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Alumni Weekend

A is for Autism

Dame Stephanie gives a talk about her philanthropic work in autism, looking at the condition's history, its causes, the treatments, specialist education and society's position on autism.
Children's Language and Literacy Impairments

Language disorders in children: What can they tell us about genes and brains?

Recent studies have shown that genes are strongly implicated in determining if children will develop language disorders. In this talk, Professor Bishop examines the role genetics play in language development and language disorders.
Alumni Weekend

Languages disorders in children: What can they tell us about genes and brains?

Recent studies have shown that genes are strongly implicated in determining if children will develop language disorders. In this talk, Professor Bishop examines the role genetics play in language development and language disorders.
Alumni Weekend

A Woman's place: The transformation of female power in first millennial BC Egypt

A talk assessing the role of women in ancient Egypt - looking at the changes in female religious roles in ancient Egyptian society as a barometer for wider social, cultural and political transformation.
Alumni Weekend

Young Lives Project: Children's experiences of poverty, adversity and inequality

This talk looks at the work done by the Young Lives Project, a study which tracks 12,000 children across 4 developing countries over a 15 year period trying to find a scientific answer to the question of the causes of childhood poverty.
Alumni Weekend

HIV: Will there ever be a vaccine?

This talk looks at the University's work in China and Africa and its attempts to identify the key determinants of protective immunology against HIV infection that should guide future vaccine design.
Alumni Weekend

Breast Cancer: Causes and Prevention

Dr Valerie Beral talks about her research into the causes of breast cancer, looking into the history of the cancer as well as offering ways of reducing the risk of contracting breast cancer.
Alumni Weekend

Power Shift in the Global Economy

The 2008 Oxford University Society Lecture in which Professor Woods talks about the shift in Global Economic Power from private companies in the developed world to national companies in developing countries.
Alumni Weekend

The Tipping Point: Climate Change

Professor Gideon Henderson and Dr Ros Rickaby from the Department of Earth Sciences talk about some of the key issues surrounding climate change today.
Earth Sciences

The Tipping Point: Climate Change

Professor Gideon Henderson and Dr Ros Rickaby from the Department of Earth Sciences talk about some of the key issues surrounding climate change today.
Alumni Weekend

Sleep in the Global 24/7 Society

Professor Foster gives a talk on some of the causes and consequences of sleep disruption and explores how our increasingly sleep deprived society is have unanticipated consequences for out physical and mental health.
Alumni Weekend

The International Student Experience at Oxford

Dr Heather Bell talks about Oxford’s growing international student population and what Oxford does to support and encourage them. Medical student Xin-Hui Chan also talks about her experience of being an international student at Oxford.
Alumni Weekend

Inside Innovation: The University–Business Interface

Tom Hockaday, Managing Director of Isis Innovations, talks about Oxford University’s Technology Transfer Office, helping to transfer products of university research to the business world.
Alumni Weekend

Pheromones: what animals (including humans) say with smell

Tristram Wyatt gives a talk on 'The Science of Smell' - Pheromones, outlining their discovery, their chemistry and how animals (and humans) interact through smell. Part of the 2008 Oxford Alumni Weekend.
Alumni Weekend

The Vindolanda Tablets

Professor Alan Bowman gives a talk on the Roman fort of Vindolanda. Using the famous Vindolanda tablets and other written sources found at the site, he paints a vivid picture of life at the Roman fort and in Roman Britain during the reign of Hadrian.
Alumni Weekend

Studying Buddhism

Richard Gombrich, first academic director for the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), gives a talk on Buddhism, from its Indian Origins, its history and its influence on Eastern culture. He also talks about the history of the OCBS.

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