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Drawing on personal experience and institutional memory, this candid and interactive conversation explores a frank and humorous reflection on forging an academic life at Oxford and Nuffield College. What is it like to be the first (or the last) in various roles? How do we build research cultures where difference is an asset rather than a liability? What does it really take to build a career without sanding down the edges that make you distinctive? What does it cost to be unconventional? From hiring, firing to leading research groups, from rock bottom to victory and hard-won confidence, this talk offers an unvarnished account of power, persistence, humour, and intellectual joy.

Schedule:

• 5.30-6.30pm - Conversation with Melinda Mills
• 6.30-7pm - Drinks Reception

All members of the University are welcome to the talk and drinks reception. Nuffield College members may sign up for dinner and may invite a guest.

• Sign up for the talk and drinks reception