Women in Business Network and Support – Cohort 6. (Deadline to apply 21 March 5:30pm)
A safe, friendly environment facilitating purposeful networking and trusted support from specialists and fellow Oxfordshire business women
A safe, friendly environment facilitating purposeful networking and trusted support from specialists and fellow Oxfordshire business women
SeedWISE is an enterprise programme born out of the success and demand for our flagship enterprise programme for women postdocs; RisingWISE. Specifically aimed at women DPhil researchers, we have taken the core RisingWISE aims and tailored the course for women at this important stage in their careers.
We are pleased to announce that MPLS will be running our annual Welcome to Women* in STEM Networking event on behalf of the division's women's societies at the Town Hall on Monday 25 April from 18.00-20.30.
We welcome our founders to join the new series of HealthTech Meet Up's for 2022, where we want to bring together likeminded entrepreneurs to meet and connect with each other and every other month we will be joined by a guest, from a different HealthTech company who will share their start-up story, successes, learns and tips for businesses in a similar industry.
The Government Office for Science offers UK Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to outstanding early career science or engineering researchers. These Fellowships are designed to promote unclassified basic research in areas of interest to the intelligence, security and defence communities.
In this introductory workshop, you will learn why impact evaluation is important, what good evaluation looks like, and how to start implementing best practise in your organisation or business.
We welcome our founders to join the new series of HealthTech Meet Up's for 2022, where we want to bring together likeminded entrepreneurs to meet and connect with each other and every other month we will be joined by a guest, from a different HealthTech company who will share their start-up story, successes, learns and tips for businesses in a similar industry.
Join us (online or in person) to look at what steps you need to take with a view to exiting your business and develop a clear strategic plan
The Insights for Action seminar series explores how researchers and practitioners within and beyond Oxford are using research insights for action.
The six month programme will run from 13th June - 18th November, with applications closing on the 13th of May.
We are looking forward to the University of Oxford Map the System final. The winning team will progress to the Global Final in Oxford on the weekend of 17 – 20 June 2022. This year will be Map the System’s biggest ever with 65 global universities competing.
This event is an opportunity to meet with other women working in the social enterprise and impact space and to hear from a panel of Oxfordshire-based social entrepreneurs.
Developing a Medical Device: turning your idea into a successful commercial product that’s improving detection, diagnosis or treatment: Session 1 | May 4th: Introduction session: what have we learned in 2021?
Equity investment can be an excellent way to fund growth and investors can bring more than capital to the table, many bring a wealth of expertise, experience, and contacts that serve to further expedite growth objectives.
We will host a panel of three young startups, Ochre Bio, Scope Biosciences and Hudson River Biotechnology to talk about the innovation that this technology brings in different fields, such as therapeutic, diagnostics and genetic engineering, the advantages that CRISPR has compared to previous technologies, its biggest hurdles and its future.
Join us on Thursday, May 5th at 1230pm UK time for a discussion on how CRISPR is revolutionising biotechnology and medicine.
A drop in session to find out more about the Social Enterprise Awards
For the first time OxWEST is creating a series of new scholarships intended to provide funding to support undergraduate and Master’s students to undertake a scientific research project in the summer vacation!
This free-to-attend webinar will discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of open banking and open finance regulations around the world.
The new scheme will play a key role in ensuring that Cherwell-based businesses are able to run as efficiently as possible and remain productive, particularly in-light of the pandemic.
Developing a Medical Device Webinar Series - Week 2 Commercialisation strategies: spin-out versus licencing
A course designed to help you establish, launch and scale your business
The health care space is witnessing two revolutions spurred on by the pandemic. The technology revolution and biotechnology revolution. This session will explore funding opportunities for companies working in technology-enabled health and care. Discussing how external funding can bring NHS Trusts, Councils, SMEs and Startups together.
The Translational Research Office (TRO) is hosting a Translational Research Symposium and Partnering Event showcasing successful routes to translation, demonstrating funding and support mechanisms available to Oxford researchers and providing opportunities to network and build partnerships with key funders and commercial collaborators.
Join us to find out the right processes to put into place to help your team grow with you and your business.
ndependent scale-up consultant Babita Devi and change management specialist Deborah McCormack will talk you through putting in the right processes and helping the team to grow with you.
