During our Oxford University Summer School for Adults which has been running over the last few weeks, some of our students had the opportunity to visit the ancient stone circle at Avebury and the Wiltshire museum. Thank you to Chad Bittle for providing us with these lovely photos from the day!

Gabriel has been discussing the Inklings with his summer school class, exploring their work in the very place that inspired it. But if you can't wait until next summer to join us in Oxford why not sign up for one of our short courses or day and weekend events? 🔗 Find out more here: buff.ly/dJV7XQq

Our new short course portfolio has just launched and is open to bookings! To celebrate we're taking it back to 2016 with a BuzzFeed Quiz. Follow the link to find out which short course best suits your personality and let us know what you get in the comments! 🔗 buff.ly/ceHCuWi #BuzzFeedQuiz

Sneak peak of next year’s @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk courses… Enrolment opens around October.

Another lovely week teaching at @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk

Hazel, our UNIQ+ intern, is working on a collaborative project between Ecological Survey Techniques and Sustainable Urban Development, looking at urban green spaces and how they support biodiversity. As a part of this, she set up some camera traps in one of the gardens, capturing this little visitor

Why are cells called cells? Dr Suman Chowdhury, Departmental Lecturer in Physical Sciences, introduces us to Hooke's Micrographia. Thank you to the @hsmoxford.bsky.social for letting us take a look at this edition, and to @univcollegeoxford.bsky.social for showing us the old laboratory site.

We're proud to say that Oxford Lifelong Learning colleagues presented their work at the annual European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) conference in Cagliari, Sardinia, in June. Read more on our website: buff.ly/q4qGopH #OxfordLifelongLearning #Conference

Louse got your tongue? 😝 Enjoy this horrifying fish fact from @joannabagniewska.com to start your weekend... Joanna's book The Modern Bestiary is available online from most bookshops. #EnvironmentalScience #Bookstagram #Bookish #OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUni

Congratulations to Emerald Patrice Garrett , seen here receiving her book award from Director of the Diplomatic Studies Programme, Dr Yolanda Spies! 🥳 Emerald is the winner of the 2025-26 prize in honour of Ralph Feltham. Emerald set the bar very high this past year - huge congratulations!

Really pleased that my @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk online course on Sustainable economics, which discusses growth vs. degrowth debates is going to run again next year. Do sign up or pass on to a friend who is interested in this! #degrowth #economicgrowth lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/econ...

Economics on a Finite Planet: Sustainability, Growth and Degrowth - Oxford Lifelong Learning

Economists and politicians have assumed that growth is good. In recent decades this has been challenged. Is it right that society should no longer aim for economic growth? What are the alternatives?

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It was an absolute pleasure to co-chair an interdisciplinary panel on positionality, objectivity/subjectivity and the role of lived experience in research with @sandrograca.bsky.social at the 5th Annual Accepted Symposium at @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk! 📸 bylaurasmith.com

Today marks the 339th anniversary of the publication of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica, one of the most important books in the history of science! Today we're in the Bodleian Libraries with a first edition copy and Dr Suman Chowdhury is here to tell us a bit more about it.

We are delighted to announce that Departmental Tutor, Criminologist and Minister, Rev'd John Deane-O'Keeffe, has recently been ordained into the Reformed Episcopal Church (Anglican). We wish Rev'd John continued success in his ministerial and academic life! #OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUni

Dr Sean Willcock, Course Director for the Certificate in the History of Art talks us through Constable's connection to issues of climate. We hope everyone is managing to stay cool during the current heatwave! #OxfordLifelongLearning #HistoryOfArt #OxfordUniversity #AshmoleanMuseum #ArtHistory

Are you a postgraduate researcher, based in Oxford or further afield? Don't miss your chance to sign up for our research skills training sessions! 📚 🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/8uSfbsN #GraduateSkills #ResearchSkills #OxfordUniversity #OxfordLifelongLearning #StudyAtOxford

