Magdalen College
@magdalenoxford.bsky.social
The Bluesky account for Magdalen College, Oxford. Sharing news, events, and providing an insight into College life.
It's Bonfire Night!
Here's a picture from the Oxford Mail of our fireworks celebrations in 1958. Enjoy!
Here's a picture from the Oxford Mail of our fireworks celebrations in 1958. Enjoy!
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's Bonfire Night!
Here's a picture from the Oxford Mail of our fireworks celebrations in 1958. Enjoy!
Here's a picture from the Oxford Mail of our fireworks celebrations in 1958. Enjoy!
What if I told you we had an alumnus connected to the gunpowder plot?
Sir Arthur Throckmorton (1571) was the cousin of four Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and cousin to the wife of a fifth. he left his entire book collection to College.
Sir Arthur Throckmorton (1571) was the cousin of four Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and cousin to the wife of a fifth. he left his entire book collection to College.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What if I told you we had an alumnus connected to the gunpowder plot?
Sir Arthur Throckmorton (1571) was the cousin of four Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and cousin to the wife of a fifth. he left his entire book collection to College.
Sir Arthur Throckmorton (1571) was the cousin of four Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and cousin to the wife of a fifth. he left his entire book collection to College.
Huge congratulations to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social Senior Demy at Magdalen, who has been honoured with an Early Career Excellent Teacher Award from the University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division.
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-omid...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-omid...
Dr Omid Ebrahimi wins Teaching Excellence Award - Magdalen College
Huge congratulations to Omid V. Ebrahimi, Senior Demy at Magdalen, who has been honoured with an Early Career Excellent Teacher Award from the University of Oxford's Medical Sciences Division.
www.magd.ox.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Huge congratulations to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social Senior Demy at Magdalen, who has been honoured with an Early Career Excellent Teacher Award from the University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division.
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-omid...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-omid...
A very exciting event is happening, hosted by Rachel Lloyd (2012) and Simon Akam from the Always Take Notes writing podcast.
They'll be in Conversation with Helen Fielding - author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" - at the Sheldonian.
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-fiel...
They'll be in Conversation with Helen Fielding - author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" - at the Sheldonian.
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-fiel...
Helen Fielding in conversation with the Always Take Notes podcast
Join the author of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for a live podcast recording.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A very exciting event is happening, hosted by Rachel Lloyd (2012) and Simon Akam from the Always Take Notes writing podcast.
They'll be in Conversation with Helen Fielding - author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" - at the Sheldonian.
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-fiel...
They'll be in Conversation with Helen Fielding - author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" - at the Sheldonian.
Book tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-fiel...
Magdalen College will be taking on Darwin College, Cambridge, on University Challenge tonight at 8:30 pm. Good luck!
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Magdalen College will be taking on Darwin College, Cambridge, on University Challenge tonight at 8:30 pm. Good luck!
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Honoured to receive the Teaching Excellence Award at University of Oxford after my 1st year with the university
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Honoured to receive the Teaching Excellence Award at University of Oxford after my 1st year with the university
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
The real credit goes to the students: teaching such talented minds is a privilege
📸 Thanks to my lovely colleague, Kate Nation
@ox.ac.uk @oxexppsy.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social
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Halloween is nearing, and Serious Academics need to celebrate.
Here's the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social undead team - @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social, @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself - doing what academics do best: ghosting you.
👻🎃
🧪 #AcademicSky
Here's the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social undead team - @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social, @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself - doing what academics do best: ghosting you.
👻🎃
🧪 #AcademicSky
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Halloween is nearing, and Serious Academics need to celebrate.
Here's the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social undead team - @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social, @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself - doing what academics do best: ghosting you.
👻🎃
🧪 #AcademicSky
Here's the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social undead team - @tomrocksmaths.bsky.social, @jonathanhealey.bsky.social and myself - doing what academics do best: ghosting you.
👻🎃
🧪 #AcademicSky
📣 Magdalen alumni! Join us for a fascinating evening with our own Dr. Julia Ebner.
Her talk, "When Extremes go Mainstream," will explore the rising threats to democracy.
🗓️ 24 Nov | 7pm 📍 Conway Hall, London 🥂 Talk + Q&A, followed by a drinks reception. 🎟️ Tickets: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/when-...
Her talk, "When Extremes go Mainstream," will explore the rising threats to democracy.
