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

Apr 23 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Rewley House
Sir Muir Gray and Lucy Abel debate: Is value-based health care nothing more than health econimics re-packaged or is health economics nothing more than only one of the six contributors to value-based healthcare? Health economics[...]
Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm New Biochemistry Building
What if I like research but not teaching? What if I do not like any of them? What alternatives to academia do I have? We would like to introduce the “SIU Career Sessions”, a termly[...]
Apr 27 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, Professor Peter Silburn from Queensland Brain Institute in Australia will present “Deep brain stimulation for human brain disorders: Expanding indications and the brain machine interface”.
May 4 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, ENT Surgeon Dr Gerald Fain will discuss “Prospective assessment of an innovative and multidisciplinary treatment protocol for chronic tinnitus”.
May 7 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Ho Tim Seminar Room, China Centre, Oxford
Book Launch with Author & Translator: Yan Ge (顏歌)’s The Chilli Bean Paste Clan, translated by Nicky Harman https://www.facebook.com/events/605485149803274/ 2018/May/07 Monday 5-7PM Ho Tim Seminar Room, China Centre, St Hugh’s College, Oxford Open and free[...]
May 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm St Anne's College
Professor Harriet Ritvo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gone but not Forgotten: Coming to Grips with Extinction 5.30—7.00, Seminar Room 3, St Anne’s College Extinction is a timely and controversial topic now, as it has been[...]
May 9 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Jesus College - Ship Centre Lecture Theatre
How do we define a sound or a taste for which our language does not have a dedicated word? Typically, we borrow words from another sensory modality. Wines, for example, are often described by words[...]
May 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
In celebration of the Oxford Festival of Nature, Blackwell’s Broad Street will be hosting a day of free Nature talks and activities. At 1pm we will be joined by Jeremy Mynott who will be discussing[...]
May 11 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Round lecture series, Professor David Cranston from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Oxford will discuss ‘Medicine in Art’.
May 18 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Ms Shannon Gunawardana, Ms Kathryn Ford and Professor Kokila Lakhoo will present ‘Global Surgery: Paediatric Surgical Team’. Ms Shannon[...]
May 21 @ 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm TORCH
This is the second in a series of lunchtime workshops to think about teaching/research through different (and intersectional) lenses, with the goal also of capturing interdisciplinary and intergenerational perspectives. This time we want to explore[...]
May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Union Hall, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane site
This workshop, facilitated by journalist Shaista Aziz, will introduce and explore the notions of ‘intersectional’ identities. Intersectionality may be defined as the way in which people’s experiences are shaped by their ethnicity, class, sex, gender,[...]
May 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Learning Studio, Clerici, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane site
Kei Miller is a poet, novelist, essayist, short story writer, broadcaster and blogger. His many books include the novel Augustown (2016) and poetry collection The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, which won[...]
May 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Lecture Theatre B Department of Computer Science
The adoption of big data, machine learning, and simulation software in biology and drug discovery have allowed for rapid progress in these fields. So far these technologies have aided discoveries, but can they eventually replace[...]
May 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Crisis Skylight Cafe, Old Fire Station
Sinéad Morrissey is the author of six poetry collections, including Parallax (2013), winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize. In 2017 she was awarded the Forward Prize for her most recent collection, On Balance, and[...]
May 24 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Crisis Skylight Cafe, Old Fire Station
In this exciting event organized by Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre for Think Human Festival, the celebrated poet, editor and translator Clare Pollard will join us to read from her work and talk about the ‘thrill[...]
May 25 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, Mr Bruce George, Dr Roel Bolckmans, Dr Keshara Ratnatunga and Dr Sandeep Singh from the Department of Colorectal Surgery at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust[...]
May 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre, Christ Church College
The international Psychiatry film festival, Medfest, is back again for another year. This time, through three bespoke short films, we hope to challenge your ideas and perceptions on the concept of ‘silence’. After each showing,[...]
Jun 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Medical SciencesTeaching Centre
The evening will start with the film Mad to be Normal, This concerns RD Laing’s unconventional approach to psychotherapy and also his equally unconventional life. It stars David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon and Gabriel[...]
Jun 8 – Jun 9 all-day St Anne's College and Other Venues
On June 8th and 9th, St Anne’s College will be running Oxford Translation Day, a celebration of literary translation consisting of workshops and talks throughout both days at St Anne’s and around the city, culminating[...]
Jun 8 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, Dr Andrew Vickers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York discusses “How do you know if you are a good surgeon? The[...]
Jun 8 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, Level 2, Cancer and Haematology Centre, Churchill Hospital
The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences invites junior doctors and researchers who are not yet faculty, but are interested in an academic career to an informal discussion with Dr Andrew Vickers from the Memorial Sloan[...]
Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Blackwell's Bookshop
In celebration of the Oxford Festival of Nature, Blackwell’s Broad Street will be hosting a day of free Nature talks and activities. At 1pm we will be joined by Jeremy Mynott who will be discussing[...]
Jun 15 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Professor Paul Johnson from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) at Oxford University will discuss: ‘Pancreatic Islet Transplantation – realising the goals’. Ms Natalie Durkin from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Professor[...]
Jun 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Ewert House
Communication taboos surround many aspects of women’s health and wellbeing, from menstruation to menopause to sexual pleasure. This presentation will briefly discuss the historical and socio-cultural roots of such stigmas before outlining the latest research[...]
Jun 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Old Music Hall
Do you want to learn about artificial intelligence? Have you been put off by technical jargon or fears of terminator robots? Come along to this evening course for beginners run by the AI consultancy Oxford[...]
Jun 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Old Music Hall
Do you want to learn about artificial intelligence? Have you been put off by technical jargon or fears of terminator robots? Come along to this evening course for beginners run by the AI consultancy Oxford[...]
Jun 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
Mr Richard Guy, Dr Timothy Betts and Dr David Holdsworth from Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will talk about the cardiac risks associated with high altitude climbing.
Jul 9 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Ewert House
There has never been such a high demand for our personal data, such that it is often said that individuals are the product, not just the client. Using the donation of general personal data and[...]