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Alumnus and Honorary Fellow Paul Farmer (History, 1984) featured on Desert Island Discs

St Peter’s alumnus and Honorary Fellow Paul Farmer CBE (History, 1984), a charity leader currently serving as the Chief Executive of Age UK, has been featured on BBC Radio 4’s hit show, Desert Island Discs.

13 July 2026

St Peter's College Choir to tour Germany

The Choir of St Peter's College, University of Oxford will travel to Germany this July for a five-day musical residency, performing in some of the country's most historically significant sacred spaces and joining forces with a leading ensemble.

6 July 2026

New study from Prof Kirrander on imaging electron rearrangements in highly excited molecules

30 June 2026

Oxford statistician co-awarded $1 million Rousseeuw Prize for the R Project

17 June 2026

Prof Tom Adcock recognised with award for outstanding research supervision

17 June 2026

Prof Claire Williams on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time

8 June 2026

Musical excellence: St Peter's students in the Oxford University Orchestra

3 June 2026

St Peter’s student directs Oxford Playhouse production in Trinity term

19 May 2026

Professor Christl Donnelly awarded RSS Guy Medal in Silver

30 April 2026

Dr Jani R. Bolla appointed Fellow and Tutor in Biochemistry at St Peter’s College

8 April 2026

The underground theatre that never was: a true story for April Fools' Day

1 April 2026

St Peter's College given Steinway grand piano for new Music Room

31 March 2026

‘A new perspective on sustainability and our relationship with the natural world’: Annabel’s story

24 March 2026

'A dream I had worked toward for four years': Rhonda's story

20 March 2026

‘An entirely new perspective on medicine’: St Peter’s Medicine Students in Egypt

18 March 2026

Three St Peter’s students in the 2026 Varsity Matches

25 February 2026

Study shows that digital treatment with Tetris gameplay can dramatically reduce trauma memories

19 February 2026

Saïd Business School Research Excellence Award for Dr Violetta Splitter

16 February 2026

Prof Christl Donnelly CBE among the first Fellows of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences

29 January 2026

In memoriam: Professor Stephen Baxter (1969-2026)

21 January 2026

‘Why Trump’s action in Venezuela is no surprise’: Expert comment from Dr Stephen Tuffnell

6 January 2026

In memoriam: Dr Anthony ‘Tony’ B Hunt (1944-2025)

9 December 2025

Watch Our Service of Readings and Music for Advent and Christmas 2025

8 December 2025

Oxford researchers design OLEDs that electrically flip the handedness of light

27 November 2025

‘Reinforcing my commitment to contribute to the scientific community’: Yan Yikuan’s research internship at the Max Planck Institute

13 November 2025

Alumnus who created Thomas the Tank Engine honoured with blue plaque

28 October 2025

In memoriam: Professor Peter Armitage CBE (15 June 1924 – 14 February 2024)

27 October 2025

New MCR opens at St Peter's College

25 October 2025

Dr Pierrick Bousseau appointed Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics at St Peter’s College

6 October 2025

Elizabeth Hallam granted full professor title in 2025 Recognition of Distinction Awards

1 October 2025

In memoriam: Revd William (‘Billy’) Lysander Rowan Watson, MA (4 March 1926 - 28 August 2025)

16 September 2025

Prestigious Royal Institution Freer Fellowship for DPhil candidate Julia Gustavsson

27 August 2025

St Peter's student Georgia Clarke wins BUCS rifle shooting title

18 August 2025

Welcome, 2025 Freshers!

14 August 2025

Research prize for St Peter’s student

16 July 2025

Climate change and human rights: Prof Rajamani featured on the Fire and Wire Podcast

16 July 2025

Prof Stephen Baxter reveals author of William the Conqueror’s ‘Medieval Big Data’ project

2 July 2025

Dr Peter Kail publishes new Hume guidebook

17 June 2025

New research proves the source of 'bizarre' seismic activity

15 June 2025

St Peter’s College Choir to tour Liverpool and Isle of Man

5 June 2025

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield dies aged 94

5 June 2025

Prof Vlad Mykhnenko to give inaugural lecture

29 May 2025

Alumnus Mark Carney (MPhil Economics, 1991) named Canadian Prime Minister

9 May 2025

Dr Roger Allen publishes critical biography of Arthur Nikisch

5 May 2025

The Boat Race 2025: Five St Peter’s students and alumni represent University of Oxford

