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Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Interview with Jana Colchester (part 2), former programming teacher at Marconi College and University of Essex

Carrying on from episode 5, this second part of Georgina Ferry's interview with Jana Colchester includes Colchester discussing attitudes relating to gender in the maths and computing professions.
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Interview with Jana Colchester, former programming teacher at Marconi College and University of Essex

Georgina Ferry interviews Jana Colchester as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Colchester discusses working in the Oxford Computing Labs, lecturing and teaching at a range of further and higher education institutions.
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Interview with Shirley Carter, founding member of the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG)

Georgina Ferry interviews Shirley Carter as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Carter recounts early experiences of programming, her computer science lectureship at Liverpool in the 1970s and the formation and development of NAG.
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Interview with Carol Bateman (part 2), former training and information manager for the Oxford Computing Service

Carrying on from episode 2, in the second part of Georgina Ferry's interview with Carol Bateman she discusses the professional computing community and needs of users of the Oxford Computing Service in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Interview with Carol Bateman, former training and information manager for the Oxford Computing Service

Georgina Ferry interviews Carol Bateman as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Bateman discusses her route into computing via Glasgow University, and progression of the Oxford Computing Service.
Oxford Women in Computing: An Oral History

Interview with Leonor Barroca, senior lecturer in Computing at the Open University

Georgina Ferry interviews Leonor Barroca as part of the Oxford Women in Computing Oral History project. Barocca recounts her time on the MSc Computing course at Oxford University and studying and teaching posts at the Universidade do Minho in Portugal.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

History of the University (or, 'if I were you I wouldn't start from here')

Christopher Day talks about the history of the University of Oxford
5 Minutes with...

Steve Sheard, tutorial fellow at Trinity College, and Dept of Engineering

Steve Sheard chats with Steve, talking technology for 5 minutes about tutorial, lecture, project and laboratory teaching. "We use a concept design for a gearbox of a small buggy, 3D printed. They can produce this only once they have modelled it".
5 Minutes with...

Janet Smart, Reader in Operations Management, Said Business School

Janet Smart chats with Steve, talking technology for 5 minutes about using videos. 'The beauty of the video is that you see the dynamics, you see things moving - you can never capture that in prose.'
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

Will supersonic transport ever make a comeback?

The Concord is seen as an iconic aircraft and a technological breakthrough – so why can we only see them in museums? In our episode of The Big Questions podcast series we visited Dr Neil Ashton from the E-Research Centre at the University of Oxford to ask
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

How do we stop our social media obsession from making us a target for crime?

How vulnerable are we to crime by the statuses we post on our social accounts?
Death at the Museum

‘Who owns your face when you are DEAD?’

Jane Caplan gives a TORCH bite-size talk at the Ashmolean Museum's DEADFriday event
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Explosions' part 3 - Health and Big Data

Professor Gil McVean explains what Big Data is and how it can be used to better understand and treat complex conditions, such as heart disease and dementia.
Careers in Chemistry: Beyond Academia

Patent Law

Dr John Fisher (Oriel College, 2001), talks about his role as a patent attorney, and offers advice for students who are considering a similar career. It's all about advocacy!
Careers in Chemistry: Beyond Academia

Science Journalism

Laura Howes (Merton, 2001), a science correspondent for Chemistry World, talks about the ins and out of science journalism in general, and her path to a career with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Careers in Chemistry: Beyond Academia

Science Communication at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden

Dr Alison Foster (Jesus College), Senior Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, talks about her journey from industrial pharmaceutical chemistry research to her current role in horticulture, and offers some tips for major career transitions.
Careers in Chemistry: Academia

Part 2 - My path to academic success - Ed Anderson

Dr Ed Anderson, a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford gives an overview of his current role, and advice on issues he encountered along the way, including the benefits of a post doctoral position in the USA.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Roger Carr, Cadbury: Hostile bids and takeovers

Roger Carr, who is to stand down as chairman of Cadbury following the recent takeover by Kraft Foods, gave a Distinguished Speaker Seminar at Saïd Business School on 9 February on the subject of hostile bids and takeovers.

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