Effective 5 May 2025, Spectrum Life is the University’s new Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider, offering 24/7 support to all staff.  Services include immediate emotional support, structured short-term counselling (up to 6 sessions where clinically indicated), and expert advice on legal, financial, and consumer matters. Partners and dependents aged 16+ are also eligible. 

If you're looking to secure an internship, explore further study, plan your next career move, or connect with employers this term, the Careers Service is here to help. 

Explore the Careers term planner.

Image: Vincent Van Gogh: The Good Samaritan

Please join us for our annual Pride Picnic. This event is open to all within MPLS who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

We will meet at 1pm in University Parks but drop by when convenient. We will provide a rainbow of snacks, but feel free to bring your own lunch. We’ll be just along South Walk between the two paths from Keble Gate towards the river.

Contact @email with any questions.

15 May, 6pm to 8pm, Lecture Theatre 1, Blavatnik School of Government and via Zoom

Our very own Sam Howison will consider how an institution like Oxford University might think about access issues as it maintains, refurbishes and rebuilds its workplace? Includes examples 'good and bad' from the Andrew Wiles Building - Sam was Head of the Mathematical Institute during its construction.

In this Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture Marcus du Sautoy unpacks how we make art, why a creative mindset is vital for discovering mathematics, and how a fundamental connection to the natural world intrinsically links the two subjects. 

21 May, 5.30pm. Please email Dyrol to register to attend in person.

Another mathematical parable from the Book of Josh.

Tuesday 13 May 2025:

• See the car on the Penrose tiling and speak to the Engineers
• Hear what it’s like to work in F1 from Giacomo Tortora, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team’s Engineering Director
• At 3pm, Giacomo Tortora will give a talk including job opportunities. Followed by free pizza and refreshments.

Book for the talk