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Jesus College Oxford
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Official account of Jesus College at the University of Oxford.
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Thank you to our fabulous Library and Archives colleagues Ash, Owen and Robin for a fantastic open afternoon in the Fellow’s Library, and the special display of rare books in unexpected languages and scripts that we hold in our collections 📚
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Congratulations to @bertaverd.bsky.social, Peter Brunet Fellow in Biological Sciences at Jesus, who has been accepted in to the prestigious @embo.org Young Investigator Programme 👏
Read more at ow.ly/c8c850XBNpj
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A new study co-authored by Tutorial Fellow Professor Paulina Kewes offers the first account of how the Pope’s hesitation in excommunicating Henry VIII not only failed to prevent England’s break from Rome - it may have helped to cause it. Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/new-research...
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s #diwali formal in College. A beautiful meal in a beautiful setting 🪔
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Second Quad lawn has been well watered today. Lovely to see a little burst of blue sky in between the showers as we start Week 2 of term.
October 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A new academic year, and a new website for the College’s Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub! Check out our stunning conference facilities, explore the curated events programme, and sign-up to our events newsletter. Take a look: digitalhuboxford.com
📷 Dan Paton & Rockfon
October 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Join us in the Digital Hub for the Emerging Methodologies Conference (18 Nov), bringing together language and humanities researchers using digital methods to discover, discuss and demo new work in the field.
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/emerging-met...
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Jesus College is proud to launch a new Welsh undergraduate bursary in honour of our late alumnus Stephen Jenkins (2005, Geography). We’re hoping to raise £100k to provide vital financial support to future Jesus students from Wales. Find out more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/stephen-jenk...
September 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
C Congratulations to Jesus College alumna Lucy Steed (2012, English Literature) who has won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025 for her novel ‘The Artist’. 👏👏👏
Read more:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/alumna-wins-...
July 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We’re delighted to be partnering with @oxprimarycare.bsky.social on its new Oxford Global CEO Programme, an experiential course bringing together future-facing leaders with Oxford academics, top CEOs and think tank members. #connect #engage #network. Read more:
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/jesus-colleg...
July 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are delighted to announce that the Francis Jones Prize, which celebrates Welsh historical literature, has been won this year by Dr Sadie Jarrett. Read more: www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/dr-sadie-jar... 👏👏👏
June 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Join us in the Digital Hub for Immers-eXpo 2025! Curious about extended reality, AI and the metaverse? Come and experience cutting-edge tech first-hand and meet the innovators behind it. Tickets are free. Book now and see you there!👇🏻
tinyurl.com/y4ywdf7r
May 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Pride Month starts next week and we’re proudly celebrating with three events for everyone in our community 💚
#pride #inclusion #jesuscollegeoxford #community
May 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Good luck to all our runners in this morning’s Town & Gown 10km. You got this! #bleedgreen #oxfordtownandgown
May 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We’re excited to be co-hosting this evening’s ’Hacking the Body’ event with the Atlantic Institute here in the Digital Hub. Join us to learn how VR is revolutionising our understanding of the human body. More info and booking link at www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/digital-hub-...
May 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The College wisteria is thriving, thanks to some careful autumn pruning and the warm April weather. Second Quad has never looked more beautiful 💚
April 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Alliums coming in to bloom in First Quad, ready to welcome back our students ahead of the start of Trinity term.
April 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Join us in the Digital Hub on Thursday 1st May to discover how virtual reality is transforming our understanding of the human body. Talks and networking with the Atlantic Fellows, who are leveraging VR to advance knowledge of human shape and vision. All welcome. Booking link:
ow.ly/VMXz50VwivT
April 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A picturesque view of our 16th century First Quad to welcome you in to a new week.
April 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
TONIGHT! A new documentary series produced by Jesus alumnus James Goldston (1986, PPE) explores the rollercoaster journey of Twitter, from inception in 2006 as a digital tool for global communication, to its sale 16 years later. Watch on BBC2 at 9PM. 🎬💚
March 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
To mark the 50th anniversary of coeducation at Jesus, we’re delighted to share a brilliant new student-made documentary about the first women undergraduates to step through our Turl Street gates in 1974. 💚🎥 Watch the full film via link👇🏻
www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/new-document...
March 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
College recently hosted its first ever #Iftar formal to mark Ramadan. We united as a community to break fast, before enjoying a meal of dates, soup, hake in a lemongrass sauce, and warm chocolate brownies. Thank you to our students, staff and Fellows for organising such a lovely event 💚
March 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thank you to our wonderful Library & Archives team for today’s Fellows’ Library exhibition of ‘People behind the portraits: Principals and their Personalities’. A lovely event to mark #worldbookday and learn more about the lives and characters of past Jesus principals.
March 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congrats to Prof Ben Goldacre, Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine at Jesus, on news that the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, in collaboration with NHS England, has been awarded a £17m Wellcome grant to transform mental health treatment research & enhance secure data research 👏🦌
February 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Winter sunshine across First Quad ☀️
February 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM