Fire and Wire in the Garden

Exploring the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium on Climate, where 200 undergrads join forces with top academics to combat the climate crisis. VC Irene Tracey talks to programme lead Bill Finnegan, Pablo Mukherjee and two students. On the latest Fire and Wire, the Vice-Chancellor and her guests discuss a new cross-curricular teaching and learning experience for undergraduates at Oxford. Launched last term, 'The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium − Climate' brought together 200 undergraduates and Oxford’s world-leading academics from across the Humanities, Social Sciences and STEM subjects to tackle the global climate crisis. Programme lead, Bill Finnegan, joins Pablo Mukherjee, Professor of Anglophone World-Literature, and first-year students, Michal Pietrzak and Erin Adlard, to discuss the initiative from their personal perspectives.  Links: The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium − Climate: https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about/the-vice-chancellors-colloquium Bill Finnegan: https://www.education.ox.ac.uk/people/bill-finnegan/ Pablo Mukherjee: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/pablo-mukherjee 'Wadham College takes top prize at the Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium' https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/wadham-students-team-takes-top-prize-at-the-vice-chancellors-colloquium

This International Women's Day (8 March), Professor Irene Tracey sat down with women from across the University who are making a global impact with their work. Professor Kokila Lakhoo, Dr Isang Awah and Professor Katrina Charles joined the Vice-Chancellor to discuss the challenges of working in an international space and the difficulties impacting the retention of women in academia.

Mairi Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer at Oxford University Innovation and Lilly Bussmann, Principal at Oxford Science Enterprises, join Professor Irene Tracey for the latest podcast in this series to discuss innovation at Oxford. Mairi Gibbs, Chief Operating Officer at Oxford University Innovation: https://innovation.ox.ac.uk/about/people/gibbs-mairi/ Lilly Bussmann, Principal at Oxford Science Enterprises: https://www.oxfordscienceenterprises.com/team/lilly-bussmann

Irene speaks to Dr Chris Thorogood, the Head of Science at Oxford Botanic Garden, about the past, present and future of this extraordinary institution. Dr Chris Thorogood: https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/people/chris-thorogood Oxford Botanic Garden: https://www.obga.ox.ac.uk/

Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Director of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre, speaks to Irene about why wellbeing matters in the workplace. He also discusses some of the latest research findings coming out of the Wellbeing Research Centre. Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Director of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre: https://www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-jan-emmanuel-de-neve Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre: https://wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk/

Irene speaks to DPhil student Misha Patel and  Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera . They touch on their pathways into science as women, the importance of networks and what direction their work will take next. Misha Patel, DPhil student in the Department of Engineering Science: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/people/misha-patel/ Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera from the Department of Physics: https://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/our-people/antoranzcontera