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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!
Happy 127th birthday C S Lewis! 🎉

✍️ Discover more about how the University shaped one of the best-known Oxford dons at our Inspiring Oxford summer school programme next year. Courses open to enrolment very soon!

🔗 Spaces are limited-- browse courses at: bit.ly/3MpRyeb
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
💡 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
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

#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #Vacancy #JobVacancy #OxfordVacancy #OxfordJobs #WorkInOxford
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
📢 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
👻 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...

#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #LifelongLearning #Halloween #GhostsTrend
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.
🔗 buff.ly/N2f4Um7
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
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. 💫

#OxfordLifelongLearning #Matriculation #StudyAtOxford #Oxford
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
Congratulations to Abel Feleke, a current MSc in Sustainable Urban Development student who has been shortlisted as co-designer for the Grenfell Tower Memorial!

Find out more about the project and Abel's work here: buff.ly/byf6sqP

#OxfordLifelongLearning #SustainableUrbanDevelopment
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The best university in the world for a world record breaking 10th year in a row, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings! 🎉

🔗 Read more about the highlights from this year: buff.ly/TKXAdnQ

📷 ©OUImages/John Cairns Photography

#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity
October 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Seeing as it's nearly Halloween, we thought we'd share some photos from our Ecological Survey Techniques students' trip to Wytham Woods to take a closer look at these adorable little fuzzy creatures... 🦇 Who knew bats could be this cute?

#OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #StudyAtOxford
October 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Congratulations to Dr Arezou Azad on her new book 'The Warehouse of Bamiyan: Economic Life in Medieval Afghanistan'! 🎉📖
The book uncovers the untold history of Bamiyan's warehouse, revealing the lives of farmers, landholders, and their role in the economy. Find out more: buff.ly/aonb6Qn
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🎉 APPLICATIONS OPEN 🎉

Applications are now open for most of our undergraduate award-bearing programmes! From art history to theological studies, find out more about the courses we offer on our website: buff.ly/ICjCyHN

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#StudyAtOxford #OxfordLifelongLearning
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What is a narcissist?

Today Departmental Tutor, John Deane-O’Keeffe, also known as our very own One-Minute Criminologist, is tackling the topic of narcissism and why it's not a straight forward as you might think...

Did any of his points surprise you?

#OxfordLifelongLearning #StudyAtOxford
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This Halloween, why not join us for a spooky Halloween-themed dinner with readings from Professor Sandie Byrne? 🎃🕯️

⌛Tuesday 21 October 6:15pm

🔗Find out more, if you dare 👻: buff.ly/Wifm4iU

This spooky image of a haunted Rewley House was generated by AI.

#Halloween #ThingsToDoInOxford
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Happy Birthday to us! 🎉🥳

Today marks our 147th birthday as Oxford University's 'secret treasure'. 🎂

To celebrate, share one of your favourite moments from studying with us in the comments!

📸 Thank you so much to Christ Church for capturing this wonderful speech from the Vice Chancellor.
@ox.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM