Overview
The University Cascade is designed to:
- Ensure management teams have essential policy and operational updates in a consolidated channel that is easy to digest and share as appropriate
- Increase coordination of communications from the central University, and reduce the requirement for piecemeal updates from individual UAS services.
How it is disseminated
The University Cascade is disseminated via divisions to departments and via the Conference of Colleges for Oxford Colleges. The Cascade is sent to senior leaders to disseminate to their individual areas and teams. For this reason, you cannot ‘sign up’ for this communication.
If you would like to receive it, please contact your HoD, HAF, senior staff member or relevant college contact.
University Cascade feedback
A survey took place at the end of Trinity term 2024, to mark the first full academic year of the University Cascade being in operation. This follows a survey in Michaelmas term 2022, when the Cascade was first piloted.
A total of 39 individuals completed the 2024 survey.
Read a summary of the survey results.
Further information
You can see more details in the University Cascade summary document. If you have any questions about the University Cascade itself please email the UAS communications team.
Dates of Cascade
The Cascade is sent on a Wednesday, once every two weeks during term time. The dates for 2025 are as follows:
Trinity term 2025
- 30 April
- 14 May
- 28 May
- 11 June
- 25 June
Summer
- 9 July
- 3 September
- 17 September
Michaelmas term
- 1 October
- 15 October
- 29 October
- 12 November
- 26 November
- 10 December
