Oxford University Development Office

The role of the University’s Development Office is to help secure philanthropic support for the University. The Development Office works in partnership with academic and development colleagues throughout the collegiate University to build enduring relationships with external constituencies and to increase financial support for agreed academic priorities. In May 2008, the University launched Oxford Thinking: The Campaign for the University of Oxford, aimed at raising a minimum of £1.25 billion to transform the collegiate University for many generations to come. Gifts totalling more than £1 billion have now been received. In addition to fundraising staff, the Development Office has a number of teams that cover particular support functions. These include the Research Team (which gathers information on potential and existing donors); the Proposals Team (which writes proposals and project information); the Gift Registry (which records and processes donations received by the University and on behalf of colleges); the Database Team (which supports the Development and Alumni Relations System (DARS); and the Donor Relations team (which ensures that donors are appropriately thanked and stewarded). There are also three overseas offices whose remit includes development: New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The Director of the Development Office reports to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Development and External Relations) and works closely with officers in UAS, especially in Alumni Relations and Finance, as well as with academic and development colleagues across the collegiate University.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Evidence-based strategies for suicide and self-harm prevention	Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Seena Fazel, to discuss his work on better understanding the causes of suicide.	Belinda Lennox, Seena Fazel	8 February, 2024
Suicide prevention and mental health advocacy	Professor Lennox speaks to Ben West, mental health campaigner, best-selling author and social media influencer, about suicide prevention.	Belinda Lennox, Ben West	8 February, 2024
Supporting the mental health of young people	Professor Lennox talks to Cynthia Germanotta and Dr. Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes from 'Born This Way Foundation' and Professor Mina Fazel about the importance of supporting young people’s mental health.	Belinda Lennox, Mina Fazel, Cynthia Germanotta, Claudia-Santi F. Fernandes	11 September, 2023
Protecting mental health in crisis contexts	Professor Lennox is joined by Benjamin Perks from UNICEF, Sabine Rakotomalala, from the World Health Organization and researchers from Oxford’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention, to discuss protecting mental health in crisis contexts.	Belinda Lennox, Benjamin Perks, Sabine Rakotomalala, Jamie Lachman, Isang Awah, Stephanie Eagling-Peche	11 September, 2023
Workplace wellbeing	Professor Lennox sits down with Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve to look at what contributes to our wellbeing at work, and the evidence linking happiness and productivity.	Belinda Lennox, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve	11 September, 2023
Building resilient mental health in the workplace	Professor Lennox is joined by Sir John Kirwan, a former New Zealand rugby player and co-founder of workplace wellbeing technology platform Groov, to discuss preventative mental health in the workplace.	Belinda Lennox, John Kirwan	11 September, 2023
Childhood and adolescent anxiety	Professor Lennox sits down with Professors Cathy Creswell and Polly Waite to talk about how anxiety affects young people and the effective new treatments being developed.	Belinda Lennox, Cathy Creswell, Polly Waitse	11 August, 2023
Maternal mental health	Professor Lennox talks to Professors Marian Knight and Fiona Alderdice about how mental illnesses impact women and families in the postnatal period, and the power of speaking out.	Belinda Lennox, Marian Knight, Fiona Alderdice	11 August, 2023
Brain injury and rehabilitation	Professor Belinda Lennox is joined by Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg and Jenny Clarke from the charity SameYou to discuss the impact of traumatic brain injury and how researchers can help patients in their recovery.	Belinda Lennox, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Jenny Clarke	11 August, 2023
