News — University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division

DPAG and Biochemistry inspire local children with second Science in the Park event

27 July 2023

On Tuesday 25 July, more than 140 children together with around 60 parents and caregivers were treated to a thrilling variety of hands-on science activities in University Parks. ‘Science in the Park’ was run by DPAG’s Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG), in collaboration with the Department of Biochemistry, with 30 volunteers comprising research scientists, graduate students and professional services staff.

Photograph of the Science Together celebration event at the University of Oxford’s Divinity School.

Science Together celebrates a second successful year of community-led research collaborations

26 July 2023

Last week, the University of Oxford’s historic Divinity School hosted a special evening event to celebrate the seven new community-led research collaborations formed over the last 12 months through the Science Together engagement programme.

Glastonbury: taking science into people's lives

10 July 2023

Georgina Donati from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry research group reflects on her weekend at the Glastonbury Festival talking to the public about science, developmental psychology and mental health.

Secondary school science teachers (L-R) Catherine Garland, Gladys Kezia Jayaraman Nair, Jill Spencer, Claire Bradford, and Lindsay McDowell

DPAG researchers host week-long teacher residential in collaboration with Oxford Colleges

5 July 2023

Five school teachers joined researchers from the Carlyle, Lakhal-Littleton, Mommersteeg, Srinivas, and Stone groups, based in the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, and Sherrington Building, in a project run in collaboration with Jesus College and Trinity College between 19 and 22 June 2023.

The winning entries for the 2023 Beyond Boundaries art competition.

Local young artists recognised in the University of Oxford's science-inspired art competition

21 June 2023

Oxford University has announced the winners of Beyond Boundaries, its science-inspired schools’ art competition. Their work will be going on public display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History for all to see, from Friday 30 June – Monday 3 July 2023.

Selena Kim, Valentine Macaulay and Martin Pirkl looking at the research poster for the patients

Information day held for patients on WINGMEN trial

16 May 2023

On Thursday 4 May, the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) hosted a special information day for patients with prostate cancer participating in the WINGMEN clinical trial.

Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) receives Silver Engage Watermark Award

9 May 2023

This award from the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement is a significant landmark, indicating WIN's commitment to embedding support for public engagement.

Young people looking at art in the Ashmolean Museum

Online arts and culture for young people’s mental health – new research programme announced

3 April 2023

Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project.

Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine building illuminated in the colours of Rare Disease Day

Showcasing Oxford’s translational research for Rare Disease Day

10 March 2023

Rare Disease Day is an annual awareness day that aims to educate and raise awareness for the 400 million people worldwide who live with a rare disease.

Children drawing smiley faces with chalk on a tarmac playground floor

Community play packs inspire families to be more playful at home

16 February 2023

A project led by Department of Experimental Psychology's Alex Hendry, working with Oxford Brookes, has engaged with parents and early years practitioners in a bid to help families spend more time playing with their children.

Showcase success for Science Together research

6 February 2023

A local collaboration teaming researchers from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University with the Urban Music Foundation finished on a high note with an immersive sound and art installation at Oxford’s Old Fire Station.

Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics researchers at IF Oxford, alongside a young girl taking part in the festival and experiencing virtual reality.

DPAG Myth Busters and Shaping Destiny teams engage the public at IF Oxford 2022

12 October 2022

Researchers from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) engaged hundreds of visitors at Wesley Memorial Church on Saturday 8 October 2022 as part of The Oxford Science and Ideas Festival’s Explorazone.

Team members participating in charity event.

Celebrating Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

3 October 2022

September was Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and researchers in Department of Paediatrics took action to help raise awareness for this cause.

Dr Rosie Munday and her crew at Glastonbury 2022

The Gene Therapists Headline at Glastonbury 2022

26 September 2022

Rosie Munday writes about her experience taking science to the masses at the Glastonbury Festival.

DPAG hosts successful first Science in the Park event

3 August 2022

More than 100 children, along with around 50 parents, grandparents and caregivers enjoyed an exciting variety of activities on the theme of ‘How the Body Works’ in University Parks on Tuesday 26 July. This ‘Science in the Park’ event was run by the Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics (DPAG) Outreach and Public Engagement Working Group (OPEWG) and volunteers comprising research scientists, clinical anatomy teaching staff, and graduate and undergraduate students.

Black and white lines on a floor creating a visual illusion of a black hole

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