About OXTEC

We think it important to study the concept of uncertainty – and its form politically, economically and socially. By its nature, uncertainty has no boundaries. Political, economic and social uncertainties are enmeshed with uncertainties about our relationship with our environment, our relationship with technologies and scientific discovery, and our interpersonal relationships.

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The conceptual framework seeks to tease out the complex relationships between uncertainty and education, in its mission and reach.

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• Seminar Series – The programme offers a dedicated seminar series in St Antony’s College that runs for 8 consecutive weeks in Hilary Term (January to March) each year. 

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• The Oxford Symposium in Comparative and International Education (OXSCIE – The programme hosts an annual symposium that asks the big questions in international education. 150 delegates are invited by the OXSCIE global leadership team each year to discuss the expectations we have about education in times of uncertainty.​

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• Empirical Research – The programme undertakes a number of empirical studies into learning in different ways and in different settings to better inform and influence comparative and international education policy, research and practice. The programme seeks to launch a longitudinal research agenda that seeks to investigate what children should learn, through a generational perspective, in order to navigate multiple pathways of uncertainty ahead. 

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We are committed to a research programme that tests the 'certainties' of our responses to unpredictability and the world crisis in education. Ours is a programme that seeks to replace jargon with rigorous debate and by so doing to offer a more thoughtful approach to engaging with the important mission of education in these difficult times.