Coronavirus and ‘Disease X’	Professor Peter Millican interviews the Oxford scientists working at the forefront of research into Disease X	Peter Millican, Sarah Gilbert, Peter Horby, Jimmy Whitworth, John Bell, Erica Charters	14 January, 2021
Ebola	Professor Peter Millican begins the final episode of this series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.	Peter Millican, Kevin Decock, Katie Ewer, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti	14 January, 2021
HIV/AIDS	In the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Professor Peter Millican leaves the perils of influenza behind, only to discover an entirely new virus: HIV.	Peter Millican, Harold Jaffe, John Frater, Kevin Decock, Jimmy Whitworth	14 January, 2021
The 'Spanish' Flu	Professor Peter Millican arrives in the twentieth century, during the last years of the Great War, to a pandemic which you may have read a lot about during the early coverage of our current COVID outbreak.	Peter Millican, John Oxford, Brian Angus, Claas Kirchhelle	14 January, 2021
'Russian' Flu: the pandemic that wasn't?	In this episode, Professor Peter Millican discusses a controversial outbreak...	Peter Millican, Julia Mannherz, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti	14 January, 2021
Cholera	Professor Peter Millican makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow	Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti	14 January, 2021
Smallpox, and Jenner	Welcome to the eighteenth century, at a point when Europe is going through another major smallpox outbreak, a disease that by this point has been plaguing populations around the globe for centuries.	Peter Millican, Claas Kirchhelle, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti, Erica Charters	1 December, 2020
The Great Plague	in the final plague episode of the series, Professor Peter Millican talks to his guests about the last major outbreak of this horrific disease in seventeenth-century England.	Peter Millican, Paul Slack, Emma Smith, Kees Windland	1 December, 2020
The Black Death	Professor Peter Millican arrives in the fourteenth century and meets history's most notorious plague outbreak.	Peter Millican, Samuel Cohn, Blanche Oguti	1 December, 2020
The Plague of Justinian	Welcome to the Eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. This time, Professor Peter Millican discusses a plague that historians and medical experts agree was likely the first plague pandemic humanity experienced.	Peter Millican, Michael McCormick, Abigail Buglass	1 December, 2020
Athens: the first plague?	Join Professor Peter Millican in 5th century Athens, a crowded city in the midst of a siege, where a devastating disease had just erupted.	Peter Millican, Tim Rood, Brian Angus, Blanche Oguti, Nicolette D'Angelo	1 December, 2020
Mark Carney on Climate Change	Professor Millican travels to the Bank of England to interview its Governor, Mark Carney.	Peter Millican, Mark Carney	20 December, 2019
Solving climate change - nature or technology?	Solving climate change can involve either mitigation – reducing the greenhouse gases we're putting into the atmosphere – or adaptation – the process of adjusting to our changing environment.	Peter Millican, Nathalie Seddon, Jim Hall, Helen Gavin	20 December, 2019
Is climate conflict inevitable?	In this Futuremakers episode we ask experts the question - is climate conflict inevitable?	Peter Millican, Kate Guy, Troy Sternberg	13 December, 2019
Climate change - who should we sue?	In this episode of Futuremakers, we’re asking what does a rise in litigious climate action mean for society as we race to meet climate targets?	Peter Millican, Fredi Otto, Liz Fisher, Myles Allen	13 December, 2019
Can we be green AND capitalist?	In this episode we ask; can we be green AND capitalist?	Peter Millican, Ben Caldecott, Thomas Hale, Charmain Love, Johan Rockström	28 November, 2019
Should nuclear power be part of our energy system?	Should nuclear power be part of our energy system? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with experts from Oxford.	Peter Millican, Nick Eyre, Sarah Darby, James Marrow	28 November, 2019
What did the Paris Climate Agreement change?	What did the Paris 2015 Climate Agreement change? what did the politicians at Paris actually achieve?	Peter Millican, Fredi Otto, Richard Miller, Sugandha Srivastav	7 November, 2019
Climate change: do individual actions matter?	Is there still potential for actions on an individual level to shape the future of the planet?	Peter Millican, Susan Jebb, Tina Fawcett, Tristram Walsh	28 October, 2019
