Fully funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD position

A PhD position is available as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Training Network COMBINE – Coupled Problems for Decarbonization in Industry and Power Generation, which brings together 17 leading academic institutions and 14 industrial partners across Europe.

PhD position at the University of Liverpool

A fully-funded PhD position is available within the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool, starting in September 2026. Applications are welcome from all areas of mathematics, and they particularly encourage applications from those interested in probability.  

The application deadline is February 15, 2026.

Lifesaving Cuppers

CuppersJoin Oxford University Lifesaving Club at the Rosenblatt Pool, Iffley Road Sports Centre, for LIFESAVING CUPPERS on Sunday 8th February, 4-6 pm. Compete for your college or for the department.

Song of the Week: The Kinks - I Go to Sleep

This song, written by Ray Davies of the Kinks, was never properly recorded by the band - this is Davies' demo version. There have been plenty of covers, notably by the Pretenders whose lead singer Chrissie Hynde was dating Davies at the time.

But there's something about demos.

Infectious disease outbreak controllability: biological, social and public health factors.
 Thompson, R Bansal, S Clapham, H Dyson, L Gutierrez, M Hadley, L Hart, W Heesterbeek, H Hollingsworth, T House, T Howerton, E Isham, V Lessler, J Leung, K Li, X McBryde, E McCaw, J Mollison, D Pan-Ngum, W Parag, K Pellis, L Scarabel, F Swallow, B Thumbi, S Tran-Kiem, C Viboud, C Plank, M Proceedings. Biological sciences volume 293 issue 2063 20252848 (Jan 2026)
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First Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences announced

The Academy for the Mathematical Sciences has announced its first cohort of fellows, 100 in total from across academia and teaching, science communication and business. Twelve of those fellows are from Oxford, spread across four departments, reflecting the reach and importance of mathematics. 

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