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Balliol has now confirmed offers to its largest ever undergraduate cohort, on the basis of careful review of each case under the University’s Common Framework on Admissions. These include all offer-holders from state-school or disadvantaged backgrounds.
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2020 marks the centenary of women’s formal admission to Oxford University. Today on the anniversary of the day when women were first awarded degrees, Balliol is flying the Oxford Women’s Suffrage flag.
@UniofOxford
#WomenAtOxford
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We are delighted to have awarded the Balliol Students’ Scholarship to a Syrian refugee who will be coming to Balliol in October to read mathematics: see
@UniofOxford
@BrightonCollege
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Balliol is pleased to announce that Dame Helen Ghosh DCB is to be its new Master:
@UniofOxford
@nationaltrust
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Balliol's Broad Street facade, probably in the 1890s, from a collection of early lantern glass slides of Oxford, taken by the Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson.
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Tonight at 8.30pm on BBC2: the Balliol team will be making their first appearance on University Challenge. Good luck, Team Balliol!
#UniversityChallenge
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A fox in the Front Quad this morning, snapped by Jenni Stewart, who says he was 'flagrantly ignoring the "keep off the grass" sign; although he looked quite young, so might not be able to read yet'.
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In these difficult times we’re thinking of the Balliol community around the world, and we wish you all courage and good health. Here are some daffodils at the mother ship (photo by Stuart Bebb).
#balliolcommunity
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Glorious sunshine in College today. Photo by Nicola Trott.
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Today the flag is flying at Balliol College in honour of Her Majesty The Empress Masako of Japan (Balliol 1988 and Honorary Fellow from 1995) on the occasion of the 2019 Japanese imperial transition.
@UniofOxford
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Following a request by the student body, Balliol is taking action to reduce its fossil fuel holdings:
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Congratulations to the 35 Balliol students who would have been graduating on Saturday 9 May. We will raise a glass to you and your achievement, and we look forward to celebrating with you in Oxford before too long.
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We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Jasper Griffin and the Balliol flag is flying at half mast today in his memory.
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We wish the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP (Balliol 1983), a speedy recovery from Covid-19. We send our very best wishes too to all members of the Balliol community and their families who are suffering from the virus.
#balliolcommunity
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The new ramp that improves access from the main entrance of Balliol into the Front Quad is all but finished - just waiting for its wrought-iron railings. More photos at
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Thanks to Balliol undergraduate Charles West for these photos of the double rainbow that appeared over Oxford on 19 June:
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Many congratulations to Cressida Dick CBE, QPM (Balliol 1979) on being appointed as first female Met Police chief
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Welcome to the new Master of Balliol, Dame Helen Ghosh, who has now taken up her position.
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Greetings to Balliol people everywhere on the feast day of St Catherine, patron saint of the College. Here is an illustration of her symbol, the Catherine wheel, by Augustus Pugin, from his volume of plans for new College buildings (never executed).
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We seek refugee students to apply for this scholarship: Fully funded opportunity to study. Please spread the word!
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Balliol joins the Oxford-wide celebration of 100 years of women's suffrage by flying the 'Votes for Women' flag.
#Suffrage100
@TORCHOxford
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The refurbished Lodge at Broad Street is now open! Here is Porter Nick Brown at the new desk.
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We can’t wait to meet our undergraduate Freshers, who will start arriving this weekend. Although things won’t be quite the same as they were in previous years, everyone at Balliol will do their best to support you, and we hope you'll flourish here. Welcome!
#WelcometoOxford
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Many, many congratulations to Sudhir Hazareesingh (Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Balliol):
The winner of the
#WolfsonHistoryPrize
2021 is Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh (
@AllenLaneBooks
).
Congratulations!
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The new student rooms for graduates (left) and undergraduates (right) and sports pavilion (centre) at the Master's Field are very nearly completed.
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2023 is the 790th anniversary of the marriage of Balliol’s founders, John de Balliol and Dervorguilla, in 1233. When John de Balliol died, Dervorguilla kept his embalmed heart and it was later buried with her at Sweetheart Abbey.
#ValentinesDay
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We’re delighted to announce our first online lecture. Register now to join Maths tutor Vicky Neale
@VickyMaths1729
for ‘Closing the Gap’, a webinar on prime numbers, on Tuesday 21 April at 5.00pm. All welcome. Free.
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Balliol in its autumn gloriousness photographed by 3rd-yr Maths and Philosophy undergraduate Lorin Samija
@BalliolJCR
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The flag is flying for the Balliol Women: 40 Years On weekend. A very warm welcome to all the
#balliolwomen
who are returning to College for conversation and celebraton. You can see the programme at
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A warm welcome to all our undergraduate Freshers, arriving today. We hope you’ll be very happy here. Can any Balliol alumni offer any advice?
#WelcometoBalliol
#WelcometoOxford
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Very best of luck to the Balliol
#UniversityChallenge
team, who will appear in the quarter-finals on Monday 16 January BBC2 at 8.00pm.
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Students enjoying the spring sunshine in the Garden Quad. Thanks to the Master's PA for this photo.