How do you build a greener country?	What does the current infrastructure in the UK look like, and how far is it from where we need to be to meet our international commitments?	Peter Millican, Cameron Hepburn, April Burt, Alison Smith	28 October, 2019
Climate change and politics - why haven’t we done more?	With the IPCC warning that policymakers have limited time to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5° C - why haven’t we done more?	Peter Millican, Caroline Lucas, Ryan Rafaty, Tristram Walsh	28 October, 2019
Twelve years to climate disaster?	The IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C broke into the public consciousness through media reporting that we only had twelve years to limit climate change catastrophe.	Peter Millican, James Painter, Myles Allen, Helen Johnson	28 October, 2019
Could quantum computing change the world?	Peter Millican tries to discover the truth about a global race to develop the world’s first scalable quantum.	Peter Millican, Peter Leek, David Deutsch, Vera Schafer, David Lucas, Simon Benjamin, Tyson Jones, Natalia Ares, Jason Smith, Andrew Briggs, Chris Timpson, Jamie Vicary, Ali El Kaafarani	11 April, 2019
Making the Case for Democracy	Hillary Clinton delivers the Romanes Lecture of Hope in the Sheldonian Theatre, 25th June 2018	Hillary Clinton	31 January, 2019
Season Finale: AI selection box	In the final episode of our series, we’re looking back at the themes we’ve discussed so far, and forward into the likely development of AI.	Gil McVean, Sandra Wachter, Nigel Shadbolt, Peter Millican	8 January, 2019
Is China leading the way in AI?	In the penultimate episode of series one of Futuremakers, we’re looking at the development of AI across the globe.	Peter Millican, Mike Wooldridge, Xiaorong Ding, Sophie-Charlotte Fischer	19 December, 2018
What does AI mean for the future of humanity	Join our host, philosopher Professor Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with three experts from Oxford University.	Peter Millican, Allan Dafoe, Mike Osborne, Jade Leung	12 December, 2018
Has AI changed the way we find the truth?	Around the world, automated bot accounts have enabled some government agencies and political parties to exploit online platforms in dispersing fake messages.	Peter Millican, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Vidya Narayanan, Mimie Liotsiou	6 December, 2018
From Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing, the birth of AI?	Many developments in science are achieved through people being able to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and in the history of AI two giants in particular stand out.	Peter Millican, Ursula Martin, Andrew Hodges, Jacob Ward	19 November, 2018
Does AI have a gender?	Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topics of gender and AI.	Peter Millican, Gina Neff, Carissa Véliz, Sian Brooke	12 November, 2018
Is AI good for our health?	Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topic "Is AI good for our health?"	Peter Millican, Alison Noble, Paul Leeson, Jessica Morley	2 November, 2018
Is the banking sector about to change for ever?	AI is already playing a role in the finance sector, from fraud detection, to algorithmic trading, to customer service, and many within the industry believe this role will develop rapidly within the next few years.	Peter Millican, Stephen Roberts, Nir Vulkan, Jannes Klaas	22 October, 2018
Are all algorithms biased?	Our lives are increasingly shaped by automated decision-making algorithms, but do those have in-built biases? If so, do we need to tackle these, and what could happen if we don't?	Peter Millican, Sandra Wachter, Helena Webb, Brent Mittelstadt	22 October, 2018
How will the automation of jobs likely progress?	In 2013 two Oxford academics published a paper entitled 'The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?', estimating that 47% of U.S. jobs were at risk of automation.	Peter Millican, Mike Osborne, Judy Stephenson, David Clifton	22 October, 2018
Trailer: season one launching 22nd October!	Down winding streets, beyond the dreaming spires, inside the college walls, debates are happening - in every study room and lecture theatre - about the future of society. Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, invites you to that debate.	Peter Millican	16 October, 2018
