University Bulletin

The University Bulletin is usually issued once a fortnight during term time, and monthly out of term.

Expected forthcoming publication dates for 2025/26 are:

Michaelmas 2025

• 6 October
• 20 October
• 3 November 
• 17 November
• 1 December
• 15 December

Hilary 2026

• 12 January
• 26 January
• 9 February
• 23 February
• 9 March
• 23 March

Trinity 2026

• 7 April
• 5 May
• 18 May
• 1 June
• 15 June

Please contact the Internal Communications team at universitybulletin@admin.ox.ac.uk should you have any all-staff communications needs in between the scheduled issue dates.

The University Bulletin was first introduced in July 2018 on a monthly basis as Blueprint Bulletin, and became weekly from April 2020 until the end of Michaelmas 2021 in response to the communication needs of the coronavirus pandemic. It was renamed University Bulletin from October 2020 to help prevent any confusion with the now-discontinued Blueprint staff magazine.

• All issues from 2018 to 2024 are available from the bottom of this page
• All 2025 issues are available from the right-hand column of this page

The newsletter currently aims to provide University news, updates and features that reflect the University’s strategic priorities.

We continually review the performance of the University Bulletin and its content, including seeking the views of colleagues from across the University. We welcome any thoughts you may have (please email universitybulletin@admin.ox.ac.uk).

The University Bulletin is separate from the Gazette, which is the University’s authorised journal of record.

How to submit an item

For detailed information about submitting an item for Bulletin, please visit the guidelines webpage: 

University Bulletin: a guide to making communications work for staff.

If your submission is part of the University Administration and Services (UAS) domain, please contact your relevant communications lead before sending content to the Bulletin team. 

Please view the Publications and newsletters webpage for details of other channels issued across the University.

Data protection

The University Bulletin is created and sent using Adestra, which is approved for use at the University by IT Services and Legal Services and accords with relevant data privacy and information security policies.

Adestra records how many times each email is opened and which links are clicked within it. The Internal Communications team in the Public Affairs Directorate will use an anonymised and aggregated form of this data to help ensure that the content is as relevant as possible.

Individual user data is not monitored, and no personal data is shared with any other teams within the University, or with third parties.

If you have any questions please contact internal.communications@admin.ox.ac.uk.

For more information, please view the University's staff privacy policy.

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