Community & Events

Are you a startup looking for new talent? Or are you a student looking to get a first-hand experience in the world of startups?

Join our Startup Career Fair on Wednesday, the 22nd of November.

Social media has had an astounding impact on businesses over the last decade and the social revolution is continuing to skyrocket. With digital communication being front and centre in the customer journey, businesses must incorporate social media into their marketing strategies and harness the opportunity to engage with their target audiences. It all sounds so ... Read more

We are delighted that Dr Adrian Glover, Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum will be presenting the OBN Christmas Lecture this year, delivered on 12 December at Somerville College in Oxford.

Join us on 14th December for our FREE Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity Taster Learn how Resilience helps us grapple with uncertainty and prepares us to meet new challenges. Free Taster: Building Resilience and Bouncing Back from Adversity When:   Thursday, 14 December 2023  Time: 2pm-3pm GMT What:  A lively 60-minute interactive ‘taste’ of our take on Building Resilience and ... Read more

The Marketing Meetup Oxford is an informal, friendly place for the marketers of Oxford to meet, learn, and share knowledge with one another. Come in 'listen' not 'sell' mode

Think of this as a community event, where the focus is very much on you meeting other people in a chilled out friendly space. We’ll chat over food and drink, listen to an inspirational speaker or two, chat some more, and go home buzzing with new contacts and new ideas.

We are pleased to announce details of our next OBN Science Social, kindly hosted by Grassroots Workspace​, in Oxford.  OBN's 'Science Social' events are popular and highly valued evenings, providing a space for the life sciences community to meet, chat, relax and build new contacts in a great location.  Attendance is complimentary and open to all, the evening ... Read more

Taylor Wessing is a recent joiner to the Grassroots and will be supporting the entrepreneurial community with free "drop-in clinic" to address any of your legal challenges.

James Homan (a partner in Corporate Technology Group) and Nicola Caton (senior associate), as well as other members of the TW team, will be running the clinic.

TW is a global law firm known for supporting technology and life science companies through the life cycle from "cradle to liquidity", from obtaining investment funding (from seed to series D and beyond), to launching and licensing products, protecting data and IP rights, and delivering successful exits for founders and investors.