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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[...]
During a speech in 1957, Prime Minister Harold MacMillan declared “our people have never had it so good”. Now, more than half a century later, are we fundamentally any better off? Through discussion of technological[...]
As adults can tell us when they are feeling pain we can often simply ask them whether pain medication is working. As babies cannot talk, we need to rely on other measures to find out[...]
Having seen the election results unfold, the topic of political strategy and communication is as relevant as ever in highlighting the ways in which politicians and organisations seek to influence public opinion and shape political[...]
Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? The science says yes. In ‘How to Clone a Mammoth’, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in “ancient DNA” research, walks readers[...]
Part of Book at Lunchtime, a fortnightly series of bite size book discussions, with commentators from a range of disciplines. Free, all welcome – no booking required. Join us for a sandwich lunch from 12:45,[...]
Cyclox and the Oxford Pedestrians Association (OxPA) will be welcoming representatives of the bus companies that serve Oxford to a meeting to discuss the relationship between bikes, buses and pedestrians on the city’s busy streets.[...]
Join us at the Museum of Natural History for an evening of talks and networking to celebrate the research behind our new exhibition,‘Biosense’. The exhibition features contemporary research, including how bacteria sense their micro-world, why[...]
How do the humanities engage with business, and vice-versa? And what might this relationship lead to in the future? This panel will explore the reciprocity – existing and potential – of business and the humanities,[...]
Professor Sir John Bell has been invited to Oxford Brookes to discuss the future of medicine and the role of the Oxford Academic Health Science Centre. His research interests are in the area of autoimmune[...]
Professor Rachel Bowlby from Princeton University will give a seminar on Commuters: From the Nineteenth Century to Now as part of the Science, Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century seminar series. All are welcome,[...]
This is a panel discussion organised in collaboration with ‘Oxford Refugee Week’ by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Chairing will be Dr Jeff Crisp, with speakers Prof. Alexander Betts, Prof. Cathryn Costello, Dr[...]
Biomedical instrumentation challenges electronic engineers to create innovative circuits and systems that produce useful, reliable information about the human body. The electrical signals within the body can be monitored by biomedical equipment to diagnose a[...]
Human-caused global warming has been making headlines for over two decades, but people’s opinions on it often depend on what headlines they’re reading. How is it that a scientific theory has become so politicised? Join[...]
A discussion about the ethics of Arts Sponsorship with Jeremy Spafford, Director of Arts at the Old Fire Station, and representatives from arts activists Art Not Oil – a network is dedicated to taking creative[...]
Join our expert panel for an evening of debate exploring the subject of the United Kingdom’s place within the European Union.
How can we use chocolate to understand the neurobiology of depression? Join us to hear Dr Ciara McCabe discuss how we investigate reward function in the human brain and how this is related to depression.[...]
Exhibition Tour with Paul Teigh Join Modern Art Oxford’s Production Manager, Paul Teigh, for a tour of the Lynn Hershman Leeson exhibition Origins of the Species (Part 2). Free, booking essential via https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/event/exhibition-tour-with-paul-teigh/
Since the discovery that our genes hold the keys to our health, the race has been on to find a precise method to edit our genomes. CRISPR provides the tools to precisely edit genomes with[...]
Are there gender differences in attraction? What are we looking for in a potential mate? Can you find someone attractive online? What other features make us more or less attractive? Join us to hear Dr[...]
The chemical elements, the fundamental ingredients of all matter, have fascinated people for centuries. Their stories have been richly described in Hugh Aldersey-Williams’ bestselling book, Periodic Tales, which forms the basis for a major exhibition[...]
In conjunction with The Angus Library and Archive’s exhibition ‘Navigating the Congo’, Dr Rob Burroughs will be speaking on missionary travellers in the Congo Free State and examining how documenting the violence of King Leopold[...]
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[...]
My European citizenship rights…and why I don’t want to lose them. We warmly invite you to a public meeting, followed by a reception to launch New Europeans in Oxford. For details and speakers, please visit[...]
Ordinary people across Europe have reacted with horror to the plight of refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war and other conflicts—and sent solidarity. David Cameron reacted with callous cynicism. At first he held firm against[...]
Oxbotica are an Oxford University Spin-Out Company from the mobile robotics group. Oxbotica specialize in mobile navigation and perception – allowing robots to precisely map, navigate and interact with their surroundings.” Graeme Smith, Oxbotica’s Chief[...]
(1) Ancient Africa’s Gift to: Law, Architecture, Mathematics, Judaism, Islam & Christianity. This will be a 45 minute slide presentation. (2) Magna Carta, Ancient Africa’s Gift to the English. The ancient roots of Magna Carta[...]
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a popular and critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, biographer, artist, and medieval scholar. Clare Broome Saunders will explore how Costello’s long career offers a rich source of information[...]
Mansfield Lecture Series, Convener Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. Gavin Francis is a doctor and award-winning writer. He contributes regularly to the Guardian, London Review of Books, and New York Review of Books. His most recent[...]
Mass Circulation: Writing about Art in a Daily Newspaper With Richard Dorment, art critic, and Dr Alexander Sturgis, Director, Ashmolean Museum A special Ashmolean evening In Conversation event Wednesday 18 November 6‒7pm Lecture Theatre As[...]
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