It's Bonfire Night! Here's a picture from the Oxford Mail of our fireworks celebrations in 1958. Enjoy!

What if I told you we had an alumnus connected to the gunpowder plot? Sir Arthur Throckmorton (1571) was the cousin of four Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and cousin to the wife of a fifth. he left his entire book collection to College.

Huge congratulations to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social Senior Demy at Magdalen, who has been honoured with an Early Career Excellent Teacher Award from the University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division. www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-omid...

A very exciting event is happening, hosted by Rachel Lloyd (2012) and Simon Akam from the Always Take Notes writing podcast. They'll be in Conversation with Helen Fielding - author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" - at the Sheldonian. Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-fiel...

Magdalen College will be taking on Darwin College, Cambridge, on University Challenge tonight at 8:30 pm. Good luck!

Honoured to receive the Teaching Excellence Award at University of Oxford after my 1st year with the university The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege 📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation @ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social

Halloween is nearing, and Serious Academics need to celebrate. Here's the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social undead team - @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social, @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself - doing what academics do best: ghosting you. 👻🎃 🧪 #AcademicSky

📣 Magdalen alumni! Join us for a fascinating evening with our own Dr. Julia Ebner. Her talk, "When Extremes go Mainstream," will explore the rising threats to democracy. 🗓️ 24 Nov | 7pm 📍 Conway Hall, London 🥂 Talk + Q&A, followed by a drinks reception. 🎟️ Tickets: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/when-...

Looking forward to the next Calleva–Airey Neave Global Security Seminar, "Transatlantic security in an age of uncertainty" - In conversation with Rachel Ellehuus. 🗓️ 5 Nov | 17:00 📍 blavatnikschool & Online 🎟️ Free & open to all. Register: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/trans...

What an otter! 🦦 📸 by Albie the home bursar.

It’s unreal out there! 🤯🍁

Heron at large! Thanks to Emily for the photo #magdalencollege #autumn #heron #oxford

Excited to see HumSci student, Lily Costa-Ferreira, will be on tonight's episode of University Challenge as part of the @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Team. Good luck Lily and @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Watch it on BCC2 at 8.30pm: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Huge congratulations to the Magdalen University Challenge Team! We won!!!

Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association. Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...

Ah, sunshine!

Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association. Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...

what a day!

what a day!

On Saturday, 28th June, we invited over 550 alumni, students, staff, and their families to bid a final farewell to the Waynflete Building. Here's the highlight reel: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/farewel...

Can't stop thinking about Gliese12b and the possibility of life on other planets. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...

It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)

It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)

Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

Professor Christian Rupprecht is one of eleven researchers at Oxford who have been selected to receive prestigious European Research Council Starting Grants, each worth €1.5 million for a period of up to five years. Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/christi...

Can't stop thinking about Gliese12b and the possibility of life on other planets. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...

A stunning september day

A stunning september day

Professor Christian Rupprecht is one of eleven researchers at Oxford who have been selected to receive prestigious European Research Council Starting Grants, each worth €1.5 million for a period of up to five years. Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/christi...

How could I resist this small silver box (Birmingham, 1904/05) with the arms of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social in enamel on the lid? Answer: I could not; it's now on my dresser

Oh deer

Dalek spotted in College - should we be worried?

Thanks to Andy for this glorious picture of New Buildings before a storm

Strange weather

Congratulations to Magdalen Fellow Prof. Constantin Coussios and his co-founder, Professor Peter Friend, on the record-breaking $1.5 BILLION acquisition of OrganOx. Their tech has revolutionised organ transplantation, saving thousands of lives! Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Congratulations to Magdalen Fellow Prof. Constantin Coussios and his co-founder, Professor Peter Friend, on the record-breaking $1.5 BILLION acquisition of OrganOx. Their tech has revolutionised organ transplantation, saving thousands of lives! Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Congratulations to our Fellow, Maheshi Ramasamy, who received the title of full professor at the University of Oxford Recognition of Distinction awards. 🎉 A Principal Investigator for the Oxford/AZ COVID-19 vaccine trials, her work has had an incredible global impact!

We are very fortunate to have just received some lovely photos of Magdalen and Oxford from the air (plane!) from Patrick Davey(1981). We thought you might like to see them 😍

Magdalen alumnus, writer and farmer, James Rebanks

What a day

Morning view from Magdalen Tower 👌 📸 | @magdalenoxford.bsky.social

We are very fortunate to have just received some lovely photos of Magdalen and Oxford from the air (plane!) from Patrick Davey(1981). We thought you might like to see them 😍

New paper from our workshop funded by the Calleva Centre ‪@magdalenoxford.bsky.social‬. We discuss how to minimise the risk of resistance evolution for new fungal control methods using RNA sprays - based on lessons from fungicide resistance studies and evolutionary genomics. doi.org/10.1016/j.fb...

After four years, I said goodbye to my much loved desk in the MCR office @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Thank you for being my home throughout the DPhil.

What a day! Thanks to Emily for the photo. #magdalencollege #oxford

Listening to the BADA summer school do Richard II in Longwall Quad is quite a lovely thing for a thursday morning!

What a view!

Good morning. Another wet one