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Producing a wide range of exciting, innovative and timely Materials Science at the University of Oxford.
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🎓 Applications are open for the IMAT Centre for Doctoral Training at @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social & @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social!
Among many exciting topics, have a look at our projects P10 and P13, both combining MLIPs and #compchem with close experimental collaborations: imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk
Among many exciting topics, have a look at our projects P10 and P13, both combining MLIPs and #compchem with close experimental collaborations: imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk
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November 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🎓 Applications are open for the IMAT Centre for Doctoral Training at @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social & @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social!
Among many exciting topics, have a look at our projects P10 and P13, both combining MLIPs and #compchem with close experimental collaborations: imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk
Among many exciting topics, have a look at our projects P10 and P13, both combining MLIPs and #compchem with close experimental collaborations: imatcdt.chem.ox.ac.uk
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Ready for a UK-wide competition that puts your students’ problem-solving to the test?
Registration for the UK #ChemistryOlympiad 2026 closes 14 January. Don’t let your students miss out on the excitement.
Sign up your school (it’s free) ➡️ https://rsc.li/43d6Bhc #EduSky #ChemSky
Registration for the UK #ChemistryOlympiad 2026 closes 14 January. Don’t let your students miss out on the excitement.
Sign up your school (it’s free) ➡️ https://rsc.li/43d6Bhc #EduSky #ChemSky
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ready for a UK-wide competition that puts your students’ problem-solving to the test?
Registration for the UK #ChemistryOlympiad 2026 closes 14 January. Don’t let your students miss out on the excitement.
Sign up your school (it’s free) ➡️ https://rsc.li/43d6Bhc #EduSky #ChemSky
Registration for the UK #ChemistryOlympiad 2026 closes 14 January. Don’t let your students miss out on the excitement.
Sign up your school (it’s free) ➡️ https://rsc.li/43d6Bhc #EduSky #ChemSky
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If you're working on any UK Government missions, consider joining us here in the Department of Materials as an OPEN Visiting Fellow.
Our portfolio covers sustainable energy, quantum technologies, structural alloys for nuclear and aerospace environments, and biomaterials.
Our portfolio covers sustainable energy, quantum technologies, structural alloys for nuclear and aerospace environments, and biomaterials.
Oxford's Open Policy Engagement Network Visiting Fellowship scheme is seeking expressions of interest for this opportunity to collaborate with researchers regarding policy challenges.
Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you're working on any UK Government missions, consider joining us here in the Department of Materials as an OPEN Visiting Fellow.
Our portfolio covers sustainable energy, quantum technologies, structural alloys for nuclear and aerospace environments, and biomaterials.
Our portfolio covers sustainable energy, quantum technologies, structural alloys for nuclear and aerospace environments, and biomaterials.
Oxford's Open Policy Engagement Network Visiting Fellowship scheme is seeking expressions of interest for this opportunity to collaborate with researchers regarding policy challenges.
Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Oxford's Open Policy Engagement Network Visiting Fellowship scheme is seeking expressions of interest for this opportunity to collaborate with researchers regarding policy challenges.
Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Find out more, including how to apply, on the University's website: www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
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The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 🏛️✨
A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.
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A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 🏛️✨
A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.
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A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.
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We are very sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS.
Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
Prof Sir Peter Hirsch: 1925-2025
www.materials.ox.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We are very sad to announce the death of Professor Sir Peter Hirsch, FRS.
Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
Sir Peter was a great scientist, mentor, colleague and friend, and he will be much missed.
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/prof...
Thinking about postgraduate study?
Join us at the Oxford Materials Postgraduate Open Day on 17 Sept 2025
- Meet our students & academics
- Tour our labs
- Learn how to make a strong application
Oxford Department of Materials. Register now: lnkd.in/g_95Ev5z
#OxfordMaterials #PostgradStudy #OpenDay
Join us at the Oxford Materials Postgraduate Open Day on 17 Sept 2025
- Meet our students & academics
- Tour our labs
- Learn how to make a strong application
Oxford Department of Materials. Register now: lnkd.in/g_95Ev5z
#OxfordMaterials #PostgradStudy #OpenDay
September 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Thinking about postgraduate study?
Join us at the Oxford Materials Postgraduate Open Day on 17 Sept 2025
- Meet our students & academics
- Tour our labs
- Learn how to make a strong application
Oxford Department of Materials. Register now: lnkd.in/g_95Ev5z
#OxfordMaterials #PostgradStudy #OpenDay
Join us at the Oxford Materials Postgraduate Open Day on 17 Sept 2025
- Meet our students & academics
- Tour our labs
- Learn how to make a strong application
Oxford Department of Materials. Register now: lnkd.in/g_95Ev5z
#OxfordMaterials #PostgradStudy #OpenDay
Congratulations to everyone collecting their A Level results today! If you are #GoingToOxford to read Materials Science, let us know - we're looking forward to welcoming you!
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August 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Congratulations to everyone collecting their A Level results today! If you are #GoingToOxford to read Materials Science, let us know - we're looking forward to welcoming you!
We're delighted to be part of the ENLIGHT collaborative group, led by @manchester.ac.uk.
A major grant has been secured to transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #graphite #NuclearPower
A major grant has been secured to transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #graphite #NuclearPower
ENLIGHT: next-generation nuclear energy
A new UK-wide programme
www.materials.ox.ac.uk
August 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We're delighted to be part of the ENLIGHT collaborative group, led by @manchester.ac.uk.
A major grant has been secured to transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #graphite #NuclearPower
A major grant has been secured to transform the lifecycle of graphite in nuclear energy: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #graphite #NuclearPower
Postdocs and Fellows in Materials, the abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Postdoc Research Symposium has been extended to **today**, 22 July 2025 at 12noon.
Don’t miss your chance to join this exciting cross-department collaboration opportunity!
(SSO login): forms.office.com/e/rCDdqvPaUP
Don’t miss your chance to join this exciting cross-department collaboration opportunity!
(SSO login): forms.office.com/e/rCDdqvPaUP
July 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Postdocs and Fellows in Materials, the abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Postdoc Research Symposium has been extended to **today**, 22 July 2025 at 12noon.
Don’t miss your chance to join this exciting cross-department collaboration opportunity!
(SSO login): forms.office.com/e/rCDdqvPaUP
Don’t miss your chance to join this exciting cross-department collaboration opportunity!
(SSO login): forms.office.com/e/rCDdqvPaUP
🎈🎉Many congratulations🎈🎉 to Professor Saiful Islam, who has been awarded the 2025 @rsc.org 2025 Environment Prize & Medal, for deepening understanding of atomistic processes for lithium batteries & hybrid photovoltaics.
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizxes #batteries
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizxes #batteries
June 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🎈🎉Many congratulations🎈🎉 to Professor Saiful Islam, who has been awarded the 2025 @rsc.org 2025 Environment Prize & Medal, for deepening understanding of atomistic processes for lithium batteries & hybrid photovoltaics.
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizxes #batteries
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizxes #batteries
🎉🎈Many congratulations🎉🎈 to Professor Mauro Pasta, who has been awarded the 2025 @rsc.org 2025 Corday-Morgan Prize and Medal, for innovative research on novel battery chemistries.
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizes #batteries #sustainability
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizes #batteries #sustainability
June 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🎉🎈Many congratulations🎉🎈 to Professor Mauro Pasta, who has been awarded the 2025 @rsc.org 2025 Corday-Morgan Prize and Medal, for innovative research on novel battery chemistries.
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizes #batteries #sustainability
Read more on rsc.li/prizes.
@mplsoxford.bsky.social #RSCPrizes #batteries #sustainability
Hot off the press!
📢 New publication from #CambridgeUniv, @oxfordmaterials.bsky.social & @cardiffuni.bsky.social shows how #Cathodoluminescence reveals Mg point defect luminescence near stacking faults in #GaN:Mg — a key step toward closing the green gap in LEDs 🌱
👉 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
👉 doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
Point defect luminescence associated with stacking faults in magnesium doped zincblende GaN
The luminescence characteristics and the relation between the distribution of impurities and stacking faults (SFs) in Mg-doped zincblende gallium nitride (zb-Ga
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hot off the press!
This paper is a great read, and includes work from our very own Professor Jason Smith: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/...
June 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This paper is a great read, and includes work from our very own Professor Jason Smith: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/...
We have a vacancy for a Departmental Lecturer in Materials Modelling. If the link in the poster below doesn't work, search for vacancy number 179858 on the University of Oxford's vacancies page: www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/academic-res....
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 13 June:
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 13 June:
June 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We have a vacancy for a Departmental Lecturer in Materials Modelling. If the link in the poster below doesn't work, search for vacancy number 179858 on the University of Oxford's vacancies page: www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/academic-res....
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 13 June:
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 13 June:
Professor Hannah Stern and a team from Cambridge have made a breakthrough in quantum sensing, which could herald atomic scale spatial mapping of the magnetic field.
Read more online: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/brea....
Read more online: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/brea....
May 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Professor Hannah Stern and a team from Cambridge have made a breakthrough in quantum sensing, which could herald atomic scale spatial mapping of the magnetic field.
Read more online: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/brea....
Read more online: www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/brea....
What can you do with a Materials Science doctorate?
Start your own sustainability-focused company & be recognised in Forbes' 30-under-30 before you've even had a chance to attend your degree ceremony.
Many congratulations to Dr Chan who did exactly that:
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-h...
Start your own sustainability-focused company & be recognised in Forbes' 30-under-30 before you've even had a chance to attend your degree ceremony.
Many congratulations to Dr Chan who did exactly that:
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-h...
Dr Hans Chan: Forbes' 30-under-30'
materialsoutreach.web.ox.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What can you do with a Materials Science doctorate?
Start your own sustainability-focused company & be recognised in Forbes' 30-under-30 before you've even had a chance to attend your degree ceremony.
Many congratulations to Dr Chan who did exactly that:
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-h...
Start your own sustainability-focused company & be recognised in Forbes' 30-under-30 before you've even had a chance to attend your degree ceremony.
Many congratulations to Dr Chan who did exactly that:
www.materials.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-h...
Congratulations to Neil Young, who is now an Associate Professor of Electron Microscopy.
Neil has been managing the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy for over a decade, where his focus is on developing the userbase and encouraging collaboration: www-em.materials.ox.ac.uk
Neil has been managing the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy for over a decade, where his focus is on developing the userbase and encouraging collaboration: www-em.materials.ox.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Congratulations to Neil Young, who is now an Associate Professor of Electron Microscopy.
Neil has been managing the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy for over a decade, where his focus is on developing the userbase and encouraging collaboration: www-em.materials.ox.ac.uk
Neil has been managing the David Cockayne Centre for Electron Microscopy for over a decade, where his focus is on developing the userbase and encouraging collaboration: www-em.materials.ox.ac.uk
Led by @AstonUniversity, Oxford’s Bhaskaran Lab* is one of the partners in the new UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing. @EPSRC has committed to invest £5.6M into the centre: www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps....
*https://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk/home
@MPLS @UniofOfxord
*https://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk/home
@MPLS @UniofOfxord
May 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Led by @AstonUniversity, Oxford’s Bhaskaran Lab* is one of the partners in the new UK Multidisciplinary Centre for Neuromorphic Computing. @EPSRC has committed to invest £5.6M into the centre: www.aston.ac.uk/research/eps....
