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What's happening at Somerville
Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture 2024: Understanding Psychosis with Professor Belinda Lennox
Sundays at Somerville: Murder of a Middle Templar
Somerville Creates: a Celebration of Somervillian Writing
Sexual Violence in India: The State of Legal Reforms
Why Somerville?
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“The most important thing in fencing is to be persistent and resilient. It took me years of coming last at every competition before I started seeing good results.”
Read More“On arriving in Oxford, I felt like I was walking in a dream that I would wake up from at any moment. Surely everyone could see I didn't belong?”
Read More“Being part of Somerville Choir is not your typical Oxford choral experience. I'd recommend it to anyone.”
Read More“Oxford is always going to throw challenges at you. But the more energy you put in to keeping things balanced, the better equipped you will be to handle those challenges.”
Read More“Here's my list of 20 things I learned from 2020. First and foremost, it's learning how to dance in a tiny space...”
Read More“April is care-experienced history month. Don't worry if you've never heard of it. Until last year, I'd never heard of it either. ”
Read More“When I got my place, it seemed natural to me as a young carer that the first thing I should do was google ‘Oxford University carers’. ‘Did you mean “Oxford university careers”?’ the search machine replied.”
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