10 April 2025

Berkeley Visiting Miller Professorship for Prof Christl Donnelly

14 March 2025

New Recording by St Peter’s College Choir, Quintin Beer and Piers Connor Kennedy

7 March 2025

St Peter's College Valentines

7 February 2025

Efe Shimwell at the FA Disability Cup Final and USA Blind Soccer International Cup

24 January 2025

Dr Violetta Splitter receives 2024 Dean’s Research Excellence Award from Oxford Saïd Business School

10 January 2025

MBE for alumnus Michael Harris (Music, 1977)

8 January 2025

Video: Merry Christmas from St Peter's College

20 December 2024

Prof Randy Bruno publishes study on how our senses are combined

3 December 2024

Video: Candlelight Readings and Music for Advent and Christmas

3 December 2024

New Clarice Lispector collection from Prof Claire Williams

14 November 2024

Reading the Room: Prof Abigail Williams leads Oxford and National Trust research project

13 November 2024

Dr Emma Edwards receives Gold Award for Teaching from Department of Engineering Science

31 October 2024

In memoriam: Dr Robert Twycross (29 January 1941-20 October 2024)

29 October 2024

Dr Joanna Neilly at the Royal Ballet and Opera

25 October 2024

Possible missing link in galactic evolution discovered

7 October 2024

Prof Lawrence Goldman on BBC’s In Our Time

7 October 2024

George Brooke (1970) awarded British Academy Burkitt Medal for Biblical Studies

2 October 2024

Dr Bridget Penman appointed Fellow and Tutor in Biology at St Peter’s College

26 September 2024

Dr Hashem Abushama appointed Fellow and Tutor in Geography at St Peter’s College

24 September 2024

Prof Matthew Fuchter appointed Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry at St Peter’s College

24 September 2024

St Peter’s Research Associate named co-investigator on major Oxford quantum computing hub

23 September 2024

St Peter’s student awarded two Chemistry prizes

18 September 2024

In memoriam: Professor John O’Connor (7 March 1934-8 September 2024)

17 September 2024

St Peter’s Fellow to lead project from new UKRI interdisciplinary scheme

11 September 2024

Three St Peter’s academics promoted to professorial titles at the University of Oxford in 2024

10 September 2024

St Peter’s student painting commissioned by Worcester College

14 August 2024

Human Rights Law Prize for St Peter’s student

2 August 2024

University of Oxford Chancellor officially opens Castle Bailey Quad

29 July 2024

Prof Adcock's Teaching Award recognises Access and Outreach initiative

17 July 2024

Prof Thomas (T. F.) Earle publishes modern critical edition of ‘Crónica de D. Afonso V’ by Rui de Pina

12 July 2024

St Peter’s people at Edinburgh Fringe

10 July 2024

Green Steel pathway would turbocharge Ukraine’s post-war recovery, says new report from St Peter’s Research Fellow

2 July 2024

St Peter’s student recognised with Sporting Moment of the Year award

1 July 2024

REACH research project wins Vice-Chancellor’s Award

15 June 2024

Alumni family's multi-marathon for charity to include stop at St Peter’s

5 June 2024

Davison Young Musician Foundation Recital Award for Music Finalist Alfred Fardell

4 June 2024

Dr Albert Sanghoon Park receives Excellence in Teaching Award

4 June 2024

Research from Prof Kirrander on ‘Nature Chemistry’ cover

9 May 2024

German Romanticism and Latin America: new co-edited volume from Dr Joanna Neilly

2 May 2024

Dr Timothy Clack advisor for award-winning documentary

29 April 2024

St Peter’s College welcomes Simon Jones as new Bursar

12 April 2024

Dr Cora Gilroy-Ware receives prestigious Wallace Fellowship

8 April 2024

Dr Violetta Splitter appointed Fellow and Tutor in Management at St Peter’s College

