University of Oxford

Professor Ngaire Woods, the Blavatnik School of Government's Founding Dean, and Tom Simpson, the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, join Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey to discuss how universities can help develop more effective public leaders and improve the quality of governance around the world. They discuss how they are pursuing the school’s mission to connect ac...

Liesl Elder, Oxford’s Chief Development and Alumni Engagement Officer, Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh and Professor Cathy Creswell join Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey to examine the role of philanthropy in sustaining a global research university. They discuss how major gifts — from endowed chairs in primary care to a £27 million investment in child and adolescent mental health — provide the ...

Three Oxford vaccine experts join Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey in the latest Fire & Wire podcast. They discuss Oxford’s critical role in the response to COVID-19, and how trust and preparedness will shape future outbreak responses. Featuring Professors Dame Sarah Gilbert, Maheshi Ramasamy and Sam Vanderslott.

In the first episode, Irene speaks to Misha Patel (https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/misha-patel-announced-as-one-of-wes-top-50-women-in-engineering-2024/) , DPhil student in the Department of Engineering Science, and Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera (https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/antoranzcontera) from the Department of Physics. They touch on their pathways into science as women, the importan...

Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (https://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-jan-emmanuel-de-neve) , Director of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre (https://wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk/) , speaks to Irene about why wellbeing matters in the workplace. He also discusses some of the latest research findings coming out of the Wellbeing Research Centre.

Irene speaks to Dr Chris Thorogood (https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/people/chris-thorogood) , the Head of Science at Oxford Botanic Garden (https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/) , about the past, present and future of this extraordinary institution.

Mairi Gibbs (https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/about/people/gibbs-mairi/) , Chief Operating Officer at Oxford University Innovation and Lilly Bussmann (https://www.oxfordscienceenterprises.com/team/lilly-bussmann) , Principal at Oxford Science Enterprises, join Professor Irene Tracey for the latest podcast in this series to discuss innovation at Oxford.

This International Women's Day (8 March), Professor Irene Tracey sat down with women from across the University who are making a global impact with their work. Professor Kokila Lakhoo (https://www.nds.ox.ac.uk/team/kokila-lakhoo) , Dr Isang Awah (https://www.spi.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-isang-awah) and Professor Katrina Charles (https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/kcharles.html) joined the Vice-Chancell...

On the latest Fire and Wire, the Vice-Chancellor and her guests discuss a new cross-curricular teaching and learning experience for undergraduates at Oxford. Launched last term, The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium − Climate (https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/the-vice-chancellors-colloquium) brought together 200 undergraduates and Oxford’s world-leading academics from across the Humanities, Social ...

University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor Irene Tracey speaks to the team at the Oxford Robotics Institute to understand their work on the forefront of artificial intelligence and "robots for good". She speaks to Nick Hawes, Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute, and Ingmar Posner, who is Professor of Robotics and the Institute’s co-founder. She wrestles a robot with post-doctorate researcher A...

University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor Irene Tracey sits down with Professor Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs (https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/alexander-betts) . He is also the University's Local and Global Engagement Officer in the Vice-Chancellor's Office. He shares insight into the critical work being done by Oxford to offer opportunities and pathways t...

In this episode of Fire and Wire, Vice-Chancellor, Professor Irene Tracey speaks with Oxford experts on the University’s interdisciplinary approach to climate research: Professor Helen Johnson presents the Oxford Climate Research Network, which fosters collaboration across departments to tackle both climate mitigation and adaptation. Dr Roberta Wilkinson highlights a recent global summit co-h...

In the sixth episode of the series, Vicky talks to Professor Heather Harrington (https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/heather.harrington) from the University of Oxford’s Mathematical Institute. They explore how techniques from algebra and topology are being used to identify patterns in cancer data, giving a more nuanced understanding than has previously been possible. They also look at the creat...

In the fifth episode of the series, Vicky talks to Professor Helen Byrne (https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/helen.byrne) , Professor of Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford’s Mathematical Institute, and Senior Group Leader at the Oxford Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. They discuss Professor Byrne’s research which focuses on mathematical modelling and biology, an...

In the fourth episode of the series, Vicky talks to Professor Hannah Fry (https://hannahfry.co.uk/) – mathematician, science presenter and ‘all-round badass’. Presenter of the 2022 BBC2 documentary Making Sense of Cancer with Hannah Fry, Professor Fry talks to Vicky about the difficulties of using probabilities in using medical statistics and the importance of asking the right questions when i...

In the third episode of the series, Vicky talks to Dr Tom Whyntie (https://www.oncology.ox.ac.uk/team/tom-whyntie) , Teaching Fellow in the Department of Oncology and Director of Studies for the MSc Radiation Biology at the University of Oxford. Here, they explore Dr Whyntie’s career – from his work as a particle physicist on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, to using medical imaging to impro...

In the second episode of the series, Vicky talks to Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter (https://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~david/) , Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge. A leading statistician, and author, Professor Spiegelhalter discusses his work on the successful Predict tools for breast and prostate cancer, which help patients make info...

What role does maths play in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer?

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Professor Benito Mueller on COP26 (part one)  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Yadvinder Malhi explains a key part of the philosophy behind all his work  [Photo (C) Yadvinder Malhi]

Professor Malhi on why going to Wytham Woods is his new therapy.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Malhi talks about how we can connect the university with its surroundings. [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Malhi talks about how he set up a vertical science laboratory from the Andes to the Amazon. [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Malhi explains why we can expect a lot to change in the next decade. [Photo (C) Yadvinder Malhi]

Professor Malhi explains why conservation needs a positive agenda. [Photo (C) Yadvinder Malhi]

Yadvinder Malhi remembers a year spent in India as a child. [Photo (C) Yadvinder Malhi]

‘A thousand miles of green in every direction’. [Photo (C) Yadvinder Malhi]

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My tutor Mary Archer had style, says Kay Davies. 

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Professor Philip Stier argues that there is still so much more to learn about the effects of climate change on clouds and extreme weather.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier conveys the urgency of reaching Net Zero.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier unpicks the big unknowns of clouds, aerosols and climate change.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier describes how his early work created new schemes of aerosols and clouds for climate modelling.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier reveals how even as a young boy he was a committed environmentalist.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier explains how clouds are formed and why aerosols affect their form and function.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier shares how his love of learning about the environment all began.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Professor Philip Stier on the appeal of studying clouds.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Melinda Mills reveals why she loves sociology.  [Photo (C) Shutterstock]

Melinda Mills explains how her multi-disciplinary team rose to the challenge of producing important evidence at speed to help inform public health measures during COVID-19. [Photo (C) John Cairns]