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Alumni Weekend
By Oxford UniversityEducation
Alumni Weekend episodes
- What is a Cyber-Attack?What constitutes a cyber-attack and who conducts them? What are the risks to society? Sadie Creese will discuss these issues and explain research underway at Oxford to help in the detection and prevention of attacks.1 hr 4 min
- The 2020 Vision for Engineering Science in OxfordProfessor Lionel Tarassenko, an alumnus of the Department and its new Head as of September 2014, sets out his vision for the Department for the next five years.39 min
- Jenkin Lecture The Oxford RobotCarPaul Newman talks about the UK’s first self-driving car – being developed at the Department of Engineering Science. He’ll explain the project’s motivation, its underlying technology, and its impact on the transport sector and beyond.1 hr 7 min
- The Butterfly Defect: How globalisation creates systemic risksGlobalisation has brought us vast benefits including growth in incomes, education, innovation and connectivity. Ian Goldin argues that it also has the potential to destabilise our societies.54 min
- Living with Flooding: Science, democracy and the complex challenge of managing environmental riskProfessor Whatmore, who focuses on the interface between cultural geography, political theory and science and technology studies, will draw upon her recent research to propose a new approach to living with flooding.44 min
- The Ottoman Front: The First World War in the Middle EastDrawing on European and Middle Eastern sources, historian Eugene Rogan provides an overview of the Great War in the Middle East from both sides of the trenches.40 min
- The Future of the Past: Dating archaeology using radiocarbon and particle acceleratorsTom Higham examines some of the projects the Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit has been involved with over the last few years; from dating the Neanderthal extinction, to identifying the bones of Richard III and Alfred the Great.39 min
- Heroes, Villains and Victims: The dangerous politics of international migrationThis panel debate discusses key facts and fiction in international migration, and presents new ideas for a better politics of immigration.54 min
- Forbidden Crystal Symmetry: Mathematics and architectureWorld-renowned mathematician Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford University, describes how crystalline symmetries are necessarily 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, or 6-fold.55 min
- 70 Years On: My, how you’ve changed!Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University draws upon his experience at the highest levels in the public sector to share his unique perspective on Britain over the last seven decades.49 min
About Alumni Weekend
From the publisher's feed
The annual Oxford University Alumni Weekend aims to showcase the Collegiate University as a whole, giving prominence to a range of current research and its application to real world situations, as well as recognising the achievements of Oxford men and women.
This series also includes podcasts from other alumni events including study days and the Oxford European Reunion.
Past themes include "A Global Oxford" (2008), "Equal Citizenship" (2009) and "Shared Treasures" (2010).