5 April 2024

Serene Singh named John Robert Lewis Fellow

4 April 2024

Romilly Awards Student Prize winners announced

22 March 2024

The Boat Race 2024: St Peter’s students selected to cox the Oxford Women’s Blue and Oxford Women’s Reserve Boats

21 March 2024

St Peter’s graduate wins Royal Geographic Society Quantitative Methods Research Group (QMRG) Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

14 March 2024

Prof Thomas Adcock (Engineering Science, 2001) admitted as Senior Proctor

14 March 2024

Prof Ricardo Soares de Oliveira recipient of funding for large-scale anti-corruption research project

12 March 2024

The Varsity Matches 2024: 4 SPC students to represent Oxford

28 February 2024

Dr Claire Williams co-edits Maria Ondina Braga volume

23 February 2024

St Peter’s Boat Club sets new world record

20 February 2024

Quintin Beer conferred with Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music

19 February 2024

Rhonda Tse (Biochemistry, 2022) competes in World University Powerlifting Cup

15 February 2024

‘Entangled Pasts’: Dr Cora Gilroy-Ware co-curates major Royal Academy exhibition

9 February 2024

Castle Bailey Quad opens to student residents

20 January 2024

‘Deck the Hall’: a new musical and social history of Christmas carols by Dr Andrew Gant

14 December 2023

‘Reading It Wrong’: New Book from Prof Abigail Williams

13 December 2023

‘Climate Change, Conflict and (In)Security’: Dr Timothy Clack Co-Edits New Book

12 December 2023

Prof Lionel Mason participates in $8m grant for international collaboration on celestial holography

6 November 2023

Dr Maria Yakerson appointed Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics at St Peter’s College

1 November 2023

Honorary degree for Prof Mark Moloney

30 October 2023

Prof Danny Dorling publishes new book on British inequality and economic geography

19 October 2023

Fellow’s research on global kleptocracy shortlisted for impact award

12 October 2023

St Peter’s Fellow recognised in 2023 Recognition of Distinction awards

26 September 2023

Video: Prof Lavanya Rajamani on climate change and international law

25 September 2023

St Peter’s student wins John Potter Essay Prize

12 June 2023

Michael Leadbetter receives Teaching Excellence Award

12 June 2023

Dr Joanna Neilly returns to award-winning Embrace Everything podcast for third season

2 June 2023

Summer Eights results from the St Peter’s College Boat Club

1 June 2023

Dr Mykhnenko expert witness at parliamentary committee session on Ukraine

30 May 2023

Prof Sarah Hill elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales

26 April 2023

Prestigious British Academy research fellowship for St Peter’s Fellow

24 April 2023

Prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Residency for Prof Wójcik

11 April 2023

Varsity Matches 2023: three St Peter’s students in starting line-ups

23 March 2023

St Peter’s College’s annual Equality, Diversity and Inclusion dinner

21 March 2023

Dr Vlad Mykhnenko joins panel discussion with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko

15 March 2023

St Peter’s marks topping out milestone at Castle Bailey Quad development

13 March 2023

Dr Timothy Clack’s parliamentary engagement on climate and security

9 March 2023

The Boat Race 2023: three St Peter’s students to row for University of Oxford

9 March 2023

I Feel Therefore I Am: Prof Abigail Williams in new BBC Radio 4 series

13 February 2023

Dr Dean Sheppard receives MPLS teaching award

23 January 2023

Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan wins two national health research awards

16 January 2023

Pieter Garicano (PPE, 2020) wins Trench Gascoigne Essay Prize

15 December 2022

St Peter’s student entrepreneur team wins All-Innovate Competition

7 December 2022

Dr Stephen Tuffnell expert advisor and contributor to BBC’s History Revealed magazine

30 November 2022

Dr Timothy Clack Co-Edits New Archaeology Book

30 November 2022

Dr Claire Williams co-edits new book

10 November 2022

Dr Alice Watson launches new BBC podcast

20 October 2022

AJ Tracey partners with St Peter’s College in support of Black students

18 October 2022

Dr Adam Kirrander appointed Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry at St Peter’s College

