University Administration and Services (UAS)
UAS consists of 16 sections, including the Finance Division, Personnel Services and Research Services. Further information about the work of each section can be found on the UAS sections page. The offices of the UAS sections are spread across the city centre, with the main University Offices located in Wellington Square.
Series associated with University Administration and Services (UAS)
5 Minutes with...
Alumni Voices
Alumni Weekend
BME Staff Network
Case Studies In Innovative Practice
Christmas Stories from Oxford University
Data visualisation and the future of academic publishing
E-Learning Podcasts
Encaenia 2012
Engage: Social Media Talks
Exploring Spoken Word Data in Oral History Archives
Fire and Wire
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
First World War: New Perspectives
Focus: the University’s change and continuous improvement team
Futuremakers
Interviews from the Campaign
Interviews with Oxonians
Introducing CBT for low mood and depression
Learning Technology at Oxford
Learning Technology Resources
Mandela at Oxford
MediaPub training
Openness at Oxford
Orientation for New Students at Oxford
Overcoming a Sense of Academic Failure
Oxford Abridged Short Talks
Oxford in Berlin
Oxford LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) History Month Lectures
Oxford London Lecture
Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive
Oxford Summit 2021
Oxford Today with Michael Palin
Oxford-India Day
Podcasting Conference at Oxford University
Poetry Slam
Preparing for your Undergraduate Time Abroad
Prospectuses
QUADcast
Race Equality Network
RunCoCo - Beyond Collections: Crowdsourcing for public engagement
Running a Community Collection Online
Safer Internet Day 2014
Sebastian Rahtz, a celebration of his work
Sexual violence: prevention and response
Sharing Excellence – The Value of Knowledge Exchange
Stress and Anxiety
Student Life at Oxford
Sustainable Travel
The Disability Lectures
The Museums of Oxford
The Olympics at Oxford
The Oxford Climate Forum
The Oxford Year
The Romanes Lecture
The Sheldonian Series
Towards Low Carbon ICT
Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)
UNIQ Summer Schools
University Life
Valentine's Day at Oxford
Vice Chancellor's Welcome
Voices from Oxford
Welcome to Oxford
Women in Science
Women of Achievement
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| 461 | Creative Commons | Marathon runner and coach, Mara Yamauchi (St. Anne’s, 1992) | Interview with Olympic athlete and public speaker Mara Yamauchi as part of the Alumni Voices Podcast series. | Mara Yamauchi | 21 Mar 2016 |
| 460 | A Great Unrecorded History. LGBT Heritage and World Cultures | Professor Parkinson discusses how to mobilise historical research into sexuality for maximum impact and the institutional, cultural and political issues that can be at stake, and suggests some of the possible uses of LGBTQ history. | Richard Parkinson | 25 Feb 2016 | |
| 459 | Creative Commons | Best-selling economist, Tim Harford (Brasenose, 1992) | Tim Harford shares his prize-winning economic insights, explaining why you can’t buy a decent used car and why you should exercise caution with big data. | Tim Harford | 11 Feb 2016 |
| 458 | Creative Commons | Chief Executive of Oxfam, Mark Goldring CBE (Keble, 1976) | Mark Goldring describes his distinguished career in international development, including his role as Chief Executive of Oxfam. Drawing upon his own experiences in Borneo, Bangladesh, Syria and beyond, he highlights the causes of poverty, and solutions. | Mark Goldring | 12 Jan 2016 |
| 457 | The Pressure to be Perfect: Ways of Responding | Some ideas to help students respond differently to their anxiety about needing to be perfect. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 07 Jan 2016 | |
| 456 | The Relentless Drive for Perfection | A conversation between Oxford University Counsellors about ways in which perfectionism impacts on the student experience. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 07 Jan 2016 | |
| 455 | International Students | This podcast explores some of the emotional challenges faced by international students. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 07 Jan 2016 | |
| 454 | Creative Commons | Director and CEO of the Oxford Playhouse, Louise Chantal (Lincoln, 1987) | Louise Chantal shares her love of the theatre and describes her involvement in Oxford’s cultural scene during her student days and running Oxford's famous Playhouse today. | Louise Chantal | 04 Dec 2015 |
| 453 | Creative Commons | Writer, doctor and champion of evidence-based medicine, Dr Ben Goldacre (Magdalen, 1992) | Dr Ben Goldacre – author of the bestsellers Bad Science and Bad Pharma – dissects what is wrong with modern medicine and argues for better evidence-based medicine in this podcast. | Ben Goldacre | 17 Nov 2015 |
