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{{Infobox residential college
| name           = Linacre College
| university     = [[University of Oxford]]
| photo          = [[File:Linacre Main Entrance.jpg|290px]]
| scarf          = {{scarf|{{cell|black}}{{cell|yellow}}{{cells|3|#808080}}{{cell|yellow}}{{cell|black}}}}
| named_after      = [[Thomas Linacre]]
| motto          = ''No End To Learning''
| established    = 1962
| previous_names = Linacre House (until 1965)
| sister_college = [[Hughes Hall, Cambridge]]
| principal      = [[Nick Brown (academic)|Nick Brown]]
| undergraduates = None
| graduates      = 550
| endowment      =  £27.9&nbsp;million <small>(2020)</small><ref name="linacre">{{cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report_and_accounts_of_linacre_college_2021.22_final_28.11.pdf|title=Linacre College : Annual Report and Financial Statements : Year ended 31 July 2022|website=ox.ac.uk|page=27|access-date=28 July 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404040325/https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/report_and_accounts_of_linacre_college_2021.22_final_28.11.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| location       = [[St Cross Road]]
| coordinates    = {{coord|51.75935|-1.24984|display=inline,title}}
| location_map   = Oxford (central)
| grace          = ''Benedictus benedicat''
| shield         = Linacre College crest.svg
| blazon         = [[#Coat of arms and motto|see below]]
| homepage       = {{URL|http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/}}
| boat_club      = Linacre College Boat Club
}}
'''Linacre College''' is a [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|constituent college]] of the [[University of Oxford]] in the United Kingdom. The college was founded in 1962 and is named after [[Thomas Linacre]] (1460–1524), founder of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] as well as a distinguished renaissance [[humanist]]. The college is located on [[St Cross Road]] at its junction with [[South Parks Road]], bordering [[University Parks]] to the north and the [[Science Area, Oxford|University Science Area]] to the west. Its members comprise approximately 50 [[Fellow#Oxford.2C Cambridge and Dublin|fellows]] and 550 [[Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] students.

Linacre is a diverse college in terms of both the international composition of its members (the majority of whom are from outside the UK and have come from over 133 countries), as well as the disciplines studied. Linacre was the first graduate college in the UK for both sexes and all subjects. Unlike most colleges, students and fellows share the same common room and there is no high table.

==History==
[[File:Thomas Linacre 2.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Thomas Linacre, c.1460–1524]]
Linacre College (called Linacre House for its first three years) was the UK's first graduate society for both sexes and all subjects.<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Davies
 | first1 = Evan | last2 = Wagner | first2 = Eva | year = 2005 | title = Bamborough's Linacre: A Tribute to John Bernard Bamborough | publisher = Institute of Historical Survey Foundation | isbn = 0970970056}}</ref> 
Founding Principal [[John Bamborough]] described it as "a deliberate experiment by the University to see whether the needs of graduate students could be met by a new type of society."<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/uploads/downloads/50years/|title=Linacre College Oxford - Celebrating 50 years 1962-2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023093450/http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/uploads/downloads/50years/|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=6 January 2013}}</ref>

It was founded on 1 August 1962, in premises on [[St Aldate's, Oxford|St Aldate's]] formerly occupied by St Catherine's Society (now [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St Catherine's College]]) and currently home to the university's Music Department. Initially there were 115 members of whom only 30 were British. The first senior members included [[Isaiah Berlin]], [[Dorothy Hodgkin]] and [[John Hicks]].<ref>{{Citation | last1 = Davies | first1 = Evan | last2 = Wagner | first2 = Eva | year = 2005 | title = Bamborough's Linacre: A Tribute to John Bernard Bamborough | publisher = Institute of Historical Survey Foundation | isbn = 0970970056}}</ref>

In November 1964, Linacre became a self-governing society<ref name=":4" /> and then on 1 August 1986 an independent college of Oxford University by [[royal charter]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/statutes-1_0.pdf|title=Statutes of Linacre College|date=1986-06-05|website=Linacre College|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref> In 1977, Linacre moved to its present site at Cherwell Edge, a [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] building designed in part by [[Basil Champneys]], which was formerly a private home, a convent of the [[Society of the Holy Child Jesus]], and a residence for students of other colleges.<ref name=":4" /> Since 2010, the principal has been [[Nick Brown (academic)|Nick Brown]].

