Life at Oxford is a juggling act. This #GivingTuesday, we're grateful for all those who support our busy and brilliant students! Haven't had a chance to give? Give now: https://ow.ly/xyoT50XAbiv#GivingTuesday

New research from Chemistry Fellow @fuchtermatt.bsky.social! 👏

Wishing our US alumni, students and friends a very happy Thanksgiving! Photo by Anna Tukhfatullina Food Photographer/Stylist via Pexels

Got just five minutes? That means you've got time to learn from our talented students! Tomorrow, join us for our next Graduate Seminar, 'Just Five Minutes', where postgrads present their research in five-minute talks aimed at a non-specialist audience. https://ow.ly/5o5s50XuxjJ

A gorgeous double rainbow over St Peter's College, captured by Lodge Porter Katharine French. #Oxford #OxfordUniversity

Our Faraday paper is now published in all its glory! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Chemsky #Physics @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @spcoxford.bsky.social

Did you know that the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine was among the first students to matriculate at St Peter's College? We're delighted to see his Stroud home marked with a blue plaque commemorating his legacy. www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/alumnus...

Great to see Rosie Crawford again (alumna @spcoxford.bsky.social BA Arch & Anth) sharing her success & passion for #archaeology in this video for First Lego League. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Y4...

St Peter’s College is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Pierrick Bousseau as Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics. Dr Bousseau also joins the University of Oxford’s Mathematical Institute as an Associate Professor. Meet Dr Bousseau here: www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-pier...

Check out our latest photopharmacology paper in @chemicalscience.rsc.org. We discover azopyrroles can be powerful tools to control movement phenotypes via TRPA1. @oxfordchemistry.bsky.social @spcoxford.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... #ChemSky

It is with deep sadness that the Master and Fellows of St Peter’s College share the news that our Emeritus Fellow, The Reverend William (‘Billy’) Lysander Rowan Watson, has died aged 99. Read more about Billy's legacy and share your memories: www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/billy-w...

This month, the St Peter's College Foundation will auction 24 paintings by Oxford alumnus and artist Luke Martineau. All profits will be donated by the Foundation to St Peter's College. Explore the catalogue, get involved and place your bid here: www.spc.ox.ac.uk/events/aucti...

New research from SPC Research Associate Dr Nerys Astbury finds that women with obesity seeking IVF are 47% more likely to conceive naturally after weight loss programmes, potentially easing NHS access barriers and reducing treatment need. Read more: www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/weight-...

Today, we send our very best wishes to everyone receiving their A-Level results. And, a warm welcome to our 2025 Freshers! Tag us and let us know you're #GoingToOxford! #ALevelResults #OxfordUni #StudyatOxford

Kudos to St Peter’s medicine student Abigail Jones, who was awarded the 2025 Wronker Research Project Prize for her research project, 'Using nanobody-based strategies to enhance Mamu-E crystallisation'! #StudentResearch #OxfordResearch #OxfordStudents

The latest Fire and Wire Podcast, hosted by University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor Prof Irene Tracey, features St Peter's College's Prof Lavanya Rajamani explaining the growing role of human rights law in climate litigation. www.ox.ac.uk/about/organi...

In a landmark collaborative research project, Prof Stephen Baxter has named the author of Domesday Book, William the Conqueror’s ‘Medieval Big Data’ project. Learn more: www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/prof-st... Image of Domesday Book courtesy of Professor John Palmer, George Slater and opendomesday.org.

Last week, we celebrated Lodge Porter Neville's retirement after 14 years at SPC! Neville said, 'I've seen a lot of young people come through these doors, and by the time they graduate, they've changed and grown into young adults. That's what it's all about here, and it's great to be a part of it.'

Congratulations to Dr Peter Kail, who has published The Routledge Guidebook to Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature (Routledge, 2025)! www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-pete...

The annual SCR and Staff vs JCR #Cricket Match ended with (yet another) JCR win! A source unwilling to go on the record has suggested that the SCR/Staff Team had the advantage, but decided to be lenient on the JCR. Other witnesses have disputed this. Our fact-checking team is on the case.

Prof Tom Adcock (@thomasadcock.bsky.social) was part of a study, published today in Nature Communications, confirming that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September - October 2023 was two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-06...

Wishing the best of luck to our students as they take their exams! 🎉💚🎓

The 2025 Garden Play showed an unlikely group of students who become friends whilst trying to restore the spirit of St Peter's College. Unsurprisingly, a friendly face in the Lodge holds the [cross]key to the mystery! The student crew dedicated the play to Porter Neville, who retires this summer.

Here’s hoping you had a happy May Morning (and a big cup of coffee to get through the rest of the day ☕️). #MayMorning #Oxford

Congratulations, El!

Join us in cheering for the five St Peter's members representing Oxford in The Boat Races this weekend! Students Milly, Amelia, Joe and Tara will participate in the Reserve Races on Sunday, and on Saturday, alumnus Simon will row in the Lightweight Race! www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-boa...

Each year, our Access & Outreach team partners with Aspire Liverpool to bring a group of Year 12 students from across Liverpool to Oxford for a residential. From taster classes to admissions advice, we all have something to learn and discover together! Thanks for visiting us again last week, Aspire!

The Master co-judged an 'AI vs Humans' poetry competition with columnist and broadcaster Giles Coren. She said: It's heartening to know that, for the moment at least, a good poem with heart and pulse as its point of origin is still distinguishable from its artificially generated counterpart.'

Right now, alumni are reconnecting with College through our annual Telethon. Our student callers can't wait to hear your stories about life at St Peter's and give you the latest news from College. No time for a call? Give and follow here: telethon.spc.ox.ac.uk #SPCTelethon

St Peter’s College is pleased to announce Professor Christl Donnelly (Professorial Fellow in Statistics) has been awarded a Visiting Miller Professorship at the University of California, Berkeley from January to May 2026! #PandemicResearch www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/berkele...

St Peter’s College congratulates alumnus and Honorary Fellow Mark Carney (MPhil Economics, 1991), who has been named the next Canadian Prime Minister. www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/mark-ca...

Have you 'heard'? Read all about our Choir's latest recording, and give it a listen over on Spotify (open.spotify.com/album/2pUQPw...) www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2498290...

From Horrible Histories to Bridgerton, our public history and popular culture discussion was a hit! Students heard from experts in publishing, podcasting, TV & film, Alice Skinner (History, 2014), Greg Jenner ('Horrible Histories', 'You're Dead to Me') & Hannah Greig ('The Favourite', 'Bridgerton').

A warm welcome to Lord Hague of Richmond, the new Chancellor of the University of Oxford! The Master and @thomasadcock.bsky.social attended the Admission Ceremony this week, and in his capacity as Sr Proctor, Tom presented Lord Hague with the University seal. @ox.ac.uk #Oxford #OxfordUniversity

Happy Lunar New Year to our students, staff, alumni and friends who are celebrating! 🏮🎉 #lunarnewyear Photo by Khoa Võ via Pexels

#BlueMonday? Here are some #BlueSky snaps from today for our new @bsky.app followers!

Our Fellow in Popular Music @hillgower.bsky.social will be at @blackwells.bsky.social this Feb to talk to Tiffany Murray about her memoir, 'My Family and Other Rock Stars'. Not to be missed!

Kudos to our Management Fellow, Dr Violetta Splitter, who has received a 2024 Dean’s Research Excellence Award from Oxford Saïd Business School! ow.ly/5WvB50UF8SS

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