| 452 | Exam Preparation and Revision Part 3: The exam itself, before during and after | This podcast focuses on the exam itself, just prior to it, and what might help you to feel prepared. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 451 | Exam Preparation and Revision Part 2: Planning and Revision | In this section there are some useful reminders of how to start planning for revision by taking stock of knowledge to date , choices of topic and starting to plan and timetable your revision. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 450 | Exam Preparation and Revision Part 1: Getting into the right mind set | This is for any student who is preparing for taking exams at any point in their course. The podcast aims to start to identify ways of achieving a balanced approach to thinking about exams. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 449 | Self Compassion Part 2 | This second podcast invites you to engage in two brief, meditative and compassionate exercises to further develop your inner resource of self-compassion. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 448 | Self Compassion Part 1 | This introductory podcast explores the concept of developing your inner resource of self-compassion and the skills required for this. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 447 | The Price of Success. Common experiences of high achieving students: development, difficulties and change. | This podcast considers how personal difficulties arise and manifest amongst otherwise successful students. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 446 | Daydreaming about ‘rustication’? Thoughts for students considering suspending their studies, but unable to decide. | This podcast offers food for thought to students who are feeling torn between suspending their studies in response to a setback - for example a period of mental or physical illness - or carrying on with their studies. By Maureen Freed. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 03 Nov 2015 | |
| 445 | Creative Commons | Historian and trip scholar for Spectacular Ceylon, Dr Maria Misra (Christ Church, 1982) | Dr Maria Misra shares her experiences as both a student and academic at Oxford University, as well as her love of South Asia, in this podcast. | Maria Misra | 26 Oct 2015 |
| 444 | Creative Commons | Near Miss | The Near Miss Project | Rachel Aldred | 20 Oct 2015 |
| 443 | Helping yourself to sleep | If you are having difficulty sleeping this podcast has some straightforward suggestions for improving your sleep. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 19 Oct 2015 | |
| 442 | The Oxford LERU Doctoral Summer School 2015 | In July 2015, doctoral students from the 21 League of European Research Universities attended a five-day summer school in Oxford on the topic of knowledge exchange. | Oxford University | 09 Oct 2015 | |
| 441 | Making knowledge exchange work | John Newbigin OBE, Chair of Creative England, reflects on the broad reach of knowledge exchange today, drawing on his extensive experience in the creative industries and the arts in the UK. | John Newbigin | 09 Oct 2015 | |
| 440 | Mindful breathing space | This is a short meditation, a breathing space, to help you to feel calm and focused in the midst of a busy day, or to use when feeling stressed or overwhelmed. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 08 Oct 2015 | |
| 439 | Can't stop work | Exploring overwork at Oxford, this podcast is for students who struggle to balance their work with other life activities, and find the balance tipping heavily towards their work. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 08 Oct 2015 | |
| 438 | Mature students | Designed for any student who might be significantly older than their peers at the University and who might be dealing with particular issues as a result of this. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 08 Oct 2015 | |
| 437 | Can't Work Part Two | The second 'Can't work' podcast contains strategies that will help you to start working again. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 08 Oct 2015 | |
| 436 | Can't Work Part One | For students who are finding it difficult to work. You might be lacking motivation, or finding it difficult to get beyond imagining criticism and judgements. Created by the Oxford University Counselling Service. | Oxford University Counselling Service | 08 Oct 2015 | |
| 435 | A Guide for Freshers | The Oxford University Counselling Service provides practical advice on Freshers’ Week and beyond to help new undergraduates take the challenges in their stride. Text by Maureen Freed, read by Kevin Halon. | Kevin Halon, Maureen Freed | 14 Sep 2015 | |
| 434 | Creative Commons | Neuroscientist and Alumni Weekend speaker, Baroness Susan Greenfield (St Hilda's, 1970) | Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE highlights how the unprecedented use of digital technologies is leaving a mark on our brains. | Susan Greenfield | 01 Sep 2015 |
| 433 | Creative Commons | Campaigner for women’s participation in technology, Ruthe Farmer (St Cross, 2007) | Ruthe Farmer explains how her award-winning work to encourage women and girls to embrace technology can be traced back to her student days at Oxford. | Ruthe Farmer | 06 Aug 2015 |
| 432 | Creative Commons | Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten (Balliol, 1962) | The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH describes his long-standing links with Oxford and his high-profile political career in this wide-ranging podcast interview. | Chris Patten | 21 Jul 2015 |
