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Brains, Bees and Bosons abound during OSF 2013! We have loads of events already and more coming soon
Run by: Oxford AWiSE (Association for Women in Science & Engineering)
Date/TIme: 5pm, Tuesday, 5th March
Venue: Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Target audience: Adults
Cost: Free
Run by: The Sciencebook Trust
Date/TIme: Various dates (07/03/2013 - 08/03/2013). See full details for date / times.
Venue: Cokethorpe School
Target audience: Everyone
Run by: Arts at the Old Fire Station
Date/TIme: 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Venue: Old Fire Station, Gloucester Green
Run by: Jamie Wakeham
Date/TIme: 2 night residentials, throughout the Festival
Venue: Wales
Target audience: Schools
Cost: £55 per pupil
Run by: University of Oxford Botanic Garden
Date/TIme: 9am to 4:15pm, throughout the Festival
Venue: University of Oxford Botanic Gardens
Target audience: Families
Cost: Free with entry
Run by: Quirky STEM
Date/TIme: 2 hour sessions, throughout the Festival
Venue: Schools Across Oxfordshire
Cost: £200 for up to 40 students
Run by: Museum of the History of Science
Date/TIme: 10am to 5pm, 9th March 2013
Venue: Museum of the History of Science
Run by: Royal Microscopical Society
Date/TIme: 10am to 6pm (Tues - Sat) or 11am to 4pm (Sun), and later on performance nights, Throughout the Festival
Venue: Cornerstone Arts Centre
Run by: Earth Trust in partnership with Thames Water
Date/TIme: 10am to 4pm, Saturday 9th March 2013
Venue: Didcot Sewage Treatment Works
Run by: Oxfordshire Science Festival
Date/TIme: 10am until 4pm, Saturday, 9th March
Venue: Bonn Square, Oxford
Run by: Science Oxford
Target audience: Everyone,
Run by: River & Rowing Museum
Date/TIme: 10am until 5pm everyday throughout the Festival
Venue: River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames
Cost: from £6.50 for 12 month admission
Date/TIme: 12noon-5pm (Tues-Fri) 10am-5pm (Sat) 2pm-5pm (Sun)
Run by: The AXNS Collective
Date/TIme: 12noon - 5pm (Tues - Fri), 11am - 4pm (Sat & Sun), throughout the Festival
Venue: O3 Gallery, Oxford Castle
Run by: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Date/TIme: 1pm to 4pm, Saturday 9th March 2013
Venue: Ashmolean Museum
Run by: Environment Department, University of York
Date/TIme: 2pm to 4pm, Saturday 9th March 2013
Venue: Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford
Run by: Oxford Physics
Date/TIme: 4pm, Saturday 9th March 2013
Venue: The Chapel, Lady Margaret Hall
Target audience: Ages 10 to Adult
Date/TIme: Sunday, 10th March 2013
Venue: Modern Art Oxford
Run by: Catarina Amorim
Date/TIme: 12noon until 6pm, Sunday, 10th March
Venue: Café Tarifa, 56-60 Cowley Road
Run by: Our Lady's Abingdon
Date/TIme: All day, Monday, 11th March
Venue: Our Lady's Abingdon, Radley Road
Target audience: Pupils of Our Lady's Abingdon only.
Run by: Cotswold Wildlife Park
Date/TIme: Weekdays throughout the Festival
Venue: Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
Cost: Standard Education Ticket Prices
Run by: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Date/TIme: 1:30pm, Monday, 11th March 2013
Venue: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell
Run by: University of Oxford Department of Physics
Date/TIme: 6pm, Monday, 11th March 2013
Venue: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Run by: Didcot Railway Centre
Date/TIme: 8am until 4pm, Tuesday, 12th March
Venue: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Rd
Target audience: Adults and Older Children
Cost: £290
Date/TIme: All day, Tuesday 12th March
Venue: Our Lady's Abingdon (Junior School), St. John's Road
Run by: Park House School
Date/TIme: 9am to 3pm, Tuesday, 12th March
Venue: Park House School, Andover Road
Target audience: Park House School
Cost: N/A
Date/TIme: 12noon-5pm (Tues-Fri) 10am-5pm (Sat) 2pm-5pm (Sun), from the 12th March
Date/TIme: Various dates (12/03/2013 - 17/03/2013). See full details for date / times.