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Very best of luck in the
#UniversityChallenge
final tonight, team Balliol
@UniofOxford
- 8.00pm BBC2.
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A new look for Hall, set up re-opening on Monday, with new arrangements in place in order to ensure the health and safety of all the Balliol community. More photos and information on Instagram at
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Balliol goes electric! Here's our new emission-free van.
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Today we've made 129 offers of places on our undergraduate courses and we're keeping our fingers crossed that they will be accepted. We thank everyone for their applications and wish disappointed candidates every success in their careers.
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Ghost town Oxford: this photo by Stuart Bebb shows how quiet Broad Street has been during lockdown.
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It's a pleasure to see our graduate Freshers arriving. Welcome to Balliol, and to the Holywell Manor graduate community
#WelcometoOxford
#gradsofballiol
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As the College begins its traditional Easter break, we send greetings to all members of the Balliol community. We are socially and geographically distanced, but one in spirit. Floreat Domus de Balliolo!
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Warm congratulations to Professor Rosalind Thomas, Dyson-Macgregor Fellow, Jowett Lecturer and Tutor in Ancient History at Balliol, on becoming a Fellow of the British Academy:
We're delighted to welcome 86 new Fellows to our world-leading Fellowship and to announce that Professor Julia Black CBE FBA will be our 31st President, succeeding Professor Sir David Cannadine:
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Balliol is on University Challenge tonight at 8.30pm on BBC 2.
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With the easing of restrictions, the tables in Hall are now set up in groups of six (but some single spaces remain for those who wish to be cautious) and booking is no longer necessary.
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Today we've made 126 offers of places on our undergraduate courses. We very much hope that those who have received them will accept. We thank everyone who applied to Balliol and we wish the disappointed candidates all the very best in their careers.
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Balliol College gleaming after once-in-100-years, £175k clean-up
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We are delighted to have made 122 offers to undergraduate applicants this year. Thank you to all those who applied and we wish disappointed candidates all the very best in their careers.
Congratulations to the 3,500 talented students who’ve gained offers to study with us next year! 🎉
A huge thank you to schools & colleges who helped arrange more than 10k online interviews + to those who supported these students through a very tough year.
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‘Messing About with Manuscripts’: R.A.B. Mynors and Balliol’s Medieval Library: a new virtual exhibition.
via
@wordpressdotcom
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Congratulations, Balliol
#UniversityChallenge
team, on getting through to the semi-finals (240-160)!
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With new railings by blacksmith James Price, the ramp that has improved access into the Front Quad is now complete.
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Congratulations to Frances Kirwan (Balliol 1981 and Emeritus Fellow):
Frances Kirwan,
@UniofOxford
Savilian Professor of Geometry, has been awarded the
@royalsociety
’s Sylvester Medal, named after James Joseph Sylvester, first Savilian Prof. whose work laid foundations for Frances's own work on geometric invariant theory.
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TONIGHT, Monday 19 December, 8.30pm, BBC2: Balliol alumni Elizabeth Kiss (1983), Andrew Copson (1999), Martin Edwards (1974) (captain) and Martin O’Neill (1993) will be on Christmas University Challenge against SOAS, London.
#UniversityChallenge
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A warm welcome to all undergraduate applicants who are coming to Balliol this week and next for an interview. Our tutors and students are looking forward to meeting you.
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Balliol shares the concerns raised by many people about the impact of Covid-19 on this year’s cohort of school leavers and the nature of the processes through which they have been assigned their A-level grades. Please see:
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On the feast day of St Catherine, patron saint of scholars and of Balliol, here is the seal of Balliol College featuring St Catherine, c.1588 (modern impression):
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‘The Dan Norman Early Career Fellowship will enable me to develop my research while also teaching Balliol medics and scientists’ - Lauren Burgeno. Read how generous donor support is securing the future of the tutorial system at Balliol:
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Balliol's University Challenge team will be playing their second-round match against St John’s College, Cambridge, on Monday 30 November at 8.30pm on BBC2.
#UniversityChallenge
@stjohnscam
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Today we are flying the banner of the Oxford Women's Suffrage Society to mark the centenary of the day when British and Irish women were first able to vote in a general election and stand as parliamentary candidates. (But it can't be seen without any wind!)
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RIP Chadwick Boseman, who attended a British American Drama Academy 'Midsummer in Oxford' programme at Balliol in 1998
@BADAONLINE
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We’re delighted to see all the graduate Freshers arriving. Welcome to Balliol and welcome to the Holywell Manor community!
#WelcometoOxford
#gradsofballiol
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Dominic Newman (Balliol 2016) is volunteering as a healthcare assistant at Walton Hospital in Chesterfield, ‘helping and supporting patients with washing, eating, moving, etc., and doing domestic jobs on the wards’.
