Visitors:
This is the root proxy-homepage for various University of Oxford academics, and occasional esteemed alumni.
To proceed to a given user's section, you will need to know the short name used by that user. Once this has been obtained, you should add this either: as a suffix OR a prefix to www.oxford-academic.org
E.g., www.oxford-academic.org/short_name
-OR-
www.short_name.oxford-academic.org
E.g., www.oxford-academic.org/short_name
-OR-
www.short_name.oxford-academic.org
Prospective Users:
Registered Oxford academics normally use this unofficial resource for various reasons (accessed via sub-domains):
- As a central, static, permanent, and auto-redirected point of contact to an individual's university-hosted, or associated webpage[s];
- To host webpages/applications/applets/data etc that require managed technologies, or other resources, which are not normally available on the university's servers using a university account;
- To take advantage of Google Apps functionality, e.g., users may use
| email.oxford-academic.org | Users have <name>@oxford-academic.org email accounts which are implemented via Google's GMail system |
| docs.oxford-academic.org | Free web-based word processor and spreadsheet, which allow you share and collaborate online |
| calendar.oxford-academic.org | Share your schedule with colleagues |
| webs.oxford-academic.org | An easy way to create and share webpages with colleagues |
Registered user may create desktop links to these tools by running this Google application.
Applications for a free sub-domain should start here† 
† Full details as to the requirement/justification for, e.g., a sub domain [or other 'root' facility, e.g. a plain mailing-list or data warehousing facility], along with a valid bod card reference and contact details must be provided with any application.