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'Thorough preparation, engaging delivery, active learning, supported by clear, visual-aided, well-structured content.'

But enough of Google AI. For a good student lecture, how about the human touch?

It's the Week 2 Student Bulletin! 

Congratulations on making it through January, we hope you're looking forward to warmer days and lighter evenings. 

Read on for the next Public lecture, orientation sessions at Exam Schools and the launch party of the OxWIM Day 2026!

Prime Numbers. The Greeks had a sieve for them.

Robin's full intro to the Primes

What do you, as an Oxford University Mathematics student, do in your spare time?

Well, much the same as everyone else. Music, gym, bit of yoga, organising events, impersonating farmyard animals.

98%. Torkel Loman on mathematical biology. And frustration.

It's the Week 1 Student Bulletin!

We hope the first week back of teaching has gone well, and you've settled back into university life. 

Read on for next week's Fridays@2, a paid summer maths counsellor opportunity, and more of your favourite shorts!

Café π is running a weekly Veganuary special for the whole month of January! 

Monday 19 – Friday 23: free alternative milks with all hot and iced drinks

Monday 26 – Friday 30: buy one, get one half price on all vegan cakes and pastries

The Café is situated on the Mezzanine floor and is open from 8:30 – 16:15 Monday to Friday. 

Welcome back to Oxford! 

We hope you had a lovely break, and are looking forward to everything that Hilary Term will bring.

Read on for details on becoming a Nightline volunteer, the first Public Lecture of 2026 and several graduate study opportunities!

We'd like to say a big congratulations to Kira Patel, now a 4th year mathematics undergraduate, who won the prize for the best Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Vacation Internships poster at the EPSRC Poster Event on November 6th. Kira's poster title was 'A viscous catenary in glass tube manufacture'. She was supervised by Prof. Peter Howell.