Go wild for our new woodland We have received planning permission from Oxford City Council for the development of our new Science Oxford Education Centre at Stansfeld Park. This will be the UK’s first integrated indoor… Read More
Pupils focus on the future with Living Well Oxford Earlier this month Living Well Oxford paid a visit to The Oxford Academy for the first of a series of consultations with the community local to Templars Square Shopping Centre. The sessions will… Read More
Makers and shakers – New creative science clubs for young people We’re excited to be launching a new range of weekend science workshops for older children in 2017 that aims to tap into their creativity and provide an opportunity for those… Read More
FameLab is BACK! Spread the word, FameLab’s BACK! Bringing science to the stage, FameLab UK is returning with a bang – and this year maybe it’s your turn to take part? Can you… Read More
DNA deconstructed after dark Kate Castleden, Programme Manager for Living Well Oxford, gets under the skin of DNA.. DNA After Dark – Shaken and Stirred adult-only session was the latest in Science Oxford’s Gunge for Grown-ups series. On… Read More
Living Well Oxford secures Wellcome People Award Living Well Oxford has recently secured a Wellcome People Award, to develop and run a “pop-up shop” entitled “Ageing: From Birth and Beyond” in Templars Square Shopping Centre in May… Read More
A Full House with Science Oxford’s autumn programme The odds are good as Science Oxford kicks off its autumn events programme with a winning hand of films, comedy and gaming guaranteed to inspire and challenge you. Have a look at our… Read More
Fran Day Stands Up for science at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe A few weeks ago I took my one-woman stand-up show Physics Fan Fiction to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Physics Fan Fiction takes an irreverent and occasionally surreal look at what… Read More
The tale of the Big Friendly Library Listen up as our Events Officer Rowena Fletcher – Wood tells her own story of the Science Oxford Big Friendly Library Tour – we’re all ears! Are your ears burning? Maybe you heard some swashboggling chirruping… Read More
Physics ‘Fran’ Fiction – Oxford physicist takes the stage at Edinburgh Fringe If you’re heading to Edinburgh and fancy some science-inspired comedy covering everything from physics, feminism to Gandalf, then be sure to get along to Physics Fan Fiction, a fantastic one-woman show by Fran Day…. Read More
Extreme Science at Cheltenham Science Festival From ‘Extreme medicine’ to G-Astronomy, Science Oxford’s Rowena Fletcher-Wood practises her poker-face and shares a taste of this summer’s Cheltenham Science Festival. “We have three support systems: our body, our planet and our civilisation”. At… Read More
Textbook win for The Oxford Trust’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 Dave Sherwood recently won The Oxford Trust’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 award for his online academic book business Bibliotech. Here he talks about how growing up in a… Read More
Beating us at our own game – can we take the Risk with AI gamers? Could you outmanoeuvre a computer? Mathematician, recent winner of the JOSH Award and game enthusiast Katie Steckles investigates the latest developments in the slightly scary world of AI Gaming. One of the… Read More
How to Live Well – a new health and wellbeing research project in Oxford Living Well Oxford is a collaborative public engagement project between Science Oxford, the Oxford AHSN and the Oxford Health Experiences Institute to support the exploration and understanding of health and… Read More
Science takes to the streets with the Oxfordshire Science Festival 2016! Have you ever held a martian rock? Now’s your chance! From astronauts to astrophysicists, science fairs to Space Day, try something new as science takes to the streets of Oxford… Read More
The Importance of Maintaining Mobility in Ageing and Dementia Dementia has become a major challenge for our society. We have an increasing population of adults aged over 65 years and the number of people living with dementia in the… Read More
How a singing maths teacher won hearts and minds at Famelab 2016 Famelab 2016 winner Kyle Evans explains the inspiration behind his folk-math style which won him top spot at the Oxford regional heats and the national finals. Having toured the UK… Read More
Things are looking up in The Basement Last night The Oxford Trust opened up the doors of its new The Basement project – an underground creative and learning space in the Oxford Centre for Innovation on New Road. The… Read More
All that Glitters, Glows, Poetry and Prose “Oxford is the only place you can get away with wearing full academic dress,” says John Runions, doing so. It’s also the only place you can dress up as a… Read More
The Heart and the Head I greeted the T-Rex, grabbed myself a paper brain and a paper heart and sat comfortably on my chair, listening to the sound of a folk band. No, this isn’t… Read More
Just for Graphs Maths is dull and boring – right? Something you have to learn in school and not the first thing you would think of as a topic for a successful comedy… Read More