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You may have noticed we are running a series of short films on the maths behind popular games (card, board, digital, nothing is off limits). So we want contributors for the following games plus any ideas you have of your own.

Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, Chess, Go, Bridge, Monopoly, Tsuro, Carcasonne, Cathedral, Minecraft, Catan, Ticket to Ride, Saboteur, Projective Noughts and Crosses, Projective Set, Splendour, Minesweeper, Backgammon, etc.

It's the Week 1 Student Bulletin! 

We hope you've settled back into Oxford life, and have managed to enjoy the sunshine this week! 

Read on for Café π news, a call for board game players, and next week's Fridays@2 session.

We are making a series of films about maths in different langugaes and need an Arabic speaker. All it requires is translating a few mathematical terms and saying a few things about learning maths in a language other than English.

However, whatever your first language (ex English) we'd like to hear from you. If you want to take part, please email @email

Fancy a game of cards?

What happens when a mathematician reads a novel?  Marcus du Sautoy has just read 128.

It's the Week 0 Student Bulletin!

Welcome back to Oxford for the final term of the academic year. Trinity term is always a busy one, and we wish you all the best for what lies ahead. 

Shakespeare and his numbers. 

The origin of the Fibonacci sequence.

It's the Week 8 Student Bulletin!

Congratulations on making it to the end of Hilary term, we hope you have a restful Easter break. 

Our students are looking to the future. Or not.