Events and networking

When: Monday 7 October 2024 at 4:00pm

Meeting point: Martyr’s Memorial, 13 Magdalen Street, Oxford OX1 3AE 

Booking: Please let us know if you would like to join us by completing the booking form.

Join Rob, our amazing tour guide, for a walking tour of historic Oxford and its colleges. Tours last approximately 1 hour.  

When: Wednesday 13 November at 6:30pm

Meeting point: Martyr’s Memorial, 13 Magdalen Street, Oxford OX1 3AE 

Booking: Please let us know if you would join us by completing the booking form.

Our guide Rob, will take you through 1,000 years of gruesome Oxford history. You’ll hear about murderers, ghosts and body snatchers, in the creepiest, darkest streets and alleyways of the medieval City.

The tour will last approximately 1 hour.

When: 29 January 2025 from 3.00-5.00pm

Meeting point: 2:50pm at Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PH in Gallery 21 - to the left of main entrance door.

Booking: Places are limited to 15. If you would like to book, please complete the booking form.

Come and join this great guided tour of the highlights at the museum, we will see the Alfred Jewel, Ballyshannon Sun Disk, Guy Fawkes' Lantern, Jericho Skull, Powatan's Mantle and many more interesting displays.

When:19 February 2025 from 2.00-2.45pm

Meeting point: 1:50pm outside the Museum, Broad Street, Oxford 

Bookings: Places are limited to 15 people. If you would like to book a place, please complete the booking form. 

The History of Science Museum is the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum and has an unrivalled collection of early scientific instruments. The museum’s collections of astrolabes and sundials are the largest in the world and include instruments once owned by Queen Elizabeth I, Cardinal Wolsey, and Nostradamus.  

When: Saturday 29 March at 2:30pm

Meeting point: Outside Headington Hill Hall

Booking: As this is a weekend's event, please let us know if you are coming by completing the booking form.

Headington Hill Park is part of the grounds of Headington Hill Hall and a hidden treasure of trees and ornamental shrubs. It is a free access arboretum covering 20 acres containing a variety of exotic trees. 

Join our wonderful guide Dr Andrew Lack who as always will inspire and marvel us with his extensive botanical knowledge.

When: Wednesday 21 May 2025 from 3:00-5:00pm

Meeting point: 2:50 pm at the garden's entrance, Oxford Botanical Garden, Rose Ln, Oxford OX1 4AZ 

Booking: Places are limited to 15 people. If you would like to book a place, please complete the booking form.

The Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest in the UK with 5000 different plant species. The gardens have seven display glasshouses with plants from around the world, ranging from tropical to arid plant species. The first greenhouse was built more than 300 years ago to host exotic species such as citrus plants. The oldest part of the gardens is the Walled Garden, dating from 1621, housing Geographic Beds, Medicinal Plants and the Literary Garden. The Lower Garden holds several ornamental collections such as plants that have changed the world and the Gin Border. 

We will be guided through the gardens by Dr Andrew Lack, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Biology at Oxford Brookes. We are very grateful to Dr Lack for giving of his time and for sharing his enthusiasm and extensive botanical knowledge with all of us.