Britain's economic problems and prospects
At the time of the 2008 global credit crunch, I participated in Oxford's online debate on whether the economic crisis sounded the death knell for lais...
Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2013
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The Department welcomed members of the public by the hundreds to this year's Open Day, 26 September. Guests attended 40 events - short lectures, workshops, informational sessions and walking tours - all free of charge. Here is a selection of the events that happened on the day.
Party games: coalition government in British politics
This session will look at the history of coalition government in British politics over the past 200 years and discuss some of the constitutional impli...
Philosophy in 45 minutes!
Philosophy deals with the BIG questions of life: does God exist? How should we live? What is truth? What are numbers and do we need them? Does space c...
Fitzgerald beyond Gatsby
With the recent resurgence in interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald following Baz Luhrmann's imaginative film adaptation of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Grea...
Gustav Klimt and secessionist Vienna
Vienna around 1900 witnessed a vital and anxious surge in art, design, literature and music. This creativity also inspired psychological investigation...
Surprises - for you and for mathematics
In 1900, pure mathematics had the smug air of a finished product. We thought we knew what it was and we thought we knew how it was done. Then Bertrand...
International education: the transformative effect of student migration
In this short lecture we will consider what the internationalisation of higher education means, and the global implications of international mobility ...
Why music matters in your life
Imagine a world without music. No music on the radio, no concerts, no musical instruments. No background music in films and television. No music at ou...
Where's all the wildlife? Flooding and the importance of landscape conservation
The Oxfordshire floods of 2007, 2008 and 2012 caused enormous disruption to homes, agriculture and local businesses, but what were the consequences fo...
What's so great about Austen? Isn't she just bonnets and balls?
Some film and tv adaptations of Jane Austen's novels might give the impression that the stories are little more than Mills and Boon-type romances in e...