News From Elsewhere in the University

The Oxford Energy Day, hosted by the Oxford Energy Network and the Zero Institute, is taking place on Wednesday, 24 September 2025, at the Mathematical Institute. It’s free to attend, including lunch and refreshments.

The consultation on the University's draft Strategic Plan 2025-30 closes at midnight on Sunday 3 August.

The Strategic Plan consultation team want to reach as many staff as possible as this is an important opportunity for them to help shape the University's direction over the next five years. 

A consultation on the University’s REF 2029 Code of Practice will run from early July to mid-September. As part of the consultation, Research Services are holding a series of events, opportunities to find out more about REF, ask questions and provide feedback. 

Monday 21 July, 10-11am – Online information session 

We are pleased to announce for the fifth year our ED&I Fellowships for 2025-2026 to work alongside our divisional ED&I team and ED&I Steering Group (which includes academic, professional services and student representatives across our departments) to help develop and deliver our 2023-2026 divisional ED&I action plan, along

Are you an academic, researcher, or PhD candidate in Medical Sciences or MPLS aiming to share your research with a global audience? We’re offering two excellent opportunities to learn about writing for The Conversation, publisher of research-based news and analysis worldwide.

Session 1: Introduction to Writing for The Conversation

Register here

The Interim Head of the Equality and Diversity Unit, Marilyn Verghis, is delighted to invite staff and students to an Equali-tea on Tuesday, 1 July from 10.30-11.30am. The tea will be hosted by the Department of Statistics, 24-29 St Giles.

An online staff briefing on proposals for a temporary congestion charge in Oxford have been arranged with the County Council. This will take place at 11.30am-12.30pm on Monday 30 June. Colleagues interested in the proposals and their potential impact are welcome to join using the Teams links provided.

Following a University-wide communications survey in January 2025, the Internal Communications team is inviting staff to take part in follow-up discussion groups or share their views through a short, anonymous questionnaire during July. The aim is to gather more nuanced feedback that will help shape how the University communicates with staff in the future.

Reuben College is currently advertising for two Governing Body Fellows and two Research Fellows – all within its AI & Machine Learning theme. The fellowships are open to those currently employed by the University in their substantive role, and start in September 2025.

Vacancies | Reuben College

Physicists and mathematicians sometimes talk about how certain properties or features 'emerge' from out of their equations. Indeed, there is even an entire research focus studying 'emergence'. But conceptually what does mean? And does it, or should it, have any links with any other discipline?

If you are free on the 29th June (13:00-17:30) then please do come to a free & open-to-all symposium titled 'Emergence' in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre (Department of Physics).