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To register, please visit Student Self Service. You will need to have your Single Sign On (SSO) details to hand. New students will be sent their SSO details via email before registration.

Only after you have registered are you able to:

• Attend your course (programme of study)
• Release your loan from the UK Student Loans Company (SLC) or your sponsor/awarding body (where appropriate)
• Check you have been correctly entered for any examinations and assessments and gain access to your results
• Use your University email account
• Obtain your University Card/keep your University Card valid
• Print a certificate of enrolment

For more information, please visit the ‘Guide to registration’ website.

The Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) run event will be taking place between Wednesday 9 and Friday 11 October 2013 (Wednesday - Friday of 0th Week).

Held in the Exam Schools on the High Street, the fair gives you the opportunity to meet members of OUSU and members of over 450 clubs and societies which you can join at Oxford.

Your college will have arranged a time for you to visit the Fair, and all students will be required to where the wrist band given to them in order to attend the Fair at the allocated time slot.

If you're a returning student then you're more than welcome to attend "ReFreshers' Fair" on the Friday.

For more information about the clubs and societies that are attending, visit the Freshers Fair 2013 website, or learn more about your Student Union at: www.ousu.org

Showcasing the some of the city's most beautiful buildings, gardens and walks the app also highlights free public lectures, events and exhibitions taking place throughout the year.

App features include:

• Today in Oxford: the latest news stories, events, exhibitions and weather forecast
• Theme tours: highlights more than 20 walking tours around Oxford, helping you to take in all of the Colleges, Gardens, Gargoyles and, of course, Harry Potter
• We suggest: Staff and students share their own 'perfect day in Oxford' 
• Near me: tap a pin and find out about the place you are in
• Favourites: map your own day by picking and choosing places from the different tours and suggestions.

To find out more or download the app for less than £1, please visit: http://www.ox.ac.uk/apps/

This event offers an opportunity for alumni to come back to Oxford and take part in a packed programme of lectures, panel discussions and tours led by some of Oxford’s most distinguished academic staff and alumni.

There are also a number of late additions to the programme that can be booked directly with the departments. Details are available on the Alumni Weekend website. 

Current Oxford students are now able to book a reduced price pass to the weekend. The pass price is £10, and covers all activities that have spaces available. Some sessions carry a small additional charge. A guest pass is also available for £10. You are welcome to bring one guest with you.

Student booking is open until Tuesday 10 September. You will need to use your Single Sign-On ID in order to access the form.

The training is designed to help early career and graduate researchers understand the standards of rigour and integrity relevant to their work and how to deal with the complex situations in which they may find themselves.

There are five different versions of the programme, covering Biomedical Sciences, Natural and Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Arts and Humanities, and Social and Behavioural Sciences.

The online courses are available via WebLearn. 

Further information about the University's policies and procedures related to research integrity is available from the Research integrity and ethics website.

In the past year we’ve supported an undergraduate to start-up a pop-up eco-café in South Oxford, helped masters students to set up a soap recycling project and funded development of affordable antenatal monitoring equipment.

Applications for the first round of funding - with grants of up to £500 available - close at midday on 21 October. To find out more, contact Lucie at manager@oxfordhub.org

For more information about volunteering on a wide range of projects designed for and run by students, visit the Oxford Hub website. 

The free programme is designed to help you meet fellow students and ensure that you can begin your studies with confidence.

The main orientation programmes for October will be held on the following dates:

• Thursday 3 October 2013 (9.30am-5.00pm): for postgraduate students in Social Sciences only (click to see list of departments).
• Friday 4 October 2013 (9.30am-5.00pm): for all other postgraduate students
  There will also be an information fair on Friday 4 October 11.00am-5.00pm for all postgraduate students
• Monday 7 October 2013 (9.00am-1.00pm): for undergraduate and visiting students.

Your college should have already sent you information about the events and the code to register for orientation. To find out more, please visit the Orientation Programme webpage or register here.

