OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
An academic scientific career is fraught with situations in which researchers are expected to communicate their science effectively. These include lectures, long-form seminars, short presentations and flash talks. Recently, other formats that incorporate different elements such as 3-minute thesis and chalk talks have become increasingly prevalent at different career stages.
A chalk talk is a particular format that is becoming commonplace when applying for senior academic roles (group leader/principal investigation) in biomedical sciences worldwide. Institutions that currently include it as part of their hiring process include the NIH, EMBL, The Francis Crick Institute, and others. The aim of these talks is to allow more thorough applicant/committee interactions, rethinking the linear slide deck approach to the discussion. While this format opens many possibilities, it also comes with additional challenges that we’ll outline in this workshop. We’ll also have a second part, where we’ll run through a chalk talk of some of the attendees.
