EventsReuben College events Reuben College Summer Ball 2025Description"Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream…" The Reuben College Ball Committee invites you to step into a world of intrigue, illusion, and revelry, inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For one unforgettable night, reality blurs with fantasy as laughter, music, and mischief fill the air. Sip on sparkling drinks, indulge in decadent delights, and lose yourself in a whirlwind of dancing, music, and unexpected surprises. With food and drinks included in your ticket, you will feast and toast to the night in true celebratory fashion. From hidden corners of mystery to grand halls of celebration, prepare for an evening where nothing is quite as it seems. Dress to captivate in black tie, and embrace the magic of the night. We look forward to welcoming you on 21 June from 19:00-02:00. This event is strictly 18+. Valid Photo ID will be required. We operate a zero-tolerance drugs policy. Ticket T&Cs apply. Reach out to ball.president@reuben.ox.ac.uk with enquiries, or follow the Facebook event for updates. In attending this event all ticket-holders agree to adhere to the College’s policies on behaviour and conduct (Governance and Policies | Reuben College ) and to follow all reasonable instructions from College staff and event organizers. The College reserves the right to remove any attendee it has reasonable belief is violating policies and instructions in force. Trinity Term 2025 - Formal Hall: Week 4DescriptionFormal Hall: Week 4 22 May 2025 19:00 - 21:00, Reuben College Dining Hall
Formal Hall (sometimes known as 'Guest Night' at other colleges) offers a chance to get together with friends and colleagues to enjoy a beautifully prepared meal and get dressed up. Members are welcome to invite up to a max of 5 paying guests. Menu Vegetarian OptionStarter Tomato and Cucumber Gazpacho with Red Basil Main Lime and Ginger with Cashew Roasted Sweetheart Cabbage Dessert Summer Pudding with Berry Compote
Meat Option Starter Tomato and Cucumber Gazpacho with Red Basil Main Lime and Ginger Roast Chicken with Sea Salt New Potatoes and Romanesco Dessert Summer Pudding with Berry Compote
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student: £25.00 Guests: £25.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members and guests must attend the event with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Formal Hall: Week 5DescriptionFormal Hall: Week 5 29 May 2025 19:00 - 21:00, Reuben College Dining Hall
Formal Hall (sometimes known as 'Guest Night' at other colleges) offers a chance to get together with friends and colleagues to enjoy a beautifully prepared meal and get dressed up. Members are welcome to invite up to a max of 5 paying guests. Menu Vegetarian OptionStarter Trio of Beetroot Carpaccio Main Slow cooked Mushroom Tart with Cavolo Nero, Celeriac and Onion Mash Dessert Citrus Tart
Meat Option Starter Trio of Beetroot Carpaccio Main British Beef with Cavolo Nero, Celeriac and Onion Mash Dessert Citrus Tart
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student: £25.00 Guests: £25.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members and guests must attend the event with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Formal Hall: Week 7DescriptionFormal Hall: Week 7 12 June 2025 19:00 - 21:00, Reuben College Dining Hall
Formal Hall (sometimes known as 'Guest Night' at other colleges) offers a chance to get together with friends and colleagues to enjoy a beautifully prepared meal and get dressed up. Members are welcome to invite up to a max of 5 paying guests. Menu
Vegetarian Option Starter Sweet Potato Falafel, with Mint Yoghurt and Pomegranate Seeds Main Grilled Aubergine with Couscous, Chickpea, Harissa Puree, and Red Pepper Dessert Coconut & Passionfruit Mousse
Meat Option Starter Sweet Potato Falafel, with Mint Yoghurt and Pomegranate Seeds Main Moroccan Chicken, with Couscous, Chickpea, Harissa Puree, and Red Pepper Dessert Coconut & Passionfruit Mousse
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student: £25.00 Guests: £25.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members and guests must attend the event with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Formal Hall: Week 8DescriptionFormal Hall: Week 8 19 June 2025 19:00 - 21:00, Reuben College Dining Hall
Formal Hall (sometimes known as 'Guest Night' at other colleges) offers a chance to get together with friends and colleagues to enjoy a beautifully prepared meal and get dressed up. Members are welcome to invite up to a max of 5 paying guests. Menu
Vegetarian Option Starter Asparagus Salad with Walnut Dressing Main Braised Celeriac, Cauliflower Cheese and Roasted Root Vegetables Dessert Lemon Posset
Meat Option Starter Asparagus Salad with Walnut Dressing Main Braised Lamb Shoulder, Cauliflower Cheese and Roasted Root Vegetables Dessert Lemon Posset
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student: £25.00 Guests: £25.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members and guests must attend the event with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 2DescriptionDescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 2 6 May 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