11 October 2022

DPhil Student Abdulazeez Imam Awarded Graduate Prize

5 October 2022

St Peter’s College Law Centre named for former Master, John Barron

30 September 2022

Dr Timothy Clack Co-Edits New Book

14 September 2022

The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

8 September 2022

St Peter's student wins John Potter Essay Prize

30 August 2022

Tanya Watson (Chemistry, 2021) Competes in Commonwealth Games and European Championships

24 August 2022

Three St Peter’s Fellows Promoted to Professorial Titles at the University of Oxford

22 August 2022

Luca Williams (Philosophy and Theology, 2019) Awarded Gibbs Prize

15 August 2022

Junior Research Fellow Publishes Award-Winning Monograph

1 August 2022

Names chosen for St Peter’s new student accommodation buildings and new quad

31 July 2022

Louis Odgers (PPE, 2020) Wins 2022 Brandon Wilson Essay Competition

26 July 2022

Prof Randy Bruno Receives Wellcome Discovery Award

19 July 2022

St Peter's Students Claim Rugby Victory Over Cambridge in Varsity Match

4 July 2022

‘Sticky Power’: Prof Dariusz Wójcik Publishes a Book on Global Financial Networks

30 June 2022

Four St Peter’s College Students to Travel to Ghana with the Oxford University Rugby League Football Club

24 June 2022

Prof Lavanya Rajamani Delivers the 2022 Heilbron Lecture at the Old Bailey

23 June 2022

Dr Vlad Mykhnenko Featured on BBC World Service

22 June 2022

Dr Joanna Neilly Featured on BBC Radio 3

21 June 2022

'Thought Forms' Opens at St Peter's College

18 June 2022

Prof Randy Bruno Awarded Academy of Medical Sciences Professorship

1 June 2022

St Peter’s College Boat Club Sets Record in Summer Eights

31 May 2022

Professor Randy Bruno appointed Fellow and Tutor in Neuroscience at St Peter’s College

30 May 2022

Aspire Liverpool at St Peter's College

20 April 2022

Dr Timothy Clack Co-Leads Falklands War Mapping Project

12 April 2022

Peter's Student Roman Röösli on the Oxford Men's Blue Boat

1 April 2022

'Biodiversity': Alumnus and Celebrated Artist Kurt Jackson at the Museum of Natural History

31 March 2022

Dr Marc Macias-Fauria on BBC Radio 4's '39 Ways to Save the Planet'

30 March 2022

Has part of Oxford’s earliest defences been found in St Peter’s?

24 March 2022

‘One-Hit Wonders’: Professor Sarah Hill Publishes New Anthology

17 March 2022

Expert Comment: Dr Vlad Mykhnenko on Putin’s War

16 March 2022

Two St Peter’s Doctoral Students at STEM for Britain

11 March 2022

Mensun Bound on Endurance Discovery Expedition

9 March 2022

Celebrating St Peter's Women

8 March 2022

Dr Stuart Turnbull (1939-2022)

2 March 2022

St Peter’s Finalist Awarded Henry Wilde Prize

23 February 2022

Unveiling of Eileen Hogan’s Portrait of Mark Damazer

16 February 2022

BBC Symphony Orchestra Viola Players Premiere New Deborah Pritchard Work in St Peter’s College

8 February 2022

Francis Warner (1937-2021)

8 December 2021

The Anjool Maldé Scholarship Celebrates Its Ten-Year Anniversary

2 December 2021

Abimbola Johnson (2006) to lead independent police oversight board

25 October 2021

Prof Abby Williams on being an 'accidental academic'

25 October 2021

Dr Christopher V Jones wins prestigious Toshihide Numata Book Award

25 October 2021

Dr Adam Lewandowski appointed Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science

25 October 2021

Cambridge conference held in honour of Prof Lionel Mason

25 October 2021

Music Society announces Michaelmas term lunchtime concerts schedule

22 October 2021

Memorial Concert in Honour of Mark Whittow

22 October 2021

Bad COP, Good COP? Prof Lavanya Rajamani on why climate talks matter

22 October 2021

Prof Dariusz Wójcik conferred as Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

7 October 2021

Exam Success 2020

23 June 2021

Statement on College Admissions 2021

11 May 2021

The Oxford Vaccine Trials: A View From the Front

24 April 2021

St Peter’s Approach to Admissions

17 August 2020