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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

We share the acute concerns about the process by which A-level grades have been determined this year. That the impact of this should fall most heavily on the already-disadvantaged is appalling. Please read our full statement here:

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St Peter's College

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3 years

Archaeologists at our building site have made a potentially significant discovery that could add a whole new dimension to our understanding of the earliest history of Oxford, and contribute to the wider history of England in the late 9th & 10th centuries.

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St Peter's College

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1 year

Matriculation day! Congratulations to our freshers, who officially joined @OxUniStudents and @SPC_Oxford today. #welcometooxford

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St Peter's College

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4 years

Yes. Yes there is. #hisdarkmaterials @darkmaterials

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St Peter's College

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2 years

Please join us in wishing a very happy 101st birthday to Michael Tibbs OBE (Geography, 1946)!

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St Peter's College

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6 months

A glorious May Morning in Oxford! Thank you to the President and Fellows of Magdalen College ( @magdalenoxford ) for inviting the Master and the Senior Proctor, Professor Tom Adcock, to join them on the Magdalen Tower to celebrate May morning!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

It’s beginning to look a lot like #OxMas ! @UniofOxford

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Some final shots of yesterday's snow: snowy St Peter's (and Oxford) from the sky! ❄️❄️❄️

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

We don't want to sound shelf-centred, but we think our library is a lovely place to be!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 months

Oxford then and now: Linton Quad in 1928 and 2021. #TBT #Oxford #OxfordUni

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St Peter's College

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2 years

Today is #NationalTriviaDay ! Here are a few fun facts about St Peter's College: 1. The oldest building in College is Linton House (1794)

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

1928 | 2021 View of St Peter's from New Inn Hall Street. #OxfordUniversity #Oxford #TBT @UniofOxford

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

The🌞has most definitely got its 🎩 on today and college is looking 🤩!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

We are pleased to announce that Dr Aris Turtle, longtime College Tortoise at St Peter's, will assume the newly created role of Tutorial Fellow in Philosophical Biology. Read more: #AprilFools

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

We are delighted to announce that Prof Judith Buchanan, current Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at @UniOfYork , has been elected as our next Master! Judith will join us from 1 Oct 2019, coinciding with our 40th anniversary of co-education.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

A very special degree day yesterday, with our first in person graduation in a very long time for some of our 2020 and 2021 leavers! Congratulations to everyone, and good luck with whatever comes next! 🥳🎉🎓

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Today is the first day of 0th week! #WelcometoOxford to our fantastic new St Peter's students, and welcome back to our brilliant returning students🎓

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

The flag is flying outside college for #TransDayOfVisibility !

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Good morning! We’ve had a lovely sprinkling of snow overnight to complement the Christmas tree in Linton Quad!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

This weekend saw our biggest degree day ceremony for quite some time! Congratulations to everyone, and good luck with whatever comes next! 🎉🎓

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Thank yous and farewells. 1. to Paul Irons who has helped generations of students from the crucial nerve centre of the Lodge with grace & good humour; 2. to our fabulous archivist Richard Allen. Remarkable colleagues who will be much missed. Wishing both well for the next phase.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Signs of spring are everywhere at @SPC_Oxford ! 🌺🌱🌻🌳

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Exams are better when faced together. Good luck to all those still revising and taking exams! We are so proud of you! @OxUniStudents #studyatoxford #oxforduniversity

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

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We're delighted to announce that SPC Fellow @fuchtermatt will lead one of the two @UniofOxford projects selected for participation in a new £32.4m UKRI scheme supporting exciting new interdisciplinary research! #OxfordUni #OxfordResearch @UKRI_News

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St Peter's College

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2 years

Matriculation 🎓 is the formal ceremony that marks our Freshers’ admission to @UniofOxford . Welcome and congratulations to our Freshers! #studyatoxford @OxUniStudents 📸 by @liber_ray and @clshortis

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St Peter's College

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2 years

We are delighted and grateful to be partnering with celebrated rapper and music producer @ajtracey in supporting Black students, Black student life and research into Black histories and experiences through the formation of The AJ Tracey Fund.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

We've been adopted by a black cat (been hanging around for 3 weeks or so). @HertfordCollege are you missing Simpkins IV, or is Artemis on the run again @TrinityOxford ?

