“Oriel’s impact is absolutely massive.” Oriel College held a Graduation Day with @brilliantclub.bsky.social for pupils from non-selective state schools as they experienced university life for the first time 🎓 🔗 Find out more ⬇️

The donated folio is one of the “destroyed” first editions of Sir Walter Raleigh's ‘History of the World’ 🔗 Find out more ⬇️

NEW: Oxford University has been named Europe’s top university by QS Europe University Rankings. We came top in academic reputation, employer reputation, international research network and employment outcomes. Find out more ⬇️

‘Clean energy was not treated as a marginal concern, but as infrastructure in the deepest sense of the word’ @janrosenow.bsky.social reflects on his experience at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos ⬇️ Image: World Economic Forum

Oriel held a memorable day of events to mark 700 years since King Edward II confirmed the foundation of a “certain college of scholars” by its founder and first provost Adam de Brome. Images by John Cairns 🔗 Find out more ⬇️

John Rous, the second-ever Bodley’s Librarian, was a Fellow of @orieloxford.bsky.social, which is celebrating the 700th anniversary of its foundation this year! [1/5]

'The longevity and continuity of this college and its work is astonishing. Few institutions have endured for so long, and even fewer have remained devoted to the same cause.' Read a statement from the Provost on the 700th anniversary of Oriel College’s foundation by King Edward II:

Founded #OnThisDay in 1326 by King Edward II, Oriel College turns 700 today. Happy birthday, Oriel! 🎉

Today is Oriel College’s 700th birthday. King Edward II issued a charter on 21 January 1326 for what is the fifth oldest college, and the oldest royal foundation, in the University of Oxford. A 700th anniversary programme will include concerts, lectures and an alumni ball for ‘Orielenses’.

Oriel College was founded #OnThisDay 700 years ago 🎉 On 21 January 1326, King Edward II issued a royal charter confirming our first provost Adam de Brome’s foundation of a “certain college of scholars” in Oxford. @ox.ac.uk

‘We think we’re great and we take it for granted. There’s fierce competition from other countries. We may lose our soft power status if we don’t pay more attention to it.’ Read our interview with our Provost Lord Mendoza about Britain's soft power ⬇️

🎙 Redefining Energy LIVE | Oxford | 25 Feb 2026 Is the energy transition accelerating, stalling — or being rewritten by politics? Join me, Gerard Reid & @laurentsegalen.bsky.social at @orieloxford.bsky.social for a no-script, audience-driven live recording. 👇 www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...

2025 in four seasons 🍃📅 Photos 2 & 4 by James Hill

James Hill brilliant last night @orieloxford.bsky.social talking about the ethics of photojournalism - masterful!

NEW HEAT PUMP COST CALCULATOR: The i Paper just published an article about the new cost calculator I developed with Ambient through my research at the @ecioxford.bsky.social @orieloxford.bsky.social and @regassistproj.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/how-muc...

On May 28, I'll be in conversation with @tmbejan.bsky.social at @orieloxford.bsky.social: oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/provo...

Excellent lecture by Gary Younge at @orieloxford.bsky.social tonight - the untold stories of Black British and French citizens who served in WW2 but who do not feature in "mainstream" i.e.let's face it white accounts of those times. He is writing a book on this which will be essential reading.

Oriel College has announced that Batu Osmanoğlu and Alex Kotecha are the winners of the 2025 Rex Nettleford Essay Prize. This annual, UK-wide competition, invites year 12 pupils to submit essays on the legacies of colonialism. Their essays can be read online 👇 www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/news/oriel-c...

Heating buildings accounts for nearly a third of EU energy demand. 75% still comes from fossil fuels. In a new paper with colleagues @regassistproj.bsky.social we warn that current EU policy risks locking in inefficient heating, putting climate & consumers at risk. www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/fixing-...

Dr Dmitry Ghilarov has joined Oriel College from the John Innes Centre as the Ron Bancroft Fellow and a tutor in Biochemistry

🚀 Renewable Energy in Africa: The Future is Bright Join Ernest Akinlola (CEO, Bboxx Nigeria) at @orieloxford.bsky.social 15 May, 5:15PM for a dynamic discussion on unlocking solar power’s potential across Nigeria & Africa. Secure your spot here: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...

🎉 Thrilled to start as Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford! Honoured to join this historic community—and yes, that’s my office view in the top right corner! Grateful to all who supported me. More in Oxford Mail: www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2512484... @orieloxford.bsky.social

An international expert in sustainable energy has been appointed to lead the energy programme at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute. Jan Rosenow will also become a fellow of Oriel College. He said that “Leading the ECI’s energy programme is a huge honour for me.”

