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George Dransfield helps discover giant 'super-puff' planets lighter than candy floss

George Dransfield discovers giant ‘super-puff’ planets

Magdalen Fellow by Examination, Dr George Dransfield, has led an international team of astronomers in the discovery of two of the lowest-density giant ‘super-puff’ planets ever found.

Jason Chin awarded the 2026 Heinrich Wieland Prize

Jason Chin, Founding Director of the Generative Biology Institute, has been awarded the Heinrich Wieland Prize, one of Europe’s most prestigious honours in the life sciences.

Sheldonian

Magdalen students recognised at Encaenia

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Ben Green awarded European Research Council Advanced Grant

Social media

Is the social media ban protection or exclusion?

Professor Véronique Gouverneur

Véronique Gouverneur receives major international award

Solar panels

The future’s bright for clean energy at Magdalen

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Alumni appointed to the Court of Appeal

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Magdalen Student Wins Chancellor’s English Essay Prize

A medium close-up shot of Julian Barnes. He is wearing a light-coloured, finely striped button-down shirt and has a dark suit jacket slung over his left shoulder, holding it with his hand. He is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile. The background shows a grassy slope and olive trees, with a brick wall visible on the right.

Magdalen alumnus and Honorary Fellow wins 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature

The Revd Dr Andrew Bowyer, Dean of Divinity at Magdalen College, Oxford

Andrew Bowyer appointed Master of the Temple, Temple Church, London

An aerial, bird’s-eye view captures the active construction site of the new Waynflete Quad development at Magdalen College, Oxford. A large blue tower crane stands at the center of the excavated foundations, surrounded by scaffolding, concrete footings, and construction materials. The site is bounded by St Clement's Street and the River Cherwell, which flows past Magdalen Bridge on the right. Lush green trees and the historic cityscape of Oxford encircle the development area.

Waynflete Update

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Otters back at Magdalen

Nine female rowers from Magdalen W1 rowing team stand in front of a brick boathouse entry under a large red flag featuring three white lilies. They wear black rowing kit with red accents and sunglasses. A coach sits cross-legged on the ground in front of them holding a flower.

Magdalen W1 win blades at Summer Eights

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Magdalen is buzzing with life

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Riverside project update

Two smiling young men stand side-by-side outdoors. The man on the left, Alex, has dark hair and wears a black jacket over a white collared shirt. The man on the right, Ollie, has fair reddish-blonde hair and glasses, wearing a cream sweater. An arm is draped over Ollie's shoulder, set against a dense backdrop of green leaves and white wisteria.

Magdalen DPhil students selected for prestigious Europaeum scholars programme

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Magdalen Student wins 2026 Sir Roger Newdigate poetry prize