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Beyond Boundaries Exhibition

5 August to 22 August 2025
Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG 

Breaking down the barriers between art, science and people

Beyond Boundaries is a science-inspired art competition open to all Oxfordshire state school students in Years 5, 6, 7, and 8 in which children are invited to create artwork inspired by the research of Oxford scientists from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. An exhibition of the amazing artwork created in response to Oxford scientists is now open.  

Find out more about Beyond Boundaries, meet the researchers and see the artwork Beyond  Boundaries - Oxford Sparks 

 

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Calendar of EDI dates 2025/26


You may find this list of awareness days and weeks useful for timing events and communications activities. 

The University of Oxford is a diverse community, with people from many religious and cultural backgrounds. While this calendar is intended as a starting point, we recognise that there are many other dates that are significant to individuals and communities. 

If we have missed an important date or got something wrong please let us know.

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Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month begins   
10th World Suicide Prevention Day   
15th UK National Inclusion Week begins  
16th Bi Visibility Week begins  
21st UN International Day of Peace/World Alzheimer's Day  
22nd International Week of the Deaf begins  Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) / Sharad Navratri begins (Hindu)
23rd

Bi Visibility Day / International Day of Sign Languages / Migraine Awareness Week begins

 
28th World Deaf Day  

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st Black History Month (UK) begins / Global Diversity Awareness Month begins / Menopause Awareness Month begins / International Day of Older Persons /ADHA Awareness Month Yom Kippur begins (Judaism)
6th Dyslexia Awareness Week begins  
6th

World Cerebral Palsy Day / Dyspraxia Week begins

Sukkot begins (Judaism)
9th World Sight Day  
10th  World Mental Health Day  
11th National Coming Out Day / International Day of the Girl / National Hate Crime Awareness Week begins  
12th OCD Awareness Week  
14th  Ada Lovelace Day  
15th International Pronouns Day  
18th World Menopause Day  
19th ACE (Asexual) Awareness Week begins  
21st   Bandi Chhor Divas / Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)  
26th Intersex Awareness Day   
29th World Stroke Day  

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st Men's Health Awareness Month begins  
5th   Guru Nanak Gurpurab
8th Intersex Day of Solidarity   
9th UK Interfaith Week begins  
10th Anti-Bullying Week begins  
13th Transgender Awareness Week begins  
14th Disability History Month begins (UK)  
19th International Men's Day  
20th Transgender Day of Remembrance  
25th International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women   

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st Universal Month for Human Rights begins / AIDS Awareness Month begins / World AIDS Day  
2nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery   
3rd International Day of People with Disabilities   
10th International Human Rights Day  
14th    Hanukah begins (Judaism)
18th International Migrants Day  
20th International Human Solidarity Day  
25th   Christmas Day (Christian)

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st New Year's Day / Cervical Health Awareness Month begins  
4th World Braille Day   
7th   Christmas Day (Orthodox)
18th World Religion Day  
27th Holocaust Memorial Day   

 

Date National/International Day   Religious Observation
1st LGBT+ History Month begins    
1st  World Interfaith Harmony Week begins    
2nd UK Race Equality Week begins    
11th International Day of Women and Girls in Science    
17th Chinese (Lunar) New Year begins     
18th     Ramadan begins (Islam)
20th      World Day of Social Justice    

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st Women's History Month begins / Zero Discrimination Day   
3rd World Hearing Day  
8th International Women's Day   
14th   Holi (Hinduism)
17th Neurodiversity Celebration Week begins  
20th   Eid al-Fitr (Islam) begins
21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / World Down Syndrome Day  
30th  World Bipolar Day   
31st International Transgender Day of Visibility   

 

Day National/International Day  Religious Observation
1st Autism Awareness Month begins / Stress Awareness Month begins Passover begins (Judaism)
2nd World Autism Awareness Day / Autism Acceptance Week begins  
3rd   Good Friday (Christianity)
5th   Easter Sunday (Christianity)
6th International Asexuality Day  
7th World Health Day  
10th   Good Friday (Orthodox Christianity)
12th   Easter Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
14th    Vaisakhi (Sikhism)
26th Lesbian Visibility Day  

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st Mental Health Awareness Month Vesak (Full Moon)
15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day  
17th International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia  
26th   Eid-al-Adha begins (Islam) 

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
1st LGBTQ+ Pride Month begins / Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month begins/ Global Day of Parents  
5th World Environment Day  
9th Carer's Week begins  
13th Global Wellness Day   
18th Autistic Pride Day / South Asian Heritage Month begins  
20th World Refugee Day  
21st World Humanist Day  
22nd UK Windrush Day  

 

Date National/international day Religious Observation
1st Disability Pride Month begins  
14th International Non-Binary People's Day  
18th South Asian Heritage Month begins  

 

Date National/International Day Religious Observation
9th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples  
19th  World Humanitarian Day  
22nd International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief   
23rd International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition  

 

 

 

 

 

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