| 431 | Creative Commons | Ben Holmes on Open Code | Ben Holmes, a web developer for the Oxford IT Services, talks about the relevance of Open Code for the University’s WebLearn platform, the Mobile Oxford App, and his own involvement in GitHub. | Ben Holmes | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 430 | Creative Commons | Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics on Public Engagement | Julian Savulsecu and Dominic Wilkinson discuss the efforts of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics to encourage and support debate on practical ethics through its open events and online materials. | Julian Savulescu, Dominic Wilkinson | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 429 | Creative Commons | Ian Goldin on the Oxford Martin School | Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School, discusses the efforts of researchers at the Oxford Martin School to address the most pressing global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. | Ian Goldin | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 428 | Creative Commons | Free Speech Debate on Global Free Expression | Dr Dorian Singh and Sebastian Huempfer discuss Free Speech Debate, a project founded on the belief that making content freely available for non-commercial purposes is an integral part of promoting a global debate on free expression. | Dorian Singh, Sebastian Huemfer | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 427 | Creative Commons | Victoria McGuinness on TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre for the Humanities) | Victoria McGuinness, the Business Manager for The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), talks about the Centre’s role as a home for major research programmes at Oxford and its efforts to stimulate and support interdisciplinary research. | Victoria McGuinness | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 426 | Creative Commons | Luciano Floridi on The Ethics of Open Data | Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the Oxford Internet Institute, discusses the ethical questions raised by the emergence of Open Data and Big Data. | Luciano Floridi | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 425 | Creative Commons | Ben Goldacre on Open Data | Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, shares his views on Open Data and discusses his involvement in projects created in the spirit of openness. | Ben Goldacre | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 424 | Creative Commons | Antoine Jerusalem on Open Research Data | Antoine Jerusalem, Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Science, talks about the importance of Open Data for his work on the computational modeling of materials and his involvement in the Human Connectome Project. | Antoine Jerusalem | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 423 | Creative Commons | Open Data in the Humanities | Jacob Dahl, Associate Professor of Assyriology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, talks about his research with cuneiform tablets and his hopes for the future of Open Data in the Humanities. | Jacob Dahl | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 422 | Creative Commons | Open Research | Researchers and Academics at Oxford share their experiences with sharing their data openly and the projects, collaborations and opportunities Open Data makes possible. | Maja Zaloznik, Antoine Jerusalem | 15 Jul 2015 |
| 421 | 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 |
| 420 | Creative Commons | Emma Goodwin on 'Crowdscribing' | Emma Goodwin is the Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded Collaborative Skills Project, ‘Promoting Interdisciplinary Engagement in the Digital Humanities’ (dhAHRC). | Emma Goodwin | 09 Jul 2015 |
| 419 | Creative Commons | Simon Benjamin on Open Science | Simon Benjamin, Associate Professor at the Materials Department, gives an in-depth talk on the importance of Open Science for researchers, students and the general public. | Simon Benjamin | 09 Jul 2015 |
| 418 | Creative Commons | Aruna Bhaugeerutty on Open Museum Collections | Aruna Bhaugeerutty, Manager of Digital Collections at the Ashmolean Museum, talks about the Museum’s efforts to open up its collections to a wider audience via interactive online platforms. | Aruna Bhaugeerutty | 09 Jul 2015 |
| 417 | Creative Commons | Open Educational Resources (OER) | Find out about the Open Education Resources and Initiatives at the University of Oxford! | Sean Faughnan, Marion Manton | 06 Jul 2015 |
| 416 | Creative Commons | Podcasting | Watch leading academic talk about their experiences with the University’s Podcasting Initiative and Open Spires! | Ian Goldin, Julian Savulescu | 06 Jul 2015 |
| 415 | Creative Commons | What is Openness? | ‘Openness’ is a far-reaching concept--find out what it is about and why it is becoming increasingly important to academics, researchers, students and the general public! | Marianne Talbot, Simon Benjamin | 06 Jul 2015 |
| 414 | Creative Commons | Champion of renewable energy Juliet Davenport OBE (Merton, 1986) | Juliet Davenport emphasises the role of renewable energy in the fight against climate change and shows how unprecedented progress is being made. | Juliet Davenport | 30 Jun 2015 |
