The department is running a programme of mock interviews for DPhil students and postdocs again this summer, to give individuals some practice in producing a job application and being interviewed. Interview panels will comprise both senior faculty with experience of recruiting in those roles and postdocs looking to develop their own experience.

In the light of our recent success on social media (100k Instagram followers), we are looking to make a series of very short films (20-30 seconds) over the summer.

The theme is 'When did I know it was Maths'. 

That is, when was the moment when you knew you wanted to study or research maths. Your answer can be serious, funny, true, untrue or simply that you just ended up that way. Up to you what you say.

But we need volunteers. No effort, just a very quick filming from Evan and myself.

When: Thursday 29 June, 4pm

Where: Common Room via ice-cream on the Penrose tiling

Children welcome (image: Jessie Willcox Smith, 'The Tea Party', 1902)

Image of children's tea party

Today, 23 June, is the 30th anniversary of Andrew Wiles first announcing his proof of Fermat Last Theorem in a lecture at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge. The Institute dropped by the Andrew Wiles Building last month to make a short video and podcast to celebrate.

Image: 'Fermat's Last Tango' as performed in the Andrew Wiles Building earlier in the year.

Hello bulletin readers - for those who do not know me, I am Tim LaRock and I am a postdoc here in the Mathematical Institute as well as the maths representative to the Oxford branch of the University and College Union (UCU), the trade union that represents academic and academic-related staff across the University.

As part of our ongoing commitment to creating a supportive and inclusive environment, you may have noticed that we are trialling the provision of free period products - available in selected toilets during the trial, specifically in Core 2 and Core 3 areas on -1, ground and 2nd floors.

UKRI is introducing new rules about open access books, book chapters, and research monographs, starting 1 January 2024. If research that was supported by a UKRI grant is published in such a format, then from next year you must make that publication open access within 12 months of publication (Current open access rules only apply to research articles, not books).

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