Learn and work in teams over the weekend to come up with a fundraising plan for local charity Yellow Submarine. The winning team puts their plan put into action.
Liber, powered by the Entrepreneurship Centre at Oxford Saïd and generously supported by Santander Universities, is a five-month collaborative programme that brings together University of Oxford undergraduates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds with start-ups, scale-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
Developing a Medical Device Webinar Series - Week 3: Product development strategies: physical device
On Wednesday May 18, 6pm, we'll be hosting Denise Ruffner (CBO) and Robin Coxe (VP, Control Systems Engineering) from Atom Computing. They are visiting from the US to talk about their take on quantum hardware, and the whole ecosystem in general.
Come and meet up with other purpose driven businesses to share ideas, inspiration and learning around the theme of sustainability.
Marketing Camp is a fun, friendly, free meetup designed to help you up your marketing game. This month get stuck in to the second session in our Social Summer series, where we'll be learning all about how to succeed on Twitter with Eduard Chilcos from Bottle PR
We will kick off Trinity Term by hosting a number of top Venture Capital investors for a panel discussion about the future of tech.
The annual OxWEST AGM will be taking place at 5PM on SUNDAY THE 22ND MAY (location tbc). Come along for a chance to hear about what OxWEST has been up to for the year and help us vote on our new committee!
What better way to prepare for your investment journey than being surrounded by specialists able to inform your pitch content and trusted peers helping you finetune your delivery?
This session will help you to understand what IP is, who "owns" it, and the things to think about when you think you have created IP.
Dr Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer will be in conversation with Interim Dean, Professor Sue Dopson. They will discuss the story of his career, how he steered the iconic company through the greatest public health threat in a century and how the lessons of Covid-19 are already reshaping the industry.
In this session you will learn how to create an authentic brand voice that speaks to your community.
Join the online Women's Entrepreneurship policy roundtable on Gender, Diversity and Innovation: Why Inclusivity Matters.
In collaboration with Innovation Forum Oxford (IFO), WEACE is an eight week, international on-line program for female founders in the Health and Life Sciences. It is tailored to the needs of founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey.
The Barclays Black Founder Accelerator is a programme especially designed to champion diversity in entrepreneurship
Join us for this year’s first webinar part of the Let’s talk about…series, to discuss about The Power of Storytelling for women embarked on entrepreneurial journeys.
Developing a Medical Device Webinar Series - Week 4: Product development strategies: medical device diagnostics
Join our first discussion of the #InnovatorsInIndustry series as Shirley Chen talks about #GlobalHealthInvestment post-pandemic.
Evolve is a conference for academic and enterprise practitioners that is run annually and is taking place this year on Thursday the 26th of May 2022.
Calling all humanities researchers interested in communicating with new audiences, enriching your work and developing new perspectives…
Join us for advice and a discussion from a number of speakers in how to start building your business, business development and customers.
Work in teams to plan how best to redistribute OxUnboxed's stock to make healthy, low-packaged foods accessible across Oxford.
The Oxford Future of Marketing Symposium is a day-long event held at Saïd Business School and broadcast online around the world. Leading marketing academics and industry leaders will come together to discuss:
Join us for an evening with Tom Blomfield and learn how he built one of the UK's most successful startups!
BBSRC ICURe trains, funds, and supports research teams to determine whether there is a market for products or services that utilise their bioscience-based ideas, research, science, and technologies. Up to £25k of funding is available to ‘get out of the lab’ and validate commercially promising ideas in the marketplace
We are helping individuals in decision-maker roles in high growth UK based technology and engineering companies to develop their leadership skills.
Algorithmic bias has received significant attention. Less so for algorithmic neutrality, which is the subject of this talk by Professor Milo Phillips-Brown, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford and member of the Institute for Ethics in AI.
Developing a Medical Device Webinar Series - Week 5: Product development strategies: software
i4i Challenge Awards support market-ready innovations by addressing the translational gap between the clinical evaluation of technologies and their adoption, by funding the assessment of MedTech innovations in real-world healthcare settings.
Oxford Hub is delighted to work with the University of Oxford's Research Services to offer Oxford University staff and students the Social Enterprise Awards, helping members of the University to test their ideas and start up social impact projects that benefit the Oxford Community.