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# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons From Owen's Doomed Youth, to his doomed youth Lecture at the event 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to the Battle of the Sambre'. Imperial War Museum, 10th November 2012. 1:00:00 Jean Moorcroft Wilson 27 Feb 2013
2 Creative Commons From Mametz Wood to The General Lecture on Siegfried Sassoon given at the Imperial War Museum, London, 12th November 2011. 1:00:00 Jean Moorcroft Wilson 27 Feb 2013
3 Creative Commons Les Permissionnaires A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). 0:12:23 Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
4 Creative Commons Soldiers on Leave A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. 0:13:51 Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
5 Creative Commons The Last Phase A discussion on the last phase of the First World War. A talk given at 'Wilfred Owen: From Doomed Youth to Battle of the Sambre', Imperial War Museum, 10th November 2012. 0:36:25 Max Egremont 18 Feb 2013
6 Creative Commons The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation Myths and Mistakes. How a well known photograph and an infamous lunch break have shaped our memory of the Sarajevo assassination. 0:25:33 Dr Paul Miller 10 Jan 2013
7 Creative Commons Popular fiction in World War One An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public during the First World War. 0:15:49 Jane Potter 08 Jan 2013
8 Creative Commons Morality in Wartime Britain Morality and the role of the British clergy during the First World War. 0:19:28 Edward Madigan 08 Jan 2013
9 Creative Commons Wartime Art and Grief German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War. 0:14:07 Claudia Siebrecht 08 Jan 2013
10 Blogging and Twitter Elizabeth Eva Leach, Tutorial Fellow in Music at Oxford, disseminates her research through her blog as well as using Twitter to encourage succinct scholarly exchange. 0:45:37 Elizabeth Eva Leach 26 Nov 2012
11 Creative Commons Social Media and your Career How can social media become career tools? In this talk Lucy Hawkins, Careers Adviser at the University of Oxford, reveals the techniques of how to use social media for information gathering, active self-marketing and networking. 0:48:28 Lucy Hawkins 26 Nov 2012
12 Creative Commons Copyright in the Digital Age Emily Goodhand is the Copyright and Compliance Officer at the University of Reading. She has a strong Twitter presence as @copyrightgirl and is Vice-Chairman of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA). 0:42:32 Emily Goodhand 26 Nov 2012
13 Creative Commons Rethinking impact with social media Oxford-based researcher Nando Sigona started his blog "Postcards from..." in 2008. Since then his use of social media has expanded into Twitter and Podcasting to engage wider communities in his research on migration, asylum and minority issues. 0:29:52 Nando Sigona 26 Nov 2012
14 Creative Commons Which technologies do Oxford University students use? Melissa Highton, University of Oxford, presents the findings of the DIGE Project which investigated the use of technology by students from Oxford. 0:48:05 Melissa Highton 26 Nov 2012
15 Creative Commons Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? Does using social media have an impact on disseminating your research papers? Dr Melissa Terras, UCL, gives her experiences and opinions on this question through her own personal findings. 0:43:21 Melissa Terras 21 Nov 2012
16 Creative Commons Conflict Culture How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier? 0:13:15 Matthew Leonard 29 Oct 2012
17 Creative Commons The Better Part of Valour Combatant Courage on the Western Front. 0:20:18 Edward Madigan 29 Oct 2012
18 Creative Commons Surplus Women The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage. 0:15:16 Rosemary Wall 29 Oct 2012
19 Creative Commons The Indian Sepoy in the First World War The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War. 0:19:03 Santanu Das 29 Oct 2012
20 Creative Commons Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours? The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914. 0:13:05 Catriona Pennell 29 Oct 2012
21 Creative Commons The Historian and the Centenary Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War. 0:22:24 Pierre Purseigle 29 Oct 2012
