Making the perfect mince pie from A to Z - a tutorial with demonstrations by Sky Quinn Sky, our President’s 14 year old London-based grandson, is an enthusiastic cook. He has taken two courses at Prue Leith's School of Food and Wine in London. Last year he got into the last 30 of the BBC junior Bake …

Join us for a topical quiz in the run-up to Christmas. Test your knowledge of traditional - and not so traditional - aspects of the season. The quiz will be held on Zoom at 7pm on Thursday 17th December. The access link to join the quiz will be sent to registered participants a couple of …

Developing the theme of the Play Readings that were organised for the enjoyment of members of both the Oxford and Cambridge Societies in Paris, we have organised a Poetry or Prose reading evening, on Wednesday 6th January 2021 at 7pm. This date has been chosen both as it coincides with the First Wednesday in 2021, …

THIRD CAMBRIDGE CUTTING EDGE LECTURE PROFESSOR PASCALE COSSART   “THE EVOLVING SITUATION OF COVID-19 AND RECENT ADVANCES IN DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF VACCINES” 7pm Tuesday 12th January 2021 Presentation on ZOOM the meeting link will be sent to registered participants on Friday 8th January Professor Pascale Cossart, of the Institut Pasteur, is one of France's leading …

We are delighted to confirm the participation of three great panelists for the second Cambridge Society of Paris "Entrepreneurship and Building a Better World" Panel Discussion. This time, we will be at the interface between Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, with the focus on “Innovative collaboration models to grow sustainability-driven communities”. Our three panelists are: Domini Hogg, …

Welcome to the first online event organised by the Joint UK Alumni in France Network - a virtual business networking session for meeting like-minded professionals in a fun “speed networking” setting. If you came to the in-person speed networking session at the British Council two years ago, welcome to the online version! We will meet …

Advances in weather modelling have been driven as much by technological development as by improvements in weather science. The most notable of these are the rapid increases in supercomputer power and improvements in Earth observations from space. Rapidly improving modelling capability enabled by this technology has led to 3-day weather forecasts today being as accurate …

Following the successful experiment in January, OUSP and CamSoc Paris propose to hold another joint virtual prose and poetry reading on Wednesday February 24th. It will take place on Zoom. This event is open & without charge to all members of both societies. Please register on the Oxford or Cambridge web site to participate. Each …

The Rt Hon. Lord Willetts FRS is the President of the Resolution Foundation. He served as the Member of Parliament for Havant (1992-2015), as Minister for Universities and Science (2010-2014) and previously worked at HM Treasury and the No. 10 Policy Unit. David Willetts will begin by setting out the very different histories of universities …

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement was hailed as the resolution to the long-running negotiations between Britain and the EU just before Christmas. But how should my business be using it? Is it as effective as businesses would like in the key areas that affect them? How can my business seize any opportunities? These questions …

The social fabric of human communities is woven primarily from the creation, transmission, and reception of stories.  Is it merely an accident that Western Europe’s two greatest tale collections originated within a long generation of each other, or is there something important we can learn about the culture of late medieval European civilization from a …