Students for Global HealthOxford branch

Students for Global Health · University of Oxford

Global health is
a local issue.

We are the Oxford branch of the UK's largest student-led global health network — open to every subject, not just medics. We run a whole range of events from teaching, campaigns and conferences — sending students to the rooms where health decisions actually get made.

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Where Oxford branch members have travelled A radial chart centred on Oxford. Seven places are plotted at their true compass bearing and distance from Oxford: London at 83 kilometres, Edinburgh at 484, Geneva at 819, Berlin at 1,003, Prague at 1,114, Marrakech at 2,304 and Nairobi at 6,894. The same figures are given in the table below the chart. 1 000 KM 2 500 KM 5 000 KM OXFORD 51.7520°N 1.2577°W London 83 km · Medicine Meets Policy Edinburgh 484 km · Annual conference Geneva 819 km · World Health Assembly Berlin 1 003 km · World Health Summit Prague 1 114 km · EuRegMe Marrakech 2 304 km · SCORP camp Nairobi 6 894 km · Partner exchange
Fig. 1 — Every place a branch member has worked from, plotted on true bearing
and distance from the Radcliffe Camera. Radius is area-scaled.
Read the figures as a table
Distance and bearing from Oxford
PlaceDistanceBearingWhy we go
London83 km109°Medicine Meets Policy
Edinburgh484 km346°SfGH annual conference
Geneva819 km136°World Health Assembly
Berlin1 003 km79°World Health Summit
Prague1 114 km93°EuRegMe
Marrakech2 304 km196°SCORP camp
Nairobi6 894 km136°Partner exchange
  • Open to all subjects
  • Registered charity 1111824
  • 25 branches nationwide

What we do

Four ways in.

You don't have to commit to all of it. Come along to one of our events and see which resonates with you the most!

Education

Teaching

Weekly sessions on the things the degree skips — health financing, climate and health, migration, the politics of drug pricing.

Advocacy

Campaigns

Briefings for MPs, motions through Oxford SU, and joint national campaigns on access to medicines and NHS workforce policy.

Events

Conferences

National conferences every year, with opportunities to attend continental and international conferences too.

International

Delegations

Oxford students have interacted with major institutions including the World Health Assembly and UK Parliament.

Michaelmas term 2026

Coming up next.

Everything is free and open to members. Turn up to one, see what you think.

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Who we are

A national movement, local action.

30
years

Students for Global Health has been building a UK network for health equity for three decades.

25
branches

Universities across the UK, each running their own teaching and campaigns.

50+
Oxford members

From medicine, PPE, geography, engineering, anthropology and law.

3
annual conferences

Oxford students actively collaborating with other branches across the UK.

Get involved

There's a place for you here.

Membership is free for the year. It gets you on the mailing list, into every session, and first in line for conference bursaries and delegation places. You don't need any background in health — genuinely.

Take a look at the national committee Email the Oxford committee
  1. Sign up — one form, takes a minute. No fee.
  2. Come to anything — a session, the symposium, the pub afterwards.
  3. Take something on — run a campaign, chair a panel, join the committee.
  4. Go further — apply for a national role or an international delegation. We'll back you.