22 Creative Commons Some people visit the Web. Other people live there. Using his own research on what motivates individuals to become more 'Resident' online, David White will explore the pros and cons of developing a professional online persona and what it takes to get started. 0:49:14 David White 18 Oct 2012
23 Creative Commons Would you blog the truth? Peter Gill discusses the power of the blog for knowledge exchange and communicating the truth behind health research findings to wider audiences. 0:51:33 Peter Gill 18 Oct 2012
24 Creative Commons What does Marcus du Sautoy do with Social Media? At the launch of the 'Engage' programme, Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses the role that digital technologies play in his work as the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. 0:56:11 Marcus du Sautoy 18 Oct 2012
25 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - The Sequel Debate and discussion about academic crowdsourcing and community content in the UK and beyond, with highlights and interesting ideas from the day. 0:38:02 Alastair Dunning, Stuart Lee, Chris Batt 27 May 2011
26 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Nursery Rhyme Melissa Highton (Oxford University Computing Services) examines how Oxford's crowdsourced and community collections of open educational resources are supported and embedded in practice for sustainability. 0:20:37 Melissa Highton 26 May 2011
27 Beyond 2011 - A Saga of Creativity Gail Durbin (Victoria and Albert Museum) examines how a nationally focused museum can use its web presence to foster the interest and expertise of users, as well as sharing its own authoritative information? 0:21:04 Gail Durbin 26 May 2011
28 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Cautionary Tale Arfon Smith (University of Oxford) presents the experience of the Zooniverse team with their citizen science and crowdsourcing efforts and the changing role of the citizen scientist. 0:29:22 Arfon Smith 26 May 2011
29 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Road Movie Alun Edwards and Stuart Lee (Oxford University Computing Services) present their experiences of running public participation days in Germany to gather everyday objects from World War I. 0:22:33 Alun Edwards, Stuart Lee 26 May 2011
30 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - Choose Your Own Adventure 'Time Travels' from the creator of How To Be A Retronaut and inventor of the Retroscope, and a leader of Museumpreneurs. 0:28:17 Chris Wild 26 May 2011
31 Beyond 2011 - Character Journey The story of the super-transcribers involved in the project to understand the thousands of manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham. 0:22:42 Valerie Wallace, Tim Causer 26 May 2011
32 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - "...apart from that he was completely naked" and other stories of the amazing everyday in the community Chris Morgan 'Mog' (University of Glamorgan, GEECS) presents on the Communities 2.0 digital inclusion project and the collection of digital stories that community members make. 0:24:28 Chris Morgan 26 May 2011
33 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Tale of Two Cities: Physical and Digital Communities Hope Wolf (King's College London) presents 'Anecdotes' and 'Life Stories' from the Strandlines project, the flagship for the Centre for Life Writing. 0:20:19 Hope Wolf 26 May 2011
34 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - Keynote: Tales of Big Society Beyond 2011 Keynote presentation from Robert Ashton, author of The Barefoot Entrepreneur. 0:47:20 Robert Ashton 26 May 2011
35 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - Introduction: Once Upon a Time... Melissa Highton, Head of the Learning Technologies group at Oxford University Computing Services opens the conference. She referred to the themes of earlier Beyond conferences, and introduced today's theme "Beyond Collections". 0:05:46 Melissa Highton 26 May 2011
36 Garr Reynolds on Presentations Conversation with Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen. 0:20:10 Garr Reynolds 08 Feb 2011
37 Ways out of the Climate-Finance-Energy Triple Crunch Jeremy Leggett (Founder and CEO, Solar Century) presents the closing keynote speech for the Oxford Climate Forum 2010 0:43:01 Jeremy Leggett 14 Apr 2010
38 Panel debate: Have activists added to the climate change problem? Neil Bowerman gives the opening talk to the debate, have activists added to the climate change problem? 0:07:29 Neil Bowerman 14 Apr 2010
39 After Copenhagen: Change Politics, not the Climate Pam Giddy, director of Power 2010, gives a talk for the 2010 Oxford Climate Forum 0:17:27 Pam Giddy 14 Apr 2010
40 Creative Commons The Politics of Climate Change: Problems and Solutions Lord Anthony Giddens gives the opening keynote address to the Oxford Climate Forum, talking about the politics of climate change. 0:50:04 Anthony Giddens 14 Apr 2010
41 Tim Kendall: 'Ivor Gurney: First War Poet' Professor Tim Kendall considers what composer and poet Ivor Gurney understood by the phrase 'war poet' and how he saw his own work as belonging to (and eminent amidst) a tradition of writing about war. 0:24:18 Tim Kendall 26 Jan 2010
42 An interview with Colin Hughes Colin Hughes, author of David Jones: the man who was on the field (1979), discusses his friendship with poet and artist David Jones and his research on the Battle of Mametz Wood. 0:21:26 Colin Hughes, Alun Edwards 26 Jan 2010
43 Gargoyles Unveiled Nine new gargoyles for the Bodleian Library, Oxford are unveiled. The gargoyles were designed by children as part of the Millennium Myths and Monsters competition. 0:02:21 University of Oxford 08 Oct 2009
44 University Club The University Club provides social, sporting and hospitality facilities for all staff, post-graduates, alumni and retired staff of the university and associated institutions. 0:01:54 University of Oxford 08 Oct 2009
45 Vice Chancellor's Welcome A welcome message from Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. 0:01:17 Andrew Hamilton 30 Sep 2009
46 David Smith on Dementia Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s and the relation between diet and blood pressure in younger life and dementia in older life 0:25:50 David Smith, Oliver Lewis 17 Aug 2009
47 Creative Commons Peter McDonald on Censorship in South Africa Peter McDonald talks about censorship, its philosophical basis and general history within Apartheid South Africa 0:29:52 Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis 11 Aug 2009
48 Creative Commons Peter McDonald on Literature Summary: Peter McDonald talks about how he became to be interested in Literature, how he became to be an academic at Oxford and what it is like to study literature at Oxford. 0:16:28 Peter McDonald, Oliver Lewis 11 Aug 2009
49 David Willetts on Investment in Sciences at Universities David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, visited the University of Oxford on Thursday 18 June. Here he discusses the importance of investment in the sciences at universities, particularly during an economic downturn. 0:02:10 David Willetts 13 Jul 2009
50 Boat Race Naming Ceremony 2009 The 2009 Boat Race naming ceremony. 0:01:34 John Bell 28 May 2009
51 Introduction to Sport at Oxford A short introduction to sport at Oxford. 0:02:05 University of Oxford 28 May 2009
52 Obama's First 100 Days Orla De Burca interviews Desmond King, Andrew Mellon Professor of American Government, on Barack Obama’s first 100 days as President; discussing Obama’s plans to recover America’s Economy and the success so far of his foreign and domestic plans 0:27:35 Desmond King, Orla De Burca 06 May 2009
53 Poetry Slam: Judges Verdicts The judges deliver their verdicts of the entries for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:10:33 Steve Larkin, Heidi Vaughan, Bernard O'Donoghue 13 Mar 2009
54 Your Parents' Careers A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:00:38 Robert Rapoport 13 Mar 2009
55 Untwining A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:40 Antonia Tam 13 Mar 2009
56 One Thing Leads to Another A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:00:43 Dan Stott 13 Mar 2009
57 Michelangelo A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:03:00 Jesse Bordwin 13 Mar 2009
58 Letter from a Predator A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:26 Thomas John Stevenson 13 Mar 2009
59 Instant Symphony Mix A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:20 Aisha Mirza 13 Mar 2009
60 Poetic Phonetics A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:54 Christopher Peter Joseph Turner 13 Mar 2009
61 Dia de los Muertos A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:13 Thomas John Stevenson 13 Mar 2009
62 A System of Education A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:53 Christopher Peter Joseph Turner 13 Mar 2009
63 Take a Rectangle A shortlisted entry for the 2009 University of Oxford Online Poetry Slam and Spoken Word Competition. 0:01:49 Sophie Duker 13 Mar 2009
64 Second Life and E-Learning Karl Harrison talks to Orla de Burca about the 3D virtual world Second Life, including Oxford's own virtual island and how it is being used to facilitate learning and engaging with students in new ways. 0:25:55 Karl Harrison, Orla De Burca 13 Mar 2009
65 7 Keys to the Future Veronica Sartore interviews Ray Hammond about his role as a futurologist and the seven major trends he predicts will affect life throughout the 21st century. 0:54:04 Ray Hammond, Veronica Sartore 12 Mar 2009
66 Peter Harrison on Science and Religion Professor Peter Harrison discusses the relationship between science and religion, the myths that surround the relationship, and discusses some of the contentious contemporary issues. 0:22:31 Peter Harrison, Oliver Lewis 22 Oct 2008
67 Marc Stears on Radical Political Thought Political theorist Dr. Marc Stears talks about the importance of political theory and describes some of the radical political movements of Britain and the United States. 0:28:16 Marc Stears, Oliver Lewis 22 Oct 2008
68 Student Newspapers An introduction to the student newspapers in Oxford 0:02:26 Henry Clarke Price, Rosie Macaulay, Natasha Vashisht, Rebecca Molyneux 18 Sep 2008
69 Bryan Ward-Perkins on the Fall of the Roman Empire Bryan Ward-Perkins, a leading historian of Late Antiquity at Trinity College, Oxford, discusses the transitional period between the fall of Rome and the Middle Ages. 0:41:04 Bryan Ward-Perkins, Oliver Lewis 13 Sep 2008
70 Jennifer Lau on Anxiety and Depression in Children Dr Jennifer Lau discusses her research into the development of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence. 0:19:13 Jennifer Lau, Oliver Lewis 13 Sep 2008
71 Gero Miesenboeck on Fruit Flies and Neuroscience In this podcast, Professor Gero Miesenboeck begins with a discussion of DNA and neuroscience, and then talks about his experiments on the brain of the fruit fly. 0:27:39 Gero Miesenboeck, Oliver Lewis 13 Sep 2008
72 The Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History An introduction to the Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History 0:01:38 Oxford University 12 Sep 2008
73 Creative Commons Oliver Taplin on Classics Professor Oliver Taplin, an authority on classics and the performance of ancient drama, talks about the subject and his research. 0:25:44 Oliver Taplin, Oliver Lewis 12 Sep 2008
74 Adrian Moore on Metaphysics Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions. 0:31:56 Adrian Moore, Oliver Lewis 12 Sep 2008
75 Irene Tracey on FMRI and Pain Professor Irene Tracey, director of the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, explains how MRI works and then talks about her research into people’s perception of pain. 0:44:03 Irene Tracey, Oliver Lewis 12 Sep 2008
76 Thomas Helleday on Cancer Professor Helleday explains what cancer is, the problems of treating it, and the success of his own research in developing new treatments. 0:26:46 Thomas Helleday, Oliver Lewis 11 Sep 2008
77 Creative Commons John Broome on Rationality John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, gives an explanation of reason and rationality, and then discusses his understanding of the 'the normative question'. 0:45:49 John Broome, Oliver Lewis 10 Sep 2008
78 Nick Bostrom on Global Catastrophic Risk and Simulation Theory In this podcast, Professor Bostrom, Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, discusses global catastrophic risks and his earlier work on the simulation theory. 0:25:08 Nick Bostrom, Oliver Lewis 31 Aug 2008
79 Julian Savulescu on Applied Ethics and Human Enhancement Professor Julian Savulescu, Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, talks about the current and future issues in applied ethics, particularly of the new biosciences. 0:37:02 Julian Savulescu, Oliver Lewis 31 Aug 2008
