News From Elsewhere in the University

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).

We are delighted to invite you to the Caribbean Oxford Initiative Showcase 2025, an exciting event celebrating the launch of the newly established Caribbean Oxford (CaribOx) Initiative.