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First cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars arrive in Oxford

Equality and Diversity MPLS Teaching

We are pleased to welcome our first cohort of Optiver Foundation Scholars to Oxford as part of this new international postgraduate scholarship programme for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Department of Statistics granted an Athena Swan Silver Award

Award Equality and Diversity Statistics

Since 2011 the Department of Statistics has held an Athena Swan Bronze Award. This year, the Department has been awarded Silver, reflecting the collective efforts made over the intervening years to work towards greater gender and intersectional equality.

Announcing the winners of the MPLS Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2023

Award Equality and Diversity

We are thrilled to announce our winners for the MPLS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awards. Every other year, alternating with the University-wide VC’s Diversity Awards, we recognise staff and students in MPLS who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to advance ED&I within our communities.

MPLS Division announces the winners of Beyond Boundaries, its science-inspired art competition

Equality and Diversity Schools

Beyond Boundaries aims to highlight the work of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic scientists and mathematicians, while also engaging local schools and young people in showcasing the researchers’ work in art form. The work will be going on public display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History from Friday 30 June – Monday 3 July.

Oxford recognised with Silver Athena Swan award

Award Equality and Diversity

Oxford University has been awarded an institutional Silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our collective and continued efforts to advance gender equality across the University.

MPLS staff recognised at Vice-Chancellor’s Professional Services Awards

Award Equality and Diversity MPLS

Congratulations to Daisy Hung, Bob Mahoney and Lauren Wild in the MPLS Divisional Office, and Louisa Bailey (Head of Administration and Finance, Earth Sciences), who were amongst the joint winners and finalists for the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Professional Services Awards announced on Tuesday 21 March.

Beyond Boundaries school science and art competition opens for entries

Equality and Diversity MPLS Outreach Public Engagement

The University of Oxford’s science-inspired art competition is back for its third year and is now open for entries from state school students in Years 5 to 8, across Oxfordshire.

DeepMind offers six scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students

Computer science Equality and Diversity Funding

DeepMind, the leading British artificial intelligence company, has renewed its commitment to supporting students at the University of Oxford following the success of its scholarship programme for under-represented groups in AI.

Engineering student recognised with upReach social mobility award

Award Engineering Equality and Diversity Women in science

Fourth-year student Anahy Mercado Zambrana has been recognised with an upReach Student Social Mobility Award, awarded annually to ten students from lower socio-economic backgrounds, across the UK, who have excelled in their studies and show great potential for their future careers.

Success for MPLS students and staff in the Vice-Chancellor’s Diversity Awards 2022

Award Equality and Diversity

Congratulations to all the students and staff in the MPLS Division who have been successful in the University's 2022 Vice Chancellor's Diversity Awards.

Oxford University launches the Astrophoria Foundation Year for underrepresented students

Equality and Diversity Teaching

The Foundation Year will help able students from disadvantaged backgrounds raise their academic standards and apply successfully to Oxford. A combined Chemistry, Engineering and Materials Science course will be offered to students joining the Foundation Year of undergraduate science courses at the University, from October 2023.

Professor Susie Speller awarded a five year £2.4M Fellowship under the new EPSRC Open Plus scheme

Equality and Diversity Funding Materials science

Prof Speller will lead research on high temperature superconductors for fusion technologies and new initiatives aimed at widening participation in STEM.

DeepMind donation creates 12 new research internships in artificial intelligence and machine learning

Computer science Engineering Equality and Diversity Funding Maths Statistics

The University’s flagship UNIQ+ graduate access programme for students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds will expand further in 2022 thanks to a generous donation from leading British artificial intelligence company DeepMind.

DeepMind offers five scholarships at Oxford University for under-represented students

Computer science Equality and Diversity

DeepMind, the leading British artificial intelligence company, has renewed its commitment to supporting students at the University of Oxford following the success of its scholarship programme for under-represented groups in AI.

Science looks to the past to challenge its future

Equality and Diversity

A set of major collaborations between science, mathematics and history staff and students at the University of Oxford - seeking to diversify the curriculum in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines - was launched last week.

Oxford University staff and students consulted on race equality proposals

Equality and Diversity

The University’s Race Equality Task Force has outlined a set of proposed measures aiming to address the under-representation of racial minorities at all levels across the University.

Oxford University collaborate with Formula 1 to increase diversity and inclusion in engineering

Engineering Equality and Diversity

Oxford University is to collaborate with Formula 1 on a new scholarship to support talented undergraduate engineers from under-represented backgrounds into careers in the motorsports industry.

Science Blog: Geoscientists Call for Action on Tackling Racial Inequity

Earth sciences Equality and Diversity

A recent article published in the journal Nature Geoscience has highlighted the shocking under-representation of students from ethnic minority backgrounds in the Geosciences. Ben Fernando writes about a new paper that lays out steps to address this diversity crisis and make the discipline more equitable.

Winners announced for Oxford’s Beyond Boundaries art competition to encourage inclusion in STEM sciences

Biology Equality and Diversity Materials science Plant sciences Statistics Zoology

Oxford University has today announced the winners of its science-inspired schools’ art competition Beyond Boundaries which was launched to encourage inclusion in science research

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