🗓️ 24 Nov | 7pm 📍 Conway Hall, London 🥂 Talk + Q&A, followed by a drinks reception. 🎟️ Tickets: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/when-...
'When Extremes go Mainstream: The Rising Threats to Democracy' with Doctor Julia Ebner - Magdalen College
We warmly invite you and a guest to an evening talk with Dr Julia Ebner, award-winning author and Magdalen College researcher on extremism and radicalisation. Named Austrian of the Year for her ground...
www.magd.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
📣 Magdalen alumni! Join us for a fascinating evening with our own Dr. Julia Ebner.
Her talk, "When Extremes go Mainstream," will explore the rising threats to democracy.
🗓️ 24 Nov | 7pm 📍 Conway Hall, London 🥂 Talk + Q&A, followed by a drinks reception. 🎟️ Tickets: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/when-...
Her talk, "When Extremes go Mainstream," will explore the rising threats to democracy.
🗓️ 24 Nov | 7pm 📍 Conway Hall, London 🥂 Talk + Q&A, followed by a drinks reception. 🎟️ Tickets: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/events/when-...
Looking forward to the next Calleva–Airey Neave Global Security Seminar, "Transatlantic security in an age of uncertainty" - In conversation with Rachel Ellehuus.
🗓️ 5 Nov | 17:00 📍 blavatnikschool & Online 🎟️ Free & open to all.
Register: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/trans...
🗓️ 5 Nov | 17:00 📍 blavatnikschool & Online 🎟️ Free & open to all.
Register: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/trans...
Transatlantic security in an age of uncertainty
Join us for a conversation with Rachel Ellehuus, Director-General of RUSI, as part of the Calleva–Airey Neave Global Security Seminar Series.
www.bsg.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Looking forward to the next Calleva–Airey Neave Global Security Seminar, "Transatlantic security in an age of uncertainty" - In conversation with Rachel Ellehuus.
🗓️ 5 Nov | 17:00 📍 blavatnikschool & Online 🎟️ Free & open to all.
Register: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/trans...
🗓️ 5 Nov | 17:00 📍 blavatnikschool & Online 🎟️ Free & open to all.
Register: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/trans...
What an otter!
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📸 by Albie the home bursar.
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📸 by Albie the home bursar.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What an otter!
🦦
📸 by Albie the home bursar.
🦦
📸 by Albie the home bursar.
It’s unreal out there! 🤯🍁
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It’s unreal out there! 🤯🍁
October 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Excited to see HumSci student, Lily Costa-Ferreira, will be on tonight's episode of University Challenge as part of the @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Team. Good luck Lily and @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Watch it on BCC2 at 8.30pm: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - University Challenge, 2025/26, Magdalen College, Oxford v Robinson College, Cambridge
The first round concludes as Magdalen College, Oxford faces Robinson College, Cambridge.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Excited to see HumSci student, Lily Costa-Ferreira, will be on tonight's episode of University Challenge as part of the @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Team. Good luck Lily and @magdalenoxford.bsky.social Watch it on BCC2 at 8.30pm: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Huge congratulations to the Magdalen University Challenge Team! We won!!!
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Huge congratulations to the Magdalen University Challenge Team! We won!!!
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Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Ah, sunshine!
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ah, sunshine!
Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
October 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...
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On Saturday, 28th June, we invited over 550 alumni, students, staff, and their families to bid a final farewell to the Waynflete Building.
Here's the highlight reel:
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/farewel...
Here's the highlight reel:
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/farewel...
September 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
On Saturday, 28th June, we invited over 550 alumni, students, staff, and their families to bid a final farewell to the Waynflete Building.
Here's the highlight reel:
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/farewel...
Here's the highlight reel:
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/farewel...
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Can't stop thinking about Gliese12b and the possibility of life on other planets.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable
An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University
www.ox.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Can't stop thinking about Gliese12b and the possibility of life on other planets.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...
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It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)
It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)
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Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Generative AI has prompted educators to reevaluate traditional teaching and assessment methods. This study examines AI’s ability to write essays analysing Old English poetry; human markers assessed an...
ora.ox.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Generative AI has prompted educators to reevaluate traditional teaching and assessment methods. This study examines AI’s ability to write essays analysing Old English poetry; human markers assessed an...
ora.ox.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...