This event is split into 2 sections: Finding Cosmic Explosions with the ATLAS Virtual Research Assistant Modern sky surveys can image the entire sky every night. In doing so, they discover new cosmic explosions - from stars collapsing to stars being devoured by black holes. But the sky is vast and the alerts are many - far too many for humans to keep up with. In this talk, Heloise Stevance will present how thier Virtual Research Assistant for the Asteroid Terrestrial impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)sky survey has reduced the human team workload by 80%, and comment on the importance of a "Data First" approach in the field of AI for Science. Speaker: Heloise Stevance Rethinking Risk: Using AI and Multimodal Data to Predict Pesticide Impacts on Bees Pesticide regulations are based on whether individual bees survive exposure, but many studies show serious sublethal effects on behaviour, physiology, and hive fitness. In this talk, Rachel Parkinson will present new tools to improve risk assessment: high-throughput behavioural testing with video and audio, and AI-driven methods to extract and model data from scientific literature. Together, these approaches offer a scalable, systems-level framework for predicting how stressors impact pollinators. Speaker: Rachel Parkinson
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. Members (students and fellows) are welcome to invite up to 5 paying guests to each of these events.
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Vegetarian Option Soy and Lentil Chilli with Tortilla Chips and Rice Meat Option Chilli Pork Verde with Torittla Chips and Rice Dessert Mango Mousse
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members, guests must attend the talk with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 3DescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 3 13 May 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
Genetic Screening of Babies- is More Better? Technological advances mean that sequencing a person’s genetic code is quicker and cheaper than ever, promising improved detection and earlier diagnoses. In the UK all newborns are currently screened for 9 treatable conditions but a ‘pilot’ is underway to screen for more than 200. Public discourses around genetics often invoke images of ‘blueprints’ or ‘instruction manuals’ but the predictive power of genetic findings is often weaker than this narrative suggests, and many babies will require years of investigations before their risk can be clarified. In her talk, AL will ask whether attempts to end ‘diagnostic odysseys’ that many babies with rare diseases currently face, might instead lead to ‘predictive odysseys’ for many more. Speaker: Anneke Lucassen
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. Members (students and fellows) are welcome to invite up to 5 paying guests to this event.
Menu Vegetarian option Chargrilled Halloumi with Garlic Mash and Lemon Roast Tenderstems Meat option Chargrilled Piri Piri Chicken with Garlic Mash and Lemon Roast Tenderstems Dessert Orange Drizzle Cake
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members, guests must attend the talk with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 4DescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 4 20 May 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
The Next Chapter of the History of the World Lord Hague will discuss global events since 1945, arguing that after the Cold War and the period of globalisation that followed it, we have now entered a third chapter of recent history. He will outline how this period is bringing a combination of exciting developments in science and technology but also intensified dangers in geopolitics and security. The ability to manage positive excitement and enhanced danger at the same time will become a key test of organisations, countries and individuals, requiring qualities of resilience and constant re-invention for them to succeed. Speaker: William Hague
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. This event is for Reuben members only. No guests are permitted.
Menu Vegetarian option Lentil and Borlotti Bean Lasagne with Garlic Bread and Spring Salad Meat option Beef Ragu Lasagne with Garlic Bread and Spring Salad Dessert Tiramisu
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge College Hospitality: Free of charge
Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 5DescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 5 27 May 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
VisualAI: From Babies to the Movies This talk, given by Professor Andrew Zisserman, will be in two parts; the first on how models can learn to see and hear simply by ingesting video streams (together with the audio and speech that accompanies them) in a similar manner to how infants learn to see and hear. The second is about how to enable models to follow a movie - at least to the extent that they can provide a description of it suitable for the visually impaired. Speaker: Andrew Zisserman
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. Members (students and fellows) are welcome to invite up to 5 paying guests to this event.