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

A special pair of visitors stopped by College for the day yesterday!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

6 years

Today saw Dr Roger Allen, Tutor in Music and former Director of Music, attend his final ever meting of Governing Body before retirement. So, here come's the cake! @OxMusicFaculty

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

8 years

A huge thanks to @SPC_Alumni @KenLoachSixteen for coming to college last night for a special screening in the @SPCJCR of @idanielblake !

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Really wonderful to see our students matriculating in person for the first time in what seems like a very long time! Congratulations to everyone! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

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St Peter's College

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3 years

Good luck to our very own #Olympian , Tanya Watson (incoming fresher, Chemistry), who will be diving tomorrow for @TeamIreland in the Women's 10m platform! 🇮🇪 #Tokyo2020 @Tokyo2020 On behalf of us all, our porter Derrick says...

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

The espalier pear trees are looking extra gorgeous this week! 🌸 🍐

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

As freshers' week gets underway, we'd like to wish a big #WelcometoOxford to all our new students! It's great to see you and all our returning students as well!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 months

Did you know our founder and first Master, Christopher Chavasse, competed in the 1908 #Olympics ? If you look closely at our Chapel's east window, you can see several details commemorating him, including (mysteriously upside-down) Olympic rings! #Oxford #Olympics #StainedGlass

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Women's 1st and 2nd and Men's 1st and 2nd VIII boats all won blades, making St Peter's the most successful club on the river in the 2022 Summer Eights! 🥳

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Today is #WorldBookDay , and while we'd normally celebrate an individual book or books, there's no better moment to say thank you to all the fantastic @UniofOxford librarians, including our own, who have done so much over the last year to keep the books coming! @bodleianlibs

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

8 months

Kudos to Director of Music Quintin Beer ( @quintinbeer1 ), who has been honoured with an Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for his contributions to the music profession! ( @RoyalAcadMusic )

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Bad COP, Good COP? SPC's Prof Lavanya Rajamani talks to @UniofOxford about climate negotiations and why they matter! @OxfordLawFac

Bad COP, Good COP? Oxford law professor Lavanya Rajamani and why

Since before most of the world’s current leaders were leaders and before climate change had forced its way up the diplomatic agenda, Professor Lavanya Rajamani was actively participating in

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Congratulations to everyone receiving their offers to study at @SPC_Oxford @UniofOxford today! Be sure to share your exciting news by using the tag #GoingtoOxford !

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Today is a very special today in college history, as this evening will see the official installation of our newest Master, @jrboxford ! Professor Judith Buchanan is the ninth person to head St Peter's, and our tenth Master (Julian Thornton-Duesbery held the post twice!)

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

College just radiates with beauty at this time of year! #oxforduniversity

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Last year's degree results have seen the College placed 4th in the 2020 Norrington Table, our highest ever position. 2020 was a difficult year in which to sit exams, and we are delighted for our students and for our tutors at this wonderful set of results

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

We are delighted to announce that Quintin Beer ( @quintinbeer1 ) has been appointed as our new Director of Music from January 2021! 👉 @SPC_Choir @Music_Oxford @UniofOxford @stjohnscam @RoyalAcadMusic @StCuthbertEC @yateleychoral

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St Peter's College

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3 years

Thinking back to our two degree days in Hilary term and wishing our @OxUniStudents @UniofOxford graduands all the best in their next steps! 🎉🎓💚💛 #oxfordgraduate #oxforduniversity #oxforddegree

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

To those who needed a reminder that Linton Quad actually glows in the sunshine: you're welcome.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Congratulations to those who learn today they've received on offer from @UniofOxford to study at SPC! We look forward to meeting you in Oct! 🎉 To those who don't get the news they'd hoped for: take pride in getting so far in such a competitive process-we wish you every success.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Our friendly fox has apparently moved next door to the @OxfordHistory Faculty! 🦊 (Spotted yesterday. Wherever he is today, we hope he has an umbrella!)️

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

@RegentsOx 😢 Sending deepest condolences on behalf of Aristurtle, the St Peter’s tortoise.