80 Greg Kochanski on Phonetics Dr Greg Kochanski, a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory, talks about how experiments in phonetics are conducted, how we study the history of language, and how speech changes over time. 0:26:10 Greg Kochanski, Oliver Lewis 31 Aug 2008
81 Andrew Pollard on Vaccines and Immunisation of Children Dr Andrew Pollard, Reader in Paediatric Infection and Immunity, and Consultant in charge of the Oxford Vaccine Group, discusses childhood diseases, his research into vaccinations, and the problems facing childhood immunisation in the UK and abroad. 0:36:37 Andrew Pollard, Oliver Lewis 31 Aug 2008
82 Roger Crisp on Aristotle's Ethics Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, discusses the ethics of Aristotle. 0:20:15 Roger Crisp, Oliver Lewis 30 Aug 2008
83 Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds on Podcasting Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds, the hosts of the highly successful podcasting series 'Philosophy Bites', talk about podcasting. 0:22:34 Nigel Warburton, David Edmonds, Oliver Lewis 30 Aug 2008
84 Podcasting at Cambridge Bjoern Hassler talks about other European podcasting initiatives. 0:12:12 Bjoern Hassler 05 Aug 2008
85 Sustainable podcasting Ross Gardler of Open Source Software Watch, JISC, talks about sustainable podcasting. 0:20:39 Ross Gardler 05 Aug 2008
86 Making lectures portable Andreas Busch from the University of Oxford talks about making lectures portable. 0:18:02 Andreas Busch 05 Aug 2008
87 The View from Europe Olaf Schulte and Bjoern Hassler talk about the view from Europe. 0:08:31 Olaf Schulte, Bjoern Hassler 05 Aug 2008
88 Kate Lindsay Interview In a podcast recorded earlier this year, Kate Lindsay, Project Manager for the First World War Poetry Digital Archive discusses the exciting development of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive and The Great War Archive. 0:05:09 Kate Lindsay 29 Jul 2008
89 Poetry Tour - London (2) A second enhanced podcast tour of some of the exhibits in the Imperial War Museum. The tour takes you through the Trench Experience and the end of the war, linking to some of the poets and poetry of the period. 0:21:43 Stuart Lee 29 May 2008
90 Teaching WW1 Literature: Andrea Peterson Andrea Peterson 'Children's Literature' 0:17:47 Andrea Peterson 06 May 2008
91 Teaching WW1 Literature: Vivien Noakes Vivien Noakes 'Blasting the Canon' 0:16:37 Vivien Noakes 06 May 2008
92 Teaching WW1 Literature: Meg Crane Meg Crane 'WW1 Poetry in Schools' 0:14:28 Meg Crane 06 May 2008
93 Teaching WW1 Literature: Jon Stallworthy Jon Stallworthy 'War Poetry' 0:26:49 Jon Stallworthy 06 May 2008
94 Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. 0:25:35 Juergen Hiedegger 28 Apr 2008
95 Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. 0:28:01 Daniel Curtis, Nick Eyre 28 Apr 2008
96 Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford. 0:03:59 Paul Jeffreys 28 Apr 2008
97 Richard Holmes interview In this interview, the well-known military historian Brigadier Richard Holmes discusses his work on WW1, remembrance, his views on WW1 poetry, and how those experiences relate to the British Army currently serving in Iraq. 1:05:13 Richard Holmes 02 Apr 2008
98 Poetry Tour - London (1) An enhanced podcast tour of some of the exhibits in the Imperial War Museum. The tour takes you through the displays on the First World War but links them to some of the poets and poetry of the period. 0:25:57 Stuart Lee 28 Jan 2008
99 Creative Commons Max Arthur Interview An interview with Max Arthur, author of 'Forgotten Voices', 'Last Post', and most recently 'Faces of World War One: The Tragedy of the Great War in Words and Pictures'. 0:18:42 Max Arthur 12 Dec 2007
100 Ian Hislop interview An interview with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, and TV presenter on WW1 documentaries entitled 'Not Forgotten' (Channel 4, UK). Part of a series of Podcasts from Oxford University's First World War Poetry Digital Project. 0:27:09 Ian Hislop 25 Sep 2007
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons Les Permissionnaires A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). 0:12:23 Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
2 Creative Commons Soldiers on Leave A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. 0:13:51 Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
