Annual Carol Singing - Oxford and Cambridge 7th December
Please join us for vin chaud and mince pies before singing Christmas Carols in the Travellers' Club on the Champs Elysées, from 18h30.
Strictly limited tickets, 'first come first served', so sign up early
https://cambridgesocietyofparis.com/event/carols-at-the-travellers-2/.
Meet and mingle at Vapiano Bercy Village Thursday 21 October
Oxford Alumni are warmly invited to take part in a food and drinks evening organized by the UK Alumni Network in Paris.
Come and join us for food and drinks at this Italian concept restaurant in the heart of Bercy Village.
Address: Vapiano Bercy, 60 Cour Saint-Emilion, 75012 Paris
Time: From 7 PM
As you enter the restaurant, you will be given a card which will allow you to pay as you go. We will save some tables in a semi-secluded area at the back of the restaurant
United Kingdom Alumni Network (UKAN) is an informal network that provides events for France-based graduates of universities from the British Isles. UKAN is driven by and dependent on an enthusiastic group of coordinators from different universities (including Oxford), as well as on input from the alumni community in France. Support also comes from the British Council and links to the British Embassy, as well as from universities in the UK and Ireland.
David Willetts will speak to members of the Cambridge and Oxford Societies in Paris on Monday 15th March 2021 at 7pm on Zoom
The Rt Hon. Lord Willetts FRS is the President of the Resolution Foundation. He served as the Member of Parliament for Havant (1992-2015), as Minister for Universities and Science (2010-2014) and previously worked at HM Treasury and the No. 10 Policy Unit.
Lord Willetts is a visiting Professor at King’s College London, a Board member of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a Board member of Surrey Satellites and of the Biotech Growth Trust. He is Chair of The Foundation for Science and Technology, an Honorary Fellow of Nuffield College, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society and the Chancellor of the University of Leicester.
Lord Willetts has written widely on economic and social policy. His book “A University Education” is published by Oxford University Press. A second edition of his book on the Boomers and the young generation “The Pinch” was published in November 2019.
This event will be hosted on Zoom. A meeting link will be sent to all registered attendees two or three days in advance of the event. Since numbers will be limited to 20, you are encouraged to register early by booking your place in the events section of the CamSoc website.
We look forward to seeing you then.
“THE EVOLVING SITUATION OF COVID-19 AND RECENT ADVANCES IN DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF VACCINES
One of France's leading biologists, Professor Cossart is Secrétaire perpétuel de l' Académie des sciences for Sciences chimiques, biologiques et médicales, et leurs applications and a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London.
Click here to sign up on the CamSoc website
Developing the theme of the Play Readings that were organised for the enjoyment of members of both the Oxford and Cambridge Societies in Paris, we have organised a Poetry or Prose reading evening, on Wednesday 6th January 2021 at 7pm. This date has been chosen both as it coincides with the First Wednesday in 2021, and so we hope will help compensate for the continued absence of Monthly Drinks evenings, and also it is Epiphany which might offer a theme, if you choose to adopt it, for your reading. Each participant will be invited to select their choice of readings, in English, ideally each up to three minutes long. For the more adventurous, you can of course write your own. We expect you will have the opportunity of reading at least twice.
THE SUBTLE SCIENCE AND EXACT ART OF COLOUR IN ENGLISH GARDEN DESIGN
by Timothy Walker
PADFAS (The Arts Society Paris) invite you to their Live online Zoom lecture Thursday 3rd December 2020 at 2.00 p.m.
Since 1986 Timothy Walker has given 1,500 public lectures. This was originally part of his work as director of the Oxford University Botanic Garden from 1988 to 2014. Botanic gardens are often described as living museums, and garden curators lecture about them in the same way as museum curators talk about their collections. Since 2014 he has been a college lecturer and tutor at Somerville College Oxford. Gardens are often thought of a place where science and art meet on equal terms. Timothy Walker’s lectures investigate this relationship.
You will receive a link to connect the lecture on Wednesday 2nd December.
Whilst it is disappointing we can't invite alumni to join us in Oxford this year, we are thrilled to bring Meeting Minds to the world virtually in 2020, and all for FREE!
Our usual alumni weekend has grown into an alumni week, as going digital allows us to bring you an engaging programme of events from 7-12 September 2020. Each day of Meeting Minds Global will bring you a wide range of content from all around the University including panel discussions, Q&As, virtual tours, musical performances and much more!
You only need to register once to access all content throughout the week and you can find full registration details at the bottom of this email. Most importantly you will need your Oxford Number to register.
Meeting Minds Global will offer the usual line-up of expert and engaging academic and alumni speakers. Our line-up so far includes:
And as always, we will hear from our venerable Chancellor who, with the help of distinguished guests, will examine the role of Britain’s soft power.
Join us this Friday 22 May, 1-2pm (BST), for a webinar featuring Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Louise Richardson and the Head of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, Professor Richard Cornall, to talk about the University's research into the COVID-19 virus.
Professor Cornall will discuss Oxford’s contribution to the management of this crisis through the work of our researchers, particularly the pioneering work on a potential vaccine, developing therapeutics to treat the disease.
Join the webinar
Join our weekly online talks from several of the University's leading academics. You can hear short presentations on their work, and have a chance to ask questions.
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We don't want people to stop learning... and so we've created Meeting Minds Online.
Our Meeting Minds events bring together alumni from all over the world and we want to continue that with a selection of curated online webinars to keep you and your families learning through this time.
Join Chris Lintott, Professor of Astrophysics and lead of the Zooniverse.org project at Oxford’s Department of Physics, for a live ramble around the night sky.
No telescope will be necessary, just head into the garden, onto the balcony, or look out of the window to follow along.
The session will include plenty of time for Q&A, so come equipped with space-related questions.
Date: Sunday 26 April
Time: 8.30-9.30pm BST