=== Proposed renaming ===

On 31 October 2021, the college signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] with SOVICO Group, represented by their chairwoman [[Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao]] to receive a donation of £155 million. The MoU sets out the intention to create a new graduate centre and endow graduate access scholarships. After receipt of the first £50 million, the College would approach the [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]] to ask for permission to change the name from Linacre College to Thao College.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Transformative Donation to College {{!}} Linacre College|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/transformative-donation-college|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.linacre.ox.ac.uk}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/nov/03/oxford-college-to-change-its-name-after-155m-donation| title=Oxford college to change its name after £155m donation |work=The Guardian| date=3 November 2021 |access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-59125806 | title=Oxford college to receive £155m donation from Vietnamese company | date=November 2021 |publisher=BBC News|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> The donation and proposed name change has been a source of controversy for some university staff and students due to SOVICO's interests in fossil fuel industries.<ref name="Guardian"/>

In June 2022, UK [[Secretary of State for Education]] [[Michelle Donelan]] announced that there would be a formal investigation into the memorandum of understanding between the College and SOVICO group, due to concerns raised in the [[House of Commons]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-14 |title=Oxford college: Education minister investigating £155m donation |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-61794934 |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref>

== Coat of arms and motto ==
In 1988 Linacre College was granted a [[coat of arms]] blazoned:
: ''Sable an open Book proper edged Or bound Gules the dexter page charged with the Greek Letter Alpha the sinister page charged with the Greek Letter Omega both Sable the whole between three Escallops Argent''.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The college motto beneath the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] is ''No End To Learning''. College colours are grey, yellow and black (or silver, gold and sable) but only the latter two colours are used for [[Oar (sport rowing)|rowing blades]] and most sports clothing.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

=== College Grace ===
The College [[Grace (prayer)|Grace]] is said in [[Latin]] by the Principal (or a designated Fellow) at formal dinners in Hall.
Before commencement of the meal the words "''Benedictus benedicat''" ('May the Blessed One give a blessing') are said, all standing. 
After the completion of the meal the words "''Benedicto benedicatur''" ('May the Blessed One be blessed') are said, all standing.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Buildings and facilities==
[[File:Linacre from field.jpg|left|thumb|283x283px|Linacre College from New College Sports Ground]]
Linacre's main site is on the corner of [[South Parks Road]] and [[St Cross Road]]. In addition to the original building of 1886 (now known as the OC Tanner Building) there are three much newer accommodation blocks on the main site, all built of "Linacre College Special Blend Brick" with matching [[Queen Anne style architecture]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/foundations_for_the_future/developing_the_collegiate_estate/linacre_college.html |title=Linarce College |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref> The Bamborough, Abraham, and Griffiths buildings were completed in 1986, 1995, and 2008 respectively,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/Development/NamedFacilities |title=Linacre College: Named Facilities |access-date=29 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223095218/http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/Development/NamedFacilities |archive-date=23 December 2012 }}</ref> raising the total number of student rooms on the main college site to 92.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/facilities/accommodation|title=Accommodation {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>

=== OC Tanner Building ===
[[File:Gilbert Ryle Library.jpg|thumb|Library of Gilbert Ryle]]
The oldest part of the college, known as the [[Obert C. Tanner|OC Tanner]] Building, contains most of the central facilities, all staff offices and some student accommodation. The heart of the building is the large common room, which has a bar and other leisure facilities. The college library, formerly a chapel,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BMV9jYHDAZN/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/linacrecollege/1375275973138449997 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Instagram post by Linacre College • Nov 3, 2016 at 9:34am UTC|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2017-09-02}}{{cbignore}}</ref> includes shared computing facilities for college members.

