What's going on around Oxford: From Week 2 Michaelmas term

Tuesday 20 October

• Media Society speaker event with Esme Hewitt, Social Media Editor at The Times. (Follow @oxfordmediasoc for full details). 
• TuesGays LGBTQ Society weekly event - hosted at a different college each week. (Follow @oulgbtq for full details).  

Wednesday 21 October

• 5pm, Kellogg College annual Black History Month lecture, the Hub, Kellogg College.
• 5:30-7pm, African Caribbean Society (ACS) CV and Careers workshop, Habakkuk Room, Jesus College. 
• 6pm-7pm, Empowering leadership through inclusion: a Black History Month event, Saïd Business School. Register to attend. 

Thursday 22 October

• 12-1pm, Career planning for disabled and neurodivergent students, online 
• 1pm, The Lady Ademola Black History Month Lecture 2026, St Hugh's College
• 3-4:30pm, Can't work workshop by the Counselling Service, Student Welfare & Support Services, 3 Worcester Street. 
• 3-4:30pm, How to create effective CVs, online. 
• 4:30-6:30pm, Gender and the pursuit of liberation: Trans inclusion in education, sports and society, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford. 
• 5pm, University Black History Month lecture, the Schwarzman Centre. Refreshments provided, register to attend. 
• 5-8pm, EnSpire Oxford and NatWest student entrepreneurship launch, Oxford Centre for Innovation

Friday 23 October

• 6:30-8pm Climate Society Panel Discussion featuring different perspectives on climate change. (Follow @oxfordclimatesoc for full details). 
• From 7pm, Oxford ACS and Mansfield College Black History Month formal. (Follow @oxfordacs for full details). 
• Islamic Society Grads games night. (Follow @oxfordisoc for full details).

Saturday 24 October

• 10:30am-1:30pm (plus pre and post fair talks), Science, Engineering and Technology Fair, Exam Schools

Sunday 25 October

• 2-4pm, every Sunday, Tea Appreciation Society meet-up at Wadham College MCR. (Follow @oxforduniteasoc for full details). 

Saturday 26 October

• 9am, Park Run, University Parks, every Saturday. (Follow @universityparksparkrun for full details). 
• Islamic Society Navigating University as a Muslim. (Follow @oxfordisoc for full details).

Monday 26 October

• 9am-3:30pm, Postgraduate students only: Facilitation skills training, St Anne's College. Free lunch included. Registration essential.

Tuesday 27 October

• 1-2.30pm, Postgraduate students only: Assessing Your Research Skills, online and in-person at Oxford Lifelong Learning, Rewley House 

Wednesday 28 October

• 5:30-7pm, Students of Colour: New Beginnings workshop by the Counselling Service, online. 

Thursday 29 October

• 12-1pm, Go Public! Public sector careers panel, online 
• 1-3pm, Reference Management Software: Compare and Contrast, Oxford Lifelong Learning, Rewley House, and online. Postgraduate students only.
• 3-4pm, Talking to employers about disability, health conditions or being neurodivergent, online 
• 5pm, Black History Month Lecture: The Call and the Answer: Travel and Literature in the Work of Addie B. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson, Garden Quad Auditorium, St John's College
• 3-5:30pm, Careers in Computing Fair, Mathematical Institute 

Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November

• Halloween film screenings at the Divinity School, Bodleian Libraries.

Tuesday 3 November

• 10am-12pm, Postgraduate students only: Research Interviews: Styles and Techniques, online and in-person at Oxford Lifelong Learning, Rewley House 

Wednesday 4 November

• 5-6:30pm, The Sheldonian Theatre. The Europaeum Annual Lecture 2026 – “Building the Renewal and Resilience of Europe” hosted by The Rt Hon Lord Hague of Richmond, Chancellor of the University of Oxford.