Oriel in the USA: The Provost and Lady Mendoza were delighted to meet and talk to Orielensis in Washington DC and New York City this past week. Thank you to Jim Burns (1994) for hosting in Washington DC and to Jonathan Burnham (1979) for hosting in New York City.

Charlotte Buckley, a fourth-year Biomedical Sciences student at Oriel College, secured gold in the 800 meters at the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) indoor championships

🔺 Update: Another athlete from Oriel College, Amelia Monaghan, will represent Oxford in the women’s lightweight boat at the 2025 Boat Race

Chris Ong and Peter Djemal, both second-year Physics students at Oriel College, competed as part of the @ox.ac.uk team ‘POSTLIMS’, which secured second place at this year’s preliminary round hosted at Swansea University.

Four students from Oriel College will row against Cambridge in Oxford’s men’s boat at the 2025 Boat Race

It was a pleasure to present my poster at this year's @yicsac.bsky.social symposium at the @nkinl.bsky.social in Amsterdam, and receive a poster award! A tremendous thank you to the organisers for the wonderful hosting, and to @orieloxford.bsky.social for awarding me with the Travel Grant prize.

The University of Oxford has secured the top place in the QS World University Rankings 2025 in three subjects: English Language and Literature, and Anatomy and Physiology and Geography. More info ⬇️

Cambridge to Oxford today to guest record with Oriel Choir in Keble Chapel 🎶🎙️🎤🌿 @orieloxford.bsky.social @conviviumrecords.bsky.social

Professor Patrick Farrell has been awarded the Germund Dahlquist Prize by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

@orieloxford.bsky.social have posted a wonderful news update about the first graduation day they held since forming our partnership: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/news/student...

Guillermo Lasso, who served as the 47th president of Ecuador, visited Oriel College in February

Pancake Day 🥞

Pancake Day 🥞

Two of four study day residentials to aim to inspire girls and non-binary students in year 12 to apply to STEM courses at top universities like Oxford

Lord Hague of Richmond has been officially admitted as Oxford’s 160th Chancellor in a ceremony that took place at the Sheldonian Theatre today after winning the election for the Chancellor of the University of Oxford role in November 2024

🚨GHS CONFERNECE KEYNOTE REVEAL 🚨 The GHS Annual conference is fast approaching and we're happy to announce that Prof. Lyndal Roper FBA (@orieloxford.bsky.social) is our first keynote speaker! Prof. Roper is Regius Chair in History, the first woman and first Australian to hold the position. 1/1

This little volume in the @orieloxford.bsky.social archives contains Gilbert White’s accounts for his bachelors and masters degrees. Notes like these provide a fascinating insight into the day to day life of a person, and how they change 🎓📝🧾🍷🍓🍋📚🐴🐶 #HistoricalResearch #HistoryOfNaturalHistory

Yesterday was my first Oriel Talks session as convenor for the MCR. We had 2 great talks from Orielenses researching at CERN, absolutely fascinating! Our next is on the 26th! @orieloxford.bsky.social

Charles Skinner, long-serving external committee member, inducted as an Honorary Fellow before attending Candlemas feast

PPE graduate Simon Walters was appointed a CMG “for services to foreign policy” in the 2025 New Year Honours

Patra (Urairat), a 2nd yr English student @orieloxford.bsky.social has released a Spotify single “Aftercare”. “My two passions are my music and my love for English, and my passion does not run out.” Read more about Patra: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/news/oriel-s... @ox.ac.uk @oxunistudents.bsky.social

The winning sculpture will be the centrepiece of an exhibition @orieloxford.bsky.social continuing work to contextualise the contested history of colonialism in Zimbabwe and legacy of Cecil Rhodes

Archaeologists unearthed the fragmentary remains of some of Oriel College’s original structures

A research group @ox.ac.uk has sent samples of human tissue to space as part of an experiment that could help extend health into later life

Here amongst the gleaming spires to give a talk @orieloxford.bsky.social. I have to say I love Oxford. It has a studious hush, a lovely light. Have written some of my books here in the beautiful quarters of another college which offered it up as a bit of a writing sanctuary.

Floreat Oriel! I remember matriculation like it was yesterday. I also fondly remember our exchange to Trinity College Dublin (as our Sister College) that I joined as MCR President at Oriel – I would never have guessed that I would end up working at Trinity either! Deeply grateful for it all.

Today is our anniversary. On this day in 1326, Oriel College @ox.ac.uk was founded by King Edward II. Next year, we celebrate 700 years of continuous existence at the same site in central Oxford.