Postgraduate Student Welcome Events
Postgraduate Student Welcome 2021
Click the circles below to sign-up to any one or more events!
(For our Covid-19 observations during all events, see the bottom of the page)
Click the circles below to sign-up to any one or more events!
(For our Covid-19 observations during all events, see the bottom of the page)
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Full Schedule of Welcome Week Events
The events listed below are open to all and do not require you to sign up in advance unless indicated by **
0th Week
• Tuesday, 5th October
o 19:00-21:00 Thesis Welcome Night (St Ebbe’s Church)
• Wednesday, 6th October
o 9:30-17:00 Freshers’ Fair (University Parks)
o 20:00-21:00 St Aldate’s Postgrads Welcome Drinks (St Aldate’s Parish Centre)
• Thursday, 7th October
o 9:30-17:00 Freshers’ Fair (University Parks)
o 16:00-18:00 C.S.Lewis Walking Tour with the Graduate Christian Forum (GCF) post-walk drinks (The Royal Oak)**
• Friday, 8th October
o 19:00-20:30 Postgraduate Student Welcome (PSW) Dinner (St Aldate’s Church)**
• Saturday, 9th October
o 15:00-16:30 Oxford Walking Tour + Drinks (Pennyfarthing Place/St Ebbe’s)**
• Sunday, 10th October
o CHURCH MORNING SERVICES - See below for times and locations.
o 16:00-17:00 Afternoon Cream Tea for Postgraduates with Partners and Families
(St Michael's at the Northgate)**
o CHURCH EVENING SERVICES - See below for times and locations.
1st Week
• Monday, 11th October
o First Graduate Christian Forum (GCF) Meeting (Pusey House, Hood Room)
• Tuesday, 12th October
o First Thesis Meeting (St Ebbe's Church)
• Wednesday, 13th October
o First St Aldate’s Postgrads Meeting, (Parish Centre, Christopher Room)
• Thursday, 14th October
o First monthly meeting of Linacre Christians (Small Dining Room, Linacre College and on Zoom) Please e-mail anne.keene@linacre.ox.ac.uk if you can join.
• Sunday, 16th October
o St Clement's 20-30s have welcome drinks at 7.00pm. Please email bethan.willis@oxfordpastorate.org for more info and to RSVP.
The events listed below are open to all and do not require you to sign up in advance unless indicated by **
0th Week
• Tuesday, 5th October
o 19:00-21:00 Thesis Welcome Night (St Ebbe’s Church)
• Wednesday, 6th October
o 9:30-17:00 Freshers’ Fair (University Parks)
o 20:00-21:00 St Aldate’s Postgrads Welcome Drinks (St Aldate’s Parish Centre)
• Thursday, 7th October
o 9:30-17:00 Freshers’ Fair (University Parks)
o 16:00-18:00 C.S.Lewis Walking Tour with the Graduate Christian Forum (GCF) post-walk drinks (The Royal Oak)**
• Friday, 8th October
o 19:00-20:30 Postgraduate Student Welcome (PSW) Dinner (St Aldate’s Church)**
• Saturday, 9th October
o 15:00-16:30 Oxford Walking Tour + Drinks (Pennyfarthing Place/St Ebbe’s)**
• Sunday, 10th October
o CHURCH MORNING SERVICES - See below for times and locations.
o 16:00-17:00 Afternoon Cream Tea for Postgraduates with Partners and Families
(St Michael's at the Northgate)**
o CHURCH EVENING SERVICES - See below for times and locations.
1st Week
• Monday, 11th October
o First Graduate Christian Forum (GCF) Meeting (Pusey House, Hood Room)
• Tuesday, 12th October
o First Thesis Meeting (St Ebbe's Church)
• Wednesday, 13th October
o First St Aldate’s Postgrads Meeting, (Parish Centre, Christopher Room)
• Thursday, 14th October
o First monthly meeting of Linacre Christians (Small Dining Room, Linacre College and on Zoom) Please e-mail anne.keene@linacre.ox.ac.uk if you can join.
• Sunday, 16th October
o St Clement's 20-30s have welcome drinks at 7.00pm. Please email bethan.willis@oxfordpastorate.org for more info and to RSVP.
Churches in Oxford
We partner with the following churches to coordinate and host these annual Postgraduate Student Welcome events - click on each link to find out Sunday service times and what they offer for postgraduates and in 20-30s groups:
Emmanuel Church,
Magdalen Road Church,
Oxford Evangelical Presbyterian Church,
Oxford Community Church,
St Michael at the North Gate,
Trinity Church, Oxford.
The four Anglican Churches in circles below sit on the Oxford Pastorate Council; click the circles for further info on each:
We partner with the following churches to coordinate and host these annual Postgraduate Student Welcome events - click on each link to find out Sunday service times and what they offer for postgraduates and in 20-30s groups:
Emmanuel Church,
Magdalen Road Church,
Oxford Evangelical Presbyterian Church,
Oxford Community Church,
St Michael at the North Gate,
Trinity Church, Oxford.
The four Anglican Churches in circles below sit on the Oxford Pastorate Council; click the circles for further info on each:
St Aldate's have three services on a Sunday.