3 Creative Commons The Sandwich that Sabotaged Civilisation Myths and Mistakes. How a well known photograph and an infamous lunch break have shaped our memory of the Sarajevo assassination. 0:25:33 Dr Paul Miller 10 Jan 2013
4 Creative Commons Popular fiction in World War One An argument for a more nuanced assessment of the popular literature consumed by the wider public during the First World War. 0:15:49 Jane Potter 10 Dec 2012
5 Creative Commons Wartime Art and Grief German women and the aesthetics of loss portrayed through art during the First World War. 0:14:07 Claudia Siebrecht 10 Dec 2012
6 Creative Commons Morality in Wartime Britain Morality and the role of the British clergy during the First World War. 0:19:28 Edward Madigan 10 Dec 2012
7 Creative Commons Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? Does using social media have an impact on disseminating your research papers? Dr Melissa Terras, UCL, gives her experiences and opinions on this question through her own personal findings. 0:43:21 Melissa Terras 21 Nov 2012
8 Creative Commons Conflict Culture How much do we really know about the experience of the average individual soldier? 0:13:15 Matthew Leonard 29 Oct 2012
9 Creative Commons The Better Part of Valour Combatant Courage on the Western Front. 0:20:18 Edward Madigan 29 Oct 2012
10 Creative Commons Surplus Women The First World War and its impact on emigration, work and marriage. 0:15:16 Rosemary Wall 29 Oct 2012
11 Creative Commons The Indian Sepoy in the First World War The role of India and the Indian Sepoy in the First World War. 0:19:03 Santanu Das 29 Oct 2012
12 Creative Commons Rethinking British Volunteerism in 1914: A Rush to the Colours? The British response to the outbreak of War in 1914. 0:13:05 Catriona Pennell 29 Oct 2012
13 Creative Commons The Historian and the Centenary Important questions, problems, and challenges pertaining to the role historians and scholars will play in the centenary of the First World War. 0:22:24 Pierre Purseigle 29 Oct 2012
14 Creative Commons What does Marcus du Sautoy do with Social Media? At the launch of the 'Engage' programme, Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses the role that digital technologies play in his work as the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. 0:56:11 Marcus du Sautoy 18 Oct 2012
15 Creative Commons Weblearn: Improving Admin Dr Claire Aland, Director of Anatomy at University of Oxford, talks about how the WebLearn Sign Up tool has galvanised the organisation of anatomy demonstration at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. 0:03:52 Claire Aland 24 Aug 2012
16 Creative Commons Europeana 1914-1918: Community Collection Alun Edwards, Manager for RunCoCo, University of Oxford, discusses the value of crowd-sourcing and public engagement in the Europeana 1914-1918 project to digitise First World War memorabilia. 0:05:26 Alun Edwards 24 Aug 2012
17 Creative Commons 23 Things: Oxford Laura Wilkinson and Penny Schenk, librarians at the University of Oxford and members of the 23 Things Oxford Team, talk about their blog-based training programme to teach Web 2.0 skills to Oxford librarians. 0:06:32 Laura Wilkinson, Penny Schenk 24 Aug 2012
18 Creative Commons Student Innovation: the LHSee app Chris Boddy, a Physics DPhil candidate at University of Oxford, talks about how he developed a smartphone app to explain the complex images produced by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. 0:06:06 Chris Boddy 21 Aug 2012
19 Blogging to Engage: Politics in Spires Kate Candy, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, explains the cross-institutional blog, Politics in Spires, which aims to share thoughts on Politics and International Relations with the subject community. 0:06:12 Kate Candy, A. Blake Ewing 02 Mar 2012
20 Assessment for Learning: Using Mobile Polls in the Classroom Dr Helen Christian describes her use of the audience response system via the WebLearn Polls Tool and Mobile Oxford supplied for free by Oxford University. 0:09:18 Helen Christian 15 Feb 2012
21 Creative Commons Blended Learning in Cross-Disciplinary Programmes: WebLearn Dr Adrian Stokes explains how the systematic use of Weblearn, the university's VLE, has led to a sustainable and efficient framework for blended learning. 0:07:49 Adrian Stokes 09 Feb 2012
