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How I overcame my reading slump with the Ten-Minute Book Club

By Jessica Crawford

4 min readFeb 15, 2024

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How I overcame my reading slump with the Ten-Minute Book Club

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“Oxford is such an incredible place to learn and find inspiration”

By Tamar Purut, MSt in Classical Armenian Studies, Armenian General Benevolent Union Scholar

2 min readMar 20, 2023

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“Oxford is such an incredible place to learn and find inspiration”

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Innovating in the Humanities

Digitising Delius to shed new light on the history of music

Dr Joanna Bullivant and Prof Dan Grimley are using digital technology to change our understanding of the 20th century composer

4 min readJan 25, 2023

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Digitising Delius to shed new light on the history of music

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Solving a 2,000 year old question about Ancient Greek music

Armand D’Angour, Professor of Classical Languages and Literature, recreates the forgotten sound of ancient music

3 min readJan 25, 2023

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Solving a 2,000 year old question about Ancient Greek music

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Why the humanities are a source of deep innovation

Professor Abigail Williams, Associate Head of Research and Innovation for the Humanities at Oxford University, introduces the series

3 min readJan 25, 2023

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Why the humanities are a source of deep innovation

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Creating an opera about engineering and creativity with primary school children

Professor Martyn Harry, an expert in children’s opera, on working with primary school pupils to transform science outreach through music

3 min readJan 24, 2023

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Creating an opera about engineering and creativity with primary school children

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3D modelling of ancient sites and objects

Dr Ine Jacobs, archaeologist and classicist, is helping researchers to explore archaeological sites from anywhere with just a smartphone

3 min readJan 24, 2023

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3D modelling of ancient sites and objects

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A creative approach to fighting the decline of language learning in schools

Professors Katrin Kohl and Neil Kenny are collaborating with schools, teachers and policymakers to advocate for modern languages teaching

3 min readJan 24, 2023

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A creative approach to fighting the decline of language learning in schools

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The film helping audiences to make sense of the COVID-19 lockdown

Professor Sally Shuttleworth has used film to look at how societies in the past dealt with the threat of contagion

3 min readJan 24, 2023

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The film helping audiences to make sense of the COVID-19 lockdown

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The card game teaching medical history to school pupils and nursing students

Dr Sally Frampton, historian of medicine, explains how a partnership with the Royal College of Nursing is benefiting medical education

3 min readJan 24, 2023

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The card game teaching medical history to school pupils and nursing students

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