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Continuing Education's Festive Countdown Calendar 2021
Continuing Education's Festive Countdown Calendar 2021

Discover something new every day in December
The Festive Countdown Calendar 2021, your gift from Oxford Continuing Education. Thirty-one days of free, online learning – enough to take you right up to the new year
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January deadlines for graduate study
Read our advice on what to look out for when you submit your graduate application

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Although he left his teenage atheism behind him, Professor McGrath has no animosity towards atheism. He says, ‘I can understand why someone might be an atheist, although I am not one myself any more.’

Oxford profiles - Professor Alister McGrath
Religious people need to explain and debate better - faith, CS Lewis and Christmas

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Colourful Kaleidoscopes

History of Science Museum
20Jan

The Future is at Hand: Theological and Philosophical Perspectives on the Global Pandemic

The Laudato Si' Research Institute, Campion Hall - Online via Zoom

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Oxford in Voice (6/6): Christmas

Oxford in Voice: Christmas

Christmas is the busiest time of year for Oxford choirs, and a chance to reflect on their past and future
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The 12 Days of Christmas Puzzles
Set by maths tutor Dr Tom Crawford
Drawing of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

Why is Rudolph's nose red?
We ask Oxford polar biologist Ignacio (Nacho) Juarez Martínez why we find red pigments in animals
The Laboratory With Leaves (Part 1): Wytham Through the Ages

Wytham Through the Ages

Revisiting the first episode of The Laboratory With Leaves
Colourful beetles

Support our HOPE for the Future appeal
Help us to protect and share our unique and irreplaceable British Insect Collection, of more than one million specimens
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The OED Blog
A Christmassy lexicon
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Advancing our understanding of German culture
With support from the Dieter Schwarz Foundation and Lidl GB
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Featured podcast
A baker’s dozen of spellbinding Christmas Science lectures
12 Days of Xmas

The Maths of the 12 Days of Christmas
What springs to your mind when you hear the song? For this mathematician it's... legs
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The OUP Blog
What does myth have to do with the Christmas story?
One in 13 Million

Pirates in the Caribbean

Bodley’s librarian explores the journey of a particular book in the Bodleian’s collection that has always fascinated him
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Christmas Stories from Oxford University
ePub editions of popular Christmas tales, with seasonal greetings and best wishes from Oxford University
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Oxplore: the Home of Big Questions
Explore the University’s innovative website for 11-18 year olds

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