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Other Than Oxford

30 January 2025

How DPhil student Morgan Mitchell is uncovering unconventional routes into the University.

Jasmine Reese, Valeria Zuluaga-Sanchez, Grace Borchert, Nita Alpin, Lyndsey Mugford

2025 NDCN Engagement Ambassadors Announced

30 January 2025

Six NDCN researchers and staff have been selected to join the 'Engagement Ambassadors' programme.

OxQuip team members at their stand at the Oxford Digital Festival

NDCN innovators take their tech to Oxford Digital Festival

2 December 2024

Researchers from OxQUIP and the Vision Group shared their innovative technologies with colleagues

Free lesson plans to help young people deal with stress accredited for use in schools

20 November 2024

The ‘Building stress Resilience in Early Adolescents’ Lives’ (BReal) project aimed to create evidence-based resources to improve young people’s resilience, and enable them to develop skills to cope with everyday challenges.

Exploring the brain's hidden symphony at New Scientist Live

18 November 2024

Researchers from MRC BNDU recently brought cutting-edge neuroscience to the public through interactive exhibits and live demonstrations at this year’s New Scientist Live event, held in London 12-14 October.

Football on the brain team with alumni guests playing outside Green Templeton College at Meeting Minds 2024

Football on the (alumni) brain

22 October 2024

A nine-strong team from WIN and NDCN spent a soggy Saturday morning in September bringing Football on the Brain to Meeting Minds 2024, the annual flagship event for Oxford alumni.

Karolien Groenewald, Katarina Gunter and Michele Hu speaking at the OPDC Open Day in 2024

Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre Open Day 2024

17 September 2024

This annual PPI event brings together researchers and clinicians at the forefront of Parkinson’s research alongside patients and families.

Two postdocotral researchers holding black carboard with glitter on it

Glittering on your nerves

29 July 2024

Postdoctoral researchers performed ‘glitter-essence imaging’ with families at the Science Wonder Garden Party 2024.

World Sleep Day

15 March 2024

Friday 15 March marked World Sleep Day. To celebrate, a team led by Luca Ratti put on a fascinating, interactive public engagement event.

Lara Bolte, Samantha De Silva, Rasha Elghaba, Polytimi Frangou, Eugénie La Grange, Sarah Schreiber, Faye Tabone, Rebecca Willis

New Engagement Ambassadors 2024

8 January 2024

We're delighted to introduce our new cohort of engagement ambassadors for 2024.

Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging receives engagement award

6 December 2023

The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging has been awarded the Silver Engage Watermark in recognition of their outstanding commitment to supporting public and community engagement.

A group of scientists helping children make glitter images around a table in a classroom

Neuroimmunology at Freeland School Science Day

26 June 2023

The Davies and Rinaldi laboratories led 'glitter-essence imaging', a craft-based engagement activity at Freeland Primary School Science Day on 17 March 2023 for Brain Awareness Week.

The winning entries for the 2023 Beyond Boundaries art competition

Local young artists recognised in the University of Oxford's science-inspired art competition

26 June 2023

Oxford University has announced the winners of Beyond Boundaries, its science-inspired schools’ art competition. Their work will be going on public display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History for all to see, from Friday 30 June – Monday 3 July 2023.