University of Oxford

Your Guide to Applying for an RDM Graduate Course Join our online session to learn more about preparing a strong application. Date Tuesday 20 October, 09.00-10.30 (BST) OR 15.30-17.00 (BST) programme The session will cover: Approaching and communicating with potential supervisors Completing your application and providing supporting documents Funding opportunities and available support You’ll also hear practical advice and insights from current students based on their own application experiences.

As AI makes it easier than ever to call the knowledge you need down from the cloud, many people are asking: is more school worth it? Why become a ‘master’ of anything if machines seem to have already mastered everything? The power of each new model is indeed more and more impressive, and my colleagues at the Blavatnik School are working hard to understand what that means for the world, as well as teaching our students the latest techniques.

On Tuesday we held our third annual careers and Young Persons’ Advisory Group (YPAG) event for sixth form students from schools and colleges around Oxford. With speakers from across the Department, the event explored the many different routes into health research and how young people can get involved in research themselves.

Schistosomes are parasitic flatworms responsible for infecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Schistosomiasis particularly impacts those living in poverty in tropical and sub-tropical areas (World Health Organisation), leading to impaired physical and mental development particularly in children living alongside this parasite.

Carbon credits are issued when projects such as restoring forests, protecting mangroves or replacing fossil fuels with cleaner energy can demonstrate and verify that they have reduced or removed greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold, generating a source of revenue.

Dr Michelle Jackson has been awarded the Marsh Award for Ecology in the British Ecological Society’s 2026 Awards. This prize is awarded for an outstanding current research record which is having a significant impact on the development of ecology in research and practice. It is provided by the Marsh Charitable Trust and administered by the British Ecological Society.

Abstract: The Starmer government’s 2025 Budget introduced the government’s High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS), an addition to an unchanged Council Tax. It is designed to apply on the amount of value above £2m and the Valuation Office Authority has been tasked with finding and valuing those properties. The VOA has proposed it will initially trawl through homes it estimates to be worth more than £1.5m to winnow out those worth £2m on more refined estimates.

Electrification is not simply about replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity. Electric technologies can deliver the same services using far less energy, creating a powerful but often overlooked benefit: electroefficiency. In this talk, Professor Jan Rosenow will explore how electroefficiency could reshape energy demand and accelerate decarbonisation, and introduce the new Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator.

Sam joins the MSc in Applied Digital Health following an interdisciplinary undergraduate education at the University of Richmond in the United States, where he majored in psychology and leadership studies and minored in philosophy. His research experience has focused primarily on psychology and mental health, with a growing interest in how digital technologies can improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare.

Viewers of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup encountered a logo for unhealthy food, alcohol, gambling, prediction markets or cryptocurrency roughly every seven seconds of live play, according to the first study to analyse advertising across an entire World Cup. Researchers at the University of Bristol and Oxford's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences recorded 93,409 such logos across the tournament's 104 matches – around nine per minute. Every match carried them.