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What was that, Oxmas? That’s right, folks, “Oxmas” is Oxford’s very own Christmas celebration. It takes place a month before Christmas, on the 25^th Novermber, and it’s basically Christmas come early.

Arriving at College on the first day of Fresher’s week has the potential to be a daunting and nerve wracking experience.

As a first year historian at Oxford, I studied a wide variety of papers, from the Norman Conquest to the French Revolution, but never found my niche.

This Term’s Christmas Blurbs highlighted Neuroscience - a field that is strongly represented in Brasenose’s research community.

Three Brasenose College tutors have won Oxford University awards.

At the beginning of the summer term, after second year exams, medics swapped pens for pipettes as we began research projects in labs across Oxford.

Over the summer renovation work was completed on the Muniment Room and Treasury, at the top of Old Quad Tower.

For 12 days this summer I was in Morocco in a rural village at the foothills of the Atlas mountains interviewing local people, watching goats climb trees and eating way too much couscous.

Undergraduate First Years officially became part the Brasenose community at the beginning of October when they came up to Oxford to experience Freshers’ Week.

This Friday sees the return of the Platnauer Concert series at Brasenose College, with virtuoso flautist Claire Wickes performing with pianist Nigel Clayton.

Back in June I was fortunate enough to be involved as a student helper in The Brasenose College Study Day for English Literature, Languages and Classics.

The three month long Oxford summer always seems a dauntingly long time, and the search for something productive to do is one with which I’ve often struggled.

Brasenose College Economics tutor, Dr Ferdinand Rauch, has co-authored a paper which suggests that Tube strikes could actually have long-term benefits for some commuters.

Brasenose is pleased to welcome to the College Professor Adam Perry as a new tutorial fellow in Law.

I’ve got to be honest: from the off, Oxford glittered in my mind not just for the smorgasbord of academic delights wafted under my nose (sorry Dr Llewelyn), but also for its vibrant drama scene.

Malcolm Turnbull to become next Prime Minister of Australia – Brasenose’s second sitting premier.

The final 2015 undergraduate Open Days at Brasenose College will be Friday 18th September 2015 - why not come and visit us if you are thinking of applying to Oxford University?

If you’d have told me this time last year that I’d be spending a fortnight in Paris, researching my final year thesis, I wouldn’t have believed you for a second.