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

Next event

Thursday 30 January, 11-11.45am on Teams

CI Lunch & Learn: Harnessing digital to work more efficiently and effectively

Join members of the Workflow and Automation Competency Centre and the Focus team to find out how automation technologies are being used to help colleagues work more effectively at Oxford, such as the use of Power Automate for managing event sign-ups. This session will explore efficiency and innovation, showcasing strategies that foster continuous improvement, and emphasising the need to avoid automating bad processes.   

Register for your place

You can catch up on the most recent event on the Focus LaunchPad: CI Story: Implementing a joint local service review: the story of two departments improving their HR function 

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

Next event

Tuesday 28 January, 12-12.30pm on Teams

Lunch & Learn: Terms of Reference and agenda setting

Members of the CoP will share insights on how to write and structure Terms of Reference (ToR) and how to engage with your Chair to agenda set using your ToRs so that you get to make good decisions. You'll learn what good looks and feels like and some of the pitfalls to avoid. There will be a Q&A following the presentation. 

Registration not required, join using the Teams meeting link at 12 noon on 28 January.

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.  

Next event

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. 

Next event

The next Professional Services Conference will take place in 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. 

Next event

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.