The Vice-Chancellor’s Fire and Wire podcast series highlights University communities and brings interesting Oxford stories to you.
In her Admission speech Professor Tracey said:
'The Hebbian principle in neuroscience describes beneficial neuronal behaviour in the brain: if you fire together, you wire together. My goal is to fire and wire this great University more closely with our city, this nation and the globe, working generously with the other great British universities with whom we share our higher education ecosystem.'
Building on her goal to ‘fire and wire’ the University, this series explores Oxford’s people and stories.
Bridging the subject divide (Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium - Climate)
Exploring the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium on Climate, where 200 undergrads join forces with top academics to combat the climate crisis. VC Irene Tracey talks to programme lead Bill Finnegan, Pablo Mukherjee and two students. On the latest Fire and Wire, the Vice-Chancellor and her guests discuss a new cross-curricular teaching and learning experience for undergraduates at Oxford. Launched last term, 'The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium − Climate' brought together 200 undergraduates and Oxford’s world-leading academics from across the Humanities, Social Sciences and STEM subjects to tackle the global climate crisis. Programme lead, Bill Finnegan, joins Pablo Mukherjee, Professor of Anglophone World-Literature, and first-year students, Michal Pietrzak and Erin Adlard, to discuss the initiative from their personal perspectives.
Links:
The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium − Climate: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/the-vice-chancellors-colloquium
Bill Finnegan: https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/bill-finnegan/
Pablo Mukherjee: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/pablo-mukherjee
'Wadham College takes top prize at the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium'
https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/wadham-students-team-takes-top-prize-at-the-vice-chancellors-colloquium
9 Apr 2024
Oxford women making a global impact
This International Women's Day (8 March), Professor Irene Tracey sat down with women from across the University who are making a global impact with their work. Professor Kokila Lakhoo, Dr Isang Awah and Professor Katrina Charles joined the Vice-Chancellor to discuss the challenges of working in an international space and the difficulties impacting the retention of women in academia.
2 Feb 2024
Innovation and spinouts
Mairi Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer at Oxford University Innovation and Lilly Bussmann, Principal at Oxford Science Enterprises, join Professor Irene Tracey for the latest podcast in this series to discuss innovation at Oxford. Mairi Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer at Oxford University Innovation: https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/about/people/gibbs-mairi/
Lilly Bussmann, Principal at Oxford Science Enterprises: https://www.oxfordscienceenterprises.com/team/lilly-bussmann
2 Feb 2024
Fire and Wire in the Garden
Irene speaks to Dr Chris Thorogood, the Head of Science at Oxford Botanic Garden, about the past, present and future of this extraordinary institution. Dr Chris Thorogood: https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/people/chris-thorogood
Oxford Botanic Garden: https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/
2 Feb 2024
Wellbeing in the workplace
Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Director of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre, speaks to Irene about why wellbeing matters in the workplace. He also discusses some of the latest research findings coming out of the Wellbeing Research Centre. Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Director of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre: https://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-jan-emmanuel-de-neve
Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre: https://wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk/
2 Feb 2024
Women in STEM
Irene speaks to DPhil student Misha Patel and Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera . They touch on their pathways into science as women, the importance of networks and what direction their work will take next. Misha Patel, DPhil student in the Department of Engineering Science: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/misha-patel/
Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera from the Department of Physics: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/antoranzcontera
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