Sunrise over Christ Church, Oxford 🌅 📷 Instagram | Juncao_Oxford (March, 2026)

Early prison release is rising, but so are mistakes. In the year to March 2025, 262 prisoners were released in error - more than double the year before. Professor Alex Sutherland looks at what it takes to make early release and alternatives to prison safe ⬇️

CONFIRMED: Honorary degrees at Encaenia 2026 will be awarded to: - Prof Daron Acemoğlu - Carlos Acosta CBE - Prof Henry Louis Gates Jr - Prof Katalin Karikó - Billie Jean King - Prof Shuji Nakamura FREng - Dame Emma Walmsley DBE Find out more ⬇️

‘Stereotypes of rap-making as gang activity, amplified by moral panics in the media, become a vector for fuelling racial disparities in the justice system.’ Professor Naomi Waltham-Smith from @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social warns against the use of music as criminal evidence. Find out more ⬇️

‘Britain is facing the biggest energy price shock in a generation’. Dr Anupama Sen and Cassandra Etter-Wenzel comment on new policies announced today in response to a growing energy crisis amid rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Find out more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4dVjvq9

Can popes get theology wrong? @oxfordhistory.bsky.social's Dr Miles Pattenden explores the long tension between papal authority and theological expertise - and why recent criticism of Pope Leo might not be as off-base as it seems ⬇️

There are nine days until Prof James Edwards will take on the London Marathon to raise money for Cure DHDDS, a charity dedicated to learning more about this extremely rare gene mutation and supporting those diagnosed with DHDDS. www.justgiving.com/page/ploddin...

Nothing beats an Oxford sunset 🌅 📷 Instagram | UmairAtOxford (March, 2026)

Balthasar has places to be 🐾 📷 | New College, University of Oxford

'Democrats everywhere should focus consistently and relentlessly on bread-and-butter issues that everyday voters care about.' @blavatnikschool.bsky.social's Dr Maya Tudor explores what lessons can be drawn from Hungary's electoral upset ⬇️

Saving more lives or more years of life? A global study of 14,000 people shows the answer isn’t either-or. Most people chose the younger person - but not by the numbers you’d expect. Instead of maximising life-years, they landed somewhere in between. Find out more ⬇️

NEW: Astronomers have captured a black hole in motion - and its jets are dancing. Using telescopes spanning thousands of kilometres, Oxford and Curtin University researchers tracked jets shifting as it orbits a massive star. In Cygnus X-1, they found the jets pack the power of 10,000 Suns. More ⬇️

Spring at Queen's College 🌸 📷 Instagram | UmairAtOxford (March, 2026)

‘In places such as the UK, tidal energy could supply at least 10% of current national electricity demand.’ As governments invest more into tidal energy, Danny Coles from @oxengsci.bsky.social and a team of experts have identified more than 400 potential tidal energy sites. Find out more ⬇️

'Younger, less-experienced workers are already feeling the impact of AI disruption.' Why are some jobs disappearing while others are more in demand than ever, and how do we avoid work becoming standardised so that it can be automated away? @oii.ox.ac.uk's Dr Fabian Stephany explains ⬇️

'With no clear path out of the hostilities, the resilience of the global economy is facing a very tough test.' How the conflict in the Middle East has created the ultimate test for how resilient the world economy really is ⬇️

Warmest wishes to everybody celebrating Vaisakhi today! #HappyVaisakhi

A sunny week in Oxford 🌤️ 📷 Instagram | 12atoxford, Judy.Martin46, EstherJohnsonPhotography & Mansfield College

THEN vs NOW: Parks Road looking towards Keble College. 📷 | Oxfordshire History Centre #ThrowbackThursday

'A renewal of the conflict represents the worst scenario.' Even in more peaceful times, oil is considered to be one of the world’s most volatile commodities, says Engineering Science's @oxengsci.bsky.social's Dr Adi Imsirovic ⬇️

Scientists at Oxford University have demonstrated, for the first time, that a key emotional centre deep in the human brain directly influences how we interpret ambiguous social cues. Find out more⬇️ https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-04-02-oxford-scientists-uncover-how-brain-resolves-emotional-ambiguity

'Artificial intelligence may be able to pass medical exams. But just as passing a theory test doesn’t make you a competent driver, practising medicine involves far more than answering questions correctly.' Read more from @oxprimarycare.bsky.social's Dr Rebecca Payne ⬇️

Spring, in full colour at Oxford 🌸 📷 Instagram | LinaFromOxford, Juncao_Oxford & @NewCollegeOx