The Club organises a programme of tours of colleges, museums and other places of interest each term, and there are plenty of groups to get involved in: Antiques; Book; Bridge; Craft; Conversation; Country Walks; Explore Oxfordshire; Warden Group; Newcomers with Children; Opportunities in Oxford; Singing. Membership is free. For more information please visit the Newcomers' Club website.

The website acts as a one-stop shop for all academic seminars, regardless of subject or degree of specialisation; you can search by date, talk, series, speaker or venue. Seminars are organised into lists and groupings and you can tell Oxford Talks what you are interested in, so if you find a list you want to follow, you can receive daily/weekly emails or have just those seminars appear in your calendar.

If you are in good health and aged 18-60 you may be eligible to take part in this study.

The study will look at the genetic instructions used by cells of the immune system to make antibodies against the hepatitis B vaccine.

This study will involve:

• receiving a course of a licensed hepatitis B vaccine
• having blood taken

You will be compensated for your time and travel. If you would like to find out more please:

• visit: www.ovg.ox.ac.uk
• telephone: 01865 857420
• email: info@ovg.ox.ac.uk

If you would like the chance to win an expenses paid trip to present your ideas at the World Energy Forum (WEF) 2013 – taking place in Beijing, China from 18-22 November – apply at www.nrgbattle.com

A range of companies and governments will then review all of the applications before selecting their teams to work on solutions for current energy issues.

Members of each team will receive an expenses paid trip to Beijing to compete at the NRG Battle-World Edition – taking place as part of WEF – with the winners securing flight tickets to travel the world.

For more information or to register your interest, visit: www.nrgbattle.com

Whether you have used the site before - to access helpdesk services, find out about environmental initiatives or look for information on travel schemes - or not, the team would like you to volunteer in a 2-hour workshop held in the second half of September.

Lunch will be provided for those who attend. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Charlene Rowley, Estates Services Web Administrator, at charlene.rowley@admin.ox.ac.uk

The Symposium, to be held on October 25-26 2013 at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), is based on the belief that environmental thinking - often shaped by a combination of the physical and social sciences - would be much enriched if there were more emphasis on the diverse perspectives provided by the humanities.

The prizes are open to current students in Oxford at both undergraduate and graduate level, including those who have graduated this summer or will be matriculating in October.

The deadline for submissions is 14 October 2013. For more information about the competition and submission information, please visit the Smith School website.

The St Hugh’s College student, who is studying neuroscience, won the 2013 Rare Rising Stars award for his achievements in academia and business.

Mr Mezue investigates the way the brain processes pain, with the aim of developing new treatments for chronic pain syndromes.

Rare Rising Stars showcases the achievements of the best black students in the UK, providing inspiration for other young people.

The awards celebrate the support offered by UK universities to students and staff looking to set up social enterprises and develop their entrepreneurial skills.  

Any student wishing to develop their own entrepreneurial skills can now make use of the Oxford Social Enterprise scheme, which offers grants for those looking to set up a social enterprise. Projects to have already benefited from the scheme include a student food co-op and a film company which specialises in making films about social issues.

However, it was The Hog Roast Eco-Cafe which caught the imagination of the judges at the national UnLtd awards. The Cafe, based at Hogacre Common, provides an affordable meeting place for the community, uses only locally sourced ingredients and provides information about food sustainability issues.

Find out more about the Hog Roast Eco Cafe online.

Your examiner must have your thesis for at least four weeks before any planned viva, so be sure to submit in good time.

Please keep the Research Degrees Team up to date with changes to your contact details via our email address at researchdegrees@admin.ox.ac.uk. This email address can also be used if you need any help or advice regarding your Research Degree examination.

The exhibition will include a selection of Tolkien’s original artwork for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; C.S. Lewis’s ‘Lefay notebook’ and his map of Narnia, and manuscripts of novels and poems by Alan Garner, Philip Pullman and Susan Cooper. A rare illustrated first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone will be on display in the Bodleian exhibition room until 10 June. JK Rowling's personal annotations cover forty-three pages of the volume and include references to the Harry Potter series as a whole and also the film adaptations. A programme of lunchtime lectures will support the exhibition. Visit the Bodleian Libraries website.