==== Gilbert Ryle Collection ====
As well as the main library there is also [[Gilbert Ryle]]'s personal library, part of which he donated in 1968, and the remainder after his death in 1976. Ryle was involved in the creation of Linacre House in 1962, when the institution had no library. When Ryle retired in 1968, he donated many of his books to Linacre College, and the remainder of the collection after he died in 1976. The books are stored in the Linacre Bookcase and are available for use in the Linacre Library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/facilities/library/gilbert-ryle-collection|title=Gilbert Ryle Collection {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-02}}</ref>

=== Bamborough Building ===
The first major addition to the main college site was the [[John Bamborough|Bamborough]] Building, which opened in 1985 and was officially named in 1986. It is located beside the OC Tanner Building to form a quad featuring an ornamental fountain. A plaque on the Bamborough Building commemorates it winning an [[Oxford Preservation Trust]] award in 1987.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

=== Abraham Building ===
The [[Edward Abraham|Edward & Asbjörg Abraham]] Building, completed in 1995, is primarily a residential building offering single bedrooms for students. It was designed and built as part of a movement within Linacre to raise environmental awareness and promote sustainable development. The building was named UK Green Building of the Year 1996<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1995-6/weekly/130696/news/story_4.htm |title=Linacre wins green award  |date=13 June 1996 |work=Oxford University Gazette |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> and won the BCE Environmental Leadership Award as well as the Oxfordshire special conservation award of 1995.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bceawards.org/assets/BCEfactSheet201014forweb.pdf|title=The 2010 Winners – BCE Environmental Leadership Awards|access-date=29 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322092806/http://www.bceawards.org/assets/BCEfactSheet201014forweb.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref> A [[photovoltaic system]] was installed on the roofs of Abraham and Griffiths Buildings in 2011. The quad enclosed by the Tanner, Abraham and Griffiths buildings was named in 2012 after Jaki Leverson a former student,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about-linacre/college-history|title=College history {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/old-members-friends/giving-linacre/named-areas-college|title=Named Areas of College {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-02}}</ref> and contains a sculpture entitled 'The Dancing Phoenix' by Hugo Powell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/unveiling-dancing-phoenix|title=Unveiling of the Dancing Phoenix {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BVjqTRzBpmo/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/linacrecollege/1541261540224047528 |archive-date=2021-12-23 |url-access=subscription|title=Instagram post by Linacre College • Jun 20, 2017 at 9:58am UTC|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2017-09-02}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The basement of the Abraham Building houses a music practice room and the college gym, which has four [[Indoor rower|ergometers]], a good range of weights, various other gym equipment and space for several classes.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

=== Griffiths Building ===
The newest residence on the main site is the Griffiths Building, named after former student and Honorary Fellow Rodney Griffiths. Completed in 2008, the building has 28 en suite single rooms and 4 en suite double rooms with shared kitchens. It was a finalist for two awards of The Brick Development Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brick.org.uk/2011/03/best-public-building-4/|title=BEST PUBLIC BUILDING 2008|publisher=The Brick Development Association|access-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061639/http://www.brick.org.uk/2011/03/best-public-building-4/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brick.org.uk/2011/03/best-craftsmanship-award-4/|title=BEST CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD 2008|publisher=The Brick Development Association|access-date=8 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124033/http://www.brick.org.uk/2011/03/best-craftsmanship-award-4/|archive-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

=== Dining hall ===
Between the OC Tanner and Abraham Buildings is Linacre's large dining hall, added in 1977, which operates a canteen service most weekdays for lunch and evening meal.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

=== The Rom Harré Garden ===
The most recent major development at Linacre has been the completion of a garden extension on the main site of the college in 2010. This is a quiet spot with flowers and outdoor seating. [[Rom Harré]] is a former Vice-Principal and Emeritus Fellow.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

=== Off site accommodation ===
Linacre also owns or leases a number of buildings off the main site, including properties on [[Banbury Road]], [[Bradmore Road]], [[Divinity Road]], [[Iffley Road]], Stanley Road and [[Walton Street, Oxford|Walton Street]], which provide a further 102 rooms (including rooms for couples).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/Admissions/Accommodation |title=Accommodation |publisher=Linacre College, Oxford |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926202446/http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/Admissions/Accommodation |archive-date=26 September 2012 }}</ref> The college generally offers accommodation to all first-year students (freshers) and the percentage of graduate students housed within college accommodation exceeds the university average. Students typically move into private shared housing in and around Oxford after their first year.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

