About Nuffield College
Nuffield College is a graduate college of the University of Oxford specialising in the social sciences.
Nuffield College Description
Nuffield College was founded at the University of Oxford in 1937 to advance postgraduate education and research in the social sciences. The College provides a stimulating research-orientated environment for postgraduate students (about 75 in number) and faculty (approximately 60 academic fellows of the College). Nuffield has been open to both men and women since its foundation and was the first college in Oxford or Cambridge to have that character.
In accordance with the wishes of Lord Nuffield the buildings and layout are in the traditional style of Oxford Colleges. The Foundation Stone (on the right of the entrance to Staircase C) was laid on 21 April 1949 by the late Earl of Halifax, then Chancellor of the University. The first meal in the Hall was served on 6 June 1958 when the Royal Charter was presented by the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Today we wished Gwilym Hughes, the CollegeŌĆÖs Head of Endowment, a very fond farewell.
Gwilym retires today after nearly 23 years at Nuffield. Some of you may remember him from the 18 years he spent as the CollegeŌĆÖs Bursar from 1996 to 2015.
ItŌĆÖs fair to say that our kitchen team outdid themselves with this croquembouche...
Congrats to Professorial Fellow Melinda Mills, who was awarded a European Research Council Advanced Grant yesterday for her project 'CHRONO' on chronotypes, health and family.
Here she is with Professorial Fellow and Head of Department Christiaan Monden at the new Department of Sociology building, which moved into Nuffield premises on Park End Street today...
Today is an important day in Parliament, with indicative voting on Brexit starting soon. How MPs will vote is as important as what they will vote for.
Senior Research Fellow Iain McLean lays out the options in today's Times Red Box
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ŌĆ”/for-the-sa ke-of-democracy-todaŌĆ”
We're excited to announce the Nuffield Undergraduate Scholars Institute will launch this summer!
The summer programme will give six undergraduate students training in social science methods and the opportunity to gain research experience. It is free for all participants and includes free accommodation, meals and a bursary of ┬Ż2,500.
Find out more at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/new-summer-prog ramme-for-undergradŌĆ”/
... If you or someone you know is interested in graduate studies in the social sciences, applications are open now on our website: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/go/nusi
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This time last year we had 'The Beast from the East', but this week we were basking in the sunshine with record-breaking winter temperatures! What a contrast to the more-usual February weather we had at the beginning of the month...
While we cannot attribute specific weather events to climate change, we might expect these extreme events to occur with a changing climate. The Climate Econometrics team, based here at Nuffield, is trying to understand the impact of human activity... on climate change and vice versa using econometrics.
Find out more about Climate Econometrics on their website here: http://www.climateeconometrics.org/about/
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An excellent spot by the Library team - watch to the end of this film about the British Motor Corporation for some great old footage of the College...
For a taster of next weekendŌĆÖs Politics Reunion, Bernard Donoughue (DPhil Politics 1959) was on BBC Radio 4ŌĆÖs Westminster Hour earlier this month.
You can listen from about 41 minutes in here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00024s 3
Bernard will be discussing ŌĆśThe decline of the left and the rise of populismŌĆÖ with current Fellows Jane Green, David Rueda and Rachel Bernhard as part of the reunion on Saturday 9 February. More information can be found at https://www.nuffiel...d.ox.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/evŌĆ ”/politics-alumni-reunion/
We're looking forward to welcoming former students and Fellows back to College for some lively and interesting debate!
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ItŌĆÖs snowing! And thereŌĆÖs nothing quite like the sight of the Nuffield College Library tower in the falling snow...
The new Nuffield College Magazine - Issue 18 - is out now, just in time to make it onto your holiday reading list!
The theme this year is inequality, in tribute to former Warden Tony Atkinson. Inside, you can find out about ongoing research and College and alumni news, and read features by Nuffield Fellows, alumni and friends,
Happy reading!
... https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/ŌĆ”/college -publicatŌĆ”/magazines/
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Today is Nuffield's Giving Day, and it's great to see so much philanthropy happening around the College...!
As we speak, our student callers are on the phones to Nuffield alumni about our student funding campaign, and staff and Fellows have come together with their families to raise money for BBC Children in Need in the Buttery.
Our student callers will be manning the phones late into the night. To meet them and to find out more about Nuffield Giving Day, visit www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/go/givingday.
Meet Ahmed, who is reading for an MPhil in Economics and will be joining Victoria and our other student callers on the phones for Giving Day tomorrow.
To find out more about Giving Day, and about Ahmed and the other callers, visit www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/go/givingday.
On Friday, seven Nuffield students will be taking part in Giving Day 2018.
Meet Victoria, a first year DPhil in Economic History, and one of our student callers. She's from Karlsruhe in south-western Germany, and is researching the long-term development of wealth inequalities in the German territories of the Holy Roman Empire between 1300 and 1800.
Find out more about Giving Day, and about Victoria and the other callers at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/go/givingday.
We can't wait to say 'hi'!
Our student volunteers will be calling alumni and friends of Nuffield on Friday 16 November - the 81st anniversary of the College's foundation. They can't wait to say hello, to share College news and to encourage you all to support our student funding campaign. We'll be introducing some of them over the next few days.
In the meantime, find out more about Giving Day 2018 at www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/go/givingday or donate to our student funding campaign at www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/nuffield-college.