Oxford Talks and Vacancies are the final applications that make use of the Data.Ox platform which is no longer supported and cannot be maintained.
The project was initiated as a response to the strategic roadmap which sees the University moving away from legacy, unsupported and on-premises solutions towards shared solutions that fulfil a variety of needs in a range of applications.
Oxford Talks
Oxford Talks (OxTalks) is an event listing and event curation application made up of two components: a publicly available website where events are displayed, and an administrative tool for managing those events. This system underpins the process of event creation, promotion, and attendance tracking, ensuring a consistent experience for both organisers and participants.
As per the University-wide Microsoft First Principle, a Microsoft-based solution is being developed for this project. The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Programme is taking responsibility for delivering the replacement event listing platform within its first phase.
For the latest updates, please see the Oxford Events page
Vacancies
The Vacancies application was a feed of job listings from the University’s recruitment website and a widget that shows these listings on department web pages.
The Data.Ox job vacancies feed was decommissioned effective as of 31 July 2025.
Expected Outcomes
- A well-informed set of users for the Vacancies widget.
- The ability to decommission the Data.Ox platform, which is beyond end-of-life
- Elimination of risk of unexpected unavailability of Data.Ox and associated applications
Timeline
The project is aiming to stop using Data.Ox as soon as practically possible.
- March 2025: Communications about Vacancies Replacement to users and documentation of use cases [COMPLETED]
- April-June 2025: Transition support for Vacancies Replacement [COMPLETED]
- 31 July 2025: target date to decommission the Data.Ox job vacancies feed [COMPLETED]
- MT 2025: launch of new Oxford Events to replace OxTalks
- MT 2025: decommission Data.Ox completely
Project Team
