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Improving Public Understanding of Science: Social Media and Digital Technologies
Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. In his launch talk for engage: Social Media Michaelmas he...
View ArticleMaking departmental calendaring easier: WebLearn
Introduction Directing staff and students into the right place at the right time can be a challenge for any department, but for the Biological Sciences department this is a particularly difficult task....
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Innovative Doctoral Training: Reproducibility and Open Science
Introduction The Open Science Training Initiative (OSTI), is designed to address the problem of reproducibility in science. The programme, which is led by Sophie Kay of the Department of Computer...
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WikiNets: Organising and Sharing Your Research
Introduction WikiNets is the brainchild of William Zeng, a DPhil student in the Quantum Group in the Department of Computer Science, and a team of other graduate students: Erfan Soliman, Miriam...
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Virtual Machines for a Forensics Course
The Challenge: An Instant Learning Environment Dr Gareth Digby is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Computer Science. He teaches Forensics, one of the courses in the part-time MSc programmes in...
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WebLearn for Conservation Statistics: a wild success
Upskilling opportunities for conservationists in the field are rare Wildlife conservationists in the developing world are the keepers of biodiversity, yet they frequently lack access to training in...
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The MPLS Online Maths Bridging Programme: supporting the academic transition...
Extending and broadening the reach of a residential programme The introductory page of the maths course The MPLS (Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences) Division’s Bridging Programme arose from the...
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‘A Mathematician’s Holiday’: an engaging podcast series for schools
Reaching out to schools on a larger scale Mathematics often has the reputation among secondary-school students of being irrelevant and removed from their day-to-day realities. Marcus’ Marvellous...
View ArticleFlipping the classroom in mathematics teaching for Materials students
This case study will be developed from Professor Simon Benjamin’s winning entry in the OxTALENT 2016 competition and will be available in August 2016.
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Learning to write for non-specialists: the role of peer assessment
Training students to engage with the public Each year as part of the Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) programme in Environmental Research, students are asked to write 500-word blog posts on...
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