Many members of our college community and beyond have expressed their concern for the potential impact of yesterday’s A Level results on this year’s incoming students. There is some information here:
“It’s the morally right thing to do”. Admissions tutor at Worcester College, Oxford explains why they’ll respect all offers made & ignore grade downgrades affecting 1/4 of state school applicants but only 1/10 private school applicants. Will others use this approach?
@BBCr4today
Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the College founder. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great.
1⃣ Cravat hugs the neck
2⃣ No pulling anywhere, the cape hangs perfectly
3⃣ Sword is perfect length for an impromptu moment of contemplation
Today we started a new tradition... the Worcester College Pancake Race! Here's the Provost trying (and failing) to win his heat, with victory snatched by new Tinsley Outreach Officer, Zoe Campbell
It's A Sin, the acclaimed new drama from
@russelldavies63
, has helped Channel 4's streaming service to a record-breaking month - congratulations, Russell, what a fantastic achievement! The series can be viewed on All 4.
This year, at
@WorcCollegeOx
we began to think differently about fair access to higher education. You can read about the work we have been doing - and the successes we have had in this year's admissions cycle - here:
Introducing the newest member of Worcester College, Henry Moore's Reclining Figure (1982) courtesy of
@HenryMooreFDN
✨ We're delighted to have her in residence until 2025
Calling all year 11, 12 and 13s in UK state schools - we want to share some books with you! 📚📚📚Our new Bookshelf project will send you a copy of some of our tutors' favourite books on their subjects... in return for a 300 word review. To find out more:
These Halloween pumpkins by students
@WorcCollegeOx
depict two well-known buildings in Oxford: the Radcliffe Camera, and the Library/ Front Quad of Worcester College. Spookytacular!
#HappyHalloween
We're so excited to launch this unique free residential for state school sixth formers to discover music-making at Oxford! There'll be singing lessons, performances and an incredible masterclass with
@bobchilcott
and
@Paul_McCreesh
We are able to access new data this week on admissions in 2020, and are delighted to report that our efforts to increase access for BAME students have been rewarded. 36% of Worcester’s 2020 UK intake are BAME students. See this report for details:
We're delighted to announce the appointment of our new full-time Director of College Music. Caius Lee joins us from
@DOLMusic
and will work across College to foster and champion music making of all kinds - read more on our website
This is what everyone is talking about! The painting 'Conversation Piece: Worcester College Oxford' by Edward Irvine Halliday in 1937 brought up to date by our current undergrads.
#femalestudents
#oxforduniversity
#art
We're trying something new on our twitter feed this term! 🎉Each Friday, you're going to hear from one of our students who is the first in their family to go to university about what it was like coming to
@UniofOxford
.
First up is Jack Nunn, 2nd year student in French 🇫🇷:
Congratulations Dr Merve Emre
@mervatim
, Associate Professor, Fellow and Tutor in English
@WorcCollegeOx
@engfac
, who has won one of this year's Philip Leverhulme Prizes, given to exceptional researchers.
#Leverhulme
2019 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners announced. £3 million awarded to 30 exceptional researchers! The Trust offered five prizes in each of the following subject areas: Archaeology; Chemistry; Economics; Engineering; Geography; Languages and Literatures:
The
@Telegraph
article in 2018 rated the quad 'at Worcester College, Oxford, as 'generally considered to be the finest lawn in Oxford or Cambridge, and therefore in Britain, and therefore the world'. It is looking particularly good today.
#worcestercollegeoxford
#oxforduniversity
Today our Governing Body is delighted to announce that it has accepted the largest gift in the life of the College – £30 million from Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones KBE (1965, Modern Languages). Find out how this will transform Worcester on our website
We already know how beautiful Worcester gardens are but we are delighted that it is now official!
@Telegraph
Congratulations to our Head of Gardens and Grounds, Simon Bagnall, and his team
#gardens
We're delighted to announce that the world's most-respected voice in international broadcasting
@bbcworldservice
will be re-named BBC Worc Service in an exclusive new partnership with Worcester College
Do you know which bird features on our coat of arms? Inspired by the swift, the martlet is a mythical bird with no feet, never roosting from birth until death. Martlets have been used in heraldry to represent the constant search for knowledge, work and adventure
#NationalBirdDay
Now that our offer-holders have received their letters, we are excited to tell you about our cohort for 2021. The sequel to our 2020 admissions report ‘Making Access Fair’ is our 2021 report ‘Keeping Access Fair’. You can read the full report here:
With the release of A Level results today we want to say a HUGE congratulations to all our incoming students! Don't for get to tag us and let us know you'll be
#GoingToOxford
, we can't wait to celebrate with you and welcome you in October. 🥳🎉 More info:
Harriet Harman MP talks to our students and guests about what her generation has achieved in politics - and how the next generation will have to work together as a movement if they want to create change
Set a reminder now to make sure you don't miss Professor
@AsheLaura
on Radio 4's In Our Time on Thursday 29 October! Laura will be discussing the poem Piers Plowman with Melvyn Bragg, Alastair Bennett and Lawrence Warner.
There may not be very many members of our college community on site to admire them, but the College tulips have come out in bloom nonetheless!
Thank you to our fantastic Gardens and Grounds team for everything they do. 🌷
We might not be able to have our usual celebration meal but the college cloisters are lit up in celebration of Diwali this weekend! Thanks to our gardens team for this lovely photo.
Today on
@BBCInOurTime
, our Professor of English Laura Ashe discusses the 12th century French epic poem, 'The Song of Roland'. Featuring valiant knights, military ambushes, and even an elephant! 🐘 You can listen here:
Dr Marchella Ward has been appointed as our first Tinsley Outreach Fellow and will take up the new post in January. Half of Marchella's time will be spent on her research + publications; with the other half devoted to outreach
@OxOutreach
+ fair access. Welcome to Worcester!
Huge congratulations to all of our offer-holders! 🥳 We can't wait to welcome you to Worcester. Our tutors met so many fantastic applicants during the admissions interviews and we are sure you are all going to do brilliant things, wherever you study.🎓
A massive congratulations to everyone who has received an offer from us today - you should be incredibly proud of all your hard work! 👏🎉
#ApplyingToOxford
Happy 303rd birthday 🎉 The first stones for our library, chapel and hall building were laid on this day in 1720 - as recorded in our Benefactors' Book thanks to the generosity of “widow gentlewoman” Margaret Alchorne, our first female benefactor
Happy birthday to the College Library, Hall and Chapel! 🥳 The foundation stone for this block was laid on 8 June 1720, after money to begin the works was received in a legacy gift from Margaret Alchorne in 1717. Thanks to our Archivist for this image from our Benefactors' Book!
Today, Honorary Fellow and alumnus Bishop Steven Croft becomes the most senior figure in the Church of England to publicly call for a lifting of the ban on same-sex marriages
For anyone who hasn't visited
@WorcCollegeOx
to see the Front Quad lawn for themselves, here it is. Accolades in
@Telegraph
about our Quad Men making it the best in the world are well deserved.
Good morning! Today's
#HigherEducationPostcard
shows
@WorcCollegeOx
which Did The Right Thing on A-levels day this year by accepting offer holders regardless of their algorithmic results. Nice one.
We are delighted to report that we will soon be welcoming Zoe Dixon
@newcollworc
@theambertrust
. She has achieved the A’ Level grades required to study music. Zoe who has been blind since birth was featured on the BBC news.
We have just opened the booking for our Application Preparation Days, aimed at helping yr 12s at state schools in the UK make the best possible applications to study at
@UniofOxford
. We are running them online this year - details here: Deadline: 31st July.
The gardeners have been hard at work creating a new outside study space overlooking the Nuffield lawn. The paving and planting is ready for the students to use - all we need now is better weather to properly enjoy it!
The time has come again for our Outreach team to send out books to year 10, 11 and 12s via the Worcester Bookshelf project! Here are some of the books, and a big thank you to
@blackwelloxford
for getting them to us so quickly by bike! 🚲 For more info: 📚
It's
#FirstGenFriday
again today - our chance to celebrate Worcester students who are the first in their families to go to university! 🎉🎉🎉 Today you'll be hearing from Molly, 2nd year Worcester student in French 🇫🇷and Spanish 🇪🇸:
"Having grown up in Barnsley where I attended a state school, I'd heard lots of rumours about Oxford. When I got here, I realised that none of these myths were true - the student community is so friendly and the support from tutors is excellent!"
#FirstGenFriday
Visitors to the gardens can now see Henry Moore's Reclining Figure (1982) on loan from
@HenryMooreFDN
courtesy of the Barrie and Deedee Wigmore Foundation. Read more on our website
Yesterday our talented students Lucy, Will, Jacob, Tom and Camron played some festive tunes in the Cloisters to raise money for Worcester's chosen charities. They'll be back today at 4pm so come down to listen!
It is with sadness that we hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
The University has been honoured by a close relationship with The Queen over many decades:
College is closed from today until Tuesday 4th January 2022. Wishing everyone a safe and happy break and see you in the New Year ☃️🎉❄️
#collegelife
#Christmas2021
We have really enjoyed meeting our offer holders this week at a series of socially distanced, outdoor events. Huge thanks to all of them for joining us! ☀️
#WelcomeToWorcester
Congratulations to the Revd Dr Matthew Salisbury, Assistant Chaplain and Lecturer in Music, who this week was awarded The King's Coronation Medal in recognition of his involvement in the planning of last year’s Coronation 👑🎖️
We have re-filled the books on our
#Bookshelf
! Take a look: And remember the rules: yr 11, 12, 13s at UK state schools - request a book and we'll send it to you free of charge, as long as you promise us a 300 word review!
We're very excited to be able to welcome back our neighbours to enjoy Worcester's gardens! After an extended period of closure, local residents are now welcome to visit free of charge, 2-4pm every day. Full info on our website
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day I decided to hold class outside, like some kind of university prospectus dream
This was our view while discussing contemporary issues in corporate law
The College Flag flies at half-mast today in honour of Rob Dennis, Head Chef 1995-2019, who died at home on the weekend, surrounded by his family. Our thoughts are with them.