It's wisteria season!

Need a break from studying? @magdalenoxford.bsky.social is only a 10 minute walk from the SSL & free to access with your University Card. Library staff enjoyed seeing fritillaries, bluebells & wisteria on our monthly Nature Walk today. Photos by Sarah Rhodes.

What if I told you that you're reading other peoples' minds all the time. And you're doing it in conversation daily without even realising! Think about the word "Ready."

Not to alarm anyone, but DUCKLINGS!

What if I told you that the University’s Department of Physics has just discovered a permanent "Quantum Shortcut" in a lab in Oxford? It sounds like a plot from a sci-fi thriller, doesn't it? Let me tell you all about it!

I know this isn't LinkedIn - but maybe our next Alumni Engagement Coordinator is on Bluesky! If you love meeting new people, have experience of events, and want to help deliver our events programme in some of the most iconic surroundings we'd love to hear from you! www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies/

It's wonderful to see the splash that the latest research by our JRF Dr Lachie Scarsbrook is making in the news! @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social

Nearly time for the launch of @lukeberryman.bsky.social (2004) new book: Resisting Nazism. It'll be released for sale on 2 April. If you'd like to attend the launch at Backstory bookshop in Balham on 1 April, feel free to @ Luke in the comments :) Congrats Luke! Looking forward to reading.

What if I told you one of the most contested words in the English language is only 3 letters long, is our most used word, and yet for centuries the world's greatest linguists and philosophers keep fighting about what it actually means? Guessed it yet? I used it three times in that sentence alone.

‘The simplistic picture which pits big bad AI against good little us ethically flatters us.’ Prof. Edward Harcourt argues that we must recognise how criticism of AI can become a way of distracting from our own responsibility for the values and behaviours of these systems. Find out more ⬇️

A bit of a boudoir mood today

🐾🎉 Happy 6th Purr-thday to the one and only Walter de Staplecat 🎓🐱 May your day be full of dreamies, strategic loafing, and uninterrupted solitude. If you haven’t been yet, head to the Bodleian Libraries exhibition Pets & their People and see if you can spot the birthday boy. #WaltertheExeterCat

What if I told you AI isn't coming for *your* job.... It's coming for your Manager's? An algorithm running your 1:1s, approving your holiday, and asking how your weekend was. Sounds like the future, doesn't it? Except it's already happening.

Today marks the spring equinox and also Nowruz, Persian and Bahá’i New Year. We wish everyone celebrating a safe, peaceful and happy new year.

Eid Mubarak 🌙 Wishing all who celebrate a joyous Eid.

what if I told you that if you went blind, a doctor could pull out your tooth, drill a hole in it, and stick it in your eye to help you see again? Yes your actual tooth. In your actual eye. Don't believe me?

The Daffodils are stunning at the moment!

Huge congratulations to Richard Harper! His book DISPLACEMENT has been accepted into the @wienerlibrary archive in perpetuity. Richard will be in conversation with Prof Mark Donnelly at the library on 6 May. Book your place: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-t...

A pleasure to host the Oxford-Modum Bad Clinical Research Symposium today, at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social, University of Oxford (@ox.ac.uk). First up: Keynote by Prof. David M. Clark showcasing the policy engagement roadmap to increase the accessibility of evidence-based treatments.

Thinking of starting a petition to add this good boy to the College pets. Pls don’t tell Ozzy!

Huge congratulations to Richard Harper! His book DISPLACEMENT has been accepted into the @wienerlibrary archive in perpetuity. Richard will be in conversation with Prof Mark Donnelly at the library on 6 May. Book your place: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/book-t...

📢 Congrats to Exeter alumna Joanna Mason (2008, Economics & Management) on supporting the documentary 'No One Rides Alone', raising awareness of Multifocal Motor Neuropathy. Screening tonight, 19:15 — Picturehouse, Oxford: events.humanitix.com/no-one-rides... 🔗 www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/exeter-colle...

What a beautiful morning!

