Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
@hmcoxford.bsky.social
Oxford's college for mature undergraduate and postgraduate students (21+).
Our wonderful maintenance and housekeeping teams have been hard at work getting HMC ready for the festive season, with our Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social (and Pippin) very happy with the results!
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Our wonderful maintenance and housekeeping teams have been hard at work getting HMC ready for the festive season, with our Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social (and Pippin) very happy with the results!
Happy #InternationalStudentsDay!
As the only @ox.ac.uk college dedicated to mature students, we may well be Oxford’s most age-diverse college – but we’re also one of the most international, with our 232 students hailing from 43 different nationalities.
As the only @ox.ac.uk college dedicated to mature students, we may well be Oxford’s most age-diverse college – but we’re also one of the most international, with our 232 students hailing from 43 different nationalities.
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy #InternationalStudentsDay!
As the only @ox.ac.uk college dedicated to mature students, we may well be Oxford’s most age-diverse college – but we’re also one of the most international, with our 232 students hailing from 43 different nationalities.
As the only @ox.ac.uk college dedicated to mature students, we may well be Oxford’s most age-diverse college – but we’re also one of the most international, with our 232 students hailing from 43 different nationalities.
🍾 We did it! Last night our chapel renovation project scooped a prestigious @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social award in the "Adaptive Re-use" category. Well done to everyone involved!!! 🔗 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/awards-2025
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🍾 We did it! Last night our chapel renovation project scooped a prestigious @oxfordprestrust.bsky.social award in the "Adaptive Re-use" category. Well done to everyone involved!!! 🔗 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/awards-2025
HMC Fellow and alumnus Ian Finlay and wife Kath pictured by "Kindle", the sculpture they generously gifted to HMC. The flame links to our Unitarian tradition, the stainless steel represents the cold hard steel of reason and the fused glass represents the passion of academic inquiry.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
HMC Fellow and alumnus Ian Finlay and wife Kath pictured by "Kindle", the sculpture they generously gifted to HMC. The flame links to our Unitarian tradition, the stainless steel represents the cold hard steel of reason and the fused glass represents the passion of academic inquiry.
Thank you to everyone who came to our London Drinks Reception on Monday to catch up with fellow alumni, new Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, and Development Director, Lisa Smars. It was a wonderful evening – the first, we hope, of many more! 📷 Image: Muhammad Hamza Waqas Awan.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Thank you to everyone who came to our London Drinks Reception on Monday to catch up with fellow alumni, new Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, and Development Director, Lisa Smars. It was a wonderful evening – the first, we hope, of many more! 📷 Image: Muhammad Hamza Waqas Awan.
A new initiative by our Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, is proving a hit. Students can take Pippin, the family cockapoo, out for walks...the perfect tonic for escaping the stress of Michaelmas Term!
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A new initiative by our Principal, @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social, is proving a hit. Students can take Pippin, the family cockapoo, out for walks...the perfect tonic for escaping the stress of Michaelmas Term!
📢 Last few places available for our London Alumni Drinks Reception on 3 Nov. Meet up with other alumni and friends of HMC and hear about our future plans with Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social and Director of Alumni Relations & Development Lisa Smårs. Sign up 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/alumni...
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 Last few places available for our London Alumni Drinks Reception on 3 Nov. Meet up with other alumni and friends of HMC and hear about our future plans with Principal @breezephilanthropy.bsky.social and Director of Alumni Relations & Development Lisa Smårs. Sign up 👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/alumni...
A warm welcome to all our new students who matriculated this weekend!
October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A warm welcome to all our new students who matriculated this weekend!
HMC Vice-Principal Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve has been recognised by @thinkers50.com as one of today’s most influential thinkers in business and management. Read the full story 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...
October 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
HMC Vice-Principal Prof Jan-Emmanuel De Neve has been recognised by @thinkers50.com as one of today’s most influential thinkers in business and management. Read the full story 🔗 hmc.ox.ac.uk/article/hmc-...
📢 Read the latest edition of our Prospective Students' Newsletter, featuring links to some of @ox.ac.uk's latest resources, such as the undergraduate prospectus for entry in 2026, as well as HMC-specific information, like stories from some of our students 👇 mailchi.mp/1319bebff0e2...
September 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📢 Read the latest edition of our Prospective Students' Newsletter, featuring links to some of @ox.ac.uk's latest resources, such as the undergraduate prospectus for entry in 2026, as well as HMC-specific information, like stories from some of our students 👇 mailchi.mp/1319bebff0e2...
All ready for #OxfordOpenDoors tomorrow from 10 to 4! See our renovated Chapel and beautiful Library – and find out about the Arlosh Hall's role in a key historical event. And why not also visit our neighbours @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social, @mansfieldoxford.bsky.social and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social?
September 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
All ready for #OxfordOpenDoors tomorrow from 10 to 4! See our renovated Chapel and beautiful Library – and find out about the Arlosh Hall's role in a key historical event. And why not also visit our neighbours @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social, @mansfieldoxford.bsky.social and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social?
📢 Join us on 25 September for a free lecture by pioneering underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio. In what promises to be a fascinating talk, Goddio will describe his team's exploration of one of Alexandria’s sacred sites, the Temple to Poseidon. Info and sign-up 👇 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/public...
September 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
📢 Join us on 25 September for a free lecture by pioneering underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio. In what promises to be a fascinating talk, Goddio will describe his team's exploration of one of Alexandria’s sacred sites, the Temple to Poseidon. Info and sign-up 👇 www.hmc.ox.ac.uk/event/public...
We're delighted to be hosting a three-day international workshop on recycling in ancient Egypt – now in full swing –organised by DPhil students David Brügger and Leonie Hoff!
