The academic year has started, and while you’re probably preparing to be snowed under with work sometime this week, make sure to take some time to check out some of the freshers’ and new introduction events Oxford’s busy social calendar. This week, Oxford Powerlifting Club and Karate Club give you chances to get involved in an exciting new sport, while Oxford Climate Society presents a round-up of the year’s climate news in its Monday event at Exam Schools. And at the weekend, the Schools Plus Second Hand Clothing Sale offers a socially sustainable way for you to get your hands on some new garms.
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SPORTS
Oxford University Karate Club Beginners’ Session
Monday, October 11, 3:30 – 5:00 pm
Iffley Road Sports Centre
OU Powerlifting Club Taster Session
Iffley Road Sports Centre
Wednesday, October 13, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Women Only); 7:00 – 8:00pm (Men and Women)
https://www.ouplc.co.uk/
ARTS
Oxford Lieder Festival presents Brahms, Grieg, Schumann & Lang by Malcolm Martineau and Caitriona Morrison
Wednesday, October 13, 1:00 – 2:30 pm
St John Evangelist, Iffley
Art for Everyday Life with Peter Vass
Ashmolean Museum
Wednesday, October 13, 2:00 pm
ONLINE (link)
Oxford Lieder Festival presents wom3n with Sholto Kynoch and Rowan Hellier
Friday, October 15, 10:00 – 11:00 pm
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda’s College
Sculptural Film: Basement Film Screening
Modern Art Oxford, Pembroke Street
Sunday, October 17, 3:00 – 5:00 pm
(link)
SOCIAL
Oxford Union Pub Quiz
Monday, October 11, 8:00 pm
The Oxford Union, Frewin Court
Oxford Feminist Society Welcome Drinks
Monday, October 11, 8:00 pm
All Bar One, High Street, link
ISOC Sisters’ Movie and Henna Night
Tuesday, 12 October (see ISOC website for more information)
ISOC Brothers’ Kebab Van Crawl
Tuesday, 12 October (see ISOC website for more information)
CRAE Pizza Social
Tuesday, 12 October, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Oxford SU, Worcester Street
OULGBTQ+ Soc Tuesday Drinks
Tuesday, October 12, 8:00 pm
freshers: Wadham College
2nd years: Corpus Christi College
all others: Plush, Frewin Court
OULGBTQ+ Soc Women’s & Non-Binary Pizza Night
Wednesday, October 13, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
The Jolly Farmers, Jericho
Chai Social with Oxford Pakistan Society in University Parks
Wednesday, October 13, 4:00 pm onwards
Games Night at the Jolly Farmers
Wednesday, October 13, 7:30 pm
Jolly Farmers, Jericho (see website for more info)
Bird and Blend Oxford Student Lock-In (with Tea) [£5]
Wednesday, October 13, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
Bird and Blend, High Street
Oxford Women In Business (OxWIB) Drop-In Session
Thursday, October 14, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Handle Bar Café, St Michael’s Street
https://www.oxwib.com/event-details/drop-in-making-the-most-of-oxford
Doctor Who Society presents The Ark In Space and Freshers’ Drinks
Thursday, October 14, 8:00 pm onwards
Rainolds Room, Corpus Christi College
Oxford City Farm Squash Fest
Saturday, October 16, 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Oxford City Farm, Iffley
Ceramic and Painting Class with Kathryn Croxson [£25]
Saturday, October 16, 11:00 am
Anthropologie, High Street
visit instore for information
Oktoberfest at The Up In Arms
Saturday, October 16, 5:00 pm onwards
The Up In Arms, Marston
link
ACADEMIC
The Lyell Lectures: The Genesis, Life and Afterlife of the Gutenberg Bible [5 LECTURES]
starts Monday, October 11, 5:00 pm
Weston Library Lecture Theatre, link
The State of the Climate: Updates from the IPCC with Oxford Climate Society
Monday, October 11, 7:00 pm
South School, Exam Schools
RESCUE: from Global Crisis to Better World with Ian Goldin and Valerie Amos [£5]
Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 pm
Blackwells, Broad Street
The Oxford Blue presents Szabolcs Panyi, Investigative Journalist
Wednesday, October 13, 5:00 – 6:00 pm
ONLINE (see link)
Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles Welcome Drinks
Wednesday, October 13, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Ertegun House, 37a St GIles
The Oxford Blue, Cherwell, Isis, ORB, OxStu: Getting Into Student Journalism
Wednesday, October 13, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Britton Room, Trinity College
Bodleian Libraries presents Meet the Manuscripts I: Meet the Fragments
Thursday, October 14, 5:30 – 6:15 pm
ONLINE
The Gryphon Society presents an interview with Professor Sir Andrew Pollard
Friday, October 15, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Britton Room, Trinity College
NIGHTLIFE
Oxford Psychedelic Society Welcome Ceremony and Social
Monday, October 11, 6:00 pm
The Bullingdon Club, Cowley (see link)
So Fetch 2000 Anthems Party
The Bullingdon Club, Cowley Road
Thursday, October 14, doors at 11:00 pm
CHARITY
Intro to Effective Altruism Oxford (with Free Pizza)
Tuesday, October 12, 6:00 pm
H B Allen Centre (Keble College), Banbury Road
Schools Plus Second Hand Clothing Sale
Sunday, October 17, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Trinity College, Broad Street
event link
TICKETS AND EVENTS
Glitterball Final Ticket Release
Monday, October 11, 7:00 pm
booking link