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👋 Welcome to the home of lifelong learning at @ox.ac.uk – a global community of curious minds. Tag us in your #OxfordLifelongLearning content!
💡 Enrolments are now open for the Oxford Advanced Pre-sessional Course for Graduate Students!

Prepare yourself for postgraduate study with this enriching and intensive nine-week programme.

🔗 Spaces are limited-- secure your place today: bit.ly/4pDgMV5
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Come work with me! Research Assistant opportunity - Global Renaissance

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Research Assistant in Global Renaissance Studies
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November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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We are delighted to be hosting a day course for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social: join us to explore 'Treasures of the Medieval Islamicate World: Stories of Empire and the Everyday'.

For more information and to book: bit.ly/Saturdaycourse

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November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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‘To promote a woman to bear rule . . . is repugnant to nature.’ John Knox (1558)

I’m really excited to share details of a new study day at @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social next year!

Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones | 7 March 2026

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Rule Britannia: Queens, Power, Thrones
Female monarchs who ruled in their own right have been a rarity compared to their male counterparts, yet public fascination with figures such as Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Anne, Queen Victoria and Eliza...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Two upcoming courses with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social:

1️⃣ Managing Loss in the Historic Environment: Ecocultural Approaches (9 Dec)
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2️⃣ Planning tools for managing climate-vulnerable heritage assets (10 Dec)
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Managing Loss in the Historic Environment: Ecocultural Approaches
Can we re-frame heritage loss? This transdisciplinary course will explore how to manage transformative change in the historic environment to generate both ecological and cultural benefits. Join…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We're hiring!

Oxford Lifelong Learning in the Department for Continuing Education is seeking to appoint a Catering Supervisor to join our Catering Team.

🔗 Apply now: buff.ly/wObB1Kz

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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🍃 Considering applying for our Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques?

Join us online on Thursday 4 December at 13:00 to find out more about the course, get to know the course team, meet our former students, and ask any questions you may have.
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/CdqjObj
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Is a DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) right for you? 💭
Co-directors of the programme Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Anne-Marie Boylan offer insights on the ‘ideal student’ and who should apply (hint: it’s not just for practicing clinicians).

Learn more: buff.ly/XPdJdJj

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DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care
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November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
📢 Free training session! Preparing Your Doctoral Research Proposal.

Open to postgraduates not currently studying at Oxford University – wherever you plan to apply.

Join online or in person at Rewley House, Oxford.

Wed 10 Dec 2025, 11am–2pm GMT (UK time).

👉 Find out more: buff.ly/qHSucUn
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🎭 Online Event 🖌️
Our MSt in Literature and Arts explores the past through literature, art, architecture, history and philosophy to uncover how culture both shapes and reflects the world that produced it.

Join us online for a 45-minute session to discover more.

🔗 Register here: buff.ly/ObpThMN
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
✨Discover History at Oxford Lifelong Learning✨

If you're thinking about studying history part-time at Oxford but you're not sure which course is the right fit for you, then this online event is the place to start.

🔗Find out more: buff.ly/mJWD9bl

#StudyAtOxford
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎉 Enrolments Open for OUSSA 2026!

Make your summer unforgettable. The Oxford University Summer School for Adults offers more than 60 week-long accredited courses, tailored for adult learners of all backgrounds and interests.

🔗 Spaces are limited—secure your place today: bit.ly/3X4WeZ3
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
☃️Celebrate this festive season with dinner at Rewley House!
Our talented chefs have created a delicious menu for your festive celebrations, with traditional favourites and options for vegetarians, vegans, and those with gluten/dairy-free needs.
🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/vj4scY0
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We’re thrilled to share that a brand new podcast series has launched, starring our very own historians; Uprising: The Civil Wars!
🎧 Dr Jonathan Healey – expert contributor
🎧 Professor Andrew Hopper – expert contributor
🎧 Dr Charlotte Parsonson-Young – historical consultant
🎧 Rebecca Rideal – host
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎆 Did you know that the Ashmolean Museum has on display the lantern Guy Fawkes is thought to have been carrying when he was arrested in the cellars under the Houses of Parliament?

How lucky are we to have such incredible history just around the corner?

Image courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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#Halloween seems a good time to announce that in August 2026 I’ll be running a short course on the Gothic for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. We’ll have Frankenstein and Dracula, of course, but also Andrew Michael Hurley and folk horror…
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Happy Halloween from SJC and our friends the @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social ghosts... 👻
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
👻 Happy Halloween! 🎃

Here for their final curtain call, we'd like to give our wonderful Lifelong Learning ghosts a round of applause for their work taking learning beyond the veil. 👏👻 We'll see you next year...

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October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Something we're immensely proud of is the research-driven teaching offered by our world-leading academics.
Over the last few weeks Dr Francesca Fulminante has attended two conferences in Italy and China, giving talks on her own research into ancient Mediterranean urbanization.
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🦣How intertwined are animals' and humans' histories?
Through a short introduction using the themes of telling animals' stories, captivity, classification, natural history museums, and evolution and extinction, this course will examine the history of animal and human interactions.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our English Language Teachers' Summer Seminar is now open to applications!
This seminar is designed specifically for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) to help you take your teaching to the next level.

🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/1oeFpO6

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October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Increasingly health policy demands evidence-based decisions. But what counts as evidence, and who decides?

Discover the role of patients in research with our upcoming module, which can be taken as a short course or part of the MSc in Translational Health Sciences.

🗓️Apply by 20 Nov

Learn more ⬇️
Patients, Citizens and the Politics of Evidence
Examining the role of patients and citizens in providing evidence for health care research
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October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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.

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🧪 #AcademicSky
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Congratulations to all of our recently matriculated students! 🎉

You should all be immensely proud of yourselves for the hard work that has led to this moment – we can't wait to see what you achieve during your time here and beyond. 💫

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October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don't miss your chance to sign up for the Vice-Chancellor's Colloquium on Climate or AI!

🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/rcptHnK

#OxfordUniversity #StudyAtOxford #Oxford #Colloquium #AI #Climate
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM