John Speed's map of Oxford, 1605. Oxford is still a walled city, but some buildings are outside the walls, incl @magdalenoxford. Holywell St now runs along the line of the north (that is bottom) wall. #MapMonday
📷John Speed (1542–1629), Public domain, @WikiCommons
It's #Encaenia today, the ceremony at which @UniofOxford awards honorary degrees to distinguished men & women & commemorates its benefactors. Here's our Principal, Prof Jane Shaw, on her way to the event!
Are you 21+ or supporting applicants who are? Check us out @UniofOxford#OpenDays on 28 & 29 June (there's a free lunch too!) FAQs: yes, we're an undergraduate college; & our mode student age is 23! Details & sign up⤵️ https://t.co/U8a923LtuS #EducationForAll#TransformYourFuture
The Principal & Fellows congratulate @HMCOxford Honorary Fellow & Vice-Chancellor @UWTSD, Prof Medwin Hughes, DL, who's been honoured by His Majesty the King in the 2023 Birthday Honours List & made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. https://t.co/qOUyEiIIrX
👀V exciting to see our Official (Peck) Fellow & Tutor in History, Catherine Jackson's book on the Molecular World: making modern chemistry is out soon! It'll revise our understanding of 19thC chemistry & explain chemistry's quest to know & manipulate organic nature. @mitpress