Menu Main Course Roasted Squash with Naked Barley, Romesco Sauce and Carlin Pea Salsa Verde Dessert Pineapple Upside Down Cake
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members, guests must attend the talk with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 6DescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 6 3 June 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
How Can We Tackle the “Constellation of Biases” Affecting the Care of Pregnant Women? Research into prevention of severe complications in pregnancy has identified multiple reasons why pregnant women do not received the same standard of care as the non-pregnant population. Concerning symptoms are often dismissed as being “normal for pregnancy”, essential medications may be stopped and investigations such as x-rays may be inappropriately withheld. Compounding the problem, pregnant and breastfeeding women are often excluded from clinical trials from which they have the capacity to benefit. At this seminar, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, Marian Knight will give an overview of her research in the area and discuss some of the ethical challenges and opportunities to make a difference. Speaker: Marian Knight
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. Members (students and fellows) are welcome to invite up to 5 paying guests to this event.
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Vegetarian Option Red Pesto Baked Aubergine and Spinach Linguine Meat Option Traditional Fish and Chips Dessert Seasonal Fruit Crumble
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members, guests must attend the talk with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 7DescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 7 10 June 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
Generation AI - Young People as the Creators and Consumers of Future Tech As AI becomes increasingly embedded in our lives, the impact it will have on a generation growing up alongside it, remains to be seen. How will AI affect children and how can we design to ensure AI contributes to a flourishing future for the next generation? Andrew Serazin, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Global Challenges Programme, will walk you through some of the opportunities and risks AI poses to childhood development, reflecting on our experience of supporting young innovators to integrate ethical principles into their designs. Speaker: Andrew Serazin
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. Members (students and fellows) are welcome to invite up to 5 paying guests to this event.
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Vegetarian Option Teriyaki Squash, with Braised Bok Choi and Coconut Rice Meat Option Teriyaki Chicken Fillet with Braised Bok Choi and Coconut Rice Dessert Chilli and Chocolate Brownie 2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members, guests must attend the talk with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term 2025 - Tuesday Talks/DwD: Week 8DescriptionTuesday Talks/DwD: Week 8 17 June 2025 18:20-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall
Student take-over Listen to talks about research being done by some of our fabulous students.
To attend the dinner, you must attend the prior talk. Members (students and fellows) are welcome to invite up to 5 paying guests to this event.
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Vegetarian Option Mixed Bean, Red Pepper and Tempeh Paella Meat Option Chicken and Prawn Paella Dessert Churros with Chocolate Sauce
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student and Reuben Fellow: Free of charge Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members, guests must attend the talk with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term Cultural Dinner Eid: Week 6DescriptionTrinity Term Cultural Dinner Eid: Week 6 5 June 2025 19:00-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall Twice termly, Cultural dinners celebrate the diversity of Reuben’s members: all are welcome. Reuben Members are welcome to invite up to a max of 5 paying guests.
Description Join us in celebrating Eid Al Adha! Gather with community for festive activities and a traditional feast showcasing cuisine from across the Muslim world. Festive attire encouraged - greens, whites, and golds welcome. Eid Mubarak! We look forward to sharing this joyous celebration with you. The evening meal will be set in a traditional buffet style. Please click which option you would like between meat or vegetarian options from the buffet and please note any dietary requirements.
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student: £15.00 Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members and guests must attend the event with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. Trinity Term Cultural Dinner Latin American Celebration: Week 3DescriptionTrinity Term Cultural Dinner Latin America: Week 3 15 May 2025 19:00-21:00, Reuben Dining Hall Twice termly, Cultural suppers celebrate the diversity of Reuben’s members: all are welcome. Reuben Members are welcome to invite up to a max of 5 paying guests.
Description Reuben invites you to learn about and celebrate the rich and vivid cultures of Latin America. Enjoy music and entertainment from Oxford's Latin American community while eating a buffet-style dinner. We encourage wearing reds, blues, yellows, and white! The evening meal will be set in a traditional buffet style. Please click which option you would like between meat or vegetarian options from the buffet and please note any dietary requirements.
2024-25 Prices Reuben Student: £15.00 Guests: £15.00 College Hospitality: Free of charge
Tickets and guest tickets can only be booked by Reuben members and guests must attend the event with a Reuben member. Full terms and conditions can be found here: please read before booking place at event. |
