Lindy Cameron (Balliol 1991) has been appointed Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), becoming the first woman to hold the role.
Peter-John Devlin (Balliol 1975) has received an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Oxford Brookes University during a graduation ceremony in September 2026.
Professor Martin Conway (Professor of Contemporary European History, MacLellan-Warburg Fellow and Tutor in History) has been awarded the Siegfried Landshut Prize 2026 by the Hamburg Institute for Social Research.
Professor Seamus Perry, Master of Balliol, is featured in a new Voices from Oxford interview in which he reflects on the College, its community, and its future.
Two prominent Balliol figures, Denis Healey (Balliol 1936, Honorary Fellow 1979–2015) and Roy Jenkins (Balliol 1938, Honorary Fellow 1969–2003), take centre stage in The Gang of Three, a political drama by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky coming to the Oxford Playhouse from 27 to 31 October 2026.
Beth Thomas (Balliol 2017) has been selected to exhibit one of her botanical artworks at The Art of Botanical Illustration (TABI), a biennial exhibition taking place in Melbourne from 19 September to 4 October 2026.
Professor Adam Smyth (A.C. Bradley‑J.C. Maxwell Fellow and Tutor in English Literature) is inviting members of the Balliol community to contribute to a new film capturing a single moment in time: 5.35pm on Friday 2 October 2026.
On 21 August 2026, Professor Dan David, Rector of Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, and former Minister of Education and Research of Romania, visited Balliol, where he met with Professor Seamus Perry, Master and former Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford.
The College is deeply saddened by the death of HM The King of Norway (Balliol 1960), DCL(Hon) Oxf, who died on 28 August 2026 at the age of 89.
The College has learnt with great sadness of the death of The Rt Hon Sir David Keene (Balliol 1959), PC, BCL, MA Oxf, Hon PhD (Brunel), ACI Arb, Honorary Fellow 2004–2026.