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St Peter's College

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2 years

Congrats to all of our graduands who celebrated their degree day this weekend! #graduation @UniofOxford @OxUniStudents

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Two special visitors dropped by to provide welfare sessions for our students 🐾 🐶 Introducing Lotti and Rue 🐶

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

7 months

Not to brag, but we think spring looks pretty good on us!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

The story of St Peter's began 91 years ago today with this document👇, which allowed Christopher Chavasse, our first Master, to open a hostel known as St Peter's House. A year later (and 90 years ago almost to the day), St Peter's Hall opened its doors! Happy birthday to us! 🎂🥳

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

An appropriately snowy evening at our Advent and Christmas Carol service!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

From the Bursar: our College mascot taking his job very seriously.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

#HappyFriday ☺️ Here is a picture of St Peter's looking beautiful at #goldenhour

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

🚨Official cuteness alert! 🚨 This little guy showed up in Linton Quad a few days ago (we think his mum may have died) and he's been adopted by our Maintenance team! So far, he's not got a name. Any suggestions?

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

People are apparently posting pics of themselves aged 20. Can an institution join in? (Sure, why not). Here we are in around 1949...

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Our flag is this morning at half mast in memory of Ernie Crawford, who passed away earlier this month after a short illness. Ernie joined us over 10 years ago and was an important and characterful member of our Lodge team. Our thoughts are with Pauline, his widow, and his family.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Since St Peter's is probably the only #Oxford college with work folders labelled "Squirrels, etc.", it's only right that we should point out that today is #SquirrelAppreciationDay !

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

1 year

We are deeply saddened to share the news that the recent wind storm of 25 June felled the approximately 125-year-old mulberry tree in Mulberry Quad. SPC members, past and present, will feel its loss. A new mulberry tree will be planted in its place in the autumn.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

This week we are welcoming our students back to College! Here is the St Peter's squirrel collecting their keys. 👋🔑

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

A thought-provoking piece for #spcadvent 19 by Dapo Akande, our former Professor in Public International Law, now co-Director of @ELAC_Oxford at the @BlavatnikSchool , which also happens to mention one of the highlights of our year! #ThursdayThoughts

‘Oxford is a complicated place; it is both very diverse in some ways, and not at all in others’

In September 2019 Professor Dapo Akande became the first black professor to be honoured with a portrait at St Peter’s College, Oxford.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Today was the Master's last ever Governing Body, which can only mean one thing. Cake! 🍰

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Finally! 🌞

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Congratulations to @aliceewatson , who launched her @BBC podcast this week! Building on Dr Watson's previous work on radio, 'Tales from Call the Midwife' considers how audiences consume, interact with, and understand popular culture.

Dr Alice Watson launches new BBC podcast

Dr Alice Watson, Stipendiary Lecturer in Human Geography at St Peter’s and a researcher in the School of Geography, has launched a new podcast with the BBC.

www.spc.ox.ac.uk

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

What's your favourite summer spot to relax in College?🌞

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

It is with great sadness that we report the death of our oldest alumnus, Mr John Haynes (1936, PPE), at the age of 103. 👉 The college flag will fly at half-mast.

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

We love this snap from Zoe showing the College chapel encircled by a rainbow!

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St Peter's College

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3 years

Good morning! 😃🏳️‍🌈

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

6 years

The college is delighted to announce that Edward Higginbottom, former Director of Music at @NewCollegeOx (1976-2014), has been appointed as St Peter's Director of Music for 2019/20! @SPC_Choir @OxMusicFaculty

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Wherever you are in the world, it should now be 2021! Wishing you a very happy, safe, and healthy New Year from all of us at St Peter's!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Our social media channels will be closed through 3 January. We'll see you in 2022! Artwork credit: Grace Ironsides

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

We're delighted to announce that Dr Cora Gilroy-Ware, who is currently a Lecturer at @UniOfYork , has been appointed as our new fellow and tutor in History of Art from September! You can find out more about her research here 👉 @OxfordArtHist

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

1 year

On this day in 1929, the Liverpool Mercury ran a story about a new @UniofOxford college founded by the late Bishop of Liverpool, Francis Chavasse. Can you spot the differences between this site plan and what came to pass? Courtesy of the College archives

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Happy International Women's Day! Today we celebrate all who identify as women at St Peter's College, and #EmbraceEquity as we work to build a better future together. #IWD2023 .

