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| Founded | 1882 |
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| Website | ouscisoc |
The Oxford University Scientific Society (OUSS) is a student scientific society at the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1882 as the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club. It is one of the oldest undergraduate science societies in the world.[1] It organizes talks on scientific subjects on a weekly basis.
Former speakers include Nobel prize laureates (John E. Walker, Peter Mansfield, Peter J. Ratcliffe) and other well-known scientists (Roger Penrose, Richard Dawkins).[2]
OUSS also organizes visits to places of scientific interest, which have included tours of the Bodleian Library, Museum of the History of Science, TOAD distillery in Oxford, the Joint European Torus project, and the National Space Centre in Leicester. In April 2012 they held a large-scale debate on gerontology at the Sheldonian Theatre between Aubrey de Grey and Colin Blakemore, chaired by Sir Richard Peto.
- ^ Rowlinson, P. J. (1983). "Student Participation in Science Teaching: the early years of the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club". Oxford Review of Education. 9 (2): 133–136. doi:10.1080/0305498830090205.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
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