Events

University or College events, which are open to everyone, are listed here.

If you're thinking about applying for an undergraduate degree at Oxford, please also see the information on open days, events and visiting for potential undergraduates.

Online and part-time courses at the University are offered at the Department for Continuing Education. Please see the course listing for more information.

Image depicts two individuals in colourful traditional dress with an artefact in a box in front of them on a table

Who owns Museum Collections? And what should we do with them?

Saturday 29 March

Since its inception 25 years ago, the annual Kenneth Kirkwood Day looks at key issues affecting society and the Pitt Rivers Museum. Eminent speakers, all experts in their fields, are invited to speak on a topic, exploring it through their own expertise. Following on from successful days focusing on migration and slavery, the 2025 Kenneth Kirkwood Day will explore repatriations, looking at how different museums are approaching this, and if, how and why returns should be made.

Eggceptional Animals

April 7-8

Crack open the world of animals that lay eggs! From platypuses to frogs, snakes to echidnas, discover the 'egg-ceptional' animals that start life in an egg. This family-friendly event will be held at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Monday and Tuesday 7-8 April. Visitors will be able to get hands-on with touchable museum specimens, play games and make a craft inspired by the egg-laying animals in the museum. Eggceptional Animals is suitable for all ages. Families are invited to drop-in. No booking required.

Image of a hospital sign giving directions to the hospital entrance and emergency department

Public services in the age of populism: how do we fix the NHS and NHS productivity?

Monday 28 April

In the UK election, one domestic policy issue loomed large above everything else: the NHS. But when finances are tough, NHS improvement will prove a challenge unless we can improve NHS productivity. This seminar, part of St Antony’s Visiting Parliamentary Fellowship series, will go to the heart of one of the biggest domestic policy reforms, and debate where the role of the state should begin and end and where the limitations of the NHS may lie.