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Bringing history to life: the unique work of an archivist with Dr. Alexa Frost |
Interested in uncovering the past and keeping history alive? Join us to explore the unique role of archivists and learn how to prepare for a career in this fascinating field of work. |
Alexa Frost, Linus Milinski, Chiara Toschi, Thomas Nicol |
10 Nov 2025 |
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What the recruiter really thinks: Dr Holly Reeve on hiring decisions and team building |
We continued our chat with Dr Holly Reeve, this time asking her about her role as staff recruiter for her company. What skills does she look for? And how can an academic experience help you to land a job? |
Holly Reeve, Linus Milinski, Chiara Toschi, Thomas Nicol |
03 Nov 2025 |
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How I became a CEO: a chat on career goals and achievements with Dr Holly Reeve |
Where does the journey to becoming a CEO begin? Dr Holly Reeve looks back at her career and shares the path that led her to start and lead her own company. |
Holly Reeve, Linus Milinski, Chiara Toschi, Thomas Nicol |
28 Oct 2025 |
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What is it like to be a careers advisor? A conversation with Dr Susan Black |
Susan was a post-doctoral researcher in biochemistry, before she decided to change gears and go into the career advisory sector. Curious about the move? Look no further! Tune in for all the tips, insights, and a fun peek into the world of career advice. |
Linus Milinksi, Tom Nicol, Susan Black, Sara Falcone |
22 Oct 2025 |
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Switching Hats: Introduction |
Welcome to Switching Hats, a podcast all about career transitions from academia to other exciting sectors. Meet the hosts and learn what’s coming up in this new series! |
Thomas Nicol, Linus Milinski, Chiara Toschi |
11 Sep 2025 |
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AI and Human Rights: Professor Yuval Shany on AI, Law, and Global Accountability |
How can human rights frameworks keep pace with the rapid development and global impact of artificial intelligence? |
Yuval Shany, Caroline Green |
05 Aug 2025 |
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Creative Commons |
Representation and Research Culture – a US Perspective |
Professor Keisha S. Ray joins us for a cross-continental conversation on representation and research culture, in which we explore the experiences of racially minoritised researchers working on both sides of the Atlantic. Recorded in July 2023. |
Harleen Kaur Johal, Keisha S. Ray |
04 Jun 2025 |
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2023 Disability Lecture: Going beyond standards in technology and accessibility |
Dr Jessica Boland shares her experiences as a hard-of-hearing/deaf academic in science and technology, and her passion for improving accessibility in higher education. |
Jessica Boland, Tim Soutphommasane, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter |
14 Jun 2023 |
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Creative Commons |
8 - Katya Kovalchuk |
CARA Fellow Katya Kovalchuk - an energetic scholar studying Byzantine legends. Katya talks us through moving countries countless times, having most recently joining us here in Oxford from Ukraine as an at-risk scholar. |
Katya Kovalchuk |
16 Mar 2023 |
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6 - Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer |
Geophysics Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer talks about balancing (or not) a busy academic career and family life when you're deeply passionate about both. |
Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer |
24 Jan 2023 |
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Creative Commons |
Albert Hourani’s Impact |
2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hourani’s magnum opus Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. |
Matthew Smith, Charles Ough, Paul Dresch, Eugene Rogan |
17 Oct 2022 |
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Value & Benefits |
SPECIAL CONFERENCE EPISODE getting the inside scoop on UK Cyber Strategy. |
Arianna Schuler Scott, Chris Ensor, Bernard Parsons, Harmonie Toros |
04 Jul 2022 |
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Creative Commons |
The practicalities of academic research ethics - how to get things done |
A brief introduction to various legal and procedural ethical concepts and their applications within and beyond academia. |
Katherine Fletcher |
05 Apr 2022 |
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Episode 7: The Limits of Academia with Professor Joy James |
Professor Joy James is the Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College. In this episode, Carlotta Hartmann speaks to her about coming to philosophy and the limits of academia. |
Joy James, Carlotta Hartmann |
23 Nov 2021 |
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Episode 6: Tradition and modernity in African cultural philosophy |
Scarlett Whelan and Kei Patrick interview Prof Ochieng’-Odhiambo and Zeyad el Nabolsy about attitudes to tradition, modernity and modernisation in the work of two African philosophers: Amilcar Cabral and Henry Odera Oruka. |
Scarlett Whelan, Kei Patrick, Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Zeyad el Nabolsy |
19 Nov 2021 |
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Episode 5: A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor and cross-cultural philosophy with Dr. Roy Tzohar |
In this episode, MPhil Buddhist Studies students Cody Fuller and alicehankwinham interview Professor Tzohar (associate professor in the East and South Asian Studies Department at Tel Aviv University). |
Cody Fuller, alicehankwinham, Roy Tzohar |
04 Nov 2021 |
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Episode 4: Academic, Moral, and Spiritual Philosophy from the Ramakrishna Order |
Dylan Watts (UG physics and philosophy) and Aamir Kaderbhai (MSt study of religion) interview Swami Medhananda, ordained monk of the Ramakrishna Order and Senior Research Fellow at the Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, Mysore, India |
Dylan Watts, Aamir Kaderbha, Swami Medhananda |
04 Nov 2021 |
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Smart People Work Everywhere - using your research skills outside academia |
A panel discuss using your research degree outside academia. |
Carole Souter, Philip Bullock, Kate Williams, Mark Byford |
18 Dec 2018 |
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Creative Commons |
5 What to do About Failure: Personal Actions. |
How to take action to change the role failure plays in your life. |
