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Reflections from the World Bank Conference: Pioneering Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development

Tue 30 Apr 2024

MSc in Sustainable Urban Development student attends 8th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference at The World Bank Group, sharing key insights.

‘Music of Colour’: Dr Claire O’Mahony Contributes to Tapestry Exhibition in Kyiv

Wed 21 Feb 2024

Towards the end of 2023, Dr Claire O’Mahony, Associate Professor in History of Art and Design, collaborated with a set of colleagues in Ukraine on the tapestry exhibition, Music of Colour.

Inside COP28 with the UK Space Agency

Mon 08 Jan 2024

Momin Ashraf, first-year student on our MSc in Sustainable Urban Development, attended the COP28 summit in Dubai, as part of the UK Space Agency team. He recounts his experience and his observations of the event.

Our Mothers Ourselves

Fri 26 Aug 2022

Six writers tell the extraordinary stories of ‘ordinary’ women.

Creative Writing: celebrating student and alumni achievements

Tue 09 Mar 2021

For your reading enjoyment: a selection of creative writing student and alumni successes: essays, short fiction, poetry, prizes, films and interviews – most are available to read or follow up online.

How a spell on a remote Pacific island led a creative writing graduate to create a beautiful new album

Wed 29 Apr 2020

A graduate of the MSt in Creative Writing and his partner composed an entire album last year during a nine-month stay on a remote Pacific island.

Adult Learning a ‘Permanent National Necessity’, Report Finds

Mon 18 Nov 2019

Centenary Commission on Adult Education finds that lifelong learning must be a permanent national necessity, an inseparable aspect of citizenship, vital to addressing the huge societal divisions and challenges to democracy we currently face

Revitalising Adult Education for the 21st Century

Wed 11 Sep 2019

In a world facing daunting challenges, adult education is more important than ever before

From Twelfth Night to the Hubble Telescope: a Year in the Life of ‘Composers’ Workshop’

Mon 04 Feb 2019

Students from the ‘Composers’ Workshop’, a weekly class taught by Director of Studies in Music Jonathan Darnborough, record wide-ranging successes.

The Student Experience: BBC Radio Oxford

Thu 17 Jan 2019

Students speak to BBC Radio Oxford's David Prever about their experience of Continuing Education

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Reflections from the World Bank Conference: Pioneering Solutions for Sustainable Urban Development

‘Music of Colour’: Dr Claire O’Mahony Contributes to Tapestry Exhibition in Kyiv

Inside COP28 with the UK Space Agency

Our Mothers Ourselves

Creative Writing: celebrating student and alumni achievements

How a spell on a remote Pacific island led a creative writing graduate to create a beautiful new album

Adult Learning a ‘Permanent National Necessity’, Report Finds

Revitalising Adult Education for the 21st Century

From Twelfth Night to the Hubble Telescope: a Year in the Life of ‘Composers’ Workshop’

The Student Experience: BBC Radio Oxford

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