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Founded in 1314, friendly and inclusive Exeter College lies at the heart of Oxford, supporting students and fostering academic excellence for over 700 years.

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It’s here! Our 6th Giving Day has begun… and yes, TRexeter is back causing glorious chaos 🦖✨ We’ve launched ‘Our Story is Your Story’—celebrating the people and moments that make Exeter extraordinary. Click the link in the bio and help us kick things off with a roar 💛
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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What a night Saturday was—700 years of Exeter’s history lighting up Front Quad ✨ Now it’s Giving Day! With £65k in match & challenge funding, your gift goes even further. Make your gift via the link in our bio 💗 #trexeter #exetergivingday #ourstory
#trexeter #exetergivingday #ourstory
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Every story has a moment that changes everything and your support lets future students find theirs ✨

Because Exeter’s story is your story.
And, thanks to you, it can be their story too.

Learn more/make a gift: yourstory.exeter.ox.ac.uk

#OurStoryIsYourStory #FloreatExon
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Not long to go until the next chapter of our story begins.

#ExeterCollegeOxford #OurStory #ComingSoon
A lantern mounted on an ivy-covered stone building at Exeter College, with new green leaves sprouting. A light blue graphic frame surrounds the image with the word “TODAY” at the bottom.
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Our home is your home and tomorrow, we make sure it will be home for future generations of Exonians, too.

#ExeterCollegeOxford #OurStory #ComingSoon
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Congratulations to Exeter College student Hanks Chong (2025, MMathCompSci) and his teammates from Merton College, who secured third place in the UK & Ireland Programming Contest 2025 (UKIEPC)!

Read more: https://ow.ly/ANLm50XycYq

#ExeterCollegeOxford
Exeter College student Hanks Chong (2025, MMathCompSci)
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Are you ready for the next instalment of a story that's been seven centuries in the making?

#ExeterCollegeOxford #OurStory #ComingSoon
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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One week to go until our 6th Giving Day and TRexeter is raring to roar.

We’re also just 10 donors away from unlocking £2,025 in challenge funding — every gift hits harder. 🦖💥

🔗 exetergivingday.hubbub.net/coming-soon

#ExeterGivingDay #ExeterCollegeOxford #FloreatExon
A person wearing an inflatable orange dinosaur costume holds up a large green sign reading “ONE WEEK TO GO!!” in yellow text. The background shows autumn trees and the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford under a bright blue sky. The Exeter College crest appears in the bottom right corner.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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29.11.25. Watch this space. 📖

#ExeterCollegeOxford #OurStory #ComingSoon
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It's Green Friday! 🛍️ The College Store is offering 15% off until 1 Dec with the code GREEN15! Plus, they plant two trees for every order placed today.

Don't forget to grab your stash while the deal is on!

Shop via the link in our bio!

#ExeterCollegeOxford
Graphic for The College Store’s “Green Friday” sale. The text reads: “It’s here – Green Friday – 15% off. Use the code GREEN15. 21 Nov – 01 Dec 2025.” The background is a light green with a dark green forest silhouette along the bottom.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📚 Qian Zhongshu and Oxford
🗓️ Tomorrow, Fri 21 Nov | 1:30–2:30 PM
📍 Kloppenburg Room, Cohen Quad

Speakers: Shanying Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.) & Chong Fu (Queen’s College, Oxford)

Organised by the Oxford Existential Meditation Society and the Oxford Buddhist Studies Society.
Free to attend!
Poster for Thus Coming, Thus Going: Qian Zhongshu and Oxford, a talk on 21 November 2025 at Exeter College’s Cohen Quad. Includes details of two speakers, Shanying Zhang and Chong Fu, and is co-organised by the Oxford Existential Meditation Society and the Oxford Buddhist Studies Society.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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This weekend, Exeter is pleased to provide the venues for two events hosted by Oxford Centennial Artic Expeditions, featuring polar explorer Dr. Cat Burford.

1️⃣ Launch (22/11, Free @ Cohen Quad): shorturl.at/Wh1iB 2️⃣ Dinner (23/11 @ Turl St.): tinyurl.com/dinnernov25
Poster for the “2026 Expeditions Launch with Polar Explorer Dr Cat Burford,” hosted at Cohen Quad, Exeter College, on Saturday 22 November 2025 at 14:45. The poster features a scenic Arctic landscape with icebergs and a photo of Dr Cat Burford, described as a “polar explorer & humanitarian dentist.” A QR code and registration link are included, with co-sponsorship logos for the Oxford University Exploration Club and Exeter College, Oxford. Poster for the “Black Tie Guest Night Dinner” at Exeter College on Sunday 23 November, 19:00–22:30, celebrating the 2026 Oxford Centennial Arctic Expeditions. It features Polar Explorer Dr Cat Burford, event details, ticket prices, and a photo of her against a backdrop of the college dining hall and night sky.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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👀 Something’s stirring at Exeter… any guesses?

