Academic excellence within a welcoming, inclusive and progressive community.https://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3msx6o4lknz24Congratulations to everyone receiving A Level results today. Well done on your hard work! We are thinking of you and hope to see some of you at Wadham next term. https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/13 Aug 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx6o4lknz24https://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3msqi4hpppc2o'Human neuron activity during an 83-minute movie from 2,286 neurons and 29 patients', co-authored by Bernhard Staresina, our Tutorial Fellow in Psychology, is published in Scientific Data: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07955-010 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqi4hpppc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3msqg6wfzc52o'Polo/PLK1 phosphorylation relieves Centrosomin/Cnn autoinhibition to promote centrosome scaffold assembly', co-authored by Isaac Wong, our Junior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, is published in the EMBO journal: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44318-026-00878-x10 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqg6wfzc52ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3msqerbsd7p2e'A clinically validated framework for auditing AI chatbot behavior in mental health interactions', coauthored by Christopher Summerfield, our Fellow by Special Election, is published in Nature Medicine: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04577-210 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqerbsd7p2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mrwzcqkr2q2uWe are delighted to be shortlisted, with Eyesea Green, for the Green Gown awards in the ‘Digital Futures’ category for our work on heritage decarbonisation. These leading sustainability awards for HE and FE are conferred by EAUC. https://bit.ly/4xddMCq @theeauc.bsky.social  @ox.ac.uk  #greenwadham31 Jul 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwzcqkr2q2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mrcywfaxwx2iAnkhi Mukherjee, our Tutorial Fellow and Professor of English and World Literatures, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS).  Founded in 1868, the RHS is the UK’s foremost society working for historians and history.  https://bit.ly/4hrocJR @royalhistsoc.org23 Jul 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcywfaxwx2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mqrfnsmawg22'Evaluating the biodiversity commitments of Earth’s keystone corporations', coauthored by our Tutorial Fellow in Biology, Joe Bull, is published in One Earth: A Cell Press journal. https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(26)00148-X16 Jul 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrfnsmawg22https://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mqrcb7xiul2f'Greening drylands: The potential and limits of afforestation as a nature-based solution in the Aralkum Desert', co-authored by Joe Bull, our Tutorial Fellow in Biology, is published in Land Use Policy: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837726002887?via%3Dihub16 Jul 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrcb7xiul2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mqovbaieco2z'The English Witchcraft Act of 1563 Revisited', by Andrea Gajda and George Southcombe, our Fellow by Special Election in History and Director of the Sarah Lawrence Programme, is published in The English Historical Review.  https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/ceag106/870447415 Jul 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqovbaieco2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mq4r5jj57v2m'Lactam Framework Editing via Formal Methylene Deletion', coauthored by our Fellow and Tutor in Organic Chemistry, Darren Dixon, has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c0305108 Jul 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4r5jj57v2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mpj2v23cdk2vAre you coming to our Undergraduate Open Day on 1 & 2 July, 9.30am - 4.30pm? Get ready by taking a tour of around Wadham with current student, student, Kayla, who shows us around while sharing what she loves most about the College. https://youtu.be/S0_0eocmtNg?si=HvQwiXv7sjta_2UJ30 Jun 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpj2v23cdk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3moxkzfyyl72rProf Bernhard Staresina, our Tutorial Fellow in Psychology, has been awarded a major ERC Advanced Grant for his Ontogeny of Memory (MemOnto) project, which will address the paradox known as infantile amnesia: https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/the-ontogeny-of-memory @oxexppsy.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxkzfyyl72rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mo3xexa65l2oOur alumnus and Honorary Fellow, President of the Wadham College Law Society and a distinguished former judge, Sir Tim Holroyde (Law, 1973), kindly returned to Wadham to judge our College moot, in which four first-year Law students participate each year. https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/college-moot12 Jun 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3xexa65l2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mnul6kbopy2bCharles Dickens died on this day in 1870. We've been remembering his legacy by watching these films with Professors Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and Ankhi Mukherjee discussing the Dickens' First Editions in Wadham Library:  https://youtu.be/kfLz5roOa4A?si=Mreq3dCeNe8Q6-Qb #onthisdayinhistory #wadham09 Jun 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnul6kbopy2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mnkfvvemgq2pThanks to Head Gardener, David, and team for their work with our volunteer gardening groups. Students & staff have helped to make and plant out raised beds; sow seeds; divide perennials and make bug hotels. They have learned about organic gardening principles too. #WorldEnvironmentDay #GreenWadham05 Jun 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkfvvemgq2phttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mnkaplaf6s2hResearch