On Wednesday evenings the Postgrad community meet at 7pm in the Christopher Room in the Parish Centre. We share a meal together, followed by worship, prayer and teaching. After this, we break up into small groups of about 6–10 people for discussion. The small groups are an opportunity for friendship, support and discipleship throughout our time at Oxford.
For more information contact christopher.landau@staldates.org.uk
St Andrews, North Oxford has 4 services on a Sunday including Holy Communion, a Family Service, Morning Worship and Evening Worship.
St Andrew’s has a growing group of postgraduate/postdoc students who worship and serve as part of our church family. We gather together for lunches twice a term, and postgraduate and postdoc students are encouraged to join in with other ministries within St Andrew’s. As a large and diverse congregation there are lots of ways you can get involved! We also offer mentoring to postgraduate/postdoc students if that’s of value. For more information or if you have questions, email our curate, James Dwyer (james.dwyer@standrewsoxford.org).
Meets here for morning and evening worship every Sunday.
There are also small groups and alpha courses running throughout the year.
St Ebbe's has 4 Sunday services, but most postgrads come either for the 6.30 p.m, or (particularly those with families) at 9.45 a.m.
Thesis is the St Ebbe's postgraduate student group. It is a diverse community from over 20 nationalities (including spouses of postgrads). They meet every Tuesday night at 7:00pm during term time in St Ebbe's church for a delicious meal (£3), and Bible study or a talk and discussion. Thesis also runs fun afternoons out, a weekend away in the Cotswolds in November, and seasonal events at Easter and Christmas. Both Christians and those interested in Christianity are equally welcome. For more information please contact the postgraduate student minister, Glenn Nesbitt
Ongoing Opportunities for Postgrads
Developing a Christian Mind (DCM) Senior Christian academics lead two annual conferences in January and March especially for postgraduate students studying at Oxford, helping foster integration between faith and scholarship.
The Graduate Christian Forum (GCF) Holds a Monday night speaker series during term, interviewing Christian scholars and professionals.
Linacre Christians meet monthly, on Thursday lunchtimes, in College and via Zoom, 12.45 pm. They write: 'Please join us! Just buy your lunch at the servery and we meet in the Small Dining Room. Thursday 14th October will be our first meeting this term. We enjoy getting to know each other, reading the Bible, and praying; we are a mix of students, staff, fellows, and alumni. It would be a joy to welcome new students and other new Linacre members. Please e-mail anne.keene@linacre.ox.ac.uk if you can join us.'
Scriptorium Weekly study days (Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays during term time, Weeks 1-8) enabling postgrads to carve out and protect a regular space in the working week for concentrated bursts of writing with the support and encouragement of the rest of our scholarly community.
The Socratic Happy Hour is a gathering for postgraduate students in Oxford who are seeking civil and convivial conversations about life’s biggest questions. For the next meeting see the website.
Transformation Network (Prayer) A departmental prayer network with a vision to see prayer in every University faculty and college.
Thesis Together (T2) is a postgrad study space open in the Pennyfarthing building on Fridays from 9.00am-5.00pm. Join other postgrads and get to know each other during coffee and lunch breaks! Space is limited. Book a space via the calendar here
Developing a Christian Mind (DCM) Senior Christian academics lead two annual conferences in January and March especially for postgraduate students studying at Oxford, helping foster integration between faith and scholarship.
The Graduate Christian Forum (GCF) Holds a Monday night speaker series during term, interviewing Christian scholars and professionals.
Linacre Christians meet monthly, on Thursday lunchtimes, in College and via Zoom, 12.45 pm. They write: 'Please join us! Just buy your lunch at the servery and we meet in the Small Dining Room. Thursday 14th October will be our first meeting this term. We enjoy getting to know each other, reading the Bible, and praying; we are a mix of students, staff, fellows, and alumni. It would be a joy to welcome new students and other new Linacre members. Please e-mail anne.keene@linacre.ox.ac.uk if you can join us.'
Scriptorium Weekly study days (Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays during term time, Weeks 1-8) enabling postgrads to carve out and protect a regular space in the working week for concentrated bursts of writing with the support and encouragement of the rest of our scholarly community.
The Socratic Happy Hour is a gathering for postgraduate students in Oxford who are seeking civil and convivial conversations about life’s biggest questions. For the next meeting see the website.
Transformation Network (Prayer) A departmental prayer network with a vision to see prayer in every University faculty and college.
Thesis Together (T2) is a postgrad study space open in the Pennyfarthing building on Fridays from 9.00am-5.00pm. Join other postgrads and get to know each other during coffee and lunch breaks! Space is limited. Book a space via the calendar here
COVID-19
We do not want to miss the opportunity to extend to you a warm, in-person welcome over a good dinner in the name of the Christian community. But we do want to be wise and respectful. Therefore, we have reduced the numbers at this event by 40% to allow for social distancing, we will encourage people to wear masks when entering, exiting and moving around the building, and we will ask all hosts and servers to take Covid tests before attending.
We do not want to miss the opportunity to extend to you a warm, in-person welcome over a good dinner in the name of the Christian community. But we do want to be wise and respectful. Therefore, we have reduced the numbers at this event by 40% to allow for social distancing, we will encourage people to wear masks when entering, exiting and moving around the building, and we will ask all hosts and servers to take Covid tests before attending.