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

Jun 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Herbertson Room, School of Geography and the Environment, South Parks Road
There is increasing recognition over the last decade that conservation, while conserving biodiversity of global value, can have local costs. Understanding these costs is essential as a first step to delivering conservation projects that do[...]
Jun 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Telegraph writer Helen Yemm brings her column Thorny Problems to life by answering your gardening conundrums and dispensing invaluable advice in the picturesque setting of the Botanic Garden.
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 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Oxford Town Hall, Assembly Room
‘Gene-editing’ sounds like science fiction, but today it is an emerging reality. This raises hope for treating medical problems, but also opens ethical quandaries about equality, privacy, and personal freedom. Discuss these questions with a[...]
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[...]
Oct 17 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Herbertson Room, School of Geography and the Environment
Delivering reliable drinking water to millions of rural people in Africa and Asia is an elusive and enduring global goal. A systematic information deficit on the performance of and demand for infrastructure investments limits policy[...]
Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Oxford e-Research Centre
Xtrac / Oxford e-Research Centre October 20, 2016 – 19:00 Oxford e-Research Centre 7 Keble Road, Oxford Seminar Open to all This exciting talk from Xtrac – global leaders in racing gearbox design will discuss[...]
Nov 3 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Oxford e-Research Centre, Lecture Theatre B
The Oxford e-Research Centre is pleased to welcome Paul van Veggel, Aerodynamics Operations Manager for Red Bull Racing F1 Team. He will explain what the Red Bull F1 team does, their work philosophy and describe[...]
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 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Moser Theatre, Wadham College
Please join us at 7pm on Thursday of 7th Week (November 24th) for a presentation by Daniel Castro Garcia and Thomas Saxby on their recent publication ‘Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015–2016’. —————————————————– “The photographs are[...]
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.
Feb 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Oxford e-Research Centre, Conference Room 278
The BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car, launched by Richard Noble and Andy Green in October 2008, is set to take the Land Speed Record into a whole new speed regime. The team, including researchers from Swansea University,[...]
Feb 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Oxford e-Research Centre
The BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car, launched by Richard Noble and Andy Green in October 2008, is set to take the Land Speed Record into a whole new speed regime. The team, including researchers from Swansea University,[...]
Feb 18 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Mathematical Institute
Studying or working in a science or engineering subject? Interested in how to close the gender gap, and want to hear great role models speak about their experiences? Join Oxford Females in Engineering, Science and[...]
Feb 28 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Examination Schools,
Lord Browne of Madingley is presently Chairman of L1 Energy, the Chairman of Trustees of both the Tate and the QEII Prize for Engineering, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Blavatnik School of[...]
May 10 @ 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Blavatnik School of Government
For Dr Kanade, good research derives from solving real-world problems and delivering useful results to society. As a roboticist, he participated in developing a wide range of computer-vision systems and autonomous robots, including human-face recognition,[...]
Jun 21 @ 6:15 pm – 8:30 pm The Ultimate Picture Palace
A one-off screening of recent documentary release Citizen Jane: Battle for the City. The film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring four local experts talking about how the themes in the documentary relate[...]
Jun 29 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell’s Bookshop
Join us for the first in Blackwell’s free summer series of lunchtime events, where we will be joined by Greg Garrett author of ‘Living with the Living Dead’. The zombie apocalypse is one of the[...]
Oct 2 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Daubeny Lecture Theatre
Botanic gardens offer the opportunity to conserve and manage a wide range of plant diversity ex situ, and in situ in the broader landscape. The rationale that botanic gardens have a major role to play[...]
Oct 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Daubeny Lecture Theatre
Professor Simon Hiscock, Director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Oct 28 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Restore Cafe
What does it mean to be a feminist? Who can be a feminist? And is there a right and wrong way of doing it? Join us on a unique journey through feminist history, adding your[...]
Oct 30 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Daubeny Lecture Theatre
Abstract: Cambridge University Botanic Garden has played a significant role in the history of botanical science. Some of the recent research at the Garden has focused on the optical effects of the petal surface. This[...]
Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm St Edmund Hall - Pontigny Room
Andy will take you on a journey from the creation of ghetto’s to the rise of Hip-Hop as a critique against social and racial injustice. He will discuss the empowerment that has emerged through this[...]
Nov 24 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm East Oxford Community Centre
Ever felt like there was something you really wanted to say but you just weren’t sure how? We’re exploring the why and how of women’s speech and writing with the help of some amazing women[...]
Nov 25 @ 10:30 am – 2:00 pm The Jam Factory
The Oxford constituency of the Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK) is holding a discussion panel entitled “Women in science and the glass ceiling” where three invited speakers will give a short talk about[...]
Dec 10 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Oxford Brookes University
CARU | Arts re Search Annual Conference 2017 “What does it mean to research art / to research through art?” CARU brings together artists and researchers for yet another day of cross-disciplinary exploration into arts[...]
Jan 20 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Shulman Auditorium, Queen's College
Our Marriages: When Lesbians Marry Gay Men 奇缘一生 —Documentary Screening and Talk with Director He Xiaopei and Dr Bao Hongwei The Oxford Chinese Studies Society welcomes all to an exclusive screening and discussion of “Our[...]
Jan 24 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Thom Building (Dept of Engineering) (side entrance upstairs - signage will be in place)
A free lecture by Robert O. Ritchie of Lawrence Berkeley (USA). Free pre-lecture drinks and nibbles and free post-lecture buffet and drinks (please email lorraine.laird@materials.ox.ac.uk to reserve a place). Abstract: The ability of a material[...]