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
Ian Blatchford has been Director of the Science Museum since 2010 and also of the Science Museum Group, the largest alliance of science museums in the world. He was also Chairman of the National Museum Directors’ Council, which is the ‘Russell Group’ of the UK Museum Sector, for four years until March 2021. The past decade has seen the intense debate about the joys and perils of social media, the brutal realities of fiscal austerity since 2010, the fact of Brexit, the rising Culture Wars, and the harsh realities of Covid-19. It is a tough time to be a public leader, as the intense and churlish scrutiny of museum directors, university leaders and others can well attest. How is it possible to navigate such choppy waters and where is ‘public service’ in all of this?
