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Oxford has now passed the 2 millionth download from its iTunes U site and Marianne Talbot is still flying high after 6 months in the iTunes U chart with her "Romp through the history of philosophy".


Content is being added regularly to the site. All content is free for you to download and watch or listen to. Recent highlights include:


If you have iTunes on your computer already click here to visit Oxford's site

If you do not have iTunes, click here to access Oxford's podcasts through your browser

Awards

  • Winner: Oxford's iTunes U site won the Websites category in the Association of Commonwealth Universities' PR, Marketing and Communications Awards 2008. Find out more about the ACU Awards.
  • Shortlisted: for both the Outstanding ICT Team and Outstanding ICT Initiative categories in the 2009 Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards. Find out more about the THE Awards.

Background

On 7 October 2008 the University of Oxford launched its podcast site on iTunes U. In the first week there were 168,000 visitors to the site and 60,000 downloads.

By August 2009 there had been over 1 million downloads from the site.

This free site features public lectures, teaching material, interviews with leading academics, information about applying to the University, and much more.