Keeping our secrets? Shaping internet technologies for the public good	The Internet and related technologies, like smartphones and social networking services, are now a pervasive part of British life. Connected cars, smart cities, and ambient loos are coming soon.	Ian Brown	24 March, 2014
Where are the robots?	Where are the robots we seem to have been promised since the 1950s? What is the hold up? Are we nearly there now? For example, will cars be driving themselves soon?	Paul Newman	15 March, 2013
Olympic Torch Visit	The London 2012 Olympic Torch comes to Oxford's legendary Iffley Road stadium, where the four-minute mile was first run.	Roger Bannister, Steph Cook, Nikki Emerson, Nicola Byrom	13 July, 2012
Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites	Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet.	Joseph Walther, Nicole Ellison	28 February, 2012
Partner Compatibility and Online Dating Sites	Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research.	Bernie Hogan, Erina Lee	28 February, 2012
The Limits of Science	Lord Rees of Ludlow delivers the 2011 Romanes Lecture.	Martin Rees	31 January, 2012
The Gamesmakers: Oxonians Preparing for London 2012	A panel discussion with some of the Oxonians most closely involved with the successful Olympics bid, providing a fascinating insight into the thrills and anxiety of preparing for London 2012.	Andrew Thomas, Roger Mosey, Ed Warner, Paul Williamson, Godric Smith, Nikki Emerson	30 September, 2011
A Cook's Tour: Oxford and the Modern Olympics	The University of Oxford has a rich sporting heritage and many links with the foundation and evolution of the modern Olympics. Professor Simon Lee examins the role of Oxonians as athletes and administrators within this global phenomenon.	Simon Lee	29 September, 2011
Who did Plato (not) love?	Platonic love? Plato's main text on love, the Symposium, takes a broad look at what love means, offering a serious yet humorous, poignant and flippant, literary philosophical discussion of the topic, with some famous but also surprising outcomes.	Cressida Ryan	15 February, 2011
If marriage is a trade, then what price romance?	Theatre was a forum for early twentieth-century feminists to challenge romantic ideals of marriage, arguing against society blocking women's access to alternative professions. Did one playwright solve the problem of selling seats without selling out?	Sol Eltis	15 February, 2011
Not only the lonely: the social implications of the rise of online dating	Dr Hogan explores values towards online dating, relating them to whether one's friends have dated online and whether social network software or online personals are responsible for the continued rise in popularity of online dating.	Bernie Hogan	14 February, 2011
Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters	In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and code to tease his reader but still communicate intimacy. The denial of full disclosure and the refusal to reveal all is part of the game of seduction.	Abigail Williams	14 February, 2011
An advert for the lecture series "Love and other things"	This advert introduces a series of 4 talks on the subject of love and romance. The 10 minute talks took place at Oxford University on Valentine's day 2011.	Ed Watkins	14 February, 2011
Darwin and Friends	Professor Robin Dunbar explores if there is a limit to the number of friends we can keep track of and explains the origin of "Dunbar's Number".	Robin Dunbar	10 February, 2011
Blood Disorders and Human Malaria	Professor Sunetra Gupta explains the surprising relationship between blood disorders and malaria in humans. Could two blood disorders ever be better than one? Part of the Oxford Abridged series of short talks.	Sunetra Gupta	10 February, 2011
Slime Moulds to run the railways?	Should we let slime moulds run our railways? Slime moulds can produce networks as efficient, cost-effective and resilient as railway networks designed by people, despite having no central control over what they build.	Mark Fricker	10 February, 2011
Success of the Smelliest - Sexual attraction and pheromones	Sexual attraction and pheromones? Dr. Tristram Wyatt talks about pheromones and evolution in a short talk about the "Success of the smelliest". Recorded as part of an ongoing series of short lectures.	Tristram Wyatt	10 February, 2011
Caroline Pendleton, medical student and summer school mentor	Caroline Pendleton on the UNIQ Summer School programme at the University of Oxford.	Caroline Pendleton	21 January, 2010
