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Growing up, studying at Oxford was never something I even considered, let alone aspired to.

On 22^nd and 23^rd November, Brasenose is holding its 2022 Giving Day!

The Giving Day is a digital campaign that seeks to celebrate the impact donations have on college and to encourage alumni to join our wonderful community of donors. Alumni will have a series of emails landing in their inboxes, each with a story, images, or a challenge encouraging them to give back to college.

bnc.ox.ac.uk/givingday

Around this time last year, a small Indian kid sat by her window watching the rain trickle down the pane as she ate the last of the snacks her mum had packed for her and felt indescribably lonely.

We are very sad to announce that Emeritus Fellow Dr Simon Altmann passed away at the age of 98 on 29 September 2022. He died peacefully with his family.

Simon had been Tutor in Mathematical Physics 1964-1991 and then Vice Principal 1989-1990, becoming an Emeritus Fellow of the College in 1991. He will be much missed by the College community.

His funeral service was in Brasenose College Chapel on Monday 31 October at 1:45pm.

A recording of the service is now available - please click the link below.

Brasenose has a long tradition of excellent legal minds.

We are excited to annouce that Banu Demir Pakel has joined Brasenose College as an Associate Professor of Economics and Tutorial Fellow

Thinking of Applying to Brasenose? Here's some thoughts and statsto help you decide.

My first year at Brasenose seemed like a fairy-tale.

When I agreed to write this blog about my time at Brasenose, I didn’t quite realise how hard it would be.

My name is James, and I am lucky enough to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Brasenose College, Oxford

When I finished writing the article about my first year at Brasenose, I wasn’t quite expecting the rest of my time at Oxford to unfold as it did.

On Saturday 18th June 2022, College came together to remember Emeritus Fellow John Windsor Davies, in Brasenose Chapel.

For those who couldn't join us, we would like to share a recording of the Memorial Service.

Please click on the link below.

It is with great sadness that we report the death of our much loved alumnus and Honorary Fellow Bruce Kent (Jurisprudence, 1949). Bruce passed away on Wednesday 8th June 2022, aged 92.

In 9^th week of our spring term, when most students had left for easter, Brasenose opened its doors to 100 offer holders, most of whom, as they’d been interviewed online

After two years of gatherings no larger than six people, limited socialising and online events, the Brasenose Ball, was given the go ahead for February 2022.

Super massive black holes (SMBH) lie at the centre of galaxies, including our own: the Milky Way.

Professor James Warren will give the 14th John Ackrill Memorial Lecture at 4.00 pm on Thursday, 24 February, in the Amersi Foundation Lecture Theatre.

I started having an interest in nature towards the end of my GCSEs.

To say that I can’t quite believe that I’ve finished my first term at Oxford would be a colossal understatement...

The Brasenose Community was greatly saddened to learn of the recent death of our Honorary Fellow Dr James Adams CBE.