==Student life==

=== Common Room ===
Much of the college's social and sporting life is coordinated through the [[Common Room (university)|Common Room]], of which all students, fellows and staff are members. The Common Room's elected executive committee oversees activities and works closely with college officials to represent its members' interests.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The Common Room organises numerous events during term time. Particular highlights include termly bops, which are among the largest student-run parties in Oxford. Operating across two floors and outside areas, the bops are themed parties open to members of other colleges. The biggest bop of the year is usually the matriculation bop ("sexy [[sub-fusc]]” theme) which usually attracts a queue far in excess of the 450 person capacity. In 2015, 750 people enjoyed the event at any given time, and more than 950 people attended it throughout the night. Other social events include smaller college parties, movie nights, cake baking, cheese and wine tasting and lectures.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}[[File:Linacre College rowing blades.jpg|right|thumb|Linacre College rowing blades.]]

=== Clubs and societies ===
Like all colleges, Linacre has many active sports teams and its members also represent the university in various sports. Active societies and clubs include the Linacre Music Society, Linacre College Boat Club, Linacre Recreational Football Society, Linacre Ladies that Lift weightlifting society, Linacre Yoga Society, Linacre Green Society, and Linacre Intercultural Society and Linacre Photo Society, among others.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

===Sustainability and ethics===
The college has a strong environmental ethos and has gained a reputation as the 'green' college of Oxford through a number of environmental initiatives over the years including an official sustainability policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about-linacre/sustainability|title=Sustainability {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/linacre-sustainable-college|title=Linacre: A Sustainable College {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/green-investment|title=Green Investment {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> Linacre has been ranked greenest college by [[Oxford University Student Union|OUSU]] in a number of years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cherwell.org/2009/05/20/green-voices/|title=Green Voices|last=Lalor|first=Doireann|date=2009-05-20|website=Cherwell|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cherwell.org/2007/11/02/green-norrington-scrutinises-colleges/|title='Green Norrington' scrutinises colleges|last=Baraniuk|first=Chris|date=2007-11-02|website=Cherwell|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cherwell.org/2011/05/30/how-green-can-you-go/|title=How green can you go?|last=Lim|first=Vicky|date=2011-05-30|website=Cherwell|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref> The common room executive hosts an environment officer and there is an active green society since 2007 as well as an allotment society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/current-members/common-room/environment|title=Environment {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/399563400114815/|title=Linacre College Green Society|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/LinacreGreenSociety/|title=Linacre Green Society|website=facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/347402175389308/|title=Linacre Allotment Society|website=Facebook|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> Linacre's Abraham building won Green Building of the Year 1996<ref name=":0" /> and as well as the BCE Environmental Leadership Award.<ref name=":1" /> In 2006 Linacre became the first carbon neutral college in Oxford by offsetting [[Greenhouse gas emissions|carbon emissions]] with a three-year contract with [[ClimateCare]] but stopped being carbon neutral in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goodman|first=Jess|date=2006-06-13|title=Saving the midnight oil|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/jun/14/guardiansocietysupplement.students|access-date=2021-11-09|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://crarchive.linacre.ox.ac.uk/uploads/documents/lines/michaelmas_2008.pdf|title=Did we need the sheep's clothing? Linacre sheds its carbon neutrality|last=Jarda|first=Oliver|date=October 2008|website=Linacre Common Room|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>

In 2010 Linacre committed to the 10:10 campaign to reduce carbon emissions 10% that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://crarchive.linacre.ox.ac.uk/Societies/green/1010campaign|title=Linacre College Common Room {{!}} Societies {{!}} Green Society {{!}} 10:10 Campaign|website=crarchive.linacre.ox.ac.uk|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> It has more recently set a target of 40% reduction over ten years until 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/linacre_carbon_reduction_strategy.pdf|title=Linacre College: Carbon Reduction Strategy|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> A [[photovoltaic system]] was installed on the roofs of Abraham and Griffiths Buildings in 2011. In 2016 Linacre invested £100,000 into the Low Carbon Hub, a renewable energy social enterprise.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethex.org.uk/oxford-students-drive-100000-positive-investment-into-clean-green-energy_1564.html|title=Oxford students drive £100,000 positive investment into clean, green energy|website=ethex.org.uk|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref> Linacre was the first Oxford college to achieve fairtrade status in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.peopleandplanet.org/ftunis|title=Fairtrade Universities {{!}} People & Planet|last=Planet|first=People &|website=old.peopleandplanet.org|access-date=2017-09-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904065416/https://old.peopleandplanet.org/ftunis|archive-date=4 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wall|first=Joanna|date=2011-03-03|title=Going bananas for Fairtrade|url=https://cherwell.org/2011/03/03/going-bananas-for-fairtrade/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Cherwell|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2016 Linacre also hosted a seminar series on the sustainability and ethics of banking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/bankingseminarsmt16.pdf|title=The Linacre Banking Seminars|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>