| 413 | Creative Commons | Love's Labour's Lost | Emma Smith continues her Approaching Shakespeare series with a lecture on the play Love's Labour's Lost. | Emma Smith | 27 May 2015 |
| 412 | Creative Commons | Foreign correspondent Bethany Bell (Keble, 1987) | BBC journalist Bethany Bell shares her love of Vienna and talks about her experiences as a reporter in this first interview in a new podcast series. | Bethany Bell | 19 May 2015 |
| 411 | 2015 Disability Lecture: Hilary Lister, from Jesus College to sailing solo around the UK | Hilary Lister is giving the first University of Oxford Disability Lecture. Hilary was an undergraduate at Jesus College who has since gained fame as a quadriplegic sailor. She was the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain. | Hilary Lister | 07 May 2015 | |
| 410 | Can Future Energy Needs be Met Sustainably? | This Alumni Weekend panel discusses future energy needs and steps that must be taken to increase the chance that they can be met sustainably. | Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, Juliet Davenport, Jan Dusik, Graham van't Hoff | 28 Apr 2015 | |
| 409 | Cultural Frontier: Early 20th Century Vienna | Re-visiting the time of Freud, Klimt and Schönberg, the Alumni Weekend panel surveys and analyse this unique period in Vienna’s history and in Western culture. | Bethany Bell, Shearer West, Ritchie Robertson, Jonathan Cross | 28 Apr 2015 | |
| 408 | Quo Vadis Ukraine: The Conflict and Beyond | Panel discussion of the Ukraine reviewing the current situation, exploring the context of the conflict which broke out in 2014, assessing its impact on Europe, and identifying what the international community can learn and how it should respond. | Lord Patten of Barnes, Jutta Edthofer, Gwendolyn Sasse, Michael Bociurkiw | 28 Apr 2015 | |
| 407 | Creative Commons | Crowdsourcing- The Oxford Community Collection Model | The Oxford Community Collection Model brings together online crowdsourcing with personal, face-to-face interaction. It has been used successfully in a range of ways from collating Anglo-Saxon teaching resources to memories of WW1. | Ylva Berglund Prytz | 13 Mar 2015 |
| 406 | Creative Commons | LGBT equality in the 21st Century | Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall and alumna of St Hilda’s, gives the 2015 LGBT History Month Lecture. | Ruth Hunt | 23 Feb 2015 |
| 405 | Creative Commons | Widening Access to the British Library's Collections and Services | Dr Aquiles Alencar-Brayner walks through some of the extraordinary projects led at the British Library which aim to engage and encourage interaction with the general public. | Aquiles Alencar-Brayner | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 404 | Creative Commons | Exploring the Learning Benefits of Lecture Capture | Jill Fresen and Debra Garretson discuss the Lecture Capture project led at Oxford and the how the software can be used to offer students various benefits. | Jill Fresen, Debra Garretson | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 403 | Creative Commons | Tracking Your Impact | Dr Kathryn Eccles discusses her knowledge exchange work with TORCH and comments on the various ways you can monitor the impact of your projects. | Kathryn Eccles | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 402 | Creative Commons | IWM's 'Computer Club': Engaging staff with Digital Technologies | Simon Delafond and Jesse Alter explore the exciting staff initiative ('Computer Club') led at the Imperial War Museums which encourages colleagues to use digital technologies to support and enhance their work. | Simon Delafond, Jesse Alter | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 401 | Creative Commons | Livestreaming Events to Reach Global Audiences | Peter Robinson and Josh Carr explore the benefits of using Livestream to reach out to large audiences. | Peter Robinson, Joshua Carr | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 400 | Creative Commons | Bringing WW1 History into the Present with Twitter | Mechthild Herzog discusses how Twitter can be harnessed to engage large audiences with WW1 history in a range of creative ways. | Mechthild Herzog | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 399 | Creative Commons | Facebook Pages that Work | Liz McCarthy discusses a range of strategies for maximising the reach and effectiveness of your Facebook page. | Elizabeth McCarthy | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 398 | Creative Commons | Using Social Media to Extend the Reach of your Projects | Professor David Pyle discusses his public engagement work for the Department of Earth Sciences with specific reference to the London Volcano and Volcano top trumps project. | David Pyle | 16 Feb 2015 |
| 397 | Varsity Trip: The Oxford and Cambridge Ski Trip | In 1949, filmmakers Guy L. Coté and Hugh Wyn Griffith directed the film ‘Sestrieres’ for the Oxford Ski Club, about their trip to the Italian ski resort, Sestriere. We compare this with film of a recent trip, highlighting obvious changes in student life! | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 15 Dec 2014 | |
