Congratulations to recent finalist Kate Edmunds (2023, English Language & Literature) who has been awarded both the prestigious Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize and the Gibbs Prize this year by the Faculty of English for best overall performance in Course 1 of the Final Honour School. 👏💚

The pathways to becoming a professor at Oxford are diverse, and sometimes surprising, as Professor Sassy Molyneux, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at Jesus, explains in a brilliant new blog for the Nuffield Department of Medicine https://ow.ly/3EgM50ZAWYK

Behind the Title - Becoming an Oxford Professor (at NDM): Featuring Professor Sassy Molyneux

The Behind the Title: Becoming an Oxford Professor (at NDM) series highlights the diverse journeys of our professors and the many paths that lead to academic leadership. By sharing their journeys we aim to showcase the breadth of backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences represented across the Department, demonstrating that there is no single route to becoming a professor at Oxford. In our second feature, we hear from Sassy Molyneux, Professor in Global Health, spanning health policy and systems research, and empirical ethics. Sassy is an interdisciplinary researcher, with a background in...

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Read the latest insights from our Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Professor Armand D’Angour, as he explores how faithfully Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey brings Homer's epic to the big screen. 👉🔎https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-07-20-expert-comment-is-christopher-nolans-odyssey-faithful-to-homer

Congratulations to alumna Prof Siwan Davies (1995, Geography) who today receives the National Eisteddfod Science & Technology Medal 2026 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to scientific research, education and science communication in Welsh👏💚Read👇 https://ow.ly/eeN250Zwt3q 📸Swansea Uni

We are delighted to welcome Lindsay Skoll CMG as our new Principal. Lindsay, formerly His Majesty’s Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the UN in Vienna, succeeds Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt, who retired at the end of July. Read more: https://ow.ly/8vL450ZwsXc

The call for papers is now open for the 2026 Emerging Digital Methodologies conference in November, at the @jesusoxford.bsky.social Digital Hub. Find out how to apply: digitalhuboxford.com/news/call-pa...

Some wonderful photos from the College Choir's recent trip to Austria, where it gave concerts in Vienna and Pöllau, and sang for the Sunday High Mass at the Schottenkirche and Choral Evensong at Christ Church, Vienna. 🎶 ⛪

Thank you to College member Vincent Sarcol for sharing this incredible photograph of the sun rising over the rooftops of Jesus and Exeter early on Thursday morning.

Congratulations to alumnus Dr Alix Leroy (2020, Zoology) whose mining intelligence start-up AUYAN has secured a partnership with the Senegal National Geological Survey to provide remote sensing + AI technologies for its new national geosciences laboratory. Read more👇 https://ow.ly/Bgnj50Zgf3f

⚽Fourth Quad provided the perfect venue for the JCR and MCR World Cup Watch Party last week as England began their 2026 campaign with a 4-2 win over Croatia. Thank you to our student social reps and the Cheng Café catering team for staying late to keep everyone fed and hydrated! ⚽💚

On the 10th anniversary of Brexit, tune in to BBC Radio 4 this Sunday to listen to Tutorial Fellow Professor James Tilley's documentary on how a simple 'yes' or 'no' question spawned a new era of tribal thinking. The show will be available afterwards 👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xzps

BBC Radio 4 - Currently, Ten Years After Brexit: Tribal

Ten years on from the Brexit referendum, how tribal thinking created two new identities.

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Prof Fergus Imrie, Hugh Price Fellow in Statistics, discusses OpenBind, a pioneering initiative to create the world's largest open-access dataset of protein-ligand interactions, in a new Oxford Sparks podcast episode that asks ‘How can we use AI to make drugs?' Listen now👇https://ow.ly/aiET50ZecuP

🐝Professorial Fellow Geraldine Wright is lead author of new research which shows that bees can regulate their feeding to avoid over-consuming certain essential nutrients + that honeybees make special ‘baby food’ that gives their larvae a better-balanced diet. Read more 👇 https://ow.ly/HVZv50ZebY0

Huge congratulations to the winners of the Student Nature Photography Competition 2026💚 1st Prize - David Hays (MSci Experimental Psychology) 👏, Runners-Up - Sandy Slovikosky (DPhil Biology)👏 & David Ingham (2024, French & German)👏See the full shortlist and winning photos👇 https://ow.ly/jgWq50Z53Jw