22 Creative Commons Student Innovation: Developing Mobile Apps for learning Helen Ginn, a Biochemistry undergraduate at Magdalen College, talks about how she developed a mobile app to serve a specific niche task. 0:04:38 Helen Ginn 01 Feb 2012
23 Creative Commons Using Agent-based Modelling to think about Complex Systems The Modelling4All project at the University of Oxford have developed the BehaviourComposer tool to enable scholars to create agent-based models, opening up this area of investigation to much wider audiences in teaching, learning, research and outreach. 0:07:43 Ken Kahn, Howard Noble, Angela McLean, Samir Bhatt 25 Jan 2012
24 Creative Commons Supporting Tutorials: Using Weblearn Revd Dr James Robson at Wycliffe Hall has used WebLearn, the University's Virtual Learning Environment, for tutoring and supporting his students in their learning and formation. 0:05:38 James Robson 18 Jan 2012
25 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - The Sequel Debate and discussion about academic crowdsourcing and community content in the UK and beyond, with highlights and interesting ideas from the day. 0:38:02 Alastair Dunning, Stuart Lee, Chris Batt 27 May 2011
26 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Nursery Rhyme Melissa Highton (Oxford University Computing Services) examines how Oxford's crowdsourced and community collections of open educational resources are supported and embedded in practice for sustainability. 0:20:37 Melissa Highton 26 May 2011
27 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Cautionary Tale Arfon Smith (University of Oxford) presents the experience of the Zooniverse team with their citizen science and crowdsourcing efforts and the changing role of the citizen scientist. 0:29:22 Arfon Smith 26 May 2011
28 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Road Movie Alun Edwards and Stuart Lee (Oxford University Computing Services) present their experiences of running public participation days in Germany to gather everyday objects from World War I. 0:22:33 Alun Edwards, Stuart Lee 26 May 2011
29 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - Choose Your Own Adventure 'Time Travels' from the creator of How To Be A Retronaut and inventor of the Retroscope, and a leader of Museumpreneurs. 0:28:17 Chris Wild 26 May 2011
30 Beyond 2011 - Character Journey The story of the super-transcribers involved in the project to understand the thousands of manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham. 0:22:42 Valerie Wallace, Tim Causer 26 May 2011
31 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - "...apart from that he was completely naked" and other stories of the amazing everyday in the community Chris Morgan 'Mog' (University of Glamorgan, GEECS) presents on the Communities 2.0 digital inclusion project and the collection of digital stories that community members make. 0:24:28 Chris Morgan 26 May 2011
32 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - A Tale of Two Cities: Physical and Digital Communities Hope Wolf (King's College London) presents 'Anecdotes' and 'Life Stories' from the Strandlines project, the flagship for the Centre for Life Writing. 0:20:19 Hope Wolf 26 May 2011
33 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - Keynote: Tales of Big Society Beyond 2011 Keynote presentation from Robert Ashton, author of The Barefoot Entrepreneur. 0:47:20 Robert Ashton 26 May 2011
34 Creative Commons Beyond 2011 - Introduction: Once Upon a Time... Melissa Highton, Head of the Learning Technologies group at Oxford University Computing Services opens the conference. She referred to the themes of earlier Beyond conferences, and introduced today's theme "Beyond Collections". 0:05:46 Melissa Highton 26 May 2011
35 Ways out of the Climate-Finance-Energy Triple Crunch Jeremy Leggett (Founder and CEO, Solar Century) presents the closing keynote speech for the Oxford Climate Forum 2010 0:43:01 Jeremy Leggett 14 Apr 2010
36 Panel debate: Have activists added to the climate change problem? Neil Bowerman gives the opening talk to the debate, have activists added to the climate change problem? 0:07:29 Neil Bowerman 14 Apr 2010
37 After Copenhagen: Change Politics, not the Climate Pam Giddy, director of Power 2010, gives a talk for the 2010 Oxford Climate Forum 0:17:27 Pam Giddy 14 Apr 2010
