Research Ethics Colloquium 2025

Annual colloquium discussing research ethics

For postgraduate students and those working in higher education

The Department for Continuing Education will host its second annual Research Ethics Colloquium on Friday 13 June 2025. The colloquium is a forum for higher education postgraduate students, administrators and academics to share their perspectives on and experiences of current research ethics issues, with emphasis on the everchanging landscape of AI in lifelong learning. 

The event is open to those both within and outside of the University of Oxford with an interest in research ethics within academia and can be attended either in person at Rewley House in central Oxford or online.

  • Call for Papers is now closed
  • Registration to attend the colloquium will open later in the spring.

To find out more about the event, including how to register to take part, please see the information below:

Event format

Join us in Oxford or online

The colloquium will take place in a hybrid format, with speakers and attendees invited to join either in person at Rewley House in central Oxford or online.

Though it is expected that there will be no limit to the number of delegates able to attend sessions online, there will be restrictions to those able to attend in person, including for specific sessions. Priority for in-person attendance will be given to speakers wishing to present from Rewley House.

Both lunch and refreshments will be offered to those who are able to attend in person.

Details of how to find Rewley House, including parking and accessibility, can be found on our website here.

2025 programme

Friday 13 June 2025

A tentative programme is outlined below, though all sessions are subject to finalisation. Posters are available to view throughout the day, with a Q&A taking place during the lunch break.

09.30-09.45: Welcome

09.45-10.45: Keynote

10.45-11.00: Break (tea and refreshments)

11.00-12.30: Strand 1: Three papers plus 10-minute discussion each, or 90-minute workshop, or student-centred debate (subject to confirmation)

12.30-13.30: Buffet lunch (tea and refreshments). Posters Q&A.

13.30-15.00:

  • Strand 2: Three papers plus 10-minute discussion each or 90-minute workshop
  • Strand 3: Three papers plus 10-minute discussion each or 90-minute workshop

15.00-15.15: Break (tea and refreshments)

15.15-16.45:

  • Strand 4: Three papers plus 10-minute discussion each or 90-minute workshop
  • Strand 5: Three papers plus 10-minute discussion each or 90-minute workshop

16.45-17.00 Wrap up and survey

Who can attend or speak at the event?

Following the success of its inaugural research ethics colloquium in 2024, the Department is opening the 2025 colloquium to both internal and external delegates.

Whilst the colloquium is not intended for undergraduate students, higher education postgraduate students, administrators, academic and other staff members are invited to attend.

Call for Papers

Submissions closed on Friday 11 April 2025.

Those outside of the University of Oxford, as well as those with University affiliations, are invited to speak at the event.

See Call for Papers details.

Register to attend

Details will be released on how to register to attend the event from mid-May. In the meantime, if you have any queries, please get in touch by emailing the colloquium team at rec2025@conted.ox.ac.uk.

Are there fees to attend?

Attendance will vary from being free to internal delegates to costing a small fee for those external to the University of Oxford. The fee is the same for both online and in-person attendance, and this fee will be waived for all those speaking at the event.

Details will be released on how to register to attend the event from mid-May. 

Internal delegates: Free
Individual associated with the University of Oxford (postgraduate student, administrator, academic, other staff member).

External students: £50.00
Individual with postgraduate student status at a university other than the University of Oxford. Proof of affiliation may be required during registration.

External non-students: £100.00
Individual with an interest in Higher Education research ethics possessing neither an affiliation to the University of Oxford nor student status at another institution.

 

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