Run by: University of Oxford
Date/TIme: 12th & 13th March
Venue: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd
Cost: up to £50
Run by: Oxford Café Scientifique
Date/TIme: 7:30pm until 9pm, Tuesday, 12th March 2013
Venue: Science Oxford Live, 1-5 London Place, St Clements
Run by: Think Forensic Ltd
Date/TIme: Slots throughout Wednesday 13th March 2013
Venue: Restore, Manzil Way, Cowley Road
Cost: £10 per person; £30 family ticket (2 ad. + 2 ch.)
Run by: Begbroke Science Park
Date/TIme: 9:30am to 12noon, Wednesday, 13th March 2013
Venue: Begbroke Science Park
Date/TIme: Wednesday, 13th March 2013
Venue: Fusion Arts, East Oxford Community Centre, Princes Street
Date/TIme: 6:50pm onwards, Wednesday, 13th March
Venue: Amey Theatre, Abingdon School
Cost: Free with Copenhagen tickets
Date/TIme: 7:30pm, Wednesday 13th March 2013
Cost: £5 per person
Run by: Harwell Oxford
Date/TIme: 7:30am until 11am, Thursday, 14th March
Run by: The Rotary Club
Date/TIme: Thursday, 14th March
Venue: The Highcrest Academy, Hatters Lane
Target audience: Highcrest Academy
Run by: Pitt Rivers Museum
Date/TIme: 10am until 4:30pm, from the 14th March
Venue: Pitt Rivers Museum
Cost: Free, donations welcome.
Run by: Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
Date/TIme: March 14, 1:59 pm
Venue: Event runs online
Run by: Matthew Arnold School
Date/TIme: 5pm until 7pm, Thursday, 14th March
Venue: Matthew Arnold School, Science Centre
Date/TIme: 7pm, Thursday 14th March
Run by: Tudor Hall School
Date/TIme: Friday, 15th March
Venue: Tudor Hall School, Wykham Park
Target audience: Tudor Hall School
Run by: Women in Business Peer Group
Date/TIme: 9:30am to 11:30am, Friday, 15th March
Venue: Worton Farm
Target audience: Women in Leadership Roles
Run by: Royal Aeronautical Society, Oxford Branch
Date/TIme: 6:30pm until 10:30pm, Friday, 15th March 2013
Venue: Sadler Building
Cost: £32.50 per person
Run by: Wootton Village Hall Talks
Date/TIme: 7:30pm, Friday, 15th March
Venue: Wootton Village Hall, Wootton-by-Woodstock
Cost: All Tickets £6
Run by: Oxford Geology Group
Date/TIme: 9:30am to 5pm, Saturday 16th March 2013
Target audience: 6th Formers and Adults
Cost: £15
Date/TIme: 10am to 3pm, Saturday 16th March
Date/TIme: 10am, Saturday, 16th March
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital
Run by: The Chocolate Festival
Date/TIme: Saturday & Sunday, 16th & 17th March
Venue: Broad Street, Oxford
Date/TIme: Various times on 16/03/2013. See full details for date / times.
Run by: Oxford Brookes University
Date/TIme: 11am to 4pm, Saturday 16th March 2013
Venue: Oxford Brookes University
Run by: Oxfordshire Museums Service
Venue: The Oxfordshire Museum
Cost: £5 per child
Run by: Combe Mill Society
Date/TIme: 10am until 5pm, Sunday, 17th March
Venue: Combe Mill, Blenheim Palace Sawmills
Cost: Adults £5, children & concessions £4, family £13.50
Run by: Cokethorpe School
Date/TIme: 11am until 1pm, Sunday, 17th March 2013
Run by: Oxford University
Date/TIme: All day for the whole week starting 18th March 2013
Venue: Schools across Oxfordshire
Run by: Bayards Hill Primary School
Date/TIme: Monday, 18th March
Venue: Bayards Hill Primary School, Waynflete Road
Target audience: Bayards Hill Primary School
Run by: Phoenix Picturehouse
Date/TIme: 10am until 12noon, Monday, 18th March
Venue: Phoenix Picturehouse, 57 Walton Street
Target audience: 6th Formers, Secondary School Students, Specialist
Run by: Daniel Bye
Date/TIme: 7:30pm, Monday, 18th March
Venue: Oxford Playhouse
Cost: £10 (£8 concessions)
Run by: Skeptics In The Pub
Venue: Wig and Pen Pub, 9 - 13 George Street
Run by: Langtree School
Date/TIme: 9am to 3.30pm, Tuesday 19th March
Venue: Langtree School, Reading Rd
Target audience: Langtree School
Run by: Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
Date/TIme: 9:30am until 5pm, Tuesday, 19th March
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Rd
Run by: Cherwell School
Date/TIme: Throughout the afternoon, Tuesday, 19th March
Venue: Cherwell School, Summertown
Target audience: Cherwell School
Date/TIme: Various dates (19/03/2013 - 23/03/2013). See full details for date / times.
