28 June 2019
\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford is launching the UNIQ+ Graduate Summer School this year and the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) is delighted to be taking part.
\n \n\n \n \n11 February 2019
\n \n \n \nThis year's NDS Research Away Day was held on Thursday 7 February at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where 150 staff and students gathered for a fantastic day of talks, presentations and networking.
\n \n\n \n \n20 November 2018
\n \n \n \nA festschrift was held on 10 November 2018 in honour of Professor David Cranston, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS).
\n \n\n \n \n14 November 2018
\n \n \n \nProfessor Maggie Dallman OBE, who was a member of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) from 1984 to 1994, has been appointed the first Vice President (International) at Imperial College London. Sir Peter J Morris reports on her outstanding scientific career so far.
\n \n\n \n \n9 November 2018
\n \n \n \nMembers of the Quality in Organ Donation (QUOD) initiative recently participated in a paintballing team building event as their prize for winning the NDS Team of the Year award.
\n \n\n \n \n9 October 2018
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) is delighted to be taking part in Oxford's science and ideas festival this month.
\n \n\n \n \n24 August 2018
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that three staff members from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have been successfully promoted in the 2017/18 academic promotion round.
\n \n\n \n \n7 June 2018
\n \n \n \nNeurosurgeons from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences are set to feature in a BBC documentary called 'How the NHS Changed our World: The John Radcliffe'.
\n \n\n \n \n12 February 2018
\n \n \n \nOn Thursday 1 February, staff and students from across the department came together for the annual NDS Research Away Day.
\n \n\n \n \n21 December 2017
\n \n \n \nNDS is pleased to announce the launch of a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) in Patient Safety. It brings together experts in human factors, quality improvement, leadership and education to deliver an exciting series of modules to support the current safety challenges in our healthcare settings.
\n \n\n \n \n19 December 2017
\n \n \n \nSadly, NDS has to report that Derek Hart, one of the department's distinguished DPhil students who subsequently became Professor of Transplantation and Immunotherapy at the University of Sydney in Australia, has passed away. Professor Christopher Winearls has written his obituary.
\n \n\n \n \n7 December 2017
\n \n \n \nNDS has to report that Mr Terry G Denton, who was the highly respected administrator of the NDS from 1970 till his retirement in December 1995, has sadly died. Sir Peter J Morris has written his obituary.
\n \n\n \n \n13 November 2017
\n \n \n \nSir Peter J Morris pays tribute to Linda Hands, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, who has retired after 34 years of loyal service to Oxford University.
\n \n\n \n \n5 October 2017
\n \n \n \nSir Peter J Morris pays tribute to one of NDS\u2019s outstanding academic surgeons who brought great renown to the department in the field of pancreatic islet transplantation.
\n \n\n \n \n18 September 2017
\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that four staff members from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have been successfully promoted in the 2016/17 academic promotion round.
\n \n\n \n \n8 September 2017
\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences hosted the inaugural Careers in Academic Surgery (CIAS) conference on Saturday 2 September with 55 students and trainees attending from all over the UK.
\n \n\n \n \n14 June 2017
\n \n \n \nThe NDS Collaborative Green Group has received a \u2018Working Towards\u2019 award in the annual National Union of Students Green Impact Awards.
\n \n\n \n \n26 May 2017
\n \n \n \nSadly, NDS has to report that Alan Ting, who was one of a number of outstanding scientists in the department in the past, died suddenly in April 2017. Sir Peter John Morris has written his obituary.
\n \n\n \n \n19 April 2017
\n \n \n \nTRIG and NDS have launched the Andrew Bushell Travel Bursary Fund in memory of an outstanding senior researcher and lecturer.
\n \n\n \n \n26 January 2017
\n \n \n \nStaff and students from across the department gathered on Thursday 19 January for the annual NDS Research Away Day.
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