Editing Lincoln College, Oxford (section)

===Modern day===
Academically, Lincoln was one of the top ten in the [[Norrington Table]] each year from 2006 to 2015 (excluding 2010 and 2011).<ref>{{cite web |title=A compilation of Norrington Table scores from various sources, 2000–2007 |url=http://www.mattmayer.com/fun/norrington/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206231007/http://www.mattmayer.com/fun/norrington/ |archive-date=6 December 2006 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="ox.ac.uk">{{cite web |title=The official Norrington Table |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/facts_and_figures/undergraduate_degree.html |publisher=Oxford University |access-date=17 February 2008}}</ref> Lincoln ranked third in the Norrington Table in 2021<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=Special Report: Merton tops 2021 Norrington Table but rankings show link between college wealth and academic performance |url=https://cherwell.org/2022/06/01/special-report-merton-tops-2021-norrington-table-but-rankings-show-link-between-college-wealth-and-academic-performance/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Cherwell |language=en-GB}}</ref> and second in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-29 |title= Lincoln Places 2nd in the Norrington Table! |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/news/lincoln-places-2nd-in-the-norrington-table |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Lincoln College |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The college is associated with the Goblin Club, an exclusive all-male dining society founded in 1902.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gauci |first=Perry |title=The Goblin Centenary |url=https://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/LincolnCollegerecord-2001-2002.pdf |website=Lincoln College Record 2001–2002 |date=2003}}</ref> In May 2019, the JCR voted to extend a ban on the society on the grounds that it was perceived to be both elitist and racist.<ref>{{cite web |last=Casale |first=Elena |title=Lincoln JCR votes to reinstate a premises ban on Goblins drinking society|url=https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2019/06/04/lincoln-jcr-votes-to-reinstate-a-premises-ban-on-the-goblins-an-all-male-drinking-society/ |website=The Oxford Student |date=4 June 2019 |access-date=16 January 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1958, the college was the first in Oxford or Cambridge to provide a [[Middle Common Room]] exclusively for the use of graduate students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lincoln College MCR website |url=http://www.lincolnmcr.co.uk/about-lincoln/history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115407/http://www.lincolnmcr.co.uk/about-lincoln/history/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Lincoln College MCR on the Lincoln College website |url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/the-middle-common-room}}</ref> Like many of Oxford's colleges, Lincoln admitted its first mixed-sex cohort in 1979,<ref>Communication from Lindsay McCormack, college archivist</ref> after more than half a millennium as a men-only institution. The MCR is now located in the Berrow Foundation Building, which was inaugurated in 2014.<ref name="auto"/>

In 2007, the college took the rare step of unveiling a commissioned portrait of two members of staff who were not fellows or benefactors of the college, in commemoration of their work. Chef Jim Murden and butler Kevin Egleston have worked in the college's kitchen and buttery for 33 and 28 years respectively, as of 2010. Artist [[Daphne Todd]] was commissioned for the painting, who has had such previous sitters as the [[Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] and [[Spike Milligan]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Lincoln honours loyal partnership |journal=Lincoln College News |date=August 2008 |pages=9}}</ref>

As part of the college's commitment to environmental [[sustainability]], a dedicated [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)#NUS Charitable Services|Green Impact]] team was set up in 2021,<ref>{{cite web |last1=McWilliams |first1=Beatrice |title=Sustainability at Lincoln and Green Impact |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/blog/sustainability-at-lincoln-and-green-impact |website=lincoln.ox.ac.uk |publisher=Lincoln College, Oxford |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204092259/https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/blog/sustainability-at-lincoln-and-green-impact |archive-date=4 December 2023 |date=21 March 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> which has since won an Oxford University gold award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lincoln's Journey to Sustainability: An Update |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/news/lincolns-journey-to-sustainability-an-update |website=lincoln.ox.ac.uk |publisher=Lincoln College, Oxford |date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312152411/https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/news/lincolns-journey-to-sustainability-an-update |archive-date=12 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Biodiversity]] initiatives across the college's various properties have led to creation of a [[Meadow#Urban meadow|wild-flower garden]] outside the entrance to the college library.<ref>{{cite web |title=Improving Biodiversity |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/discover/sustainable-lincoln/improving-biodiversity |website=lincoln.ox.ac.uk |publisher=Lincoln College, Oxford |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002175530/https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/discover/sustainable-lincoln/improving-biodiversity |archive-date=2 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>