Linacre runs two major public lectures each year:

====Linacre Lectures on the Environment====
Throughout its history the college has run an annual series of Linacre Lectures open to non-members, the first of which were given by [[Brian Aldiss]], [[Robert Graves]] and [[Isaiah Berlin]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Bamborough's Linacre: A Tribute to John Bernard Bamborough|year=2005|last1=Davies|last2=Wagner|first1=Evan|first2=Eva|publisher=Institute of Historical Survey Foundation |isbn=0970970056}}</ref> Since 1991 these public lectures have focused on environmental challenges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series/id/a2383ced-c144-44db-8484-331e74ecba67?show_all=true|title=The Linacre Lectures - Oxford Talks|website=talks.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>
* 2017:  John Knox, "Global Threats to Environmental Human Rights Defenders".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/2017-linacre-lecture|title=2017 Linacre Lecture {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2014:  [[Michael Oppenheimer]], "Migration, Interconnection, Conflict: Emergent Issues and Indirect Impacts in IPCC's Fifth Assessment"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://d307gmaoxpdmsg.cloudfront.net/collegeaccounts1314/Linacre.pdf|title=Linacre College Annual Report and Financial Statements|date=2014-07-31|website=Linacre College|page=9|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>
* 2013: Mike Gidney, [[David Heath (politician)|David Heath]], and Gordon McGranahan on "Food Security and Sustainability"<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/About/events/LinacreLectures|title=Linacre College {{!}} About Linacre {{!}} Events|date=2014-06-18|access-date=2017-09-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618061438/http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/About/events/LinacreLectures|archive-date=18 June 2014}}</ref>
* 2012: [[Carl Folke]], [[Robert Costanza]], and others on "Environmental Governance and Resilience"<ref name=":2" />
* 2011: [[Lester R. Brown]], [[Paul Ekins]], and others on "Riding the Perfect Storm"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/linacre11/|title=Environmental Change Institute (ECI) - Oxford University|date=2015-06-10|access-date=2017-09-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222254/http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/linacre11/|archive-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

====Tanner Lectures on Human Values====
The college also holds the [[Tanner Lectures on Human Values]].
* 2019: [[Strobe Talbott]], "A President for Dark Times: the Age of Reason Meets the Age of Trump".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-human-values-2019|title=Tanner Lecture on Human Values 2019 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>
*2018: [[Abhijit Banerjee]] and [[Esther Duflo]], "Economics for the Human Race".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/2018-tanner-lecture-human-values|title=2018 Tanner Lecture on Human Values {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-06-24}}</ref>
* 2017: [[George F. R. Ellis]], "On the Origin and Nature of Values".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/2017-tanner-lecture|title=2017 Tanner Lecture {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2016: [[Shirley Williams]], "The Value of Europe and European Values".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/2016-tanner-lecture-human-values|title=2016 Tanner Lecture on Human Values {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2015: [[Peter Singer]], "From Moral Neutrality to Effective Altruism: The Changing Scope and Significance of Moral Philosophy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/news/tanner-lecture-2015|title=Tanner Lecture 2015 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Shami Chakrabarti]], "Human Rights as Human Values".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-2014|title=Tanner Lecture 2014 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>
* 2013:  [[Michael Ignatieff]], "Representation and Responsibility: Ethics and Public Office".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/about/events/tanner-lecture-2013|title=Tanner Lecture 2013 {{!}} Linacre College|website=linacre.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref>

==Notable members==

=== Alumni ===
{{See also|:Category: Alumni of Linacre College, Oxford}}
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* [[Juan Ossio Acuña]], anthropologist and historian, and the first Peruvian [[Ministry of Culture (Peru)|Minister of Culture]]
* [[Yasmin Alibhai-Brown]], journalist
* [[Carolyn Browne]], diplomat, British Ambassador to [[Kazakhstan]], former British Ambassador to [[Azerbaijan]]
* [[Stefan Buczacki]], botanist, horticulturist, broadcaster, author
* [[James J. Busuttil]], lawyer, legal academic and company director
* [[Deborah Cadbury]], author and television producer
* [[Edward Chen (politician)|Edward Chen]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]], Professor and Fellow of the Centre of Asian Studies at the [[University of Hong Kong]]
* [[Nigel A. L. Clarke]], [[Minister of Finance and the Public Service|Minister of Finance and the Public Service of Jamaica]] and [[Parliament of Jamaica|Jamaican Member of Parliament]]
* [[Heather Couper]], astronomer, television and radio presenter, writer, and film producer; served as commissioner for the [[Millennium Commission]]
* [[Gianni De Fraja]], Professor of Economics at the [[University of Nottingham]]
* [[Flavio Delbono]], Italian economist and politician
* [[Satsuki Eda]], served as President of the [[House of Councillors]] of Japan
* [[Neil Ferguson (epidemiologist)|Neil Ferguson]], {{post-nominals|OBE|FMedSci|size=100}}, epidemiologist, Professor of Mathematical Biology and head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at [[Imperial College London]]
* [[Raymond Flood (mathematician)|Raymond Flood]], former [[Gresham Professor of Geometry]] at [[Gresham College]]
* [[Alexandra Freeman, Baroness Freeman of Steventon]], Executive Director of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[BBC]] producer
* [[Philip A. Gale]], Professor of Chemistry and Head of School, [[University of Sydney]]
* [[Crispin Gardiner]], New Zealand theoretical physicist and professor at [[University of Otago]]
* [[Elspeth Garman]], Professor of Molecular Biophysics at Oxford
* [[David Gavaghan]], Professor of Computational Biology at Oxford
* [[Frene Ginwala]], South African politician and former journalist
* [[Carolyn Irish|Carolyn Tanner Irish]], Bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Utah]]
* [[Dafydd Glyn Jones]], Welsh scholar and lexicographer
* [[Joanna Kavenna]], novelist, essayist and travel writer, [[Granta]] Best of Young British Novelists 2013
* [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]], biological weapons expert
* [[Lady Gabriella Kingston]], anthropologist and freelance journalist
* [[Guy Lloyd-Jones]], Forbes Professor of Organic Chemistry at the [[University of Edinburgh]]
* [[Jef McAllister]], American journalist, author and lawyer, former White House Correspondent and London Bureau Chief of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine
* [[Alister McGrath]], Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford
* [[P. Michael McKinley]], [[United States Ambassador to Brazil]], former United States Ambassador to [[Afghanistan]], [[Colombia]], and [[Peru]]
* [[Urjit Patel]], 24th [[Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]]
* [[Anthony Pierce]], former [[Bishop of Swansea and Brecon]]
* [[Kenneth Joseph Riley]], former Canon Precentor at [[Liverpool Cathedral]]
* [[Ian Stanes]], former Archdeacon of Loughborough
* [[Klaus Stimeder]], Austrian writer and magazine founder
* [[Brian Keith Tanner|Brian Tanner]], Professor of Physics and Dean of Knowledge Transfer at [[Durham University]]
* [[Paul Tellier]], former [[Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada)]]
* [[Stephen Venner]], [[Bishop to the Forces]] and [[Bishop for the Falkland Islands]]
* [[Keith Ward]], British cleric, philosopher and theologian
* [[Jake Wetzel]], Olympic gold medallist rower
* [[Martin Wharton]], [[Bishop of Newcastle (England)|Bishop of Newcastle]]
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=== Fellows ===
{{See also|:Category: Fellows of Linacre College, Oxford}}
[[File:Paul Nurse portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Paul Nurse]]]]
[[File:Shinzō Abe and Malala Yousafzai (1) Cropped.jpg|thumb|216x216px|[[Malala Yousafzai]]]]
[[File:Linacre 18 9 2021 7001.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Nick Brown (academic)|Nick Brown (Principal)]]]]
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* [[Silke Ackermann]], Director of the [[History of Science Museum, Oxford]], and the first woman to direct a museum at the university
