The University of Oxford on iTunes U

October 2012 marked the fourth anniversary of the launch of Oxford’s iTunes U site and it has had more than 20 million downloads so far.

Key facts since launch:

• 20 million downloads from iTunes U
• 4,200 podcast items processed
• 3,480 academic speakers and contributors
• a worldwide audience of 185 countries (including 31% from the USA, 17% from the UK and 7% from China)
• mobile users account for 15% of our downloads, with most of those coming direct from Apple iOS devices (iPad 8%, iPhone 5% - of all downloads)  

Highlights include:

• From Bench to Bedside : 50 talks on Translational Medicine
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Oxford Alumni Conference 2012 - over 20 talks from the best of Oxford
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Alan Turing : A Centenary Conference on the famous mathematician
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Engage - Social Media for Dissemination and Public Engagement with Marcus Du Sautoy and colleagues


• The Chemistry of the Botanic Garden 


• First World War: New Perspectives


• Children's Language and Literacy and Impairments


• Great Writers Inspire - Over 30 short talks on famous writers

Shakespeare's entire First Folio, including original spelling, is being made available to download for free, as Oxford University becomes one of the world’s first universities to add ePubs to iTunes U:

• Shakespeare's first folio of 36 plays, ePubs to accompany Oxford’s 'Approaching Shakespeare' lectures
• ePubs to accompany our 'Not Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean Popular theatre' lectures

If you have iTunes on your computer already click here to visit Oxford's site