by Hannah Christensen, our Tutorial Fellow in Physics, shows GCSE and A Level students how Physics can make weather forecasts more accurate. Potential climatologists and meteorologists, find out more! https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/worldwide-weather-events-cause-ripples-in-the-uk05 Jun 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkaplaf6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mnk3rufiov2oOur researchers are advancing efforts to solve the climate crisis; conserve nature; and future-proof our agricultural system. Check out our Sustainability Research Hub to find out more: https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/research/sustainability-research-hub #worldenvironmentday #greenwadham05 Jun 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnk3rufiov2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mmc6j3xqen25We look forward to our Warden Welcomes event in the Holywell Music Room on 21 May at 1.15pm. Our alumnus and Honorary Fellow, Lord Melvyn Bragg, will be in conversation with Jane Garnett about the latest volume of his memoirs, 'Another World', covering his years at Wadham.20 May 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc6j3xqen25https://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mmbxpyr5v725It's World Bee Day, so what better time to learn about the inhabitants of our hive! We heard from our beekeepers and former and current Head Gardeners, Andrew and David, that there are about 10,000 bees in the hive, all serving one queen bee.  https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about/green-wadham20 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbxpyr5v725https://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mlsybrvxtk2fCongratulations to Oxford Cricket Club's Men's Blues, including our student, Jai Chandra, on winning the Varsity Match at Lord's.  We wish Jai and the squad luck for the rest of the season: https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-cricket-clubs-mens-blues-win-the-varsity-match-at-lords14 May 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsybrvxtk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mldemo2d7c2vAt 'Un-fair Trade in Global Supply Chains; and what we can do about it', on 13 May, 7pm in the Holywell Music Room, producers, academics and UK specialists will come together to highlight unfair practices and outline practical ways citizens and businesses can help drive change.  #GreenWadham08 May 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldemo2d7c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mlbbojjvl42fOur Head Gardener, David, and student and staff volunteers are seeing the benefits of their hard work in Hilary term. The raised beds made by our volunteer gardeners in previous weeks are full of black chick peas, lettuces, cabbages, sweet peas, onions, sweetcorn, pumpkins and parsnips. #greenwadham07 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbbojjvl42fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3ml6r6xxbyc2fWe are pleased to be among the 2026 Unlock Net Zero finalists, with Eyesea Green, for the Heritage decarbonisation at Wadham College project in the Retrofit project of the year: London and the South category.  https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/wadham-is-shortlisted-for-a-2026-unlock-net-zero-award06 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6r6xxbyc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mkpaz7e6di25We look forward to this year's Summer Schools, 17 - 21 August. Applications close on 1 May, so there's still time to get yours in. Find out more on our website and hear from previous participants here:  https://youtu.be/i2DYxGJ2Cso?si=C37pDaq8CpikIVdK30 Apr 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpaz7e6di25https://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mkkk5br6yk2qOur Associate Professor of AI and Society, Dr Ekaterina Hertog, is among the panelists at the event, 'A Good Digital Childhood', on 6 May in Bristol. Dr Hertog will be speaking on 'What do good caring relationships between children and adults look like in a digital world?' https://bit.ly/4t4T70S28 Apr 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkk5br6yk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mkkgqhz5ii2fOur Associate Professor of AI and Society, Dr Ekaterina Hertog, is among the panelists at the event, 'A Good Digital Childhood', on 6 May in Bristol. Dr Hertog will be speaking on 'What do good caring relationships between children and adults look like in a digital world?' https://bit.ly/4t4T70S28 Apr 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkgqhz5ii2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mkidob5nwy2oAt 'Un-fair Trade in Global Supply Chains; and what we can do about it', on 13 May, 7pm in the Holywell Music Room, producers, academics and UK specialists will come together to highlight unfair practices and outline practical ways citizens and businesses can help drive change.  #GreenWadham27 Apr 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkidob5nwy2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mk3v6zchrc2vWe're enjoying our beautiful carpet of bluebells at Wadham. #GreenWadham #bluebells #worldearthday #oxforduniversity #collegegardens22 Apr 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3v6zchrc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mjwelkjbfj2rWe enjoyed reading today's Guardian's interview with our alumnus, Michael Rosen, in which he answers questions from readers, friends and writers about a range of topics: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/20/michael-rosen-at-80-grief-self-belief-chocolate-cake20 Apr 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwelkjbfj2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wadhamcollege.bsky.social/post/3mivgamsv5q2uIt was great to read this article in alumni magzaine, Quad, in which our alumnus, Chris Mitchell, talks about receiving, with his wife Denise, a richly merited British Citizen Award: https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/chris-mitchell @ox.ac.uk07 Apr 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:mdlu2d42w5pbrve4vake7abo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivgamsv5q2u