Blockchain technology, asset digitisation and AI are reshaping the future of the financial landscape and challenging traditional stakeholders. The conference will provide an opportunity for industry experts and junior and senior leading academics in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, and industry to discuss the emerging challenges in this field.

25–26 June 2026 - Saïd Business School (day 1) & Oxford-Man Institute (day 2). With Drinks Reception & Dinner at Balliol College.

Join us for a lively one-day event bringing together researchers, professional staff, community partners, and anyone interested in public and community engagement with research. The conference is open to University of Oxford members, as well as the wider public, including community organisations and colleagues from other universities. 

Thursday 11 June 2026, 9 am to 6 pm, Life and Mind Building, Oxford

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Start Trinity term with a spring in your step. Staff and students are invited to join a series of biodiversity walks through University Parks and Park Farm. Learn about trees, bees, and local conservation work, while contributing to citizen science initiatives, guided by our very own specialists. Starting on 27 April.

Participation is free, but registration is essential.

As part of the Kyoto Prize at Oxford, the Blavatnik School of Government is hosting a lecture by Professor Shun-ichi Amari, a leading figure in artificial intelligence and mathematical neuroscience now in his 90th

The Bannister Mile is an annual community running event that commemorates Sir Roger Bannister’s historic sub-four-minute mile and encourages participation from across the University. The event returns for its third year on Monday 4 May 2026 (Bank Holiday), marking the 72nd anniversary of his achievement in Oxford on 6 May 1954.

Oxford Events, the University-wide event listing application which replaces OxTalks, is now live. The new site brings together events from departments, divisions, colleges and other units, in one place.

Image: Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Fight Between Carnival and Lent

The Public and Community Engagement with Research (PCER) team in Research Services is once again celebrating colleagues doing brilliant public and community engagement work. Building on the success of last term, we’ve reopened nominations and are asking you to nominate people who you think deserve to be recognised.

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