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Delighted that our new flagpole means we can proudly fly the rainbow flag for the first time, to celebrate LGBT History Month! #LGBTHM20 🏳️‍🌈

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Jacqui Dearden has been an amazing Schools Liaison Officer for SPC. On behalf of all the talented young people whose lives she has touched and tutors who've had excellent applicants as a result of her outreach work, thank you Jacqui. All the best for the next phase of things!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

10 months

Happy Christmas to all who are celebrating! This painting of Father Christmas visiting St Peter's is by Biochemistry student Emily, and was selected as the winning entry in this year's Christmas Card Design Competition!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

10 months

Happy New Year from St Peter's College!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

It was an honour to host 72 bright students from @LiverpoolAspire 's Reaching Higher programme for an entirely free four-day residential

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

8 years

Prof Louise Richardson, VC of @UniofOxford , makes SPC history with unveiling of first female portraits in Hall!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Adding subtitles to some new videos and absolutely loving the fact that the @YouTube auto-caption feature regularly renders "St Peter's" as "some pizzas". Yum! 🍕

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

We’re grateful for @ajtracey 's generosity and delighted to partner with him in supporting Black students, Black student life and research into Black histories and experiences through the formation of The AJ Tracey Fund. @UniofOxford @OxUniStudents #studyatoxford

The Guardian

@guardian

2 years

Rapper AJ Tracey launches fund to help Black students at Oxford University

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Back in 2003, our superb Willis organ was restored to its full glory thanks to the generosity of the SPC community. Eighteen years later and it's time for a check-up and clean thanks to our friends at @nicholsonorgans ! 🎶

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

It's 29 June! Happy St Peter's Day! 💚💛

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

7 months

Happy Easter to all celebrating today! Photo by Anthony Brown via Pexels

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

6 years

225 to 50! St Peter's are through to the second round of #UniversityChallenge ! You can relive their first round triumph over @pembroke1347 here! @trnsitionalform #greenandgold

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

It's that time of year again! #matriculation

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Magnificent stuff from @SPC_Choir , who each week will be recording a piece of music remotely to accompany a week of online chapel prayer and reflection. This week's offering: Marenzio, Quia vidisti me. Thanks to @John__Warner for tech wizardry! Details 👉

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

3 years

Congratulations to all those who have received their results today! 🎉 Don’t forget to tag us if you're #GoingToOxford - we're really looking forward to welcoming our new cohort of @SPC_Oxford students in October! #PlaceAtPeters

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Snowdrops in Mulberry Quad – could it be that spring is on the way? 🌱

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

6 years

It's a St Peter's winter wonderland in the Fellows' Garden!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

The Master, Prof @jrboxford , her husband and son serve breakfast for St Peter's scouts, porters and the maintenance team ahead of the (well-distanced) Master's end-of-term Update for Staff. #Christmassausages

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

5 years

Many congratulations to Angela Taylor, our Research Fellow in Physics, who has received the title of full Professor in the 2019 University of Oxford Recognition of Distinction Awards! 🥳 @OxfordPhysics

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

#Spring is coming to St Peter's! 🌱🌼☀️

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

2 years

Congratulations to everyone receiving their #ALevelResults today! Let us know you're #GoingToOxford and be sure to @ mention & follow: 💚College: @SPC_Oxford 🧑‍🎓Student info: @OxUniStudents 🏫University: @UniofOxford 💻Outreach and admissions: @OxOutreach

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

4 years

Good luck to everyone awaiting @UniofOxford offers today! Whatever happens, you should take great pride in what you have achieved under the most challenging of circumstances. And, if you have an offer from SPC, we'll look forward to seeing you in October!

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St Peter's College

@SPC_Oxford

9 months

St Peter's turns 95 this year! We couldn't resist using the @OED birthday word generator to discover what word was added to the dictionary in 1929: 'advertisingese'! Here's one of our first ads showing the plans for the College. #OEDBirthdayWords

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