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📢 We're seeking to appoint a Chaplain and Welfare Dean to lead our chapel services, play a key role in the wellbeing of all college members, provide spiritual and pastoral support, and act as a visible and approachable presence across our community. More details 👉 hmc.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
03.03.2026 11:59 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Discover all the events featuring Harris Manchester Fellows at this year's Oxford Literary Festival, taking place from 21 to 29 March. More details of each event and how to book tickets 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/coll...
27.02.2026 15:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Missed our latest newsletter for prospective students? Check out the winter edition, then sign up for future editions to find out more about applying to @ox.ac.uk later in life – and what it's like to study at Oxford's only college dedicated to mature students 👉 tinyurl.com/yxtnhyz8
23.02.2026 15:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“Sometimes you get a bit older and reconsider what you took for a definite when you were younger”...🎧 Listen to a podcast, hosted by the Harris Federation, featuring alumnus Harry Evans discussing changing direction in life and his journey to applying to Oxford in his thirties. tinyurl.com/2f5n6bz3
20.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In a timely article for LGBT+ History Month, Harris Manchester Fellow @wetpaint63.bsky.social (who is also Chair of @nat.org.uk) outlines the current state of HIV/AIDS treatment, patient rights, and public policy in an article for the Oxford Medical School Gazette 👇 tinyurl.com/mpuj5xkj
19.02.2026 09:31 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A reminder of this evening's weekly Chapel service. Today we mark Ash Wednesday in a service led by our Fellow Dr Bethany Sollereder and our Chaplain, the Rev Dr Claire MacDonald. We start at 5.45pm and, as ever, all are welcome.
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We’re thrilled that Harris Manchester student Henry Philpott is organising a student-led net-zero summit on 6 March to help shape the College’s path towards sustainability. It's open to all members of the college community, as well as anyone across @ox.ac.uk. Sign up! 👇 tinyurl.com/34vche32
17.02.2026 11:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our next "In Conversation with..." is with Captain Jon Browett OBE of the Royal Navy. Expect tales of a life at sea, insights into his current role as the Navy's Head of Leadership and Culture – and a guaranteed cure for sea sickness!
📍Harris Manchester College Chapel
📅 Monday 16 Feb, 5.30pm
We're very excited to share a podcast featuring our alumnus Harry Evans with our Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social. Harry and Beth had a fascinating conversation with Emily Clarke of Harris Futures about what it's like to study at @ox.ac.uk as a mature student. 🎧 tinyurl.com/yc4aa56d
12.02.2026 13:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This evening's chapel service marks LGBT+ History Month 2026, and will be led by our Chaplain, the Rev Dr Claire MacDonald, and students from Harris Manchester. As ever, we are open to all – please do come along! hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/lgbtqi...
#LGBTHistoryMonth
We're looking forward to this! Harris Manchester Fellow and Tutor in English Literature Professor Kate McLoughlin will be speaking at this year's #OxfordLiteraryFestival on the theme of silence in literature. More details and booking 👇 tinyurl.com/3m4ca2d5
11.02.2026 11:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
📢 We're delighted to announce details of two Ann Peart Scholarships for academic and/or creative research to foster engagement with Unitarian and Dissenting traditions at Harris Manchester College and beyond. View further details and apply 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/deta...
09.02.2026 09:18 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0"Aaargh!" The moment bestselling historian and college Fellow @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social found out she'd been a "sucker" – but discovered a lifelong passion. She was the brilliant first guest in a new series hosted by our Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social. Next event 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/events
06.02.2026 17:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of receiving our Royal Charter to become a constituent college of @ox.ac.uk. But our history goes back much further! Six shields in our Chapel represent each of the cities we have been located in over the years. Find out more 👇 tinyurl.com/8umx86ts
04.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We recently welcomed Mrs Sam French who works closely with our naming benefactor, Lord Harris, as Assistant Director for Primary Schools in the Harris Federation...and we’re equally delighted to be hosting sixth form pupils from Harris Academy Westminster next week for a concert in our Chapel!
30.01.2026 16:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thanks to alumna Annette Loutit (PPE 1999), at Harris Manchester all living-in students can hang an original print in their room. Students can browse our art collection and select a piece for their rooms, with selections being made earlier this week! More info 👉 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/art-...
29.01.2026 09:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We're very excited to be hosting the first in our "In Conversation with..." series next week with bestselling writer and historian @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social. Free and open to all!
📅 Monday 2 Feb, 5.30pm
📍 Harris Manchester College Chapel
👉 Info: hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/in-con...
We are marking Holocaust Memorial Day with a commemoration tomorrow led by Dr Wendy Fidler MBE and our Chaplain, the Rev Dr Claire MacDonald. All are welcome. More information 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/chapel...
27.01.2026 10:56 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An @ox.ac.uk research team that includes Harris Manchester Fellow and Tutor in Engineering Professor Harrison Steel has just published a breakthrough study in Nature on the creation of a new class of biomolecules. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/4r34hyv5
26.01.2026 16:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bumper programme of public events kicks off this evening with our first Chapel service of Hilary term in honour of Martin Luther King Jr Day. As ever, all welcome!
Read more about our other upcoming events 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hila...
Harris Manchester student Leonie Hoff is completing her DPhil in Archaeology. In this video she talks about a remarkable discovery: ancient fingerprints on the interior of terracotta figurines discovered in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4dt...
20.01.2026 10:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A few years ago Henry Philpott was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Today he is studying for a Postgraduate Diploma in Theology and Religion. Read about his journey, and how he fell in love with Oxford and Harris Manchester College. hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/henry
16.01.2026 15:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We were delighted to welcome none other than opera star Sir Bryn Terfel to Harris Manchester yesterday! Sir Bryn was at college as part of an upcoming project with Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, to be unveiled later in the year.
15.01.2026 11:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 Check out a new section on our website celebrating the impact that the generosity of donors has had on our students’ lives. In “Impact Stories” our students reveal how gifts have provided valuable financial assistance and unlocked vital academic opportunities 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/impact-stories
07.01.2026 16:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
👏 Congratulations to Harris Manchester Psychology and Philosophy undergraduate Ena Poulsen, who has won a highly competitive Brittingham Viking Scholarship to study abroad at @uwmadison.bsky.social in the US. Read more 👇
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Research Fellow @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social ended the year with a bang as she embarked on a nationwide tour for new book #Legenda. And in February Janina will be our first guest in a new series of evening talks hosted by our Principal @professorbeth.bsky.social. Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/2pukywfx
03.01.2026 08:43 — 👍 22 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Happy new year!
TOOLS FOR LIFE, the sophomore book by Dr Kirren Schnack, alumna of @hmcoxford.bsky.social, is officially available!
Bring in the new year with Dr Kirren's 10 practical skills for when things get tough.
[ #booksky 📚💙 #therapy #therapybook #newyear]
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This wonderful portrait by Leia Morrison of Harris Manchester Honorary Fellow Prof Rajesh Thakker forms part of “Catalysts”, a new portrait series by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and the British Journal of Photography that celebrates leading innovators at @ox.ac.uk. More info 👇https://tinyurl.com/yc2afddj
30.12.2025 08:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Winter view of Oxford’s skyline across a frosty field, with spires and domes under a grey sky. Text reads: “Merry Christmas from the University of Oxford.”
Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating 🎄✨
#MerryChristmas
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❄️ Missing the snow? Harris Manchester Fellow Dr Tobias Tanton dug out a couple of great shots he took of some serious snowfall at the College back in 2013!
23.12.2025 10:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
