Book cover of Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy by Cosima Clara Gillhammer. The design features an illuminated manuscript-style illustration with ornate, colourful decoration surrounding a central figure in red robes, framed within a large decorative initial. Musical notation appears along the lower portion of the cover.

📢 Congratulations to Exeter College alumna Dr Cosima Gillhammer (2010, English), who has published two new books, 'Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy and Medieval Commentary' and 'Exegesis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives'.

🔗 Read more:https://ow.ly/RPkz50YKOhb

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Film poster for Midwinter Break showing a man and a woman facing each other across a canal in Amsterdam. The man, wearing a dark coat and patterned scarf, stands on the left; the woman, in a green coat and striped scarf, stands on the right. The background is softly focused, with trees and canal houses visible. Text reads “Lesley Manville” and “Ciarán Hinds” above the title, with the tagline “A day they can’t forget. A truth they can’t escape.” and “In cinemas March 20” at the bottom.

📢 Congratulations to Exeter College alumna and Honorary Fellow Polly Findlay (2001, English Language and Literature), who has directed her first feature film, 'Midwinter Break', adapted from Bernard MacLaverty’s novel of the same name.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/OkJq50YKhLi

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Close-up of pink cherry blossoms on a tree branch with a sunlit garden path and historic building in the background.

Trinity term pending… 🌸☀️

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Book cover of 'Do Not Go Gentle' by Kathleen Stock, addressing the case against assisted death with bold, distressed typography.

📢 Congratulations to Exeter College alumna Dr Kathleen Stock (1991, Philosophy and Modern Languages), who has published her latest book, 'Do Not Go Gentle: The Case Against Assisted Death.'

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/B5gt50YILl3

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Wan Er Thang and the team of Entangled Quantum

📢 Congratulations to Exeter student Wan Er Thang (2024, MEng Engineering Science), who was part of the team behind Entangled Quantum, which secured a £50,000 Innovate UK grant following participation in last summer’s StEP Ignite programme.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/InYx50YI5gs

Walter, the Exeter College cat, curled up with his eyes closed on a patch of soil, resting among low garden plants.

🐾 Happy #NationalPetDay! 🎉

Here’s to Walter and all the other College pets in our lives.

Share your favourite pet memories and photos below 👇

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Student ambassadors stand at the front of a room beneath a screen displaying “STEM Subject Day,” speaking to an audience of prospective students seated in rows.

A student ambassador speaks at the front of a room, gesturing while presenting to an audience seated in the foreground.

A small group of students sit around a table in discussion, with one student speaking while others listen in a classroom setting.

Over 50 Year 11 and 12 students from 41 schools across the country joined us today for our STEM Subject Day, with admissions sessions, student Q&As, and subject taster classes.

If you were unable to join us today, do come along to the Oxford Open Days on 1–2 July.

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Dr Lukas Krone, Staines Medical Research Fellow at Exeter College

📢 Dr Lukas Krone, Staines Medical Research Fellow at Exeter College, is currently preparing for his deployment as expedition medic with the Svalbard team of the Oxford Centennial Arctic Expedition.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/LMcC50YEQ4M

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Dr Nicole King, Peter Thompson Fellow and Tutor in English at Exeter College

📣 Dr Nicole King, Peter Thompson Fellow and Tutor in English at Exeter College, has featured in two episodes of BBC Radio 4’s 'Opening Lines', exploring Margaret Mitchell’s 'Gone with the Wind' and its complex cultural legacy.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/1lB850YEOJ2

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Happy Birthday, Exeter College 🎉

Today, we mark 712 years of history, people and traditions that make the College what it is.

We asked students, staff and alumni to share their Exeter story.

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Circular wooden door set into a grassy hillside with blooming flowers, framed by a leafless tree and a large domed historic building in the background under a clear blue sky.

Breaking News: Exeter unveils its most groundbreaking accommodation yet 🌱🏡

The new Fellows’ Garden “Biodiversity Pod” offers immersive, nature-integrated living.

Demand expected to rise from the ground up

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Professor Nandini Das, Tutorial Fellow in English at Exeter College

📣 Professor Nandini Das, Tutorial Fellow in English at Exeter College, has written and presented 'On Rama’s Bridge' for BBC Radio 3’s 'Between the Ears'.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/IffJ50YB2ew

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Book cover titled 'The Role of Temporality in Customer Experience: Why Time Matters to Customers' by Sarah Evans-Howe with a pink abstract background.

📢 Congratulations to Dr Sarah Evans-Howe, Departmental Lecturer in Management and College Tutor at Exeter College, on the publication of her book 'The Role of Temporality in Customer Experience: Why Time Matters to Customers'.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/7P9m50YsngA

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Title page of A Finnish Grammar by C. N. E. Eliot (1890), the book borrowed by J.R.R. Tolkien from Exeter College Library in 1911, open to show the Clarendon Press imprint and Oxford University Press crest.

Happy #TolkienReadingDay 📖

In 1911, Exeter undergraduate J.R.R. Tolkien borrowed Finnish Grammar from our library — more than once.

His love of language would go on to shape the Elvish tongues of Middle-earth.