The daffs are out in College! #daffodills

You may have heard Dr Julia Ebner on Radio 4's Today Programme yesterday talking about extremism. If you want to hear more about Julia's research - we talked all things terrorists and trolls on our podcast Addison's Talks - give it a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1EfR...

What a morning! 🌸🌸🌸

What a gorgeous spring day - and a visit from a duck no less!

Forty chances to support the next generation of voices at Magdalen. Next week, Year 10 pupils from across the country take over our stage for the Shakespeare Schools Festival. Don’t miss this "unforgettable" finale. 🎟️ Book: bit.ly/shakespeares...

Spring!

Did you know that the first ever Oxford DPhil was awarded at Magdalen in 1920? We awarded it to Hames Brontë Gatenby for his thesis: “Some modern aspects of the cell in development, general metabolism and inheritance. Magdalencollege #oxford #oxforddphil #oxfordphd #oxfordstudent

You may have heard Dr Julia Ebner on Radio 4's Today Programme yesterday talking about extremism. If you want to hear more about Julia's research - we talked all things terrorists and trolls on our podcast Addison's Talks - give it a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1EfR...

The daffs are out in College! #daffodills

What a beautiful morning!

What if I told you that, if you get scurvy, you could end up with all your wounds reopening? (Yes. All of them. Even ones that are decades old.)

#OnThisDay in 1920, the first ever UK DPhil/PhD was awarded at Oxford University 🎓 @magdalenoxford.bsky.social#OnThisDays Dr James Brontë Gatenby was the first DPhil student to graduate with his thesis on cell biology.

Did you know that the first ever Oxford DPhil was awarded at Magdalen in 1920? We awarded it to Hames Brontë Gatenby for his thesis: “Some modern aspects of the cell in development, general metabolism and inheritance. Magdalencollege #oxford #oxforddphil #oxfordphd #oxfordstudent

Spring!

The last few tickets for our Alumni Dinner on Saturday 21 March are up for grabs. ✨ 3-course Black Tie dinner 📚 ‘The Spirit of the Place’ exhibition 🍸 Drinks in the OKB till 1am Bring a guest and join us. Book now: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/alumn...

From infiltrating the SS to 1920s caricatures, Resisting Nazism by alumnus Dr Luke Berryman (2004) explores a century of standing against hatred. 📖 www.bloomsbury.com/us/resisting...

How do we know what the world looked like before we arrived? Alumna Carla Verónica Fuenteslópez went to a remote island to find out. In Príncipe, a Magdalen-led team extracted ancient pollen to map centuries of environmental shift. Read the full study: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/paradis...

So many beautiful flowers

Addison's walk is beautiful this time of year, @magdalenoxford.bsky.social

The last few tickets for our Alumni Dinner on Saturday 21 March are up for grabs. ✨ 3-course Black Tie dinner 📚 ‘The Spirit of the Place’ exhibition 🍸 Drinks in the OKB till 1am Bring a guest and join us. Book now: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/alumn...

Meet some of the incredible students we’ve had in our content recently! thanks to Aayan, Abi, Aparna, Bella, Charlotte, Eleonora, Hannah, Raggy, and Sankavi. We love this trend! Thanks so much to all our wonderful students for getting involved 💕🫶 #magdalen #thisiswho

#RareDiseaseDay, marked each year on the last day of February, shines a light on the 500 million people worldwide living with a rare condition. To mark the day, the OHC illuminated @magdalenoxford.bsky.social in the colours of @rarediseaseday.bsky.social as part of the global #LightUpForRare

Magdalen is heading to the MCR Cuppers Final! ⚽️ Our footballers have fought hard to get here. Now they need you in the stands at Iffley Road this Saturday to help bring the trophy home. Kick-off is at 13:30. Grab your free tickets here: fixr.co/event/mcr-cu...

In 1616, the Catholic Church banned a book. Alumnus Arthur Throckmorton bought a copy anyway and it’s still on our shelves today. Find out more about the books that changed the world in Magdalen's collection: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/ten-boo...