Professor James Naismith, Head of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences division here in Oxford will be joining our coffee morning in the Common Room on Monday 26 January from 11 am.
Please do join Jim for coffee if you can.
Friday 23rd January 2026
Matters of the Moment
Meet the Head of Division
Events in the Department
Launch party of the Oxford Women and Non-binary People in Mathematics Day
Everyone is invited to join Mathematrix and the Mirzakhani Society for the launch party of the Oxford Women and Non-binary People in Mathematics Day (28 February). We’ll be in the South Mezzanine from 3 pm on Friday Jan 30 (following the official launch during Fridays@2) with coffee, tea, and sweet treats. Come along for a break and to learn all about OxWIM Day 2026.
Registrations for OxWIM Day is open. Find out more here.
Teaching and Learning
Short stories 1 - 98%
Torkel Loman on mathematical biology. And frustration.
Short stories 2 - Milky White
What do our Oxford Mathematics students do in their spare time?
Well, much the same as everyone else. Music, gym, bit of yoga, organising events, impersonating farmyard animals.
News From Elsewhere in the University
Got any old bras?
Got any old bras? We'll be hosting a bra bank situated in Reception over the next two weeks.
The scheme, run by Against Breast Cancer and supported by the University, takes your unwanted or unloved bras and via their textile recovery project gives them a new lease of life. raising funds for their research.
For every tonne of bras collected, Against Breast Cancer receives £700 to fund their research.
News From the Wider Mathematical Community
ICHM: Celebration of honours recently awarded to historians of mathematics
The International Commission on the History of Mathematics are holding a meeting/conference to celebrate honours recently awarded to historians of mathematics. Friday March 6 @ 14:00 - 17:00, Andrew Wiles Building.
Image: Piet Mondrian - Composition with Large Red Plane, Yellow, Black, Grey and Blue
IMA Events
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) runs a range of events including conferences on topics ranging from cryptography to mathematics anxiety.
Other News
Song of the Week: The Stone Roses - Standing Here
The key lesson from the digital age is don't leave the best bit of your song or film until the end. In which case the Stone Roses would have had no chance. Standing Here is far from their best song (it was a B-Side) but the outro from 3.07 turns it in to gold. Skip the first 3.06 if you wish though it ain't so bad.