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We're delighted to be hosting a three-day international workshop on recycling in ancient Egypt – now in full swing –organised by DPhil students David Brügger and Leonie Hoff!
Another key figure in our past died #OTD in 1858. Charles Wellbeloved, Principal of Manchester College in York and a renowned reformer and archaeologist, was educated at Homerton Academy, antecedent to
@homertoncollege.bsky.social, and had a significant role in
@ukunitarian.bsky.social history.
@homertoncollege.bsky.social, and had a significant role in
@ukunitarian.bsky.social history.
August 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Another key figure in our past died #OTD in 1858. Charles Wellbeloved, Principal of Manchester College in York and a renowned reformer and archaeologist, was educated at Homerton Academy, antecedent to
@homertoncollege.bsky.social, and had a significant role in
@ukunitarian.bsky.social history.
@homertoncollege.bsky.social, and had a significant role in
@ukunitarian.bsky.social history.
Today marks the start of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, but did you know that in 1987 HMC – or Manchester College as we were still known back then – had its own formidable rugby team? Proof comes in the form of this wonderful image from the archives! #RWC2025
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today marks the start of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup, but did you know that in 1987 HMC – or Manchester College as we were still known back then – had its own formidable rugby team? Proof comes in the form of this wonderful image from the archives! #RWC2025
As the only @ox.ac.uk college solely for mature students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, one of the distinct characteristics of HMC is the diverse range of our students’ life experiences. Read more about some of them and their impressions of life at HMC👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/student-stor...
August 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As the only @ox.ac.uk college solely for mature students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, one of the distinct characteristics of HMC is the diverse range of our students’ life experiences. Read more about some of them and their impressions of life at HMC👇 hmc.ox.ac.uk/student-stor...
Sat 13 Sep, 10.30-12: join us for a webinar offered jointly by @ox.ac.uk and @cam.ac.uk to find out more about mature colleges at both universities and the admissions process. Plus, put your questions to admissions staff from HMC and current students. Register 👇https://shorturl.at/RBqVC
August 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Sat 13 Sep, 10.30-12: join us for a webinar offered jointly by @ox.ac.uk and @cam.ac.uk to find out more about mature colleges at both universities and the admissions process. Plus, put your questions to admissions staff from HMC and current students. Register 👇https://shorturl.at/RBqVC
Our wonderful Library is featured in Geoffrey Tyack and Dan Paton's "Oxford Libraries Architecture" published by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk . More info on the book 👉https://f.mtr.cool/iytcqbzmqm
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Our wonderful Library is featured in Geoffrey Tyack and Dan Paton's "Oxford Libraries Architecture" published by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk . More info on the book 👉https://f.mtr.cool/iytcqbzmqm
📢 TV drama "Outrageous" has been released. The series, telling the story of the Mitford sisters, is out now on streaming platform U. Scenes featuring HMC and Holywell Street were filmed in November, with some familiar locations transported back to the 1930s!
Watch the series 👉 tinyurl.com/3srfh2mh
Watch the series 👉 tinyurl.com/3srfh2mh
August 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📢 TV drama "Outrageous" has been released. The series, telling the story of the Mitford sisters, is out now on streaming platform U. Scenes featuring HMC and Holywell Street were filmed in November, with some familiar locations transported back to the 1930s!
Watch the series 👉 tinyurl.com/3srfh2mh
Watch the series 👉 tinyurl.com/3srfh2mh
A reminder of that post-exam feeling of freedom from Muhammed (Hamza) Awan, who graduated on Friday alongside many more of our finalists!
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A reminder of that post-exam feeling of freedom from Muhammed (Hamza) Awan, who graduated on Friday alongside many more of our finalists!
🍾 Many congratulations to all the HMC students who are graduating today – and a very warm welcome into our alumni community!
August 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🍾 Many congratulations to all the HMC students who are graduating today – and a very warm welcome into our alumni community!
We were delighted yesterday to welcome alumnus @hanford.me.uk back to the College. Robin was taking a break from his Ministry in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and met with our new Development Director Lisa Smars.
July 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We were delighted yesterday to welcome alumnus @hanford.me.uk back to the College. Robin was taking a break from his Ministry in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and met with our new Development Director Lisa Smars.
A real pleasure to show members of the @bavs-uk.bsky.social around the College today – and provide access to a specially prepared display of materials from our Archive. In the photo below, the group under a portrait (centre) of alumnus, lecturer and supporter of the College William Gaskell.
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A real pleasure to show members of the @bavs-uk.bsky.social around the College today – and provide access to a specially prepared display of materials from our Archive. In the photo below, the group under a portrait (centre) of alumnus, lecturer and supporter of the College William Gaskell.
The latest edition of our alumni newsletter is out now! The Trinity term edition of My HMC features the usual round-up of College news plus an introduction from our new Director of Alumni Relations and Development, a celebration of our Principal, and much more. Read online 👉 tinyurl.com/45ah7wd6
July 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The latest edition of our alumni newsletter is out now! The Trinity term edition of My HMC features the usual round-up of College news plus an introduction from our new Director of Alumni Relations and Development, a celebration of our Principal, and much more. Read online 👉 tinyurl.com/45ah7wd6
We were delighted to host a recent meeting between Prof Jim Naismith, Head of @mplsoxford.bsky.social, and a group of recently appointed academics from @oxengsci.bsky.social. Pictured below in our SCR the group, which includes HMC Fellow Emilio Martínez Pañeda 3rd from right. Image: Kate Wilson.
July 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We were delighted to host a recent meeting between Prof Jim Naismith, Head of @mplsoxford.bsky.social, and a group of recently appointed academics from @oxengsci.bsky.social. Pictured below in our SCR the group, which includes HMC Fellow Emilio Martínez Pañeda 3rd from right. Image: Kate Wilson.