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Aakarsh Banyal (2023, BCL; 2024, MPhil Law)

📢 Congratulations to Aakarsh Banyal (2023, BCL; 2024, MPhil Law) on being selected as a GNTS External Research Fellow under the Governance Frameworks for the Nordic Energy Transition at Sea programme.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/lJY250Yrip3

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Walter, a tabby and white cat, sits loafed in a soil bed among green plants in Exeter College’s Fellows’ Garden. The Radcliffe Camera rises in the background beneath a grey sky.

🐾🎉 Happy 6th Purr-thday to the one and only Walter de Staplecat 🎓🐱

May your day be full of dreamies, strategic loafing, and uninterrupted solitude.

If you haven’t been yet, head to the Bodleian Libraries exhibition Pets & their People and see if you can spot the birthday boy.

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White magnolia blossoms in full bloom frame a historic stone building with arched windows on a sunny day.

Happy First Day of Spring 🌸🌿

Who else is looking forward to longer days and lighter evenings?

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Professor Philipp Kukura, Fellow and Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

📢 Professor Philipp Kukura, Fellow and Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Exeter College, recently delivered the Royal Society’s Clifford Paterson Prize Lecture.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/fm4i50Yq7xe

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Exeter College alumna Joanna Mason (2008, Economics & Management) with Clive Phillips and the team of No One Rides Alone.

📢 Congrats to Exeter alumna Joanna Mason (2008, Economics & Management) on supporting the documentary 'No One Rides Alone', raising awareness of Multifocal Motor Neuropathy.

Screening tonight, 19:15 — Picturehouse, Oxford: events.humanitix.com/no-one-rides...

🔗 www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/exeter-colle...

Black-and-white portrait of Deryck Allnutt Drew, wearing a light-coloured suit jacket, white shirt, and tie. He has neatly parted dark hair and is facing the camera with a neutral expression. The image appears to be an archival or historical photograph.

📢 An exhibition created by the South Oxford History Group to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is now on display at Westgate Library until 30 March.

It includes Deryck Drew, a member of staff at Exeter College.

🔗 https://ow.ly/s7J250YrUqA

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Cover of 'Mischief In Arcadia & Other Tales' by Omar Sabbagh featuring three cloaked figures in a dark, mysterious setting.

📢 Congratulations to Exeter College alumnus Dr Omar Sabbagh (1999, PPE) on the publication of his new collection of short prose, 'Mischief in Arcadia & Other Tales'.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/BCtS50Yq7e0

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Safe travels to everyone heading off for the break ✈️

Rest up, switch off, and enjoy it — you’ve earned it.

We’ll see you back for (fingers crossed) a sunnier Trinity Term ☀️

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Interior view of the Pets & their People exhibition at the Weston Library, showing Walter’s display panel alongside other exhibits in a dimly lit gallery space.

Exhibition panel titled “College Companions” featuring Walter de Staplecat, with his photo and descriptive text about Exeter College’s cat.

Walter de Staplecat sitting outdoors among fallen leaves and greenery, looking slightly to one side.

Walter de Staplecat features in the Bodleian Libraries latest exhibition, Pets & their People. 🐾

Curated by Exeter College Supernumerary Fellow Charles Foster, the exhibition explores the relationship between humans and their pets.

🗓️ 11 March – 27 September 2026
📍 Weston Library | Free admission

Five university students in a small seminar room sit around a wooden table with laptops, smiling toward the camera, while another student stands at a whiteboard explaining a diagram of the brain. Bookshelves with plants and books line the wall, and a hanging light illuminates the room.

📢 Interested in studying a STEM subject at Oxford?

Apply now for our Subject Day at Exeter College — Friday 10 April 2026.

✔️ Explore Maths, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science or Chemistry
✔️ Lunch included | Free to attend
🗓️ Apply by Friday 20 March.

🔗 Link in bio for more info

Exeter College alumnus and Honorary Fellow, Sir Ronald Cohen (PPE, 1964)

📢 Exeter College alumnus and Honorary Fellow, Sir Ronald Cohen (PPE, 1964), returned to Oxford to speak at Saïd Business School on the future of the impact economy.

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/5oMm50YpfIW

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A magnolia branch in bloom in the foreground, with pale pink and white petals opening against a bright blue sky. Behind it, the stone wall and crenelations of Exeter College are visible, with the Radcliffe Camera rising in the background. A gravel path runs alongside the wall, bordered by greenery and a large leafless tree.

We've made it to 8th week 🎉

Well done to everyone — here's to a strong final week of term.

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Formal matriculation group photograph taken in 1979 showing a large group of Exeter College students in academic dress seated and standing in rows in front of a College building covered in red autumn ivy; this is the first matriculation cohort to include women.

🌸🎉 Happy #InternationalWomensDay

Today we look back on the 1977 decision by Governing Body to admit female undergraduates, graduates, and to appoint female Fellows.

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New fully funded graduate scholarship to support refugee students at Oxford and Exeter College - Exeter College Exeter College is delighted to announce the establishment of the Oxford–Exeter–Sandys Graduate Scholarship.  

📢 Following a generous gift from the Sandys Charitable Trust and match funding through the University of Oxford GEMS scheme, Exeter College is delighted to announce the establishment of the Oxford–Exeter–Sandys Graduate Scholarship.

🔗 Read more via the link in our bio

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📖 Happy World Book Day. We obviously had to ask: what’s your favourite book?

Modern dystopia. Brontë. Margaret Atwood. No notes.

What would you have said?

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