| 2024 Disability Lecture: Changing the disability narrative - from unseen to understood |
Oxford and Harvard alumna Beth Kume-Holland shares her personal journey from Oxford undergraduate and researcher to award-winning CEO and international disability rights advocate. |
Beth Kume-Holland, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Irene Tracey |
16 May, 2024 |
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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 June, 2023 |
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| 2022 Disability Lecture: Hands Off - navigating unwanted touch, consent and disability |
Dr Amy Kavanagh delivers the 2022 Annual Disability Lecture |
Amy Kavanagh |
23 August, 2022 |
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| 50 years of trans activism: a history of change for trans human rights in the UK |
Professor Stephen Whittle, Professor of Equalities Law at Manchester Metropolitan University delivers the 2022 LGBT History Month Lecture, drawing on his own experiences. |
Stephen Whittle, Clara Barker |
15 March, 2022 |
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| Choosing and using Focus tools in Finance Division |
Finance Division made significant improvements to processes used across the University via a continuous improvement approach. Finance’s David Assirati reflects on his experience of introducing Focus tools locally. |
Jo Hoskins, David Assirati |
28 February, 2022 |
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| Enhancing staff and customer experience at the Bodleian |
How has Bodleian Admissions team used Focus tools to improve ways of working and enhance customer experience across office-based and remote situations? The Bodleian’s Athena Demetriou talks with Focus team’s Roberta Burtsal. |
Roberta Burtsal, Athena Demetriou |
28 February, 2022 |
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| Transitioning to a Sustainable Future Q&A |
Q&A session with the keynote speakers of the transitioning to a sustainable future theme |
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, Rob Miller, Tomas Coates Ulrichsen |
16 November, 2021 |
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| Closing Remarks of the Oxford Summit 2021 |
Closing remarks from the Oxford Summit 2021 online event. With Prof Chas Bountra CBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, University of Oxford and Dr Phil Clare, Deputy Director, Research Services, University of Oxford. |
Chas Bountra CBE, Phil Clare |
2 November, 2021 |
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| Transitioning to a Sustainable Future research focus group feedback |
Feedback from the research focus groups which explored specific topics identified in the keynotes in more detail. |
Simon Andrews, Manar Alsaif, Marina Bulova, Simon Hepworth, Tomas Coates Ulrichsen |
2 November, 2021 |
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| Transitioning to a Sustainable Future talk 2 |
Transitioning to a Sustainable Future: Mobilising the University-Industry-Government Partnership to drive innovative solutions at pace and scale |
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, Tomas Coates Ulrichsen |
2 November, 2021 |
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| Transitioning to a Sustainable Future talk 1 |
Transitioning to a Sustainable Future: Mobilising the University-Industry-Government Partnership to drive innovative solutions at pace and scale. |
Rob Miller, Tomas Coates Ulrichsen |
2 November, 2021 |
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| Introduction to the Transitioning to a Sustainable Future theme |
Welcome and introduction to the Transitioning to a Sustainable Future theme. With Tomas Coates Ulrichsen, Director of the University Commercialisation and Innovation (UCI) Policy Evidence Unit, University of Cambridge. |
Tomas Coates Ulrichsen |
2 November, 2021 |
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| A return to multilateralism research focus group feedback |
With delegates from the UK, US and Europe in attendance the research focus groups reflected on and discussed the practicalities of international partnerships in this new era of Post-Trump and Post-Brexit. |
Joe Marshall, Alison Campbell OBE, Alice Frost, Fariba Soetan, Mark Schmidt |
2 November, 2021 |
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| A return to multilateralism Q and A |
Q and A session with the keynote speakers of the a return to multilateralism theme |
Dame Ottoline Leyser, Mojdeh Bahar, Joe Marshall |
1 November, 2021 |
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| A return to multilateralism talk 2 |
A return to multilateralism: How are the UK and US Governments grappling with grand challenges in a multilateral way using international partnerships? |
Mojdeh Bahar, Joe Marshall |
1 November, 2021 |
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| A return to multilateralism talk 1 |
A return to multilateralism: How are the UK and US Governments grappling with grand challenges in a multilateral way using international partnerships? |
Dame Ottoline Leyser, Joe Marshall |
1 November, 2021 |
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| Catalysts for innovation at pace research focus group feedback |
Taking the provocations from the keynote talks the research focus groups feedback on which catalysts and new approaches they want and plan to continue in university-industry-government collaborations. |
Amanda Savaratnam, Carla Leigh, Christian Holtze, Rebecca Wilson, Jeremy Long |
1 November, 2021 |
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| Catalysts for innovation at pace Q and A |
Q and A session with the keynote speakers of the Catalysts for innovation at pace theme. |
Nick Scott-Ram, Bryan Haynes, Phil Clare |
1 November, 2021 |
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| Catalysts for innovation at pace talk 2 |
Bryan Haynes shares examples of how Kimberly-Clark Corporation has responded to COVID-19, what drove the changes, what difficult choices had to be made, and what was possible in a crisis that would have been more difficult before. |
Bryan Haynes |
27 October, 2021 |
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| Catalysts for innovation at pace talk 1 |
Dr Nick Scott-Ram MBE, Managing Director - Life Sciences, Sensyne Health, Chaired by Dr Phil Clare, Deputy Director, Research Services, University of Oxford. |
Nick Scott-Ram |
27 October, 2021 |
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| Welcome to the Oxford Summit 2021 |
