Wadham College

09/10/2026

Our Hackney Fellow in Law, Professor Shazia Choudhry, presented to the Equality and Non Discrimination Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe (PACE) on preventing and combating vicarious violence as a form of gender-based violence against women.
Professor Choudhry presented key findings from the Family Justice Project Faculty of Law, University of Oxford in Strasburg in October. She contributed evidence and insights to support stronger prevention, protection and accountability measures across jurisdictions. Professor Choudhry was joined by María Guijarro Ceballos State Secretary for Equality and for the Eradication of Violence against Women, Spain, and Santy Montemayor, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Camara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión de Mexico at this important and timely discussion about the critical issue of addressing all forms of violence against women and girls.
Professor Choudhry was interviewed by PACE TV about what vicarious violence is and ways to stop it:

Mediabox talked to Shazia Choudhry, Professor of Law at Oxford Univ...

09/10/2026

Our Freshers have had a wonderful first week with us. Warmly welcomed by everyone here, including our Freshers' Reps, activities have included our Chaplain's welcome tea in the Antechapel, visits from alpacas, choir and boat club try outs, ways to get involved with 'Green Wadham', and various socials. We hope you've enjoyed your first week with us and are settling into life at Wadham.

07/10/2026

Remember to get your application to Oxford University in by the deadline of 15 October. Take a quick tour with our student, Kayla, for a reminder of why Wadham is a great College to choose.
https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/prospective-undergraduates

07/10/2026

'Vegetation structure modulates insectivorous bat assemblages in West African cocoa agroforests', coauthored by our Senior Research Fellow, Prof Nathalie Seddon, is published in Forest Ecology and Management:

06/10/2026

Great to see the College grounds buzzing with students thanks to the freshers BBQ!

06/10/2026

Not long now until the deadline for applying to Oxford! Here's a reminder of how Wadham makes accommodation and life-changing opportunities affordable to all.

Find out how Wadham makes accommodation and life-changing opportunities affordable to all.

06/10/2026

'Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches' coauthored by our Senior Research Fellow, Prof Nathalie Seddon, is published in Nature Climate Change:

Security analysts and government economists increasingly present policymakers with different pictures of the same climate and nature risk. We argue that governments need a shared way to weigh these assessments, particularly given that under-preparing for a severe, irreversible outcome costs far more...

05/10/2026

Thank you to our Freshers Reps who have been helping the new students settle in. We hope you enjoyed the tour of Wadham and your first day with us!

05/10/2026

It's World Teachers Day, so we're feeling particularly appreciative of our wonderful tutors at wadham. Hear from our Tutorial Fellow and Professor of Ancient History, Peter Thonemann, about what he loves about teaching tutorials:

Come to our Open Day to meet more of our tutors! https://www.wadham...

05/10/2026

Wadham’s Access Team work in partnership with the wider university and with schools to help young people find out more about university study and to help them make informed choices about their next steps. Among our partners is Oxford University's Department of Chemistry, with whom we work on Building Bridges. This programme focuses on supporting STEM teaching in Y5-Y7.

Working together has inspired a new project for a sixth form audience to help the transition between A-level and undergraduate chemistry. The 'Compounds of Interest' programme uses content covered in A-level Chemistry as a launchpad into Oxford research that is connected but goes far beyond.

In the first Compounds of Interest video, Professor Ed Anderson, explores propellanes, connecting this area of organic chemistry to A-level Chemistry concepts and demonstrating their wider importance: https://youtu.be/LDYr9-FZGM0?si=uJqpsXu-pWL729FY

UK state school Y12 (or equivalent) Chemistry students and teachers are invited to join Prof. Anderson on Wednesday 7 October 2026, to discuss an A-level adaptation of a research paper related to the video to give an opportunity for school students to extend their knowledge beyond the standard curriculum. Wadham has provided the funding for this programme, including the time for a sixth form Chemistry teacher, working at one of Wadham’s link schools, to adapt the journal article and help bridge the two worlds of school and university.

You can find out more and register here:

Interactive online webinars for UK state school A level (or equivalent) Chemistry students and teachers to discuss adapted research papers with the researchers.