Thank you to everyone who has read our communications, on email or social media, and watched our various recordings over the past 36 hours. Connecting with you, our Univ global community in this way is very important to me, particularly as we celebrate our 775th anniversary. Read more…

The College was greatly saddened to hear that Mr Thomas Schrecker (1952, History), Foundation Fellow, died on 6 May 2024 aged 92. Read more…

Six professionals and 11 student singers of Martlet Voices joined forces for a concert celebrating the English Madrigal. Read more…

Congratulations to Univ Fellows Professor Tamsin Mather, Supernumerary Fellow in Earth Sciences and Professor of Earth Sciences, and Professor Laura Herz, Supernumerary Fellow in Physics, who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society. Read more…

The 38th HLA Hart Memorial Lecture took place on 16 May, in the College Chapel. The lecture this year was given by Professor Anita Allen from the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Allen gave a thought-provoking and original HLA Hart Memorial lecture titled “Unconditional Love, Some Implications for the Law.” Read more… 

As part of the 775 Celebrations, The British Ambassador, Dame Karen Pierce DCMG and The Master, The Rt Hon Baroness Amos LG CH PC, invited Old Members, friends of the College, students, parents and carers of students and their guests to a Gala Dinner at The British Ambassador’s Residence in Washington D.C. on Saturday, 20 April 2024. Read more…

Here is a selection of the fascinating fiction and non-fiction written by Univites published recently. Read more…

All members of Univ were invited to attend a private view and conversation with Daisy Harcourt (1990, Fine Art) and Dr Laura Varnam, Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature, on Thursday 18 April 2024 at the Town House, Spitalfields, London. Read more… 

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On Tuesday 16 April 2024, as part of our 775 Celebrations, Baroness Amos, Master of Univ, invited Old Members, friends of the College, students, parents and carers of students and their guests to an “in conversation” event with Emma Tucker (1986, PPE), Editor-in-Chief of the Wall Street Journal. The event took place at the University of Oxford North America Office on Fifth Avenue in New York. Read more… 

The subject of the Colin Ford Lecture 2024 is “Letters from the Life of Julia Margaret Cameron”, to be held at the Weston Library on 13 May, 6-7.15pm. Held on the occasion of his 90th birthday, this event celebrates Univ alumnus Colin Ford CBE’s (1952, English) contribution to the field of photo history, and in particular his forensic research into the life and work of the renowned Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, whose Catalogue Raisonne (the first ever for a photographer) he co-wrote. Read more…

The USPGA met for their spring meeting on 22 April at the Isle of Purbeck golf club. Sixteen Old Members attended. Read more…

Jake Robertson (2021, DPhil Modern Languages) plays the major role of The Duke in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, which opens at the Oxford Playhouse on 15 May. Read more…

After five star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, James Carroll (2009, English) is taking his sketch show Ed: the new, totally unofficial, ginger-inclusive parody sketch show to London for a limited run at the Canal Cafe Theatre 22-24 July. Read more…

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Spring is in full swing, and activity on-site is moving at pace. We’re delighted to share that our cross laminated timber (CLT) framing for Water Court West is up. It’s been quite remarkable how quickly this has happened. Read more… 

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Halima (Chemistry) reviews Liquid by Mark Miodownik. Read more…

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