Our sixth Giving Day kicks off in 2 weeks!
36 hours. Pets. Dinosaurs. Exeter pride.

Make an early gift 👉 https://exetergivingday.hubbub.net/coming-soon/

#ExeterGivingDay #ExeterCollegeOxford #FloreatExon
A person in an inflatable orange dinosaur costume makes a peace sign in Exeter College’s Front Quad, with autumn ivy covering the wall beside them. A student walks in the distance toward the chapel. A red banner across the top left corner reads “TWO WEEKS TO GO!!” and the Exeter College crest appears in the bottom left corner.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Congratulations to Exeter alumnus Dr Davor Pavlovic (2001, DPhil Biochemistry), on his election as President of the European Section of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR).

Read more: https://ow.ly/L0Ig50XsMAW

#ExeterCollegeOxford #FloreatExon
Dr Davor Pavlovic (2001, DPhil Biochemistry)
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Calling all Undergraduate and Postgraduate 2025 leavers!

Your free leavers’ hoodies are waiting.

If you haven't collected yours, email [email protected] to arrange collection or postage (P&P fees apply).

#ExeterCollegeOxford #FloreatExon #Alumni
The back of two people wearing matching maroon 'Leaver 2025' hoodies. The hoodie on the left features the names of the leavers, and the hoodie on the right features a line-art drawing of Walter the cat.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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For #WorldKindnessDay, we asked our students and staff: what's the kindest thing that has happened to you at College?

Here's what they had to say about the support from tutors, friends, and colleagues that defines the Exeter community.

#ExeterCollegeOxford #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Congratulations to Exeter alumnus Dr Daniel Zoughbie (2008, DPhil International Relations), on the publication of his latest book, 'Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump'.

Read more: https://ow.ly/2LBW50Xq56r

#ExeterCollegeOxford #FloreatExon
The book cover of Kicking the Hornet’s Nest: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump by Daniel E. Zoughbie. The design features bold navy blue text on a light grey background, with an illustration of an eagle wrapped in a red ribbon at the center.
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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At 11am, we will pause for the two-minute silence.

We also remember our own community, like staff member Deryck Drew, who was recently researched after being found on a local memorial. https://ow.ly/IxmY50XpQz5

#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
A close-up of a bright red poppy wreath resting on a wooden bench. In the blurred background, the stone buildings and lawn of the Exeter College quad are visible under a cloudy sky.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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At 6pm today in Exeter College Chapel, we will be holding our College Remembrance Service as we pay our respects to all those who have served and given their lives in war.

Lest We Forget

#ExeterCollegeOxford #LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday
A head-on view of the World War II memorial in Exeter College Chapel. Three stone panels list names under the heading 'IN PIAM MEMORIAM' and the dates '1939' and '1945'. The memorial is set in a stone archway, flanked by two tall stained-glass windows. A red poppy wreath is visible on the windowsill to the left.
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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That view when you step through the Porters’ Lodge 😍
Front Quad showing off its autumn colours.

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Looking through the ornate, vaulted archway of the Porters' Lodge into the Front Quad. The arch is decorated with carved stone crests. In the background, the quad building is covered in vibrant red and green autumn ivy.
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Happening today — 1 PM, Cohen Quad.
Exeter alumna Dr Margaret Kean (1985, English) is giving a Weird & Wonderful talk on Philip Pullman.

Dr Kean’s a Pullman specialist and Dame Helen Gardner Fellow at St Hilda’s — this’ll be a good one.

🔗 bit.ly/oxweird
Poster for Oxford’s Faculty of English Weird & Wonderful Seminar Series. Thursdays 1–2 PM, Cohen Quad, Exeter College. Free to attend, register at bit.ly/oxweird. Background shows a fantasy forest scene with a lamppost and creatures.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🎆 Wishing everyone a safe and happy Bonfire Night! 🎆

📷 Fisher Studio

#ExeterCollegeOxford #BonfireNight
An atmospheric evening shot of an ivy-covered college building. Warm light glows from arched windows and an open doorway, illuminating a bench and casting long shadows from the windows across the ground.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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We are delighted to share a new interview with former Visiting Fellow, Professor Kristen Poole, about her book Philip Pullman and the Historical Imagination.

Read more: https://ow.ly/BvFs50XlFC6

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Professor Kristen Poole
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Happy Halloween from Exeter College! 🎃

We hope the only frightening thing you encounter today is the reading list.

#ExeterCollegeOxford #Halloween #Oxford
Two people dressed as ghosts with white sheets and sunglasses are behind a reception desk interacting with a visitor in a black hoodie.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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An autumn morning in Front Quad. 🍂

#ExeterCollegeOxford #Oxford #Autumn
The ivy-covered wall of Exeter College, Oxford, glows in autumn colours of red and orange. Painted on the stone wall is a crest and a list of names for the Exeter College Boat Club Women’s 2nd VIII crew, with rowing blades from other colleges painted beneath. The cobbled path alongside the building leads towards the college chapel under a bright blue sky.
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM