Looking back on a hectic October at Oxford when we welcomed freshers, marked Black History Month, kicked off our Sheldonian Series and then held our termly Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable

Great to have been at Labour Party conference in Liverpool — where we had an excellent panel on Sunday with partners UCL Policy Lab and More in Common about our recently released research on British public attitudes towards equality, diversity and inclusion

Congratulations to our Dr John Yu Fellows for 2025 — it was wonderful to welcome 29 leaders from business, the professions, government and higher education to our fellowship. This was our 7th year for the fellowship, which is dedicated to advancing cultural diversity and leadership in Australia

Great to join the Oxford SDG Lab for this panel discussion on DEI/EDI in a changing landscape. And also excellent to hear more from what our students at Oxford have been doing with partners in industry on the SDGs

Great to be at @workingdadsea.bsky.social this morning in Westminster — we’re delighted @ox.ac.uk was recognised with a Parenting Policies Award. Congrats to all award winners making an impact on equal parenting. Thanks also @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social @equalparenting.bsky.social #workingdads

It's Pride Month. On the weekend, we were delighted to have a Pride breakfast celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer members of the University of Oxford. And then proceeded to join the Oxford Pride parade. The weather was wet -- but that didn't dampen spirits

It was wonderful to have joined the TASO annual conference in Warwick recently to share with colleagues from across the UK higher education sector my thoughts on why our efforts on equality matter

Excellent to have had our termly roundtable at Oxford this week with students and staff on what it means to lead on equality, diversity and inclusion amid current debates

We had an excellent termly Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable at Oxford this week - on neurodiversity. Fantastic to have heard from a range of scholarly and personal perspectives on neurodiversity. The conversation informs our work to ensure Oxford is a place where everyone belongs

Great to be part of a Higher Education Policy Institute and Advance HE discussion this morning in Westminster on whether we need a different approach to inclusion in higher education. Thanks @hepi-news.bsky.social @advancehe.bsky.social -- it was an excellent discussion

Fantastic yesterday to have marked Race Equality Week with students and colleagues in Oxford, as well as hold a forum on global equity in research and higher education — lots of great conversations and exchanges

Not too shabby — the Bodleian Library

Looking forward to our next Sheldonian Series event — on “Life”. Part of our termly series dedicated to modelling free speech, inclusive inquiry, diversity of thought and the exchange of ideas. Open to all @ox.ac.uk students and staff www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Great fun yesterday to catch up with my high school modern history teacher Alan Pollock, who taught me so much through his classes and our conversations outside. Thanks to Julian Morrow for reuniting us for his upcoming series Class Acts

Congratulations to all of our Dr John Yu Fellowship in cultural diversity for 2024. This year’s 37 fellows have just completed our program in Sydney, and join a community of 200+ leaders who’ve completed our fellowship since 2019. Great to be back in Sydney for this

We’ve come to the end of term at Oxford — thanks to everyone who has contributed to our equality, diversity and inclusion work. Highlights: we launched our EDI Strategic Plan for the collegiate University, delivered inductions to freshers at 17 colleges and launched the VC’s Sheldonian Series

Glorious morning in Oxford today

Oxford covered in snow this morning