Grateful to my lovely MCR community at @hmcoxford.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to share my research with them (albeit online)…sorry to have missed the cake, but great to hear about some really interesting postgrad work at HMC! Thanks to Federico Murgia & MCR committee for the photo.

We were delighted to welcome the Joseph Rank Trust for a recent visit to HMC. The Trust's support played an important role in the development of our student accommodation, as one HMC student explained...👇 tinyurl.com/ydp2sr4d

Our wonderful maintenance and housekeeping teams have been hard at work getting HMC ready for the festive season, with our Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social (and Pippin) very happy with the results!

“Universities are not just places where we studied while young; more and more we return to school as professionals – to learn new things, to re-start our careers, or simply to refresh one's mind.” Czech Ambassador Václav Bartušk on his visit to HMC...we couldn't agree more! tinyurl.com/z248xyhb

Last week HMC Fellow @wetpaint63.bsky.social delivered a lecture in the wonderful setting of the Middle Temple, one of London's Inns of Court, in celebration of his tenure as Autumn Reader. tinyurl.com/ybp9c2xb

Great to get a mention in the Oxford Mail for winning an @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social award! www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2562112...

From window cleaning to digital project management, and from a career in medical physics to procurement...read more about what our students were doing before starting at HMC. As Oxford’s only college dedicated solely to mature students, it's as varied as you might imagine!! 👇 tinyurl.com/4tsh728

Happy #InternationalStudentsDay! As the only @ox.ac.uk college dedicated to mature students, we may well be Oxford’s most age-diverse college – but we’re also one of the most international, with our 232 students hailing from 43 different nationalities.

🍾 We did it! Last night our chapel renovation project scooped a prestigious @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social award in the "Adaptive Re-use" category. Well done to everyone involved!!! 🔗 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/awards-2025

Well done to HMC Emeritus Fellow Professor Lesley Smith, one of only two Oxford-based contributors to this year's winner of the John Tedeschi Prize for Reference. Read more 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...

HMC Fellow and alumnus Ian Finlay and wife Kath pictured by "Kindle", the sculpture they generously gifted to HMC. The flame links to our Unitarian tradition, the stainless steel represents the cold hard steel of reason and the fused glass represents the passion of academic inquiry.

HMC Fellow Dr Bethany Sollereder has co-authored a new book: "God, Struggling and Suffering in the Evolution of Life". Read more about it 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...

Thank you to everyone who came to our London Drinks Reception on Monday to catch up with fellow alumni, new Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, and Development Director, Lisa Smars. It was a wonderful evening – the first, we hope, of many more! 📷 Image: Muhammad Hamza Waqas Awan.

Marine archaeologist Franck Goddio's recent public lecture at HMC "The Temple to Poseidon in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria" is now available to view on the @ox.ac.uk website: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/temple-posei...

A new initiative by our Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, is proving a hit. Students can take Pippin, the family cockapoo, out for walks...the perfect tonic for escaping the stress of Michaelmas Term!

Well that was a bit special ✨⭐️🌟⭐️✨

📢 HMC Fellow @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social will be at Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre on Sun 2 Nov to discuss her new book "Legenda", the follow-up to bestselling "Femina". More info and booking 🔗 www.sheldonian.ox.ac.uk/event/janina...

"Harris Manchester College became my anchor. As a mature and close-knit college, HMC provided an environment where tutors genuinely cared and peers supported one another." Read Hamza's story 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hamza

One of the attendees of this year's Summer Research Institute, Professor Hunter Paris of @pepperdine.bsky.social, describes the "unexpected magic" of his week at HMC. Read the full article 🔗 tinyurl.com/nhdab4fe

👏 Many congratulations to HMC Fellow Prof Emilio Martínez Pañeda, one of only four @ox.ac.uk researchers to be awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize by @leverhulme.ac.uk. Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/npb8mdnj

📢 Last few places available for our London Alumni Drinks Reception on 3 Nov. Meet up with other alumni and friends of HMC and hear about our future plans with Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social and Director of Alumni Relations & Development Lisa Smårs. Sign up 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/alumni...

A warm welcome to all our new students who matriculated this weekend!

Read more on our recent shortlisting for an Oxford Preservation Trust Award 🔗 www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2553987...

Read HMC Fellow and Tutor in Economics Dr Isabel Ruiz's latest article on @opendemocracy.net about the experience of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia 👇 www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

HMC-based The Wellbeing Research Centre has just released its latest Annual Report, documenting a year in wellbeing science. Take a look 🔗 wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

📢 A recent project to renovate our Chapel has been nominated today for a prestigious Oxford Preservation Trust Award. Read the full story 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/chap...

“I’ve been struck by the warm welcome and being surrounded by other mature students, as well as the small scale of the College which makes it feel even more special”... one of our student’s reactions to freshers' week at HMC. Full story🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/fres...

Congratulations to HMC Fellow Sir Professor Aziz Sheikh on being named a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the @ox.ac.uk www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...

Can you guess which literary character the Cherwell newspaper has assigned to HMC? cherwell.org/2025/10/07/o...

HMC Fellow and Tutor for Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Dr Hana Navratilova delivered a lecture in Cairo on 23 September to commemorate the centenary of celebrated Egyptologist Jaroslav Černý’s first visit to the country. Read more and watch the lecture 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...

HMC Vice-Principal Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve has been recognised by @thinkers50.com as one of today’s most influential thinkers in business and management. Read the full story 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...

📢 Today we welcome our new Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, to HMC. Beth joins us from @kent.ac.uk, where she was Professor of Philanthropic Studies and the founding Director of the Centre for Philanthropy. See full story 👇 tinyurl.com/5622usr5

📢 We’re delighted to announce that Professor Jane Shaw has been appointed the new Provost of Gresham College, starting this Dec! Prof Shaw is a distinguished historian, author, & outgoing Principal of @hmcoxford.bsky.social, @ox.ac.uk Read more: gres.hm/jane-shaw-25🎓

We are delighted to share the news that our outgoing Principal Prof Jane Shaw is to become the new Provost of @greshamcollege.bsky.social, an institution that shares HMC's commitment to breaking down barriers to knowledge and promoting education. Read the full story 👇 tinyurl.com/379en7rz

📢 Read the latest edition of our Prospective Students' Newsletter, featuring links to some of @ox.ac.uk's latest resources, such as the undergraduate prospectus for entry in 2026, as well as HMC-specific information, like stories from some of our students 👇 mailchi.mp/1319bebff0e2...

On Saturday we were delighted to welcome back HMC alumni for an opportunity to bid farewell to our outgoing Principal Professor Jane Shaw and meet her successor @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social. Read more about the event 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...

📢 Calling all HMC alum! Join us on 3 November, in the beautiful setting of the Oxford and Cambridge Club, to meet our incoming Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social , and Director of Alumni Relations and Development Lisa Smårs. More info and booking 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/alumni...

Join our #OCMA team & Franck Goddio for an exploration of Alexandria’s ancient Portus Magnus and one of its enigmatic sacred sites, the Temple to Poseidon. 5pm, Thurs 25 Sept @hmcoxford.bsky.social ⚓🧜‍♂️⛵

Check out HMC Supernumerary Fellow and Psychology Tutor @juliabadger.bsky.social in a recent guest appearance on a psychology podcast discussing her research on bullying and "counter-connecting" 👇 changingstatesofmind.com/podcast

Remember that it's our final Open Day of the year on Friday 19 September. Come along to: – Take a tour of HMC – Meet our Admissions Team – Put questions to current students More info 👉 hmc.ox.ac.uk/open-days We look forward to seeing you! #OxOpenDays #LifeAtHMC #LifelongLearning

All ready for #OxfordOpenDoors tomorrow from 10 to 4! See our renovated Chapel and beautiful Library – and find out about the Arlosh Hall's role in a key historical event. And why not also visit our neighbours @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social, @mansfieldoxford.bsky.social and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social?

📢 Join us on 25 September for a free lecture by pioneering underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio. In what promises to be a fascinating talk, Goddio will describe his team's exploration of one of Alexandria’s sacred sites, the Temple to Poseidon. Info and sign-up 👇 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/public...

Based on people’s search for an authentic spirituality, Professor Jane Shaw @hmcoxford.bsky.social ‬aims to transform our understanding of the spiritual and religious landscape of twentieth-century Britain. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/jshaw

Delighted that 2 pieces of news align! New job @hmcoxford.bsky.social and new book (co-authored with @rhodridavies.bsky.social & Theresa Lloyd) exploring UK #philanthropy and why rich people give: hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...

Catch HMC Senior Research Fellow Michael Symmons Roberts in conversation with Rowan Williams for the Christ Church 500th Anniversary Lecture series in Manchester on 11 September. More info and booking 👇 tinyurl.com/bdh5764a

We're delighted to be hosting a three-day international workshop on recycling in ancient Egypt – now in full swing –organised by DPhil students David Brügger and Leonie Hoff!

Another key figure in our past died #OTD in 1858. Charles Wellbeloved, Principal of Manchester College in York and a renowned reformer and archaeologist, was educated at Homerton Academy, antecedent to @homertoncollege.bsky.social, and had a significant role in @ukunitarian.bsky.social history.

Born #OTD 1833: Edward Burne-Jones, who designed the celebrated stained-glass windows in our Chapel, which were made by the William Morris factory. Read more 👇 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/design-and-h...

📢 Mature student considering applying to Oxford as either an undergraduate or postgraduate? Our prospective students' newsletter for August includes a guide to picking your course, admission tests, the last chance to register for September events, as well as much more. 👇 tinyurl.com/2wtm6wvs

Contributors to the next @worldhappiness.report have just been announced. Published by HMC-based The Wellbeing Research Centre, directed by Vice-Principal and Fellow and Tutor in Management Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, the theme of the 2026 report is social media. More details 👇 tinyurl.com/yfybr2vy