Don't mind us, just listening to this playlist on repeat... 🎧 #oxfordlifelonglearning #studyatoxford #oxforduniversity #starterpack #darkacademia

We’re delighted to share that Professor Andrew Hopper, Professor of Local and Social History, features in a new short film exploring the story of Tinker Fox – Birmingham’s Roundhead Brigand. Watch the video here: buff.ly/UOyNgQB #OxfordHistory #StudyHistory #OxfordUni #OxfordLifelongLearning

☕ Late night writing sessions fuelled by caffeine? Sounds like you're an Oxford author... We caught up with Associate Tutor Kiri Walden on all things literature, coffee and F. Scott Fitzgerald. #askanoxfordauthor #oxfordauthor #oxfordlifelonglearning #oxforduniversity #studyatoxford

Congratulations to all of our students who celebrated their award at the May award ceremony! 🎉 We spoke to a few of them to find out their favourite things they'd learnt, and where they're hoping to go next. #OxfordLifelongLearning #OxfordUniversity #OxfordStudents #StudyAtOxford

Congratulations to the amazing Invisible East team on receiving the Digital Humanities award for the best digital resource! Invisible East are a research programme on the 8th-13th century Islamicate world in Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. 🔗 Find out more: buff.ly/kPb1rnG #History

Call us biased... but we don't think there's anywhere more beautiful than Oxford in the sunshine! 🤩 Did you know that Rewley House offers accommodation right in central Oxford, as well as an huge range of courses? Take a look at our accommodation here: buff.ly/QjuKN99 #OxfordSummer

💫 We heard that the Uranus Cazimi in Gemini is today, triggering break throughs and a change in perspective, according to astrology... So we'd like to present to you the break-through you've all been waiting for: your star sign, your academic summer style 🤗

🎉 Celebrating Dürer’s 555th Birthday🎉 Which Oxford Dürer work is the ultimate favourite? Dr @manyap.bsky.social, University of Oxford Lifelong Learning Lecturer and Course Lead of the Renaissance short online courses, asked our Dürer course students to vote on their favourite artwork.

Join us on Tuesday 16 June for a free hybrid lecture on 'Schrödinger’s Trucker: Presence and Absence in Mobile Freight Work' by Dr Debbie Hopkins. 🔗 Register your place: buff.ly/6ui1xn9 #oxfordlifelonglearning #oxforduniversity #studyatoxford #lectureseries #lifelonglearning

Cities shape how we live, but who or what shape the cities that we live in? Join us online on Wednesday 10 June for our Counterplotting the Urban day event: buff.ly/vxZd5lU #SustainableUrbanDevelopment #ColonialHistory #History #OxfordUniversity #OxfordLifelongLearning

VACANCY: Oxford Lifelong Learning is seeking to appoint a Diplomatic Practice Co-ordinator for the Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master’s Course which is delivered through our Professional and Open Access Courses section. 🔗 Find our more about the role: buff.ly/NQo2Yv5 #WorkInOxford

Happy Birthday Sir David! 🥳 🌱 To find out more about threats to our global biodiversity or build your biodiversity monitoring skills take a look at the online courses we have on offer: buff.ly/HtJNgnf Photos of the pitcher plant are from Wikimedia Commons CC Dr Alastair Robinson.

(1/2) Flexible online course “Political Philosophy: An Introduction” starts next week. @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk. Still a few places left. Do sign up or tell your friends! lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/poli...

Political Philosophy: An Introduction

Political philosophy contains some of the greatest writings in the Western intellectual tradition. This online course introduces you to the central questions concerning the state, by means of classica...

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Today was my first day teaching the ‘Ghosts Across Time’ course I’ve designed for the wonderful Astrophoria Foundation Year students at Oxford @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk 👻 We looked at Early Spectres and the ghosts in Hamlet, Macbeth, and The Castle of Otranto 📚 👩🏻‍🏫 👻