Brasenose College

01/10/2026

It's just under a week until Giving Day. Will you join us?
https://brasenose.givingday.co.uk/

24/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that Frewin Hall was the winner of the 2026 OxProp Award for Best Legacy and Restoration Building. The refurbishment project was intended to restore much of the building's original character that had been obscured in previous modernisation projects, while simultaneously introducing cutting-edge sustainability and opening up new communal spaces.

The refurbishment was overseen by Brasenose Domestic Bursar Kris Sadler, with Bursar Phil Parker as the project sponsor and Cliff Jones the Clerk of Works. The College would like to sincerely thank alumnus Tim Lee (Modern History, 1990) of Lee/Fitzgerald architects, who administered the work from start to completion, and our other partners on the project, Wooldridge & Simpson, Andrew Alder Associates, Ridge & Partners, and Beyond Carbon.

The OxProp awards programme is tailored to the Oxfordshire property market, with the criteria covering areas such as approach to Corporate Social Responsibility, contribution to climate change / net-zero mitigation, biodiversity, green space and the impact on society and/or the environment. A list of all the 2026 winners can be found here: https://ukpropertyforums.com/oxprop-awards-2026-the-winners/

24/09/2026

A new cohort of students start at Brasenose soon. What was your first week at Brasenose like? Send us your memories using this link: https://brasenose.givingday.co.uk/donor-wall

16/09/2026

On 7th and 8th October the Brasenose Community is coming together to celebrate Giving Day and the start of a new academic year. Here are some of last year's freshers arriving in College 😉

https://brasenose.givingday.co.uk/



Image shows: Carte de visite [featuring figures on horse and cart outside the entrance tower on Radcliffe Square], 1866, PIC 1 A4/2, Brasenose College Archives

09/09/2026

The countdown begins…

09/09/2026

Huge congratulations to BNC Senior Kurti Research Fellow and recently appointed Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor Stuart West, who has won an Ig Nobel award for his contribution to the paper 'A comparative approach to the evolution of kissing' - more details about the paper here: https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090513825001370
and about the other prize winners here:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/meet-the-2026-ig-nobel-prize-winners


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26/08/2026

The exciting discovery of a 'new' exoplanet that had been eluding observation, with Brasenose Tutorial Fellow Professor Jayne Birkby as science lead on the observing programme, and Astrophysics DPhil student Luke Parker carrying out the observations. More in the linked article! 🤩

A planet that hid from astronomers for ten years has been found by a team including researchers from Oxford.

26/08/2026

Very best wishes to Morgan Reynolds (Geography, 2019) and husband Stephen Reynolds, who are off on an epic adventure sailing around the world on their 1979 sailing boat, which they have painstakingly refitted! You can follow their nautical adventures here

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14/07/2026

Did you know we were the first purpose built natural history museum? This building was created to be a temple to science and nature, and house the University's science departments.

Our main court has seen some changes since 1860, but some specimens out on display then can still be seen today, like the Bluefin Tuna, affectionately known as the Tunny.

02/07/2026

We are delighted to celebrate the 'Brasethrows' Ultimate Frisbee team, who brought home the trophy at this year's College Frisbee Cuppers! From team captain Benjamin Tilley: 'In their first proper year as a team, and for the first time in BNC history, the Brasethrows Ultimate Frisbee team fought against all odds bringing back the gold trophy from 2026 College Frisbee Cuppers! Following a heartbreaking loss 5-6 against Spades (The Chinese Society Team), we proceeded to go unbeaten for the rest of the day, with well fought wins against Worcester, Hertford, Balliol, Merton, and then Hertford again in the finals. Winning in our first year sets a high bar going forward but I'm confident with the passion in the team well have a good showing next year.'