The #oxopendays are taking place on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July. Hear from Dr Jacob Downs about the benefits of attending an Oxford Open Day, as well as what will be taking place here at the Faculty of Music. #oxopendays2025 #oxfordmusic #oxfordopenday University of Oxford

Congratulations to Corinne Clark Somerville College who has been awarded this year’s Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize for her poem ‘1929-’. Sam Collier and Isabella Cho were runners-up for their poems ‘On a couple good concerts’ and ‘Aphid Monody’. english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/lord-a…

🎉The Leys Festival is back and bigger than ever! Join us this Saturday - see what's in store: youtube.com/watch?v=XLwmDg…

🚨 Final chance! 🚨 Today is your last day to borrow books from the Philosophy and Theology Faculties Library, before we close our doors! Most loans will be due back to the Humanities Library in Michaelmas Term. Alternatively, you can still use the drop box by our front door!

NEW: The Domesday Book wasn’t just about tax - it was 11th-century big data. A landmark Oxford-led study reveals the manuscript as a bold, brilliant feat of medieval statecraft and admin innovation. Find out more ⬇️

Lucy Collins uses her grandfather’s old Minolta 7000 camera to capture stunning photos of Oxford. Here are some of our favourites 📸 📷 Instagram | OxfordonFilmm

NEWS | We are delighted to welcome Dr Susanna Snyder as our new DL in Applied Theology! Read more: theology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-sus…

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Astronaut William Anders' iconic photo 'Earthrise' was the starting point for a recent one-day conference at Oxford’s English Faculty, entitled Before Earthrise: Global Imagining in Literature and Visual Culture, 1550–1968. Read a blog on the event: english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/before…

Want to learn more about #AI and what it means for our future? Professor Catherine Hope and co-author Dr Emily Bender discuss 'How to fight AI hype and create the future we want'. 18:30, Tuesday 15 July, Oxford Nuffield Department of Primary Care phc.ox.ac.uk/events/how-to-…

Hydrangeas at Magdalen 🌷 📷 Instagram | Judy.Martin46

NEWS | We are delighted to welcome Dr Samuel Tranter as our new McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow in Christian Ethics and Public Life theology.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-sam… Luke Bretherton The McDonald Centre

Eight Oxford academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to: - Prof Peter Thonemann - Prof Stefan Nicolaas Dercon - Prof Margaret Hillenbrand - Prof Lionel David

Applications are now open for organ awards at Oxford! Open to talented organists (studying Music or other subjects) across many colleges. 📅 Deadline: 1 Sept 2025 🔗 Details: music.ox.ac.uk/organ-scholars…

Congratulations to Prof Ros Ballaster Dr Ros Ballaster who has been elected a Fellow of the The British Academy. Prof Ballaster is one of 58 scholars from UK universities elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship this year🎉english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/profes…

This view never gets old 😍 📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford

Some of Oxford’s most peculiar writing…isn’t found in books 📚 Prof William Whyte explores the hidden world of unofficial inscriptions – from rebellious etchings to personal messages scratched into glass.

Are AI systems better friends than humans? ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN! The Institute for Ethics in AI is pleased to be offering a prize, up to £500, for the best essay submitted in response to this question, by undergraduates enrolled at the University of Oxford. Closing 30 September

Come and visit us in the Faculty of Classics on the University of Oxford Open Day on Friday 19 September. Please note that only prospective applicants will be able to attend the morning talks and taster lectures and parents will not be able to wait inside the faculty building.

Congratulations to Professor Rachel Burns whose book 'A History of Old English Verse Layout: Poetics on the Page' (ARC, 2024) was awarded the ISSEME ISSEME Best First Monograph Prize english.web.ox.ac.uk/article/profes…