We 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  #greenwadham

Ankhi 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.org

'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.

'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:

'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. 

'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:

Are 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.

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Wadham undergraduate student, Kayla, shows us around Wadham College...

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Prof 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.social

Our 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-moot

Charles 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 #wadham

Thanks 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 #GreenWadham

Research 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-uk

Our 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 #greenwadham

We 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.

It'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-wadham

Congratulations 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-lords

At '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.  #GreenWadham

Our 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. #greenwadham

We 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-award

We 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: 

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Our 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?'

A Good Digital Childhood

What does it mean for a child to flourish in a digital age?

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Our 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?'

A Good Digital Childhood

What does it mean for a child to flourish in a digital age?

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At '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.  #GreenWadham

We're enjoying our beautiful carpet of bluebells at Wadham. #GreenWadham #bluebells #worldearthday #oxforduniversity #collegegardens

We 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:

‘Every time I write, I doubt myself’: Michael Rosen at 80 on deep grief, self-belief and chocolate cake

The children’s author answers questions from readers, friends and writers on losing his son Eddie, surviving Covid, who he’d invite to his perfect birthday dinner and where he goes for inspiration

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It 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.uk

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Chris talks about receiving, with his wife Denise, a richly merited British Citizen Award

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Good luck to the Oxford crews racing in this year's Boat Race! We'll be cheering you all on, expecially the Women’s Lightweights and their Cox and our graduate student, James Rumsey.  https://www.theboatrace.org/lightweight-crews

'Blurring the frame: Youth-defined photographic expression in participatory research on adverse childhood experiences', co-authored by our Senior Research Fellow, Prof Kam Bhui, is published in Media International Australia:

Blurring the frame: Youth-defined photographic expression in participatory research on adverse childhood experiences - Syeda Sana Batool, Anna Mankee-Williams, Kamaldeep Bhui, Syed Ali Jafar Naqvi, Jack Hanrahan, Grace Bennett, 2026

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to 75% of mental illness cases in the UK before age 24, yet their emotional impacts are rarely explored through ...

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'The risks and opportunities of adopting digital technologies as part of unpaid care', co-authored by Dr Ekaterina Hertog, Associate Professor of AI and Society, is published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy:

'Technological folie à deux: feedback loops between AI chatbots and mental health', co-authored by our Fellow by Special Election, Christopher Summerfield, is published in Nature Mental Health:

Technological folie à deux: feedback loops between AI chatbots and mental health - Nature Mental Health

In this Perspective, the authors discuss chatbot interactions, highlighting potential risks of emotional dependence and mental health impacts, necessitating coordinated public health responses.

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