Wadham College

Congratulations to everyone receiving A Level results today. Well done on your hard work! We are thinking of you and hope to see some of you at Wadham next term.
https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/

Do check out the video of our choral scholars end-of-term concert! Such a great showcase of Wadham talent, and set in our beautiful chapel to boot.

It's up on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fpg5Uo20ap0?si=3xOABayWu_DwDZe0

We look forward to welcoming our 2026 Summer School cohort this August! Each year, Wadham runs five-day residential summer schools for Year 12 pupils in UK state schools or sixth-form colleges. We'll be introducing this year's Classics, Modern Languages, and Climate Change groups to Oxford and Wadham, where they will take part in academic programmes, live in College, meet student ambassadors studying at Oxford, and receive information, advice and guidance on applying to university.
https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/schools-and-outreach/summer-schools

'Human neuron activity during an 83-minute movie from 2,286 neurons and 29 patients', co-authored by Bernhard Staresina, our Tutorial Fellow in Psychology, is published in Scientific Data:

Human neuron activity during an 83-minute movie from 2,286 neurons and 29 patients - Scientific Data Despite a growing trend towards more naturalistic experiments, few single-unit datasets collected during dynamic and naturalistic stimuli have been released, and none using a full-length movie. Here, we present SUMMER (Single Unit activity during a Movie in the human Medial temporal lobe via Electro...

'Polo/PLK1 phosphorylation relieves Centrosomin/Cnn autoinhibition to promote centrosome scaffold assembly', co-authored by Isaac Wong, our Junior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, is published in the EMBO journal:

Polo/PLK1 phosphorylation relieves Centrosomin/Cnn autoinhibition to promote centrosome scaffold assembly - The EMBO Journal Mitotic centrosome maturation requires Polo/PLK1-dependent expansion of the pericentriolar material (PCM). In Drosophila, Centrosomin (Cnn) assembles a scaffold around mitotic centrioles through interactions between its PReM and CM2 domains. Here, we show that PReM adopts an autoinhibited helical ha...

'A clinically validated framework for auditing AI chatbot behavior in mental health interactions', coauthored by Christopher Summerfield, our Fellow by Special Election, is published in Nature Medicine:

A clinically validated framework for auditing AI chatbot behavior in mental health interactions - Nature Medicine Across 810 conversations, an evaluation framework finds that AI chatbots often amplify simulated users’ psychological vulnerabilities, revealing persistent safety risks in mental health contexts.

Congratulations to Helen, our Head of Housekeeping, who received a Community Ambassador award from our sustainability partner, Hearty Earth. After each end-of-term clear out, Saman from Hearty Earth, Helen, and Wadham colleagues organise a collection of surplus food and goods for distribution to local communities. Helen's award was presented by Saman and Councillor Lois Muddiman at West Oxford Community Centre.

Discover the stories behind two books that transformed our understanding of humanity’s place in the natural world.

In the latest film from the Wadham Library series, Prof Joe Bull explores two revolutionary scientific works from our rare book collections.

We’re even lucky enough to have a first edition copy of Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus orbium coelestium!

The video is live now on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/SsC3hKKWdKU

'Evaluating strategies for equitable co-design of sustainability interventions with smallholder farmers', coauthored by our Senior Research Fellow, Prof Nathalie Seddon, is published in The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension:
Competence for Rural Innovation and Transformation:

Evaluating strategies for equitable co-design of sustainability interventions with smallholder farmers Purpose: Global food and agricultural systems face mounting climate, biodiversity and livelihood crises. Co-design – where stakeholders with different experiences and views work together to develop...

'Heterospecific social behavior in primates: insights into the evolutionary roots of pet-keeping', published in 'Primates', is believed to be the first comprehensive review of friendly interactions between non-human primates and other species.
Our Tutorial Fellow, Dr Cyril C. Grueter, is the lead author of this new international study. The photo of a female northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) holding a mouse at the Shanghai Zoo, China, was taken by Dr Grueter.
https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/news/the-first-comprehensive-review-of-social-behavior-between-different-species-gives-insights-into-the-evolutionary-roots-of-pet-keeping