Outreach and Open Days

Working with pupils

We want to attract the best and brightest students – regardless of background – to apply to us. We want to make sure that when people are thinking of applying to University they have all the information they need.

Our access and outreach team work with schools, teachers and partner organisations – including The Access Project, the Brilliant Club, Oxford Pathways, Target Oxbridge and UNIQ – to widen participation to the University.

We estimate that over 7000 students, teachers, and supporters engaged with Keble Access & Outreach activity during the 2023-24 academic year, including Oxford’s in-person University Open Days; a busy school visit calendar; and a number of large-scale virtual events. If you would like to know more about Keble’s Access & Outreach programme please send an email to outreach@keble.ox.ac.uk.

Each Oxford college is linked to a Local Authority to ensure that all schools have a first point of contact within the University. Keble is linked with Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Coventry, and Warwickshire. We are also pleased to be working with Oriel and University Colleges as part of Oxford for West Midlands. If you are a teacher or a careers adviser in any of these areas, please feel free to contact us about arranging school visits or other outreach activities. We’re most suited to working with secondary school and sixth form groups, and prioritise working with non-selective state schools. Due to how busy our small team’s calendar is during the academic year, we are unfortunately unable to attend school careers/university fairs.

You can find out more about our access and outreach activity in our annual report.

Follow us on Twitter @KebleOutreach. Or get to know our students by visiting our Keble Access YouTube channel, and by following ‘Keble at Large’, our student-run outreach society, on Facebook and Instagram @kebleatlarge.

Our students have also put together an alternative prospectus (pdf), full of first-hand insight into what life at the college is like.

Events for Students

Keble regularly runs events for prospective students, both in person and online.

Subject Taster Days

Keble hosts annual Subject Taster Days for prospective students currently in Year 12 at UK state schools and colleges.

We aim to choose students who have a promising academic profile and who will most benefit from the taster days. The College will consider information such as GCSE results and predicted grades, and may consider educational and socio-economic background, using similar categories to the contextual data which is used in the Oxford admissions process. In case of over-subscription the College may also have to limit the number of attendees per school, and prioritise spaces for schools in our link regions.

All Subject Taster Days include opportunities to sample academic content related to Oxford courses, meet current students, and receive advice and guidance on the admissions process.

This year’s Subject Taster Day programme has now concluded. Information about our next round of events in 2026 will be available here in autumn 2025.

Admissions Webinars

Keble runs online sessions to provide information and guidance on aspects of the Oxford admissions process during the summer term. These sessions, like much of our Access & Outreach strategy, are targeted to offer this support to students from state school backgrounds.

Information on Admissions Webinars for summer 2025 will be available soon.

Open Days

There are three Open Days each year – coinciding with the whole University – when you can discover more about Keble, get tours from our current students and meet tutors at subject sessions. More information about the programme for our 2025 Open Days will be available in due course.

In 2025, Open Days will be held on

2nd July

3rd July

19th September

We recommend that any prospective applicant attends an Open Day prior to making an application. All colleges and departments are open to visitors on Open Days, making it possible to see more of the University than at any other time, and staff and students are on hand to support, guide, and encourage Open Day guests. Keble is open to visitors most afternoons, but we are unable to guarantee guided tours or access to staff and/or current students outside of Open Day events.

Open Day schedule: 2nd July

Open Day schedule: 3rd July

Student ambassadors and members of Outreach and Admissions staff are available throughout Open Days to speak to visitors, offer tours, and answer questions. We do not offer academic sessions or opportunities to meet academic staff as part of our Open Days at Keble, as we believe departments are best placed to provide these activities: the academic experience of degree courses at Keble is not unique compared to other colleges. We recommend visiting the department(s) for the course(s) which interests you the most as part of your Open Day experience.

Access and Outreach Events

School Visits

Keble reinstated its popular visits to Oxford for state schools and colleges in its link areas in April 2022, and has one of the busiest school visit programmes of all Oxford colleges. Please note that Keble link areas are given priority for these visits, and there is typically further prioritisation for non-selective schools. Keble does not offer organised school visits for independent schools.

Due to the demand we receive for these visits, we operate booking windows for the autumn, spring, and summer terms, and are only able to accommodate non-link area schools in the event of undersubscription. Our Outreach Officer is happy to answer any questions about school visits to Keble.

If you would like to find out more about any of these events or to join our link schools mailing list, please send an email to outreach@keble.ox.ac.uk.

School students aged 13+ can now chat online directly to our student ambassadors using a safe and monitored platform.