Date/TIme: 2 - 3pm, Tuesday, 19th March
Date/TIme: 6pm until 9pm, Tuesday, 19th March 2013
Venue: Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road
Date/TIme: 7:30pm to 10pm, Tuesday, 19th March 2013
Date/TIme: Wednesday, 20th March
Date/TIme: Wednesday, 20th March 2013
Run by: Ashmolean Museum
Date/TIme: 2 - 3pm, Wednesday, 20th March
Run by: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Date/TIme: 6pm, Wednesday, 20th March
Venue: Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine
Run by: Chalfonts Community College
Date/TIme: During the day
Venue: Chalfonts Community College, Narcot Lane
Target audience: Chalfonts Community College
Date/TIme: 11am & 1pm, Thursday, 21st March
Run by: Oxford Branch of the British Science Association
Date/TIme: 6:30pm, Thurs 21st March
Venue: Port Mahon Pub
Target audience: Adults, experts welcome, expertise not required
Date/TIme: 7:30pm, Thursday 21st March 2013
Date/TIme: 7:30pm Thursday, 21st March 2013
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences
Cost: £3
Run by: Dr Phil Dooley
Date/TIme: 8pm, Thursday, 21st March
Venue: James St Tavern, 47 - 48 James Street, Cowley
Date/TIme: 12noon-5pm (Tues-Fri) 10am-5pm (Sat) 2pm-5pm (Sun), from the 22nd March
Date/TIme: 10:30am until 12:30pm, Friday, 22nd March
Cost: £10
Date/TIme: 11:30am, Friday, 22nd March
Run by: Oxford University Press
Date/TIme: 4pm, Friday, 22nd March
Date/TIme: 5pm, Friday, 22nd March
Cost: £5
Run by: Unlimited Theatre and Bush Theatre
Date/TIme: 7:30pm, Friday, 22nd March
Date/TIme: 10am to 2pm, Saturday 23rd March 2013
Date/TIme: 10am to 5pm, Saturday 23rd March 2013
Cost: £3.50 per person
Run by: The Open University
Date/TIme: 10:30am to 3pm, Saturday, 23rd March 2013
Venue: Foxcombe Hall, Boars Hill
Run by: The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival in assoc. with the Oxford Martin School & Science Oxford
Date/TIme: 2pm to 5pm, Saturday, 23rd March 2013
Venue: Corpus Christi College Auditorium
Cost: £25 (save £5 if booked with "Death or Glory")
Date/TIme: 5:15pm, Saturday, 23rd March 2013
Cost: £20 (save £5 if booked with Science & the Future)
Date/TIme: Sunday, 24th March 2013
Run by: Tethys Reseach Institute
Date/TIme: 2pm, Sunday, 24th March
Venue: Cape of Good Hope, Magdalen Roundabout
Date/TIme: 7 - 9:30pm, 11th April for 10 weeks
Venue: University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education
Cost: £230
Date/TIme: 7 - 9pm, 15th April for 10 weeks
Cost: £165
Date/TIme: 10:30am - 12:30am, 16th April for 10 weeks
Date/TIme: 2 - 4pm, 16th April for 10 weeks
Date/TIme: 10:30am - 12:30am, 17th April for 10 weeks
Date/TIme: 2 - 4pm, 17th April for 10 weeks
Date/TIme: 7 - 9pm, 18th April for 10 weeks
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