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Textbook win for The Oxford Trust’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016

Tuesday 5th July 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…

Beating us at our own game – can we take the Risk with AI gamers?

Tuesday 28th June 2016

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…

How to Live Well – a new health and wellbeing research project in Oxford

Sunday 26th June 2016

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…

Science takes to the streets with the Oxfordshire Science Festival 2016!

Monday 20th June 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…

G-Astronomy, robots and other exciting science!

Sunday 15th May 2016

Events Officer Rowena Fletcher – Wood visits the Imperial College London Science Festival and feasts on algae popcorn and g-Astronomy jelly.. The Imperial College London science festival aims to attract alumni and…

The Importance of Maintaining Mobility in Ageing and Dementia

Sunday 15th May 2016

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…

How a singing maths teacher won hearts and minds at Famelab 2016

Tuesday 26th April 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…

Lexi aged 9 takes a walk on the wild side with Science Oxford and tells the ‘tail’!

Tuesday 1st March 2016

Lexi Eades went along to animal show ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ at Abingdon School this February half-term, and met a colourful array of weird and wonderful creatures! Hear about the day in…

Never stop exploring!

Tuesday 23rd February 2016

Blog written by Dr Melanie Windridge What is so very wonderful about science is the opportunity to go out and explore, to learn something new, to keep asking “why?” We…

Can we save the banana before it splits?

Friday 19th February 2016

Did you know.. The flavouring in banana sweets is derived from the Big Mike, not the Cavendish We consume over 100 billion bananas a year Bananas are clones Bananas are…

FameLab Heats Up

Friday 5th February 2016

This January eighteen engaging, creative and daring individuals came together in Oxford to deliver a fast-paced performance extravaganza involving song, comedy and horror. These budding Prof. Brian Cox’s are part…

‘I’m an engineer…get me out of here’

Friday 29th January 2016

Stevie Wray is an electrical engineer at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy. Last year he won ‘I’m an engineer…get me out of here’ – a free online X Factor-style competition between…

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