| 396 | A Yank Abroad: Visiting (and re-visiting) the Oxfordshire countryside | Rare 16 mm film footage from the mid-1930s of american tourists touring the Oxfordshire countryside by bike, and also footage shot by US airforce crew in 1944 visting Wallingford and Aylesbury. | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 15 Dec 2014 | |
| 395 | Mesopotamia: An Oxford Archaeological Expedition | Film of the joint expedition to Kish, Mesopotamia, by Oxford University with the Field Museum of Natural History, of Chicago, Illinois, from 1920-29. The 16mm footage reveals the immense scale of the archaeological dig involving hundreds of people. | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 15 Dec 2014 | |
| 394 | Sacred Landscapes, Buddhist Temples: A case study from Central Tibet | This talk illustrates how Tibetan Buddhism relates to the landscapes of the Tibetan plateau, to form a unique, truly Himalayan blend. | Ulrike Roesler | 11 Nov 2014 | |
| 393 | Choice or Accident? The outbreak of the First World War | The causes of the First World War have long been controversial and remain so. The Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, and author of The War that Ended Peace (2013) brings us up to date on the debate. | Margaret MacMillan | 04 Nov 2014 | |
| 392 | The Commercial Evolution of Microfinance: From donor dependence to sustainable social investment institutions | Ira Lieberman provides an expert analysis on the evolution of micro-finance institutions. Followed by Juan Guerra, founder of StudentFunder – a case study. | Ira Lieberman, Juan Guerra | 22 Oct 2014 | |
| 391 | Oxford’s Global Leadership in Social Enterprise: A panel discussion | Social finance and social investment is creating a global buzz, with estimates that the sector will grow over the next decade – an emerging trend that may lead to both vibrant social change and financial returns on investment. | Pamela Hartigan | 22 Oct 2014 | |
| 390 | Innovation in Financing Human Well-being | Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine and Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford, in conversation. | John Bell, Will Hutton | 22 Oct 2014 | |
| 389 | Creative Commons | RunCoCo: how to run a community collection online | Find out about “the Oxford Community Collection Model” used for successful crowdsourcing since 2007. The RunCoCo service at the University of Oxford University shows how you can run a community collection online and engage with your community. | Patrick Penzo, Alun Edwards, Ylva Berglund Prytz, Stuart Lee | 13 Oct 2014 |
| 388 | Creative Commons | What is a Roadshow? | Find out about roadshows - face-to-face engagement – part of “the Oxford Community Collection Model” used for successful crowdsourcing, e.g. Europeana 1914-1918. RunCoCo shows how you can run a community collection online and engage with your community. | Patrick Penzo, Alun Edwards, Ylva Bergland Prytz | 13 Oct 2014 |
| 387 | Why is Oxford Determined to Change the Way We Discover New Medicines? | Chas Bountra, a popular speaker at the recent Meeting Minds: Alumni Weekend in Asia, will explain how Oxford is creating a new ecosystem for drug discovery. | Chas Bountra | 07 Oct 2014 | |
| 386 | Richard Nixon’s Reputation: 40 years after Watergate | Nigel Bowles explores Nixon’s politics that achieved a synthesis of strategy, imagination, ideologies, and calculation rare among Presidents. | Nigel Bowles | 07 Oct 2014 | |
| 385 | Richard Ovenden and Diarmaid MacCulloch in Conversation | Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian and Fellow of Balliol, and Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St Cross. | Richard Ovenden, Diarmaid MacCulloch | 06 Oct 2014 | |
| 384 | What Maths Really Does: From modelling the brain to modelling the climate | How has mathematics emerged over recent decades as the engine behind 21st century science? Alain Goriely looks at this question and more. | Alain Goriely | 06 Oct 2014 | |
| 383 | Creative Commons | Understanding Fracking for Shale Gas | Joe Cartwright provides a geological perspective into the exploration of shale gas reserves. | Joe Cartwright | 06 Oct 2014 |
| 382 | Oxford At War: Footage from Mount Farm Airbase | World War Two arrives in Oxford in this episode, using never before seen Oxford footage from a US Flight Surgeon for the 14th Photo Reconnaissance Unit at Mount Farm Airbase, Dorchester. Includes colour and monochrome film from 1944. | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 381 | A Day on the River: The Oxford Steamers | Salter’s Steamers have operated since 1858, and we revisit them in the 1940s as an American U.S.A.F Unit make use of a break from their war service to enjoy a leisurely day on the Thames to Wallingford. Includes rare colour 16mm film from autumn 1944. | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 380 | What is a Cyber-Attack? | What constitutes a cyber-attack and who conducts them? What are the risks to society? Sadie Creese will discuss these issues and explain research underway at Oxford to help in the detection and prevention of attacks. | Sadie Creese | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 379 | Creative Commons | The 2020 Vision for Engineering Science in Oxford | Professor Lionel Tarassenko, an alumnus of the Department and its new Head as of September 2014, sets out his vision for the Department for the next five years. | Lionel Tarassenko | 03 Oct 2014 |