Opening remarks from the Oxford Summit 2021 online event, by Prof Chas Bountra CBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Innovation, University of Oxford |
Chas Bountra |
21 October, 2021 |
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| 2021 Disability Lecture: The intersections of disability, science and academia |
Dr Hamied Haroon explores the intersections of disability, science and academia. All views expressed in the lecture are the speaker’s own. |
Hamied Haroon, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Louise Richardson, Catherine Walter, Jasleen Jolly |
6 July, 2021 |
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| Walter Benjamin’s Journalistic Networks |
Walter Benjamin was not only a leading modernist thinker but also a versatile and prolific journalist. This podcast discusses his journalism as a creative laboratory for his cultural theory and as part of a wider network of people and ideas. |
Carolin Duttlinger, Daniel Weidner, Carl Schoenfeld |
6 May, 2021 |
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| LGBT+ History Month with Corinne Humphreys & Michael Gunning |
Watch the 2021 LGBT History Month lecture with Stonewall Sport Champions |
Corinne Humphreys, Michael Gunning |
22 March, 2021 |
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| 2020 Disability Lecture: #WhyDisabledPeopleDropOut |
Dr Kate West, a neurodivergent student-turned-academic, reflects on the neurotypical University. |
Kate West, Sarah Stephenson-Hunter, Louise Richardson, Catherine Walter, Tirion Hughes |
1 June, 2020 |
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| Being a working class queer in theatre |
Louise Wallwein MBE, a renowned and award-winning poet, playwright and performer, gives the 11th annual LGBT History Month lecture |
Louise Wallwein |
25 February, 2020 |
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| 2019 Disability Lecture: The Triple Cripples... creators, educators, rule breakers, and the personification of empowerment |
Jay Abdullahi and Kym Oliver, a team of two black disabled women, reclaim the word ‘cripple’ in their fight against three layers of discrimination. |
Jay Abdullahi, Kym Oliver |
13 June, 2019 |
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| Faith and Sexuality – A Safeguarding Crisis? |
Ozanne outlines clear evidence of the harm that certain teachings have caused the LGBT community and what can be done to address this major safeguarding issue affecting young LGBT Christian teenagers today. |
Jayne Ozanne |
18 March, 2019 |
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| 2018 Disability Lecture: That Way Lies Madness - Poets, Power, Health |
The Equality and Diversity Unit and TORCH are delighted to announce that Gwyneth Lewis will give the 2018 Disability Lecture. |
Gwyneth Lewis, Dan Holloway |
4 June, 2018 |
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| What does it mean to be LGBT+ today? |
2018's annual lecture, organised by the LGBT+ Staff Network, will be delivered by Asad Dhunna, a London based marketing and communications director. Asad has written for various publications including the Guardian and the Huffington Post. |
Asad Dhunna |
21 February, 2018 |
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| In conversation with Helen Clark: Reflections on Women in Leadership |
A conversation with Helen Clark who served for nine years as Prime Minister of New Zealand 1999-2008, before becoming the first woman to lead the United Nations Development Programme. |
Helen Clark |
3 October, 2017 |
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| Leading by Example: my journey to the podium |
An inspiring and powerful voice in the music scene, Marin Alsop, talks about her journey to become a conductor and violinist on the worlds stage. |
Marin Alsop |
28 February, 2017 |
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| The shock of the new: cultural amnesia, trans erasure, and what we can do about it |
Activist and author CN Lester talks about the need for queer/trans history in a world that too often forgets that variations in gender and desire have always been with us. |
CN Lester |
24 February, 2017 |
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| Values based leadership in a changing world |
21st century leaders lead complex, diverse and culturally complex organisations: Do women lead these organisations differently? |
Valerie Amos |
25 October, 2016 |
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| 2016 Disability Lecture: A Psychiatrist's Experience of Depression |
Professor Linda Gask had a successful career as psychiatrist and academic, despite living with depression and anxiety. She speaks with candour about her experiences of periods of mental ill-health. |
Linda Gask |
7 June, 2016 |
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| Truth and Reality in a Hyper-Connected World |
Katharine Viner, the editor-in-chief at The Guardian, delivers the second Women of Achievement Lecture. Drawing on recent high profile news stories, Ms Viner highlights how truth is a troubling concept in todays modern era of journalism. |
Katharine Viner |
9 May, 2016 |
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| 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 |
9 October, 2015 |
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| 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 |
9 October, 2015 |
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| 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 |
7 May, 2015 |
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| 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 February, 2015 |
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| Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry at Oxford: a guide for prospective undergraduate students |
This light-hearted talk gives you the chance to hear three admissions tutors discuss what you can expect from their courses, and what the tutors are looking for when they select students. |
Martin Speight, Mark Wormald, Nick Green |
4 March, 2013 |
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| A Queer-Like Smell |
Best-selling author Val McDermid gives the 4th annual Oxford University lecture for LGBT History Month about her own experiences as a gay woman. |
Val McDermid |
7 February, 2013 |
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| Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero |
Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science. This is the third annual lecture for LGBT history month. |
Andrew Hodges |
2 March, 2012 |
