Upcoming events

The Continuous Improvement Community of Practice (CI CoP) is an active and welcoming learning community open to all University staff at any stage of your Continuous Improvement (CI) journey. 

The CI CoP runs two types of events, CI Stories and CI Lunch and Learns, every term. These events are always recorded and are available to watch on-demand.

Online Teams webinars

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Thursday 3 July 10am-2.40pm

Learn how Continuous Improvement (CI) is your key to getting the most out of AI and automation by taking part in all or some of our CI Showcase.

Focus and the CI Community of Practice (CoP) are thrilled to share how we’re leaning into new technologies and learning together how we can embrace them in our quest for improving our ways of working. We’ve even taken this Showcase global and are delighted to be welcoming Tony Nava from the University of California to deliver our keynote session exploring the relationship between CI and AI.

Learn more about the sessions and register! 

The Growing Good Governance Community of Practice (GGG CoP) brings together academic and professional services staff who are involved in governance related work across Oxford. The GGG CoP runs regular lunch and learn sessions focusing on different aspects of governance at Oxford.

Online Teams events

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Thursday 3 July, 12.30pm

More details to come.

Professional Services Together is the ambition for how we work as professional services in support of the University’s academic mission. Come along to learn what this means for you!  You'll leave the session armed with new knowledge that you can implement straight away.

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Wednesday, 18 June

The Induction runs termly and is open to professional services staff who are new to the central University or an academic division, department, college, or faculty. It is held termly and is an in-person event.  

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Please visit the Professional Services Staff Events webpage for more information and to register your interest in attending a Professional Services Staff Induction event.

The Professional Services Conference is an annual event for professional services staff across the University. 

All members of staff in administrative, technical and professional roles are invited to attend. 

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The next Professional Services Conference will take place on 22 September 2025. You can catch up on some of the sessions from the 2023 and 2024 conferences on the past event recordings webpage.

The Registrar's Update takes place twice a year and is a hybrid event open to professional services staff across the University. 

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The next Registrar's Update will take place in Hilary term 2025. In the meantime, you can catch up on the most recent Update (September 2024), a link to this recording is also available on the past event recordings webpage.