| 378 | Creative Commons | Jenkin Lecture The Oxford RobotCar | Paul Newman talks about the UK’s first self-driving car – being developed at the Department of Engineering Science. He’ll explain the project’s motivation, its underlying technology, and its impact on the transport sector and beyond. | Paul Newman | 03 Oct 2014 |
| 377 | The Butterfly Defect: How globalisation creates systemic risks | Globalisation has brought us vast benefits including growth in incomes, education, innovation and connectivity. Ian Goldin argues that it also has the potential to destabilise our societies. | Ian Goldin | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 376 | Living with Flooding: Science, democracy and the complex challenge of managing environmental risk | Professor Whatmore, who focuses on the interface between cultural geography, political theory and science and technology studies, will draw upon her recent research to propose a new approach to living with flooding. | Sarah Whatmore | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 375 | The Ottoman Front: The First World War in the Middle East | Drawing on European and Middle Eastern sources, historian Eugene Rogan provides an overview of the Great War in the Middle East from both sides of the trenches. | Eugene Rogan | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 374 | The Future of the Past: Dating archaeology using radiocarbon and particle accelerators | Tom Higham examines some of the projects the Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit has been involved with over the last few years; from dating the Neanderthal extinction, to identifying the bones of Richard III and Alfred the Great. | Tom Higham | 03 Oct 2014 | |
| 373 | Heroes, Villains and Victims: The dangerous politics of international migration | This panel debate discusses key facts and fiction in international migration, and presents new ideas for a better politics of immigration. | Bridget Anderson, Hein de Haas, Martin Ruhs, Katrin Bennhold | 02 Oct 2014 | |
| 372 | Forbidden Crystal Symmetry: Mathematics and architecture | World-renowned mathematician Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford University, describes how crystalline symmetries are necessarily 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, or 6-fold. | Roger Penrose | 02 Oct 2014 | |
| 371 | Creative Commons | 70 Years On: My, how you’ve changed! | Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University draws upon his experience at the highest levels in the public sector to share his unique perspective on Britain over the last seven decades. | Chris Patten | 02 Oct 2014 |
| 370 | Creative Commons | Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Environmentalism without nature | This lecture by Jamie Lorimer explores new ways of thinking and doing environmentalism that need not make recourse to nature. | Jamie Lorimer | 02 Oct 2014 |
| 369 | Creative Commons | Black Land, Red Land: The Nile Valley and Egypt’s Western Desert | Illustrated with photographs from previous trips, this talk by Professor Mark Smith contrasts the Nile Valley and the desert and explore how the relationship between them developed over the course of Egyptian history. | Mark Smith | 02 Oct 2014 |
| 368 | Creative Commons | The Biogeography of Madagascar: A Gondwanan island | This lecture given by Dr Matt Friedman will look at the evolution of the unique flora and fauna of Madagascar and how it is intertwined with the geological history of the island. | Matt Friedman | 02 Oct 2014 |
| 367 | Oxford: Then and Now | We compare and contrast locations in and around the city from the 1940s, and the present day. How have the places and people changed? How present is the Second World War in 1940s Oxford? After 70 years how different is Oxford? | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 01 Oct 2014 | |
| 366 | Attic to Archive - Welcome to the Dreaming Spools Project | In this episode we take you on a trip through time as we introduce a selection of the archive film footage that the Dreaming Spools project has discovered. | Peter Robinson, Hannah Lucas | 01 Oct 2014 | |
| 365 | Creative Commons | New Perspectives 1: Georgians and Others | Short presentation as part of the Oxford 'British Poetry of the First World War' Spring School | Stuart Lee | 06 Sep 2014 |
| 364 | Creative Commons | How to digitise objects well | Short and snappy guidelines to creating a good picture for online viewing. | Patrick Penzo | 18 Aug 2014 |
| 363 | Creative Commons | How to set up your camera for digitisation | Short and snappy guidelines to setting up for digitisation of objects. | Patrick Penzo | 18 Aug 2014 |
| 362 | Creative Commons | How to track items at a Roadshow (Digitisation) | Part 4 of the "How To" series explaining how to keep track of objects and their stories. | Patrick Penzo, Adelina Tomova | 18 Aug 2014 |
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