Happy Easter to everybody celebrating! ✝️🐣 Wishing you a warm and peaceful day. #EasterSunday

Congratulations to all the Oxford rowers who took part in the 2026 Boat Race 👏🚣. A special shoutout to the Oxford women’s crew on an incredible victory, their first since 2016! 💙 We look forward to next year's race! #BoatRace #oxforduniversity

Throwback to some of the Oxford University Boat Club crews over the years. Now it’s over to the 2026 crews, who take on Cambridge in the Boat Race this Saturday 💙 #throwbackthursday #oxforduniversity #BoatRace

92 days into 2026 already - where has the time gone? 🥲

Wishing a happy and peaceful Passover to everybody celebrating ✡️

A sign of spring in Oxford - magnolia and people sitting on lawns 🌸 📷 | New College, University of Oxford

A MenB vaccine may also help curb drug-resistant gonorrhoea, linking two growing health threats and raising new questions about how vaccines are used. Read more from the Department of Paediatrics' Charlie Firth ⬇️

The lawn outside the Radcliffe Camera had a trim today 🌱 No, it’s not AI. Designed and carefully cut by James from our University Parks Estates team. 📷 Instagram | Jimigk13

Prof Yuval Shany (Ethics in AI) examines Anthropic’s new ‘Constitution’ for Claude through a human rights lens - asking what’s missing when rights aren’t named, and what that could mean in high-stakes settings like surveillance and armed conflict ⬇️

A Saturday in Oxford 🌅 🎬 Instagram | UmairAtOxford (Video taken 17 January, 2026)

'For now, markets are relying on emergency stock releases and hopes of a geopolitical de-escalation. But if not, the world economy could face an unprecedented energy shock, with far-reaching and unpredictable consequences.' Read more from @oxengsci.bsky.social's Dr Adi Imsirovic ⬇️

What does real choice in childbirth look like? From hospital policies to cultural expectations, new research shows how pressure can influence how women give birth - sometimes in ways they didn’t want. Read more from @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social's Frances Hand ⬇️

NEW: Oxford researchers have contributed to a new study which has uncovered the earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs - approximately 16,000–14,000 years ago. Find out more ⬇️

A new Oxford-led study calls for emotional resilience in climate education. Young people report feeling worried and powerless, with teaching often lacking clear solutions. Researchers say integrating mental health and action could better prepare students ⬇️

'When a nation’s nature is repeatedly portrayed as irredeemably evil, what it does at the negotiating table becomes insignificant.' Rhetoric on both sides has shifted - from criticising behaviour to branding the other side as fundamentally ‘evil’, say experts from Oxford's Saïd Business School ⬇️

'Male masturbation may have an adaptive benefit: it flushes out damaged, stored sperm.' New Oxford research suggests that the longer sperm are stored before ejaculation, the lower their quality, with implications for men trying to conceive and IVF treatment. Find out more ⬇️

Tom Quad at night (featuring Meadow 🐈‍⬛) 📷 Instagram | Jagyoseni_m

Energy bills are rising - and millions could be hit. Experts from Oxford's Smith School say there are 3 things the UK government could do right now to protect vulnerable households: 1. A social tariff 2. Emergency support 3. Help people access existing savings Find out more ⬇️

Cocoa prices are rising - but cutting down trees for higher yields may backfire. Oxford research in Nigeria shows that keeping trees can protect crops, support biodiversity, and provide up to 60% of farmers’ income. Find out more ⬇️

NEW: Oxford tops QS World University Rankings in four subjects and is top overall in humanities. This makes it the UK university with the most courses ranked top in the world. Find out more ⬇️

‘Space circularity is not environmental idealism. It is strategic self-preservation.’ Oxford materials scientist Dr Yige Sun, argues that as space becomes critical for the global digital economy, a circular model will be essential. Find out more ⬇️

'Gas will end up with the highest bidder, while some nations will probably go back to using coal.' Read more from @oxengsci.bsky.social's Dr Adi Imsirovic ⬇️

‘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 ⬇️

NEW: Oxford and Muhimbili University researchers have developed a minimally invasive “liquid biopsy” that can rapidly and accurately diagnose Burkitt lymphoma in sub-Saharan Africa - where delays are often fatal. Find out more ⬇️

A golden March sunrise 🌅 📷 Instagram | Juncao_Oxford (March, 2025)

NEW: Oxford's Saïd Business School has appointed Dr Athol Williams as its Poet Laureate, in a first for business schools globally. Find out more ⬇️

The astronomical start of spring is here 🌸🌼 📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford, UmairAtOxford, Magdalen College & Judy.Martin46 #SpringEquinox