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Exploring Science and Innovation at Oxford Open Doors 2023

• Department
• Our staff
• Public Engagement

A good day for cancer research - Headington Festival 2023

• Public Engagement

In the Department's first major public engagement event of the year, Ben Dean writes about the importance of continued public engagement to spread the successes of cancer research

Presenting a journey to Oxford - a student's perspective

• MSc
• Public Engagement
• Student experience

Engaging in lockdown - exploring ways to reach student audiences virtually

• Public Engagement

Discovering Common Ground

• Department
• Public Engagement

Last April we joined forces with Corpus Christi College and visited Crewe to talk to students there about the impact of maths in materials and cancer research. We met Sarah Stubington and discovered that a shared love of science can create common ground. Sarah shared her perspective of our meeting.

Physics in Medicine

• Our staff
• Public Engagement

When Pratik Samant was in secondary school, he had two great loves: physics and medicine, in that order. It seemed to him at the time, that these were polar opposites. When Pratik chose to study physics, that meant leaving medicine behind, of course, they’re different fields! That was 6 years ago, Pratik now reflects that would surprise his younger self to learn that in 2020, he would work in a hospital.

Super Science Saturday

• Department
• Public Engagement

Cancer science amidst the oceans – how could we possibly fit our work into the theme of Oceans?

Fair tests and...fruit!

• Clinical Trials
• Public Engagement

On 8 November, OCTO Trial Management Director Sarah Pearson and Trial Manager Naomi McGregor joined children from Dr South’s primary school to explore some aspects of the work carried out by the Oncology department during the school’s science week earlier this month.

In the right place …

• Department
• Public Engagement

When people don’t know they’ve supported your work, how do you say ‘Thank you!’? Obviously, you can hold a celebration event. Publicise widely, invite people in. Sweeten the offer with nibbles?

Chocolate is not just for eating – it can be inspiring

• Public Engagement

Engaging people with our science is a job for all. We have some amazing people in Oncology and some of them are not afraid to get out of their comfort zone. In this blog, Roxy Peerless, from our finance group, shows once again that public engagement is not just for scientists.

Oncology Open Day

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• Public Engagement

On Wednesday the 3rd of April 2019, myself and 30 other students, from Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, attended the Oxford University Oncology Open Day at the Cancer Research Centre, Oxford.

Coaching confidence in communication

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• Public Engagement

How do we attract tomorrow’s brightest research students? Step 1: Make sure they know we exist. We don’t teach undergraduates; you can’t study oncology at A’ level. We need to give them a chance to explore how physics can cure cancer. How biology leads us to a better understanding of cancer, and how chemistry helps us design imaging agents that will guide therapy choices.

Chocolate inspires next generation of scientists

• Public Engagement

When Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book character Charlie Bucket buys a Wonka bar and finds the final golden ticket, he starts his now famous journey of discovery at Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Charlie, like most children, loves chocolate and his visit to the factory not only indulges his passion but also inspires deep scientific curiosity. In the end, the boy’s humility and desire for discovery convinces Wonka to name Charlie as his successor.

Science in the park – a day out at Malvern Park

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• Our staff
• Public Engagement

We must reach out to the people who fund our work; some of these are adults across the UK who donate to Cancer Research UK or pay their taxes. Dr Mario Munoz Pinto (on the left in the photo below) reached out and found that one way to a parent’s heart and mind may be through their children.

Science in the shopping centre

• Department
• Our staff
• Public Engagement

Public engagement is not just for scientists. As Tim Coutts reports, public engagement with research is something everyone can get involved with.

Widening access to Oxford

• Department
• Public Engagement
• Student experience

Applying to Oxford is a daunting prospect. For many students in their last year of school, the idea of going to Oxford seems so far out of reach that it’s not worth applying. For others, Oxford seems like a place where they couldn’t fit in or make a success of their time here. A number of people have set out to challenge these perceptions. Amongst them The University itself and a teacher training scheme called ‘Teach First’.

Taking part - A researcher's view of the Big Bang Fair

• Public Engagement

I really like to participate in outreach programmes. It is a unique chance to master a short explanation of a complex scientific idea and present it to the public and a useful skill for both social and professional occasions.