Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Time Management (online)
  This online workshop will delve into various aspects of time management, including work-life balance, planning, prioritising, and differentiating between importance and urgency.
  Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford), James Cunning (University of Oxford)
• 14:00 - Sharpness for the speed of the random walk on the simple exclusion process
  Guillaume Conchon-Kerjan (King College London)
  Probability seminar

Tuesday 21 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Thesis and report writing (in-person)
  The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
• 10:00 - Leading Collaboration - bringing people together to achieve the extraordinary (in-person)
  This course forms part of the Innovation Leadership Programme Masterclass series as well as being a stand alone course.
  TBA
• 11:00 - Spintronics-Based Neuromorphic and Ising Computing
  Associate Professor Debanjan Bhowmik (Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay)
• 14:30 - "The pre-animal origins of gene regulatory pathways, from DNA methylation to pluripotency"
  Dr Alex de Mendoza (Queen Mary University of London)

Wednesday 22 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:30 - Climate Catalysts: Insights from policy, research and innovation
  Join us for an engaging lunchtime discussion featuring three RisingWISE alumnae at the forefront of climate research, policy and impact.
  Dr. Anna Jungbluth (Research Fellow at European Space Agency), Dr. Katherine Collett (Associate, DeepScience Ventures), Dr. Roxana Shafiee (Energy and Climate Change Policy Researcher, Harvard)

Thursday 23 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Advanced presentation skills (online)
  This session is for people who have experience of presentations and want to hone their skills.
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)
• 13:00 - Hands on science (in-person)
  Dive into the world of experiential learning with our immersive course, 'Hands-On Science.' This programme is designed to equip you with the practical skills and insights needed to effectively communicate your research through engaging desktop activities.
  TBA
• 17:00 - Infinite Jesters: what can philosophers learn from a puzzle involving infinitely many clowns? - Ofra Magidor and Alexander Kaiserman
  Ofra Magidor (University of Oxford)
  Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

• 10:00 - Three Minute Thesis - The Oxford Final
  3MT is a competition which challenges doctoral students to explain their research in just 180 seconds.
  Various Speakers
• 12:00 - Volcanic whodunnit: new methods to unravel the source and climate impact of past eruptions
  Dr William Hutchison (St Andrews)
  Earth Sciences departmental seminars
• 14:00 - Open challenges at the intersection of Synthetic Biology and Mathematics
  Dr Harrison Steel (University of Oxford)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Monday 27 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Jointly invariant measures for the KPZ equation with periodic noise
  Evan Sorensen
  Probability seminar

Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Get that fellowship (in-person)
  This session will help you to understand the dos and don’ts of a fellowship application. It will guide you through the process and explain the support that is available. A holder of a research fellowship will discuss their application experience.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Wednesday 29 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 11:00 - On the behavior of posterior probabilities with additional data: monotonicity and nonmonotonicity, asymptotic rates, log-concavity, and Turán’s inequality
  Yosi Rinott (The Hebrew University of jerusalem)
  Probability seminar
• 17:00 - More Pope-like than the Pope: modern mathematics movement in Czechoslovakia
  Helena Durnová (Masaryk University)
  History of Mathematics Seminar

Thursday 30 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 10:00 - Putting stories to work (online)
  This builds on the introductory workshop (Telling Stories that Matter) and introduces new elements of great storytelling including clarity, summary and message.
  Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
• 12:30 - Research Data Management (in-person)
  Research data is often at the heart of scientific projects, it’s what you spend hours in the lab generating or in the field collecting. It forms the basis of your analysis and underpins your arguments in papers and theses.
  Oliver Bridle (Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford)
• 13:00 - Mary Snow Lecture: Harnessing plant metabolic diversity for food and health applications
  Professor Anne Osbourn (John Innes Centre, Norwich)

Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - Zircon and Plagioclase Chronicles of Volcano-Magmatic Evolution
  Prof Oleg Melnik (Oxford)
  Earth Sciences departmental seminars
• 14:00 - Cytoneme-mediated morphogenesis
  Prof Paul Bressloff (Dept of Mathematics, Imperial College, London)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Completing Your DPhil (in-person)
  If you are nearing the end of your DPhil, this workshop will help you develop a plan for completing your DPhil and prepare for the viva.
  Professor Dimitra Rigopoulou (University of Oxford), Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Wednesday 5 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Networking: A systematic approach (in-person)
  Do you feel shy and uncomfortable at conferences? Do you feel networking is self-seeking and smacks of using people? On the contrary: “The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.” Keith Ferrazzi
  Dr David Jones (Dr David Jones)

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Podcast your science (in-person)
  From inception to publication this practical session delivered by Emily Elias, journalist and producer of the Oxford Sparks podcast series, is a whirlwind tour through the basics of how to share your research in an engaging manner through podcasting.
  Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)

Friday 7 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Modeling the electromechanics of aerial electroreception
  Dr Isaac Vikram Chenchiah (School of Mathematics University of Bristol)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 14:00 - Title TBC
  Brett Kolesnik (University of Oxford)
  Probability seminar

Wednesday 12 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Project management: the essentials (in-person)
  The focus of this course is to provide a practical ‘project management toolbox’ that you can use in your daily work.
  Dr Justin Hutchence (MPLS Division)

Thursday 13 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:30 - Interviewing for podcasts (online)
  You are behind the mic, ready to record your first podcast ... but wait! What do you ask? This hands-on training session helps you navigate the world of podcast interviews.
  Emily Elias (Podcast Producer)

Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

• 12:00 - Risky Mountains in Paradise: Navigating the Volcanic Tapestry of Island Life
  Prof Richard Robertson (UWI)
  Earth Sciences departmental seminars
• 14:00 - Brain mechanics in the Data era
  Prof Antoine Jerusalem (University of Oxford)
  Mathematical Biology and Ecology

Wednesday 19 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

• 09:00 - Leadership in Action
  An in-person leadership programme for research staff. Leadership in Action is a 3-day participative leadership course that provides the opportunity to explore and develop your own leadership style. You will also be able to meet, work, and network with others. The course culminates in a celebratory dinner on the final evening.
  Various Speakers
  Leadership in Action