#balliolcommunity
#Covid19
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#ChineseNewYear
First-year undergraduate Yaning Wu gave red packets to the small number of students in College at Broad Street, ‘to boost the spirit and bring some festivity for them’. More pictures at
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Balliol Fellow Professor Philip Howard
@oiioxford
is giving a webinar on 24 June about his new book ‘Lie Machines’, which offers new insights into the world’s most damaging disinformation campaigns:
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Very best wishes for the holiday season to the Balliol community and all our followers. For some festive fun, why not try some of the questions from Balliol Library’s annual quiz:
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‘Pieces’ wait for the next move during a game of ‘living chess’ in the garden at Balliol College in Oxford in June 1953, from a newspaper cutting. Thanks to Head Gardener Chris for finding this.
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Congratulations to Balliol's Senior Fellow, Billmeir-Septcentenary Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics:
Frances Kirwan elected 20th Savilian Professor
@OxUniMaths
The first woman to hold an historic chair in maths
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Today we've made 126 offers of places on our undergraduate courses and we're keeping our fingers crossed that the students will accept. We thank all disappointed candidates for their applications and wish them success in their future careers.
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Here are some of our student helpers, ready to welcome visitors to
#OxOpenDay
today and give guided tours of the college every half hour. Come on in!
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During lockdown members of Balliol's maintenance team have been using the College van as volunteers to deliver goods around NHS sites in Oxford and beyond.
#COVID19
#balliolcommunity
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We are very proud that Balliol maths tutor Dr Vicky Neale
@VickyMaths1729
has won a Vice-Chancellor’s Education Award, recognising her as an outstanding teacher. Vicky will be at the
@UniofOxford
virtual
#OxOpenDay2020
.
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Very many congratulations to the Balliol alumni team on winning Christmas
#UniversityChallenge
:
Christmas
#UniversityChallenge
was tremendous good fun. I couldn’t have had a lovelier team, or lovelier opponents — the Hull crew were wonderful company, and great sports! And what an unexpected honour to be there for the last day at work of the great Jeremy Paxman. Amazing!
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The Balliol University Challenge team is going to be back on TV on Monday 18 January 2020 at 8.30pm, playing their first quarter-final match against King’s College London.
#UniversityChallenge
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Congratulations to all those who have met their offer conditions and will be coming to Balliol next term for their undergraduate degree. We’re very much looking forward to seeing you in October!
#GoingToOxford
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OPEN TODAY, our Slavery in the Age of Revolution exhibition foregrounds resistance to transatlantic slavery, inc. that in Saint Domingue led by Toussaint Louverture. In the accompanying film Balliol Fellow Sudhir Hazareesingh speaks about his research:
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Balliol by night, photographed by Buildings Manager Toby Christensen:
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It’s great to hear that out of 170 scientists working at the
#Covid19
testing facility in Milton Keynes to help scale up the testing in the UK, three are Balliol people: Alhasan Al-Habib (2016) and graduate students Harriet Lester and Ashna Patel.
#balliolpride
#balliolcommunity
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Congratulations to our offer holders who've been successful in their A-level results. We look forward to welcoming you to Balliol in October
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The Lodge is welcoming visitors with smart new signs, replacing ancient ones that had been there practically since 1263.
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New wrought-iron electronic gates at the Lodge by blacksmith James Price, featuring a clover-leaf design which takes its inspiration from the carved stonework designs of Alfred Waterhouse, architect of Balliol’s Broad Street buildings. Read more at
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Many congratulations to all the students who've been successful in their exams and will be coming to Balliol in October. We're really looking forward to seeing you.
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In 2019, Balliol began investigating its connections with the proceeds of slavery and with the British Empire. A seminar on 12 March will present the preliminary results of the study and encourage discussion of its implications. Register at
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Professor Stefano Zacchetti 1968-2020:
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Today we are welcoming year 12 students to a women-only PPE Taster Day, to meet Balliol tutors and students and receive advice on the admissions process. We're sorry we can't show them round as we did last year, but pleased that having the event online means many more can come.
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Old Member at 14,153 feet! John Mallonee (Balliol 2002) honours the College on reaching the summit of Mount Oxford in Colorado.
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Last night Balliol women celebrated International Women’s Day with a formal dinner in Hall, attended by members of the JCR and MCR, and alumnae.
#balliolwomen
@ballioljcr
#balliolmcr
#InternationalWomensDay2020
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Congratulations to third-year classicist Lauren Shirreff:
The
@GeddesTrust
is delighted to announce that
@laurenshirr
of
@BalliolOxford
has won the 2021 Ronnie Payne prize for foreign reporting. Well done Lauren!
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Balliol will be playing in the University Challenge semi-final on Monday 29 March at 8.30pm on BBC2. They will be up against Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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A huge welcome to all our Freshers: the graduate Freshers who have been arriving in the last few weeks and the undergraduate Freshers who are arriving at Broad Street today. We’re delighted you’ve arrived and
#WelcomeToOxford
.
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Balliol’s new buildings have been named after historic alumni and academics who reflect the diversity, values and history of the College. One, suggested by Balliol students, is Aldous Huxley (Balliol 1913), best known for the novel Brave New World (1932).
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A warm welcome to all those who will be attending online interviews with Balliol tutors as part of the undergraduate admissions process. We’re sorry not to be able to welcome you in person, but don’t forget that students and staff will be available to chat online.
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