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19/10/2026

🎓 **A warm welcome to our new postgraduate students!**

Campion Hall is delighted to welcome its new cohort of postgraduate students for Michaelmas Term 2026!

Joining us from around the world, our students bring a rich diversity of experiences, perspectives and research interests, spanning theology, religion, languages, history, ethics and contemporary society.

From early Christian liturgy and ecotheology to artificial intelligence, intercultural dialogue and the relationship between science and religion, their work reflects the breadth of interdisciplinary scholarship that makes Campion Hall such a distinctive academic community.

💬 *“Already, conversations are springing up across disciplines, bringing fresh perspectives and ideas into our community. I look forward to seeing where these conversations lead, and to all that we will learn from one another in the year ahead.”*

— Rev Dr Nick Austin SJ, Master of Campion Hall

We look forward to a year of learning, discovery, meaningful conversations and community life together.

**Welcome to Campion Hall!** ✨

PS) And don't they look wonderful? Photos by Tom Lucas

17/10/2026

It’s Matriculation Day in Oxford and Campion Hall has been a real hive of activity! 🐝✨

What a joy to welcome and celebrate our brilliant new cohort of students as they begin their journey with us at the Hall!

We loved having the wonderful Tom Lucas capture the occasion in photographs; we valued coming together for a special celebratory lunch, and sharing in the excitement of this memorable day.

And the celebrations don’t stop there… this evening, we’re delighted to welcome some very special new members of our community: our bees, courtesy of ! 🐝🍯

There’s certainly a buzz in the air at Campion Hall! 💛

08/10/2026

…and the scaffolding is down! Recent repair works are complete and the Hall is ready for Michaelmas. We couldn’t resist taking this photo at golden hour yesterday after a day of rainfall. Campion Hall is such a beautiful place.

07/10/2026

The buzz 🐝 returns to Campion Hall! It’s 0’th week and we held our induction day today and welcomed new students to our wonderful graduate Hall. Smiling faces, welcome information, stories exchanged, coffee and delicious cake shared! We are excited for this new term and for new beginnings in general!

14/09/2026

Stopping to notice the gradual shift in colour in the Campion Hall garden this morning. The bright pops of summertime pinks are now melting into softer ambers and golds... and before we know it, our students will be back! We can't wait to welcome in the autumn and Michaelmas Term!

09/09/2026

📜 On this day, 130 years ago, our story began.

On 9 September 1896, Campion Hall (as we call it today) opened at 40 St Giles’, Oxford (first picture, as the building looks today).

At this stage, though, Campion Hall was not its name, for it was known as Clarke’s Hall, named after its first Master, Fr Richard Frederick Clarke SJ (1839–1900). At this time, Oxford’s Private Halls took the names of their licensed Masters.

Its foundation marked an important moment in Oxford’s history. The Society of Jesus was the first Catholic body to open a Hall at the University, making it possible for Jesuits to study for Oxford degrees.

Clarke’s Hall did not remain at 40 St Giles’ for long, though. In June 1897, it moved to 11 St Giles’, to the building known as Middleton Hall (second picture, undated, although likely early 20th century). And as successive Masters took charge, Clarke’s Hall became Pope’s Hall and then Plater’s Hall...

In 1918, the Hall became a Permanent Private Hall (PPH) of the University and formally took the name Campion Hall, in honour of St Edmund Campion, Oxford University’s only Catholic saint and martyr. Campion Hall remains a Permanent Private Hall of the University today.

In 1935, a brand new chapter began when the Hall moved from St Giles’ to its purpose-built home on Brewer Street, designed by renowned architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. This is the very same place you will find Campion Hall today (third picture).

And so, 130 years after that first opening in Oxford, we recall the beginnings of Campion Hall, its changing locations and brickwork, and the continuity of Jesuit life, learning and scholarship that still lives within (and, indeed, reaches far beyond) its walls today.

08/09/2026

We are delighted to share the news that Fr Dominic Robinson SJ has been appointed Superior of the Jesuit Community at Campion Hall, Oxford.

Dominic is already well known to many at Campion Hall and across Oxford. For a start, he was a student at Campion Hall in the 1990s but more recently has been serving as Acting Senior Chaplain at the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy. Dominic will continue as Senior Chaplain alongside his new responsibilities as Superior .

As Superior, Dominic will accompany and support the Jesuit community in their varied missions and will work with the Master, Fr Nick Austin SJ, in fostering the Jesuits’ contribution to the wider community and mission of Campion Hall.

Dominic succeeds Fr Patrick Goujon SJ, following Fr Frank Turner SJ. We offer our warmest congratulations to Dominic and our gratitude to Patrick and Frank for their service to the community.

Please join us in keeping Dominic and the whole Campion Hall community in your prayers as he begins this new responsibility.

Jesuits in Britain Photograph shared with permission by the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy

02/09/2026

Really grateful to the Jesuits in Britain comms team for creating this beautiful film about the Integral Ecology Summer School at Campion Hall, Oxford last month.

14/08/2026

Lovely to see our new beehives mentioned in the bumper August edition of The Tablet in this piece by our Fellow in Contemporary Church History, Dr Austen Ivereigh.

12/08/2026

We couldn't resist sharing this lovely photo of our student cohort with their wonderful Senior Tutor, Dr Sarah Apetrei, on the final day of Trinity Term 2026.

We miss the buzz of student life filling the Hall over the summer, but we're already looking forward to October and the start of Michaelmas Term when we'll welcome back familiar faces and meet the newest members of our community.

Until then, we're wishing everyone a restful and rewarding summer.

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Campion Hall, Brewer Street
Oxford
OX11QS

Website

http://www.campion.ox.ac.uk/

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