*https://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk/home
@MPLS @UniofOfxord
*https://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk/home
@MPLS @UniofOfxord
📢 We're Hiring 📢 Associate Professor (or Professor) of Materials at the University of Oxford
📍 Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford
📅 Starting: 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter
🕛 Deadline to apply: 12 noon, 30 May 2025
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📍 Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford
📅 Starting: 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter
🕛 Deadline to apply: 12 noon, 30 May 2025
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May 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
📢 We're Hiring 📢 Associate Professor (or Professor) of Materials at the University of Oxford
📍 Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford
📅 Starting: 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter
🕛 Deadline to apply: 12 noon, 30 May 2025
Click below
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📍 Department of Materials, Parks Road, Oxford
📅 Starting: 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter
🕛 Deadline to apply: 12 noon, 30 May 2025
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Prof Susie Speller has been funded by RAEng to bring her 'Superconductors Inc' game to schools across the UK.
The game introduces the students to buying, processing and selling the provided materials for a 'profit', and contains bite-sized educational content throughout.
#RAEngIngenious #MPLS
The game introduces the students to buying, processing and selling the provided materials for a 'profit', and contains bite-sized educational content throughout.
#RAEngIngenious #MPLS
May 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Prof Susie Speller has been funded by RAEng to bring her 'Superconductors Inc' game to schools across the UK.
The game introduces the students to buying, processing and selling the provided materials for a 'profit', and contains bite-sized educational content throughout.
#RAEngIngenious #MPLS
The game introduces the students to buying, processing and selling the provided materials for a 'profit', and contains bite-sized educational content throughout.
#RAEngIngenious #MPLS
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📢 We’re hiring! 📢
Join @UniofOxford as an Associate Professor of Materials 🧪
🔬 Research areas incl. atom-probe tomography, biomaterials, quantum materials, mat processing.
💼 £55.7k–£74.8k + benefits
🗓 Apply by 30 May 2025
👉 www.materials.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#OxfordJobs #STEM #AcademicJobs
Join @UniofOxford as an Associate Professor of Materials 🧪
🔬 Research areas incl. atom-probe tomography, biomaterials, quantum materials, mat processing.
💼 £55.7k–£74.8k + benefits
🗓 Apply by 30 May 2025
👉 www.materials.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#OxfordJobs #STEM #AcademicJobs
May 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢 We’re hiring! 📢
Join @UniofOxford as an Associate Professor of Materials 🧪
🔬 Research areas incl. atom-probe tomography, biomaterials, quantum materials, mat processing.
💼 £55.7k–£74.8k + benefits
🗓 Apply by 30 May 2025
👉 www.materials.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#OxfordJobs #STEM #AcademicJobs
Join @UniofOxford as an Associate Professor of Materials 🧪
🔬 Research areas incl. atom-probe tomography, biomaterials, quantum materials, mat processing.
💼 £55.7k–£74.8k + benefits
🗓 Apply by 30 May 2025
👉 www.materials.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
#OxfordJobs #STEM #AcademicJobs
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Few more (free) tickets left for this #IamNotaTourist @blackwells.bsky.social Oxford panel this Saturday from 3-4pm with @annasulan.bsky.social, Vera Chok and @jennywcreative.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-am-not-a...
I AM NOT A TOURIST Panel Discussion
Join us for a discussion with Vera Chok, Daisy Hung and Anna Sulan Masing on race, identity and belonging. Chaired by poet Jennifer Wong.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Few more (free) tickets left for this #IamNotaTourist @blackwells.bsky.social Oxford panel this Saturday from 3-4pm with @annasulan.bsky.social, Vera Chok and @jennywcreative.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-am-not-a...
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FAB prize open for new writers and illustrators of colour in UK and Ireland - children’s publishing. Deadline 25 July. #Booksky 💙📚 www.faber.co.uk/about-faber/...
The FAB Prize
Every child deserves to see themselves in books, and in the authors and illustrators whose work they read. The FAB Prize aims to discover and showcase new talent, closing the gap between what is curre...
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April 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
FAB prize open for new writers and illustrators of colour in UK and Ireland - children’s publishing. Deadline 25 July. #Booksky 💙📚 www.faber.co.uk/about-faber/...