Professor David Coleman on Demographics
This talk prepares the statistical background for a later lecture talking about the societal issues of an ageing population, a talk entitled ‘Old Europe’ – pensions, taxes and alternatives’.
Professor Coleman is a wonderful guide to the data that will affect all our lives and these talks are a great primer for anyone studying geography and social sciences at school or college. The series includes talks titled:
Today is international Shakespeare day. If you are studying his work or if you’d just like to remind yourself of why he became our greatest playwright then we have a range of free talks to inspire you.
Try downloading our great lecture series by Emma Smith on ‘Approaching Shakespeare’. The series has now grown to include lectures on 16 of Shakespeare’s plays including some of the less commonly performed works. Latest lectures released include The Comedy of Errors, Richard III and The Tempest. If you have an Apple ipad then you’ll have the option of downloading the related play as an ebook to your device.
Shakespeare podcasts from Oxford:
To see the full set of literature lectures available, if you have iTunes on your computer already click here to visit Oxford’s site or click here to visit Oxford’s web portal.
Professor Richard Dawkins and the Archbishop of Canterbury discussed the nature and origin of human beings in a dialogue event at the Sheldonian Theatre on Thursday 23rd February 2012.
Professor Dawkins and Dr Rowan Williams spoke alongside philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny at the event, which was hosted by Sophia Europa of Oxford University’s Theology Faculty, in the presence of Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford. This key philosophical debate was watched by over a thousand people within Oxford and streamed live to thousands on the internet. The full conversation is now available on the podcasts web page or alternatively for those who wish to download to their ipod, via Oxford on iTunes U.
An overview web page with a choice of audio or video :
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/origins-nature
A direct web link to the video:
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/nature-human-beings-and-question-their-ultimate-origin-video
Direct link to Oxford on iTunes U page for download to iTunes and/or ipod:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=506297111
Further information:
Origins of Nature (event website): http://www.originsofnature.com/
Faculty of Theology: http://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/
Archbishop of Canterbury: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/
Professor Richard Dawkins: http://richarddawkins.net/
Romantic ideals, sexual attraction, platonic love, marriage – can the secrets of love be revealed by Oxford researchers on Valentine’s day?
In this series of short talks from February 14th 2011, Oxford academics tackled the great questions on ‘Love – and other things’.
• How do we find love online? – Dr. Bernie Hogan
• If marriage is a trade, then what price romance?’ – Dr. Sos Eltis
• Who did Plato (not) love?’ – Dr. Cressida Ryan
• How did Jonathan Swift use an elaborate combination of language and code to tease his reader? – Dr. Abigail Williams
Enjoy the Love and other things trailer!
http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/devoff/oxford_abridged/Love_ad-web_11022011.mp4
and why not subscribe in advance to the free podcast feed and listen to more from the series Oxford Abridged, including:
• What role do pheromones play in sexual attraction? – Dr. Tristram Wyatt
• Darwin and Friends – how many friends can you really have? – Prof. Robin Dunbar
Subscribe to the series in advance on Oxford on iTunesU:
http://bit.ly/itunesu-love or via the web site
The audio and video recordings which were captured at our Be inspired event are now live http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/great-writers-inspire. These inspirational short talks by Oxford academics form the basis of content collections for the Great Writers Inspire project website, but we didn’t want you to wait until that was ready so they are freely available via Oxford’s podcasting portal and iTunesU. With talks on a diverse range of writers from early English to post-colonial; the Beowulf poet, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Stephen Duck, William Blake, George Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Olive Schreiner and J.M. Coetzee, these short talks will inspire you to discover more. And of course they are all free for reuse under the terms of our Creative Commons licence.
More talks and ebooks will be added in March !
Enjoy!
In this timelapse video created from over 30,000 images you can follow the building work taking place at the new Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Quarter.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/roq/video_of_the_site.html
Background
The Radcliffe Observatory Quarter is one of the most significant development projects the University of Oxford has undertaken for more than a century.
It is a 10-acre site in central Oxford, bound by the Woodstock Road, Somerville College, Walton Street, Observatory Street, and Green Templeton College, and is the last remaining large plot of land available for development in the historic heart of the city.
The complete refurbishment of the Radcliffe Infirmary building, including the courtyard and the fountain, is now underway with completion programmed for the summer of 2012. The building will be occupied by the Humanities Divisional Office, the Faculty of Philosophy and the Philosophy and Theology Libraries.
The video is made from a series of around 30,000 images taken every minute from a web camera located in a building high above the works. The images are sent to a server at the Computing Services and then they’re processed by the team to improve the quality and the shots taken outside of the working hours are removed. The images are glued together into a series at 25 images per second, sped up to fit into a five minute video and then exported into a web MP4 format.
Academics, community workers and researchers come together to discuss the social and political implications of the August 2011 Riots.
Symposium talks are now online at the new podcasting web site.
From climate change to the future of the internet, from energy today to the changing character of war. 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 year the theme is the great global challenges that face mankind in the 21st century.
Listen to over 30 talks from the Alumni 2011 weekend for free on Oxford on iTunes U:
http://bit.ly/alumni-audio
Find out more about the Alumni Weekend here:
We live in a world filled with material wealth, live longer and healthier lives, and yet anxiety, stress, unhappiness, and depression have never been more common. What are the driving forces behind these interlinked global epidemics?
In this series, Dr Danny Penman and Professor Mark Williams, Wellcome Trust Principle Research Fellow at Oxford University, discuss the recent scientific advances that have radically altered our understanding of depression and related disorders. Professor Williams also discusses the latest treatments and therapies that are offering hope to those suffering from depression.
The first two episodes are now released on Oxford on iTunesU here :
http://bit.ly/itunes-depression
Episode 1 – What is depression?
Depression is expected to impose the second biggest health burden globally by 2020; greater even than heart disease, arthritis and many forms of cancer. Professor Mark Williams discusses this startling trend, the driving forces behind it, and the issues it raises with Dr Danny Penman.
Episode 2 – How is depression treated?
Doctors and psychiatrists once believed that patterns of thinking played little or no role in depression, but this is now known to be wrong. Professor Williams and Dr Danny Penman discuss how the treatment of depression has evolved in recent years.
To subscribe to these podcasts on Oxford on iTunes U:
You are the Earth, You are the Sky; How one man become the dominant force in the British media’s coverage of sport. Does that mean he controls sport itself?
The News International Visiting Professorship of Media was founded in 1996 after a benefaction from the well-known Oxford graduate, Rupert Murdoch. Previous holders of the post have included many well-known figures from broadcasting including Armando Iannucci, Roger Graef, Paul Gambaccini, Hugh Whitemore and David Elstein.
The lectures of 2010-11 are the first to discuss the subject of sport. They are unusual in two other respects. Matthew Engel is the first written journalist to hold the post, previously known as the “Professorship of Broadcast Media”. And the final lecture will directly address the business affairs of the sponsors and ask whether Mr Murdoch controls sport in Britain.
The final Broadcast Media lecture 2011 is entitled ‘You are the Earth, You are the Sky; How one man become the dominant force in the British media’s coverage of sport. Does that mean he controls sport itself?‘
The links: