sunday 26 June 1-5pm.
Jun 25 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Magdalen College School
Bookseller and chef turned food writer for The Telegraph, Xanthe Clay shares her tips for successful food writing whilst demonstrating a recipe from The Contented Cook.
Jun 25 @ 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Magdalen College School
Join Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn, as she demonstrates how to decorate gorgeous Confetti Cupcakes with beautiful Marzipan Bees while talking about her design background and Quinntessential Baking cookbook. Save up your questions[...]
Jun 25 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Magdalen College School
Award-winning chef and restaurateur specialising in Italian, vegetarian and seafood cuisine discusses some of his favourite Italian dishes.
Jun 27 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Date/Time: Monday 27 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Jun 28 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
Date/Time: Tuesday 28 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Jun 28 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Old Fire Station, Oxford
Ludo, snakes & ladders and draughts are all popular pastimes, but in the past couple of decades a new generation of board games from designers with backgrounds in maths and science has begun to break[...]
Jun 29 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Blackwells Bookshop
Date/Time: Wednesday 29 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: www.oxscifest.org Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Jun 30 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Blackwells Bookshop
Date/Time: Thursday 30 June 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Jul 1 @ 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm Blackwells Bookshop
Date/Time: Friday 1 July 12:30-13:15 Venue: Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford Admissions: Free, Drop-In Suitability: 14+ Find out more: http://www.oxfordshiresciencefestival.com/friday.html Explore mental health questions with authors of the ‘A very short introduction’ series, and researchers and health[...]
Jul 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Glee Club
Join us for a sensational evening of cabaret – an alchemy of acts delivered by Science Oxford’s network of creative science performers. If you love science, stage and stand up, you’ll be in your element[...]
Jul 2 @ 6:00 pm Albion Beatnik Bookstore
Imagine constantly worrying about something that you know is not real, or feel a deep anxiety that only repetitive (and often embarrassing) behavior can diminish. Now imagine this happening 24 hours a day for 365[...]
Jul 2 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Amey Theatre, Abingdon School
Ian Shipsey, Particle Physicist and Professor of Physics, Oxford University, has been profoundly deaf since 1989. In 2002 he heard the voice of his daughter for the first time thanks to a cochlear implant. These[...]
Jul 3 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Amey Theatre, Abingdon School
Nicola Blackwood, local MP, is Chair of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons. Science and technology are central for the development of the region, and fundamental for the country: boosting innovation[...]
Jul 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Wig and Pen
Psychologist in the Pub events are completely free and open to everyone, so please join us on: Thursday 7th July, 6:30 for 7pm start, with Dr Kinga Komarzynska & Dr Chelsea Slater What can we[...]
Jul 19 @ 12:45 pm The Mint House (adjacent to New Road Baptist Church)
Colette Morgan works for SAFE! as the Child on Parent Violence Project Development Manager. Sadly, Child-on-Parent violence is on the rise and this fascinating talk will show us how SAFE! tackles this problem and works[...]
Oct 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm St Aldates Conference Centre
Get your game face on – it’s poker night at Science Oxford. Brush off your pack of cards and outplay Lady Luck with an evening of poker probability and psychology. Learn more about the head[...]
Oct 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College
‘Depression and the Brain’ will be discussed from the point of view of neuroscience, psychology/psychiatry and philosophy. Three eminent speakers will give talks and arising questions will be discussed under audience participation. Tea and coffee[...]
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Dr Jenner's House, Museum and Garden
Join us as we cook up a feast for Edward Jenner and explore the culture of eating and drinking in Georgian England. In this talk, food historians Marc Meltonville, Elena Griffith-Hoyle and Sarah Warren will[...]
Oct 29 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm OVADA Gallery
A free afternoon of artist talks. 3-5pm at OVADA Warehouse, Osney Lane. Our guest speakers will be independent publishing house Hurst Street Press and fine artist Tommy Watkins. This event is part of the exhibition[...]
Nov 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Oxford Martin School Lecture Theatre
‘Developmental risk and resilience: The challenge of translating multi-level data to concrete interventions’ In these Loebel lectures Prof Essi Viding will use disruptive behaviour disorders as an illustrative example to introduce the challenges we face[...]
Nov 3 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Magdalen College, Grove Auditorium
‘Developmental risk and resilience: The challenge of translating multi-level data to concrete interventions’ In these Loebel lectures Prof Essi Viding will use disruptive behaviour disorders as an illustrative example to introduce the challenges we face[...]
Nov 4 @ 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Oxford Martin School Seminar Rooms
‘Developmental risk and resilience: The challenge of translating multi-level data to concrete interventions’ In these Loebel lectures Prof Essi Viding will use disruptive behaviour disorders as an illustrative example to introduce the challenges we face[...]
Nov 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Woodstock Road Baptist Church Hall
Dr Brenda Boardman will speak at the Neighbourhood Forum AGM on ‘How we can deliver a low carbon future for Summertown and St Margaret’s’. Please come along. All welcome. Entry free.
Nov 17 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Christ Church, Lecture Room 2
Martin Barker (Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at Aberystwyth University, Director of the Global Hobbit Project) will be visiting Oxford to discuss the results of the landmark Global Hobbit Project, a research initiative examining the[...]
Nov 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm St Aldates Tavern
Jenny Josephs & Why eating insects might soon become the new normal By 2050 the global population will reach 9 billion and this will put ever increasing pressure on food and environmental resources. It will[...]
Dec 1 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Mitre (upstairs function room)
A twenty minute talk to introduce the topic, followed by Q&As and about an hour’s discussion. All welcome.
Jan 26 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Nearly 30 per cent of the world’s population is overweight and ‘diabesity’ is an increasing problem: diabetes, brought on by obesity, which in turn causes damage to the brain, heart, nerve and kidneys. So what[...]
Jan 26 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm SaÏd Business School
Mary Keen, Paradise and Plenty – the How and Wow of Lord Rothschild’s private garden on the Waddesdon Estate Mary Keen is a writer, lecturer and renowned garden designer and will talk about the garden,[...]