Take a look at our fantastic Student Nature Photography Exhibition, on show in College and online this week. Celebrating the beauty of nature, the exhibition is the culmination of a student-led competition to promote environmental sustainability 👇💚 https://ow.ly/XUX550Z53lz 📸David Hays

Congratulations to Professorial Fellows Tim Coulson (Zoology) and Paul Riley (Medicine) who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences, in recognition of their exceptional contribution to advancing scientific knowledge. https://ow.ly/s1x450Z4E81

👏 We're delighted to announce the winners of the Francis Jones Prize 2025 for Welsh Literature: Shaun McGuinness (ed.) for 'Bangor Episcopal Acta, 1092–1306' (Woodbridge, 2025) & Rhys Kaminski-Jones for 'Welsh Revivalism in Imperial Britain, 1707–1819' (Woodbridge, 2025) 👏https://ow.ly/VeqF50Z2zpq

Congratulations to Dr Dani Lustig, Helen Zhang Research Associate in Chemistry, who received a poster prize for her solar fuels research at the recent Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels Gordon Research Conference in Lucca, Italy. Read more👇 https://ow.ly/RYPv50Z2hsT

Last week we hosted the JEN-z Venture Forge 2026 Student Start-Up Competition Final. The competition is a part of a mentorship programme which helps students develop their business ideas with the expertise of mentors from the Jesus Entrepreneurs Network (JEN). So who won?👇 https://ow.ly/KLLc50Z18Gn

Congratulations to Hugh Price Fellow Rehema Msulwa, Associate Professor in Major Programme Management at the Saïd Business School, who has been named by Poets&Quants as one of the international Best 40-Under-40 Graduate Business Professors of 2026. Read more 👇 https://ow.ly/Xw7q50Z15t0 📸SBS

We’ve launched a new 3D virtual model of Jesus College which aims to widen access to those unable to visit us in person. Using digital technology to bridge the gap between people and place, the virtual tour brings the college to you. Visit any time + on any digital device👇 https://ow.ly/NH7X50YWtLs

Well done to the 32 Jesus runners who took part in yesterday’s Town & Gown 10k in support of Muscular Dystrophy UK. A fantastic event that always brings the College and wider Oxford community together 👟🥇💚

What better way to end Week 2 of term than a rock ‘n’ roll BBQ in Second Quad 🎤🎸🍔🥗

Join us for a free Extended Reality film experience created by Ana P. Santos, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia & award-winning journalist. Immerse yourself in life on Isla Tibaguin where the climate crisis unfolds slowly with rising floodwater. Book 👇 https://ow.ly/hKT450YVsu2

Congratulations to Dr Margarita Vaysman, Lecturer in Russian, who has been awarded the Distinguished Excellence in Teaching Prize by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES). Read more 👇 https://ow.ly/88Ce50YT7NO

On June 2, in his last public lecture as Principal of Jesus, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt discusses 'Silicone Spires: Oxford in the Age of AI', a deep dive into the application, ethics and governance of AI, with a specific focus on the Oxford ecosystem. All welcome. Book👇 https://ow.ly/Y7UQ50YT7y0

Congratulations to Rupert Younger, Stipendiary Lecturer in Management, who has co-edited a new book, ‘The Oxford Handbook of Organisational Social Evaluations’, which aims to be the go-to reference for scholars studying social evaluations in organisation life. Read more👇 https://ow.ly/hijv50YT7vf

Join us for 'AI Tools for Historical Research' in Week 3 - two hours of expert talks on how AI is transforming the way historians uncover the past, including archival discovery, transcription & data visualisation. All welcome. Book 👇 https://digitalhuboxford.com/event/ai-tools-historical-research

Announcing the first #wisteriawednesday of Trinity term! Second Quad is looking glorious today 💚

Congratulations to Jesus undergraduate Harishiga Ilangovan (2024, Economics & Management) who is one of ten University members to be shortlisted for the 2026 Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award for her story ‘The Record is Complete’. 👏👏 🔎To learn more: https://shorturl.at/00MMu