Dr. Malcolm Stewart, Chemistry tutor	Dr. Malcolm Stewart on the UNIQ Summer School programme at the University of Oxford.	Malcolm Stewart	21 January, 2010
Dr. Emma Smith, Fellow in English, Hertford College	Dr. Emma Smith on the UNIQ Summer School programme at the University of Oxford.	Emma Smith	21 January, 2010
Mike Nicholson, Director of Admissions	Mike Nicholson on the UNIQ Summer School programme at the University of Oxford.	Mike Nicholson	21 January, 2010
UNIQ Summer School introductory video	An introductory video to the exciting free UNIQ Summer School programme at the University of Oxford.	University of Oxford	18 January, 2010
Race Equality Network: Our Network	Keynote speech of the launch of the University of Oxford Race Equality Network, delivered by Karen Chouhan, Director of Equanomics and one of the Joseph Rowntree visionaries.	Karen Chouhan	5 January, 2010
Learning Differently, Teaching Inclusively	Dr David Mills presents from an academic viewpoint on the University of Oxford's efforts to promote an inclusive environment for learning.	David Mills	5 January, 2010
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.	University of Oxford	8 October, 2009
Tony Blair: The Learning Habit	UK Prime Minister Tony Blair delivers the 1999 Romanes lecture, explaining what the government is seeking to achieve in its programme of education reform, and how as a nation in the 21st century we can achieve a ‘learning habit’ across society.	Tony Blair	13 March, 2009
Gordon Brown: Science and our Economic Future	UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers the 2009 Romanes Lecture, arguing that investment in science and the next generation of scientists is key to the UK's future competitiveness.	Gordon Brown	27 February, 2009
Muhammad Yunus: A Poverty-free World?	Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and pioneer of microcredit, gave this year’s Romanes lecture on ‘A poverty-free world: When? How?’.	Muhammad Yunus	8 December, 2008
Oxford Today with Michael Palin	The full length Oxford Campaign production, presented by Michael Palin.	Michael Palin	25 September, 2008
Oxford Today with Michael Palin	The full length Oxford Campaign video presented by Michael Palin.	Michael Palin	25 September, 2008
Student Newspapers at Oxford	An introduction to the student newspapers at Oxford University. Cherwell and the Oxford Student are two student run newspapers with a long history in Oxford.	Henry Clarke Price, Rosie Macaulay, Natasha Vashisht, Rebecca Molyneux	18 September, 2008
Chris Patten on the Campaign for the University of Oxford	Chris Patten, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, talks about the importance of the Campaign.	Chris Patten	16 September, 2008
Interview with Chris Patten	Chris Patten, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, talks about the importance of the Campaign.	Chris Patten	16 September, 2008
Interview with Michael Moritz	Michael Moritz talks about his and Harriet Heyman's gift to Christ Church College and asset management at Oxford.	Michael Moritz	16 September, 2008
Interview with Elnur Eyvasov	Elnur Eyvasov is a student of Internation Law at St Anne's College, here on a Weidendelf scholarship from Azerbaijan.	Elnur Ayvasov	16 September, 2008
Interview with Rana Mitter	Dr Rana Mitter is an academic at the Institute of Chinese Studies, specialising in modern Chinese history.	Rana Mitter	16 September, 2008
Interview with James Martin	Dr James Martin is a computer scientist and founding benefactor of the James Martin 21st Century School.	James Martin	16 September, 2008
The Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History	An introduction to the Ashmolean Museum and the Museum of Natural History.	Oxford University	12 September, 2008
Part 1: Introduction	Part 1 of the Oxford Campaign Video.	Michael Palin	1 September, 2008
Part 2: Research at Oxford	Part 2 of the Oxford Campaign Video.	Michael Palin	1 September, 2008
Part 3: Student Life	Part 3 of the Oxford Campaign Video.	Michael Palin	1 September, 2008
Part 4: The Libraries	Part 4 of the Oxford Campaign Video.	Michael Palin	1 September, 2008
Part 5: Oxford University Press	Part 5 of the Oxford Campaign Video.	Michael Palin	1 September, 2008
Part 6: Now and beyond	Part 6 of the Oxford Campaign Video.	Michael Palin	1 September, 2008
Vice Chancellor's Welcome	A welcome message from Professor Andrew Hamilton, Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford.	Andrew Hamilton	10 July, 2008

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