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| Closing Questions and Answers |
Andrew Hamilton chairs the closing questions and answers session at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Andrew Hamilton |
9 November, 2011 |
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| India: The View from Oxford |
Sunali Rohra, Consultant, McKinsey and Company and Oxford Alumna, delivers a talk at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Sunali Rohra |
9 November, 2011 |
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| Kingship and the Roots of Indian Political Culture |
Dr Anna-Maria Misra, Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Keble College, delivers a talk at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Anna-Maria Misra |
9 November, 2011 |
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| Inclusive Economic Growth in India: Basic Policy Issues |
Vijay Joshi, specialist in international Economics and development Economics, delivers a talk at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Vijay Joshi |
9 November, 2011 |
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| India-Oxford Cancer Research |
Dr Raghib Ali, Director of the INDOX Cancer Research Network, delivers a talk at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Raghib Ali |
9 November, 2011 |
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| Nationwide Studies of Indian Mortality |
Sir Richard Peto, Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, delivers a talk at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Richard Peto |
9 November, 2011 |
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| Why India is the World's Most Interesting Country |
Professor Ramachandra Guha, historian and biographer, delivers the second keynote address at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Ramachandra Guha |
9 November, 2011 |
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| Oxford and India - an Enduring Relationship |
Lord Patten of Barnes delivers the first keynote address at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Chris Patten |
9 November, 2011 |
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| Welcome to the Oxford-India Day |
Professor Andrew Hamilton delivers the Welcome Address at the inaugural Oxford-India Day, held at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford on 17 June 2011. |
Andrew Hamilton |
9 November, 2011 |
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| The Oxford interview - Open Days |
What happens at an Oxford University Open Day? Mike Nicholson talks to Ruth Gull and Peter Williams both of whom have been involved with running Open Days. |
Mike Nicholson, Ruth Gull, Peter Williams |
18 March, 2009 |
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| The Admissions Office |
Mike Nicholson introduces the Admissions office podcasts and talks about the support available to help potential students apply to Oxford. |
Mike Nicholson |
3 October, 2008 |
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| The Oxford interview – Biology |
Biology tutors Martin Speight and Mike Bonsall explain the whys and wherefores of the Oxford biology interview, how candidates can best prepare, and they also have a word of advice for those who are unsuccessful. |
Martin Speight, Mike Bonsall |
4 April, 2008 |
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| The Oxford interview - Law |
Law tutors Liora Lazarus and Ben Goold explain the whys and wherefores of the Oxford law interview, and what candidates can expect to happen at the interview. |
Liora Lazarus, Ben Goold |
12 November, 2007 |
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| The Oxford interview - Medicine |
Biomedical tutors Helen Christian and Robert Wilkins explain the whys and wherefores of the Oxford interview, and give tips on how best to prepare for the medicine interview. |
Helen Christian, Robert Wilkins |
31 October, 2007 |
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| The Oxford interview - History tutors tell all |
History tutors Mark Mulholland and Catherine Holmes explain the whys and wherefores of the Oxford interview, and give tips on how best to prepare. |
Mark Mulholland, Catherine Holmes |
24 October, 2007 |
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| International interviews |
Tutors Richard Earl and Helen Charlesworth, who will be travelling to India to interview international applicants, give an insight on what's going to happen and how best to prepare for it. |
Richard Earl, Helen Charlesworth |
26 September, 2007 |
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| International students |
If you want to apply to Oxford from abroad, there are a number of extra questions you may have: James Tibbert from Oxford’s International Office is on hand to give some advice. |
James Tibbert |
20 August, 2007 |
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| Making an application - tutors give tips |
Three tutors bust some myths about making successful applications to Oxford. Why playing games with college or course choice are unlikely to help. What students can do to prepare for an Oxford application. |
Mark Mulholland, Catherine Holmes, Helen Christian |
30 July, 2007 |
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| Choosing a College |
Applying to Oxford means applying to a college. So what do you do? Two current students tell their story and reveal what effect college choice actually has on your application. |
Mike Nicholson, Dawn Rennie, Gareth Duxbury |
11 July, 2007 |
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| The personal statement on the UCAS form |
Three Oxford tutors talk to Mike what they do and don't like to read in a personal statement, and what they actually do with the information which students provide. |
Mike Nicholson, Richard Earl, Steve Roberts, Lucinda Rumsey |
26 June, 2007 |
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| Student life at Oxford |
Current Oxford students describe their typical day as a student. They discuss the amount of work and how they get it done, and they give us a glimpse of their lives beyond lectures, books and essays. |
Mike Nicholson, Dawn Rennie, Gareth Duxbury |
12 June, 2007 |
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| Is Oxford for me? |
In the first episode, Mike talks to Emma and Sinead, who work in the University's Access team. They talk about work, their experiences as students and how they chose their university. |
Mike Nicholson, Emma Coulston, Sinead Gallagher |
11 May, 2007 |
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