Some face-to-face events are returning. Check carefully for any requirements.
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[...]
This is a one-day event providing an in-depth look at at the world of documentary production in TV, Radio and Film, with five sessions exploring the areas of observational documentaries, wildlife, radio, feature-length and how[...]
This symposium offers an innovative and exciting ‘coming together’ of language teachers and teachers of the creative arts, asking the questions: What does creativity mean to me? What do I do about it as a[...]
As part of this year’s community outreach program, Oxford Brookes University’s 150th anniversary, and as a way showing our appreciation to all participants, clinicians, researchers, members of the public and organisations that have supported our[...]
Connected Life 2015 is a day-long student-run conference dedicated to sparking exchange between disciplines and showcasing emerging internet research. Bringing together participants from across the humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences, Connected Life will foster[...]
So many of us are desperately busy doing what’s immediately in front of us rather than the things that make a real difference. Ben will tell the story of the GB men’s rowing 8+ in[...]
Part of a series of one-day conferences held by the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics (HAPP). Arguably the First World War saw the greatest advent of new science and technology and the[...]
Two hour cycle ride with Max as he reveals some surprising facts about the science of cycling. Ride and demonstration. Please show up 10 minutes before departure at The Story Museum. The ride will finish[...]
Author and cyclist Max Gaskin explores the science of cycling from hydrogen to helmets! 6.30pm – 7.30pm £8/£5 concessions
International table tennis player, broadcaster and writer, Matthew Syed will reflect on the psychology of performance.
The Humanitarian Innovation Project is delighted to announce the 2015 Humanitarian Innovation Conference, in partnership with the World Humanitarian Summit. Hosted in Oxford on 17 and 18 July 2015, the theme of this year’s conference[...]
A one day conference exploring Seamus Heaney’s relationship with the Classics. Registration will be £20 (or £15 for students) – the registration fee includes lunch and a drinks reception. Please see the Archive of Performances[...]
This conference will consider the various ways in which libraries have served as generators of professional knowledge, and examine how they succeeded in doing so. Keynote Address by Anthony Watkinson, Honorary Lecturer (UCL) and Principal[...]
Part 3 of a three-part mini-series on notation: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. Part 1 was Reading Slough and London Paddington: the persistent lure of spelling reform (July 16th). Part 2 was Writing little messages in[...]
Conceptions of Enlightenment is a one-day conference concluding in a public lecture at 5pm. The lecture will be delivered by Dennis Rasmussen (Tufts University, Boston), author of The Pragmatic Enlightenment (CUP, 2014). Over the last[...]
To avoid dangerous climate change will require not only very steep cuts in emissions, but also the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Most of the models that avoid dangerous climate change do so[...]
Federico Trillo-Figueroa is a prominent politician and Spain’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was formerly the President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies and the Minister of Defense during Spain’s missions in Afghanistan and[...]
Professor Carl Heneghan will deliver an interactive workshop, taking an evidence-based approach to answering your own clinical questions. With over 20 year’s experience in clinical epidemiology, Professor Heneghan has over 200 peer reviewed publications that[...]
The Symposium, celebrating Ada Lovelace’s 200th birthday on 10 December 2015, is aimed at a broad audience of those interested in the history and culture of mathematics and computer science, presenting current scholarship on Lovelace’s[...]
Acclaimed mathematician Marcus du Sautoy gives the second of the Weinrebe Lecture Series, on the theme of ‘Variations on Biography’, hosted by the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing.
5:15pm at Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall Come to Teddy Hall this Valentine’s Day to a ‘Self-Love Symposium’ . We have some truly inspirational guest speakers to be announced in the run up to the[...]
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
As a cornerstone initiative of the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, we are proposing a new format for presenting and elaborating thinking on what urban governance does, when it succeed and fails, and[...]
Why is it so difficult for men to talk about mental health problems? Cultural expectations of men, and the supposedly contradictory natures of vulnerability and masculinity are believed to counteract against many men’s likelihoods of[...]
This conference is intended to challenge the commonly held view of the prolonged gap in the progress of Western civilisation’s understanding of the natural world between the theories of the Ancient Greeks, led in particular[...]
registration for the first one-day conference on poet and novelist Stevie Smith (1902-1971) is now open. The programme and a registration link are available at https://steviesmithconference.wordpress.com/ ‘We All Have These Thoughts Sometimes’: A conference on[...]
Unreasonable Africa: Bold visions, Decisions and Successes; Exploring the Reality of Business in Africa The Oxford Business Forum Africa will explore the reality of business in Africa with the aim of increasing awareness of the[...]
This is the monthly meeting of the Oxford AI Meetup group. The talks include an analysis of Deep Mind’s AlphaGo software that has just beaten the world champion in their first match.
It’s been a terrible time for the glorious game: corruption, escalating prices and shrinking grass roots involvement. Could a more scientific approach to everything from the offside rule to deciding who hosts World Cups make[...]
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