Susan Blackmore, Julia Bray, Rachel Bray, Barbara Gabrys |
22 May 2018 |
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4 What to do About Failure: Personal Attitudes. |
How to change your own attitudes to failure and success, and how failure relates to regret. |
Susan Blackmore, Julia Bray, Chiara Cappellaro, Barbara Gabrys |
22 May 2018 |
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3 Failure and the Farewell to Academia. |
Why does the idea of leaving academia so often feel like professional failure? |
Susan Blackmore, Julia Bray, Rachel Bray, Chiara Cappellaro |
22 May 2018 |
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2 Failure and Other People |
Other people (or our idea of them) can induce feelings of failure and alleviate or transform them. |
Susan Blackmore, Julia Bray, Chiara Cappellaro, Barbara Gabrys |
22 May 2018 |
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1 The Feeling of Failure |
What does failure feel like, and what happens when you sit with it? |
Susan Blackmore, Julia Bray, Chiara Cappellaro, Barbara Gabrys |
22 May 2018 |
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The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy |
60 years since the publication of the series' final volume, a distinguished panel explore Tolkien's literary legacy. |
Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi |
16 Nov 2015 |
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The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Legacy |
60 years since the publication of the series' final volume, a distinguished panel explore Tolkien's literary legacy |
Elleke Boehmer, Stuart Lee, Patrick Curry, Dimitra Fimi |
09 Nov 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Open Data: The Golden Age of Discovery |
This documentary follows the experiences of a number of academics and researchers at Oxford as they discuss the implications of Open Data for their research, for academia and for humanity. |
Chris Lintott, Ben Goldacre |
15 Jul 2015 |
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Panel - Scholarly Digital Editing |
This panel discussion will bring together those working in the area of scholarly digital editing to examine how and why such editions should and are being made and what issues and assumptions we bring to the creation of scholarly digital editions. |
Pip Wilcox, Lou Burnard, Eugene Giddens, Eleanor Lowe |
23 Jul 2014 |
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Beyond the Academy: Applying Medical History to Health Policy |
Fifth and final talk given at the Half Day Workshop for Post-Graduate and Early Career Historians of Medicine |
Virginia Berridge |
14 Jul 2014 |
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Getting Published |
Fourth talk given at the Half Day Workshop for Post-Graduate and Early Career Historians of Medicine |
Bill Luckin, Keir Waddington |
14 Jul 2014 |
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Getting your Research Noticed: Public Engagement and History of Medicine |
Third talk given at the Half Day Workshop for Post-Graduate and Early Career Historians of Medicine. |
Lindsay Fitzharris |
14 Jul 2014 |
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Early Career Experiences in History of Medicine |
First talk given at the Half Day Workshop for Post-Graduate and Early Career Historians of Medicine |
Matt Smith, Erica Charters |
14 Jul 2014 |
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The Merton Equality Conversation: 'Stemming the leakage of women from academia: why do they leave?' |
The opening talk at the inaugural annual Merton Equality Conversation, given by Professor Dame Athene Donald FRS at the TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College, Oxford, on Thursday 20 February 2014. |
Athene Donald |
25 Feb 2014 |
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Meet the Scientists - Transparent Conductors |
Alex T. Vai, DPhil student in the Donohoe Group, University of Oxford, describes his exciting research into touch-screen technology and also tells of his outside work ventures in orienteering and orchestra. |
Alex T. Vai |
04 Oct 2013 |
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Part 3 - My path to academic success - Asel Sartbaeva |
Dr Asel Sartbaeval, a Lecturer at the University of Bath, discusses her path from Kyrgyzstan to Oxford and beyond, and offers some advice on balancing career success with family and relationships. |
Asel Sartbaeva |
17 Jul 2013 |
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Part 2 - My path to academic success - Ed Anderson |
Dr Ed Anderson, a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford gives an overview of his current role, and advice on issues he encountered along the way, including the benefits of a post doctoral position in the USA. |
Ed Anderson |
17 Jul 2013 |
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Part 1 - My path to academic success - Alison Parkin |
Dr Alison Parkin, who has just started her own lab group at the University of York, talks about taking career development step by step, and the importance of both research and teaching in academic careers. |
Alison Parkin |
17 Jul 2013 |
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The Role of Open Access in Maximising The Impact of Biomedical Research |
Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust, gives a lecture on scholarship, publishing and the dissemination of research designed to stimulate debate in Oxford on the issues surrounding changes in scholarly communications. |
Sir Mark Walport |
26 Apr 2011 |
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Research in Classical Archaeology |
Discussion between Sir John Boardman and Donna Kurtz on the subject of being classical archaeology researchers and academics and some of the challenges and opportunities they face. |
John Boardman, Donna Kurtz |
11 Mar 2010 |
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Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science |
Panel discussion on how social media have changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists, and how they have impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science. |
Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon |
30 Oct 2009 |
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Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science |
How have social media changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists? Are they challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators? How have they impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science? |
Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon |
07 Oct 2009 |
