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The official page for Pembroke College at the University of Oxford.

Pembroke is a lively and vibrant academic community, situated in the heart of Oxford. Today, the student body is made up of 365 undergraduates, 27 visiting students on their Junior Year Abroad from US universities, and 255 post-graduate students. Students at Pembroke are active in College life, with wide participation in activities and events and an unusually active MCR (graduate student) communit

y. Another special feature of Pembroke is the JCR (undergraduate) owned collection of modern British artworks, founded shortly after the Second World War and now housed in a purpose-built gallery. Pembroke Fellows are supported in their teaching by a team of College lecturers and the College is also home to 15 Research Fellows and 11 Associates. At Pembroke, we believe that all those with the necessary academic talent should have the opportunity to experience an Oxford education regardless of their background. For that reason, the College has pioneered a new approach to access and outreach work, which have been hailed as a gold standard for such initiatives by the sector’s independent regulator the Office for Fair Access. Updates from Pembroke College are available on social media as well as the official website News & Events pages:

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03/09/2026

Joseph Owen Dinner 06.08.2026 ✨

Every year, as part of Access Week, our OxNet students celebrate their week at Pembroke with a formal dinner in Hall. 🕯️

OxNet is part of our Access and Outreach initiatives. We work closely with partners across the UK to offer subject-specific programmes to Year 12 pupils from a range of backgrounds, encouraging them to apply to the UK’s top universities.

After a whole year of seminars, essays, study skills days and more, our OxNet students stay here at Pembroke for a week to gain valuable insight into what academic and social life at university might be like!

It’s safe to say we think they had a lovely time!!

02/09/2026

Join us in Oxford for Alumni Weekend 2026, taking place from 18-20 September!

Reconnect with fellow Pembrokians and enjoy a jam-packed weekend at College with events including:

🎤 A Poetry Slam in Farthings
🎵 A music recital by recent alumnus Oscar Lawson (2022) and current student Laurence Flower (2024)
🗣️ An inspiring lecture from Dr Gavin Spickett (1974) on all things running
🍽️ And our highlight event, the Alumni Weekend Reunion Dinner. There will be drinks on Chapel Quad followed by a formal dinner in Hall.

Whether you're returning to Pembroke for the first time in years or are a regular visitor, we'd love to welcome you back!

Please note: the last day to book for the Reunion Dinner is 4 September. More details at the link in the comments.

27/08/2026

We’ve been reminiscing about PCBC's Pimm's party earlier this summer… ☀️

Here are some lovely photos of the occasion by postgrad Eliza!

(Our grass looked a little bit greener then 🥲)

26/08/2026

Our doctors-in-training have been reflecting on the question: ‘What makes a good doctor?’ 🩺

Many congratulations to undergrads Daria Bageac and Leon Kielmann on winning the Pembroke Ayers-Evans prize for their essay responses!

For Leon, the ‘one universal quality of a good doctor’ is ‘someone a patient can trust.’ Daria agrees that despite the changing expectations for doctors throughout history, ‘society has always entrusted doctors with specialised knowledge and expected them to use it wisely in service of others.’

Clearly a good doctor is also a cat person?? 🐈

Read more about their answers at the link in the comments.

24/08/2026

👏 Many congratulations to alumna Lily Elsner who showcased the newly-launched product of her startup, Jack Fertility, at the House of Lords!

Lily and her co-founder Nick Shipley presented ‘Jackit’, an easy-to-use postal s***m test kit that allows men to collect a sample at home and post it directly to an Oxford laboratory.

“Male factors contibute to around half of infertility cases,” shared Lily, “yet men are often only tested late in the fertility journey, while the physical and emotinal burden of investigation falls disproportionately on women.” Lily wants to change that by making checking s***m health simple, convenient and something men can do proactively, to prevent IVF and improve reproductive health for all.

You can read more at the link in the comments.

21/08/2026

📸 Spotted!

Alumna Helena Smalman-Smith (1986, Music) had a lovely time coxing the OUBC veteran women at the Henley Masters Regatta earlier this summer. ☀️ 🚣

Well done to the team!

19/08/2026

Biodiversity is declining across the UK. Our students and staff have been taking small but meaningful steps to change that 🌿🐛🐝🦋🌳🍎🔍

These are some of the actions they have taken just this year:

🪲 Organising a bioblitz once a term to record the variety of species at our biodiversity site
🐦 Bird ringing demonstrations
🌳 Planting and maintaining trees at the Pembroke orchard
🚯 Making sure our biodiversity site is free of litter
👩‍🏫 Working with schools to increase awareness about local biodiversity and how to preserve it!

Thank you to Amelia Lowis for sharing her lovely photos.

You can read more at the link in the comments.

17/08/2026

Graduate-entry medic Elena recently travelled to Cape Town in South Africa for her first academic conference! ✈️

With support from Pembroke’s George Bredin Travel Fund, she was able to go abroad and present her research on Alzheimer’s disease. At the conference, she met leading researchers, clinicians and scientists working at the forefront of medical imaging and was even presented with an an award for her research!

There was also time to explore Cape Town’s natural beauty and go hiking. ⛰️

"One of the most interesting aspects of the conference,” Elena reflects, “was learning about emerging developments in MRI technology, particularly the growing role of AI in advancing medical imaging and improving diagnostic capabilities. I also found the discussions around MRI in resource-poor settings especially inspiring, with many clinicians focusing on innovative ways to make advanced imaging more accessible globally.”

You can read more at the link in the comments.

13/08/2026

We hope you're jumping for joy! 🥳

Many congratulations to everyone who received their A-level results today!!

If you'll be joining us in October, we'll see you very very soon 🤗

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Pembroke College
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http://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/

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