Balliol has now confirmed offers to its largest ever undergraduate cohort, on the basis of careful review of each case under the University’s Common Framework on Admissions. These include all offer-holders from state-school or disadvantaged backgrounds.
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- 2020 marks the centenary of women’s formal admission to Oxford University. Today on the anniversary of the day when women were first awarded degrees, Balliol is flying the Oxford Women’s Suffrage flag. @UniofOxford #WomenAtOxford
- We are delighted to have awarded the Balliol Students’ Scholarship to a Syrian refugee who will be coming to Balliol in October to read mathematics: see bit.ly/2HEt4aE @UniofOxford @BrightonCollege
- Balliol is pleased to announce that Dame Helen Ghosh DCB is to be its new Master: bit.ly/2uDgPIO @UniofOxford @nationaltrust
- Balliol's Broad Street facade, probably in the 1890s, from a collection of early lantern glass slides of Oxford, taken by the Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson.
- Tonight at 8.30pm on BBC2: the Balliol team will be making their first appearance on University Challenge. Good luck, Team Balliol! #UniversityChallenge
- A fox in the Front Quad this morning, snapped by Jenni Stewart, who says he was 'flagrantly ignoring the "keep off the grass" sign; although he looked quite young, so might not be able to read yet'.
- In these difficult times we’re thinking of the Balliol community around the world, and we wish you all courage and good health. Here are some daffodils at the mother ship (photo by Stuart Bebb). #balliolcommunity
- Following a request by the student body, Balliol is taking action to reduce its fossil fuel holdings:
- Today the flag is flying at Balliol College in honour of Her Majesty The Empress Masako of Japan (Balliol 1988 and Honorary Fellow from 1995) on the occasion of the 2019 Japanese imperial transition. @UniofOxford
- Congratulations to the 35 Balliol students who would have been graduating on Saturday 9 May. We will raise a glass to you and your achievement, and we look forward to celebrating with you in Oxford before too long.
- We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Jasper Griffin and the Balliol flag is flying at half mast today in his memory.















