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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[...]
Join Professor Brian Regal (Kean University, United States) at the Museum as he illuminates the Victorian fascination with the monstrous through the career of the major naturalist Richard Owen. The well-known naturalist, Richard Owen (1804[...]
How do we best teach children to have a sceptical and questioning attitude? Can pupils learn everything they need to know from first principles? Are there some things they just need to take on trust?[...]
Present your research on innovations in surgery and therapeutic technology to an international audience of clinicians, scientists, industry and regulatory representatives. Learn about the latest developments in the scientific methodology for investigating surgery. And hear[...]
Our monthly meetup includes Alpha Go : How did Deep Mind beat the world champion and just how big an achievement is it? Fun with Recurrent Neural Networks The Latest AI news
Trilobites were common and varied during a history stretching over hundreds of millions of years. But how can we infer the ecology of entirely extinct arthropods with no close living relatives? Prof. Fortey will show[...]
Planning has been wholly devolved to the Scottish Government since devolution in 1999. Since then, the Scottish planning system has seen significant change, improvement and review. In this lecture, John will describe the evolution of[...]
The Oxford Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers invites you to a new lecture with Saif Kamal (Founder of Toru & Curator of the Dhaka Hub of the Global Shapers). Saif is visiting[...]
Apocalypses and politics go hand in hand as University of Oxford physicist Fran Day takes a break from studying particles that probably don’t exist to take to the stage in a stand-up comedy spectacular that[...]
Join Katherine Clough, Assistant Curator (Photograph and Manuscript Collections) for an interactive introduction to some of the photograph collections in the Museum. Visitors are encouraged to bring along their web-enabled mobile phones for use in[...]
IN[SCI]TE is a new interdisciplinary science, technology, and engineering conference, which will take place on Monday and Tuesday of 0th Week Trinity Term 2016. IN[SCI]TE is run by undergrads, and the talks will be both[...]
This talk will outline some of the challenges of mixed methods research and illustrate how they can be addressed in health psychology and other health research. I will critically reflect on mixed methods research that[...]
Oxford’s Radcliffe Infirmary was late in accepting professional, trained nursing. Not until 1891 was a trained matron appointed, the able Flora Masson who was coached and mentored by Florence Nightingale. Masson’s years at the Radcliffe[...]
Come and hear researchers from Oxford Vaccine Group talk about the unique typhoid human infection studies we run. There will be a Q&A session and opportunity for discussion.
Science and medicine have transformed our lives immeasurably, and never in history have they been more central to our lives and well-being. Yet despite this, there is often a glaring disconnect between the findings of[...]
Adobe’s Richard Curtis will join us in Oxford to provide a guided tour of Photoshop’s 3d tools. He will demonstrate how to work with virtual models to enhance photos, explain 3d printing functions, look at[...]
‘Rare events – unavoidable challenges and lessons to be learned’ Treating rare diseases raise the challenge of minimal previous exposure to similar operations. Defining a learning curve is therefore controversial as many such ‘events’ seem[...]
This seminar is organised by the Programme on Mind and Machine, an Oxford Martin School institute Abstract: Homeostatic mechanisms stabilize neural circuit function by keeping firing rates (FRs) within a set-point range, but whether individual neocortical neurons[...]
The second session in on-going seminar series on Building capacity on disability in low- and middle-income countries will be given my Prof. Charles Newton and Dr. Melissa Gladstone. The theme of this session is the[...]
The second Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture will be given by Professor Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate, and entitled “Global Challenges in Modern Medicine and in Revealing the Origin of Life”. The lecture will be held at[...]
One of the big technological challenges of this new century is to find reliable and competitive platforms to implement emergent quantum technologies. Their power could produce a steep change in information processing capabilities, that could[...]
The world’s oceans are a global commons that provide a wealth of services vital to human and societal wellbeing. As global demands on these services increase, and pressure grows from multiple threats such as climate[...]
Enter the Museum for a unique evening of performance and drama. Drawing from a rich variety of medical plays and historical material, the event will illuminate, provoke, and dramatize developments which have shaped ideas of[...]
An introductory talk of about twenty minutes, followed by Q&As and an hour or so’s discussion among the audience. You’re welcome to come along just to listen, or to take an active part in the[...]
Professor Rachel Clough will be discussing ‘Personalised Medicine for Aortic Disease’ Professor Clough graduated from medical school at the University of London and then completed her medical and basic surgical training in the London Deanery.[...]
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or “drones”) have been in consumer hands and newspaper headlines for several years now. While their much-touted potential to dramatically change modern existence is slowly beginning to emerge, it sometimes seems[...]
Mitigating climate requires a transition to low carbon energy systems and renewable energy looks increasingly likely to play a key role, but the most important resources are intermittent. This lecture will describe the research of[...]
Stefan Collini is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at the University of Cambridge. His research interests include the relation between literature and intellectual history from the early 20th century to the present.
After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime…and so does his pet fish. As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes to experience[...]
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