* [[Martin Aitken]], Oxford professor of archaeometry<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/24/martin-aitken-obituary|title=Martin Aitken obituary|last=Aitken|first=Jessica|date=2017-08-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-11-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* [[Hazel Assender]], Professor in Materials at Oxford
* [[Jim Bennett (historian)|James Bennett]], Professor of the History of Science at Oxford, former Director of the [[History of Science Museum, Oxford]]
* [[:de:Hermann Blaschko|Hermann Blaschko]], Reader in Biochemical Pharmacology at Oxford
* [[Brian Catling]], Professor of Fine Art at the [[Ruskin School of Art]]
* Rupert Cecil, World War II bomber pilot ([[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC and Bar]]), scientific intelligence officer, and first Dean and Vice Principal of Linacre College<ref>{{cite news |title=Wing Commander Rupert Cecil |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1466931/Wing-Commander-Rupert-Cecil.html |newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London |date= 14 July 2004|access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[Chris Dobson]], chemist and structural biologist, and Master of [[St John's College, Cambridge]]
* [[Ursula Dronke]], former Vigfússon Reader in Old Norse at Oxford
* [[Terry Eagleton]], literary critic and theorist, Distinguished Professor of English Literature at [[Lancaster University]]
* [[Margaret Gowing]], holder of the first chair in the History of Science at Oxford
* [[Rom Harré]], former Director of the [[Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science]] at the [[London School of Economics]]
* Sir [[John Hicks]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]]
* [[Ursula Hicks]], economist and founder of ''[[The Review of Economic Studies]]''
* [[Schuyler Jones]], anthropologist and Director of the [[Pitt Rivers Museum]]
* Sir [[Paul Nurse]], Nobel Prize–winning biochemist, former President of the [[Royal Society]], Chancellor of the [[University of Bristol]]
* [[Michael Stumpf]], Professor of Theoretical Systems Biology at [[Imperial College]]
* [[Henri Tajfel]], former Chair of Social Psychology at the [[University of Bristol]]
* [[M J Whelan|Michael J. Whelan]], Professor in the Department of Materials at Oxford, and recipient of multiple awards for work in crystallography and microscopy including the [[Hughes Medal]], the C.V. Boys Prize, and the Gjønnes Medal
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=== Honorary Fellows ===
* [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes]]
* [[Malala Yousafzai|Malala Yousafazai]], youngest individual to win the Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for women's education<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moussavi |first=Henna |date=2023-05-05 |title=Malala Yousafzai awarded honorary fellowship at Linacre College |url=https://cherwell.org/2023/05/05/malala-receives-honorary-linacre-fellowship/ |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=Cherwell |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Obert C. Tanner]]
* [[Geoffrey Thomas (academic)|Geoffrey Thomas]]

=== Principals ===
* 1962–1988: [[John Bamborough]], founding principal
* 1988–1996: Sir [[Bryan Cartledge]]
* 1996–2010: [[Paul Slack]]
* 2010–present: [[Nick Brown (academic)|Nick Brown]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/staff/NickBrown.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112211132/http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/staff/NickBrown.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Dr Nick Brown|archivedate=12 January 2015}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Linacre Main Entrance.jpg|Main Entrance
File:Linacre College 2019.jpg|View from the west
File:Linacre OC Tanner Building.jpg|OC Tanner Building
File:Linacre Abraham Building.jpg|Abraham Building
File:Linacre Griffiths Building.JPG|Griffiths Building
File:LinacreCollegeHall.JPG|Dining Hall
File:Linacre Rom Harre Garden.jpg|Rom Harré Garden
File:Linacre College Crest on wood.jpg|The college's arms on oak wood
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.linacre.ox.ac.uk/ Official website]
* [http://commonroom.linacre.ox.ac.uk/ Common room website]
* [http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/linacrecollege/default.html Virtual Tour of Linacre College] (slightly out of date due to new building)

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