'Night Mail' is an iconic 1936 film made by the Post Office about the night mail train collecting and taking post to Scotland. The words in this last three minutes of the film are by poet W. H. Auden, then still in his twenties, and the music by composer Benjamin Britten, then only 22. The dog is not credited.

We now have TikTok to add to our social media stable (armoury?). For those of you who think TikTok is just full of ten second videos of animals, latest research suggests that 50% of all TikTok users in the USA are over 30 and 30% of 18-29 year-olds in the USA get news from TikTok. Also, when the University had all its recent issues with admissions tests, the largest proportion of feedback came on TikTok.

Dr Luc Rocher from the Oxford Internet Institute is looking for a casual research assistant (maximum 12 weeks, up to 20h/week, deadline to apply: February 19^th). The research assistant will join a collaborative research project dedicated to better examine, audit, and evaluate the impact of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as ‘differential privacy’ and ‘synthetic data generation’ on scientific reproducibility.

There will be a Valentine's Day chocolates pop-up in the cafe from 12-2pm on Wednesday 14th February. 

Free handouts.

And a vegan option. 

In fact, two vegan options. 

Stop press: there is a special Pancake Day offer on Tuesday (13th).

The Humanities Division is gearing up for the opening of the Humanities Building next door in 2025.

As part of that preparation their associated Cultural Programmne is up and running and has a range of events from exhibitions to concerts to talks.

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Join us during Green Action Week (19-23 February) to explore a full and exciting programme delivered by over 30 partners across the University from departments and colleges to the Student Union, student societies, volunteer groups and suppliers.  

Bodleian Libraries is proud to announce its support for the Diamond journal bundle KOALA Mathematics and Computer Sciences 2024-2026. Content can be read for free and there are no charges to publish within these journals: