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

Jun 21 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences: Mr Ravish Jootun will present “Towards 0% 90-day Colorectal mortality: Accepting a low floor in the anastomotic leak[...]
Sep 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Register to get Zoom dial in details
Interested in medical device regulation? Get together with experts within the University and other researchers to discuss aspects of Medical Device Regulation relevant to your innovation. You can join us online at the comfort of[...]
Oct 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:20 pm Jericho Tavern
An amusing talk and exploration of AI and the future of technology. Is the future more absurd than comedians can imagine? Will a driver-less BMW still cut you up? What do we do when a[...]
Oct 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Simpkins Lee Theatre, Lady Margaret Hall
Kajal Odedra has always been passionate about helping other people affect change. She is Executive Director of Change.Org and author of ‘Do Something: Activism for Everyone’. Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform with 15[...]
Oct 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Sheldonian Theatre
We are delighted to be hosting a very special event with Randall Munroe at the Sheldonian Theatre on his latest book How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Real World Problems. For any task you might[...]
Oct 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
In this book talk the Author, Carl Benedikt Frey, will discuss how the Industrial Revolution was a defining moment in history, but how few grasped its enormous consequences at the time. Now that we are[...]
Oct 14 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Rewley House
Professor Carl Heneghan will talk about his involvement in Tamiflu research that led to the discovery of 170,000 pages of clinical study reports, the subsequent development of Alltrials he was involved in and the current[...]
Oct 18 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
As part of the Surgical Grand Rounds lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Professor Michael Griffin OBE will present ‘Talking to cancer patients – do not promise what you cannot deliver’.[...]
Oct 18 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm Weston Library
How do our minds and bodies alter as we age? Can attitudes change from one generation to the next? How have the built and natural environments around us changed in the last 200 years? What[...]
Oct 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
Data-driven micro-targeted campaigns have become a main stable of political strategy. As personal and societal data becomes more accessible, we need to understand how it can be used and mis-used in political campaigns and whether[...]
Oct 21 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Oxford Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre
Breakthroughs using gene therapy and gene editing are regularly in the news, but how close in reality are we to them to be used to treat actual patients? Professor of Molecular Therapy and Co-Director of[...]
Oct 22 @ 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Monson Room, Lady Margaret Hall
Joris Luyendijk was born in Amsterdam and studied in Kansas, Amsterdam, and Cairo. He is a writer, journalist and anthropologist. He has written about the Middle East, the banking crisis and Brexit.
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Wig & Pen Oxford
Grab a pint and join us for a cabaret with a difference as six stellar acts take you out of this world with their entertaining riffs on life at the edge of existence. From outer[...]
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Waterstones Bookshop
In this fascinating and accessible overview, renowned paleontologist Michael J. Benton reveals how our understanding of dinosaurs is being transformed by recent fossil finds and new technology. Secrets locked in prehistoric bones including the colour[...]
Oct 24 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm New Road Baptist Church
Big data and AI are starting to feature in cancer research today, and will will play an even greater role in the future. Join researchers from Cancer Research UK to discover the technologies and methods[...]
Oct 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Wig and Pen
Scientists need your help! As we get more information about the Universe, we risk becoming overwhelmed but – as Oxford astronomer Chris Lintott explains in his new book, you can help. Hear from Oxford scientists[...]
Nov 1 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Round lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Mr Vincent Gnanapragasam from the University of Cambridge will discuss ‘Using research to change paradigms in diagnosing and[...]
Nov 8 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Lecture Theatre 1, Academic Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
As part of the Surgical Grand Round lecture series, hosted by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Professor Chris Lavy from the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences will present ‘Public-private partnerships in[...]
Nov 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Rewley House
The logic and principles behind the drive for evidence-based health care are so compelling that often the limitations of evidence go unacknowledged. Despite a strong evidence base demonstrating the health risks associated with higher body[...]
Nov 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Main Seminar Room, Earth Sciences
Join us to learn about the progress being made in biomaterials, the next generation of innovative solutions that aim to tackle current health challenges, and what it takes to start your own venture. The event[...]
Nov 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Department of Pharmacology
This is an exclusive event brought to you by the SIU in partnership with the Oxford Pharmacology Society. The application of big data and genomics in healthcare is vast, with tremendous opportunities to revolutionise current[...]
Nov 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Andrew Wiles Building
Are we witnessing a new, more toxic kind of politics around the world? If so, what is the alternative? Should we lament a supposedly lost civility, or is the emergence of more forthright and angry[...]
Jan 14 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Magdalen College Auditorium
Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. Dr Matt Perkins, CEO of Oxford University Innovation, describes how Oxford University’s technology and research commercialisation company has helped launch over 150 spinout companies.. https://www.oxcivicsoc.org.uk/programme/
Jan 16 @ 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm The Northcourt Centre
Since a change in planning rules in 1990, there has been a huge amount of archaeological work on development sites all over England. This work is required by planning permissions and paid for by the[...]
Jan 20 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Rewley House
Should doctors with commercial interests lead research on their products? Should we forget ‘conflicts’ and discuss ‘declarations of interest’ instead? Who should hold and maintain conflicts of interest registers for doctors? Should practicing doctors work[...]
Jan 21 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Oxford Martin School
New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work,[...]
Jan 24 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Common Ground Workspace
Do you want to improve your digital security? Do you keep putting it off? We’re a group of cybersecurity researchers and activists, and we want to help you access free tools and resources to protect[...]
Feb 3 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm Rewley House
Organised by Oxford Civic Society @oxcivicsoc. The Society’s Louise Thomas and Ian Green discuss the history of the city centre, emerging trends and their implications and present a vision which seizes opportunities and mitigates threats..[...]
Feb 4 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Oxford Brookes University, Student Union Gallery
What’s it like to be haunted? Writer Jay Bernard’s augmented reality installation explores this question – unpicking how we can be haunted by our histories and our everyday lives. Listen to a reading while exploring[...]
Feb 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Glasgow Room, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford Brookes University
A panel exploring how universities can best support new students as they transition to University