38 Creative Commons The Politics of Climate Change: Problems and Solutions Lord Anthony Giddens gives the opening keynote address to the Oxford Climate Forum, talking about the politics of climate change. 0:50:04 Anthony Giddens 14 Apr 2010
39 Mandelson: Enterprise-led Recovery Lord Peter Mandelson gave a key-note speech following an invitation by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Said Business School. 0:24:45 Lord Peter Mandelson 10 Dec 2009
40 Gargoyles Unveiled Nine new gargoyles for the Bodleian Library, Oxford are unveiled. The gargoyles were designed by children as part of the Millennium Myths and Monsters competition. 0:02:27 University of Oxford 08 Oct 2009
41 University Club The University Club provides social, sporting and hospitality facilities for all staff, post-graduates, alumni and retired staff of the university and associated institutions. 0:02:01 University of Oxford 08 Oct 2009
42 Vice Chancellor's Welcome A welcome message from Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. 0:01:17 Andrew Hamilton 30 Sep 2009
43 David Willetts on Investment in Sciences at Universities David Willetts MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills, visited the University of Oxford on Thursday 18 June. Here he discusses the importance of investment in the sciences at universities, particularly during an economic downturn. 0:02:10 David Willetts 13 Jul 2009
44 Boat Race Naming Ceremony The 2009 Boat Race naming ceremony. 0:01:27 John Bell 28 May 2009
45 Introduction to Sport at Oxford A short introduction to sport at Oxford. 0:02:12 University of Oxford 28 May 2009
46 WW1 Poetry Digital Archive Project JISC documentary introducing the WW1 Poetry Digital Archive Project website and providing an overview to the wealth of material available. 0:06:47 Kate Lindsay 13 Nov 2008
47 The Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History An introduction to the Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History 0:01:44 Oxford University 12 Sep 2008
48 War Cemeteries A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through tracing the burial site of a soldier of the First World War. 0:10:41 Everett Sharp, Kate Lindsay, Alun Edwards 05 Aug 2008
49 War Cemeteries A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through tracing the burial site of a soldier of the First World War. 0:10:41 Everett Sharp, Kate Lindsay, Alun Edwards 05 Aug 2008
50 Making lectures portable Andreas Busch from the University of Oxford talks about making lectures portable. 0:18:09 Andreas Busch 05 Aug 2008
51 Trench Warfare A short video made by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive taking viewers through some of the features associated with trench warfare on the Western Front during World War One. 0:13:32 Everett Sharp 29 Jul 2008
52 The View from Europe Olaf Schulte talks about other European podcasting initiatives. 0:08:37 Olaf Schulte, Bjoern Hassler 25 Jul 2008
53 Podcasting at Cambridge Bjoern Hassler talks about the University of Cambridge's experiences with podcasting. 0:12:17 Bjoern Hassler 25 Jul 2008
54 Sustainable podcasting Ross Gardler of Open Source Software Watch, JISC, talks about sustainable podcasting. 0:20:46 Ross Gardler 25 Jul 2008
# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Creative Commons Les Permissionnaires A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). (Transcript) Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
2 Creative Commons Les Permissionnaires A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War (in French). (Transcript) Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
3 Creative Commons Soldiers on Leave A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. (Transcript) Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
4 Creative Commons Soldiers on Leave A look at the different experiences of service leave during the First World War. (Transcript) Emmanuelle Cronier 20 Feb 2013
5 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, text of the edition by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon. 2nd ed., ed. Norman Davis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. Anonymous 23 Dec 2010
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