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Virtual Oxford Open Days

Virtual Open Day for prospective applicants

Thursday 2 July 2020
Online advice about degrees, departments/faculties, colleges, and an opportunity to put questions directly to students and their tutors.
Virtual Oxford Open Days

Virtual Open Day for prospective applicants

Wednesday 1 July 2020
Online advice about degrees, departments/faculties, colleges, and an opportunity to put questions directly to students and their tutors.
Professor Jonathan Prag

The writing’s on the wall: new approaches to…

Tuesday 23 June 2020
Speaker: Jonathan Prag, Professor of Ancient History
Professor Peter Holland

The Diversity of Animals - from Darwin to DNA

Thursday 18 June 2020
Speaker: Professor Peter Holland FRS, Linacre Professor of Zoology
Professor Helen Small

The Value of the Humanities - before and after…

Tuesday 9 June 2020
Speaker: Helen Small, Merton Professor of English Language & Literature
(L-R) Professors Simon Draper and Matt Higgins

Designer Malaria Vaccines

Tuesday 2 June 2020
Speakers: Matt Higgins, Professor of Molecular Parasitology, and Simon Draper, Professor of Vaccinology and Translational Medicine
Professor Irene Tracey

Merton Society London Lecture

Tuesday 19 May 2020
Our speaker this year was Professor Irene Tracey (1985), Warden of Merton, who spoke about her research and career in neuroscience.
Merton College Music Society

MCMS Lunchtime Recital: Lucy Gibbs and Osman Tack

Wednesday 11 March 2020
Mezzo-soprano Lucy Gibbs performed a short recital of works by Brahms, Fauré and Britten, accompanied by Osman Tack.
Dr Chiara Marletto - Photo courtesy of Edge Foundation, Inc.

The 32nd Ockham Lecture - ‘The Physics of Can and…

Monday 9 March 2020
Given by Dr Chiara Marletto (2013), Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, and Research Associate at the Department of Materials, University of Oxford.
Merton College Music Society

MCMS Lunchtime Recital: Cherubini, Larsson and…

Wednesday 4 March 2020
A short programme featuring a Cherubini horn sonata, Lars-Erik Larsson's horn concerto and Ralph Vaughan Williams' vocalises for clarinet and voice.