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- [Oxford India Centre’s Radhika Khosla Awarded Professorship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-india-centres-radhika-khosla-awarded-professorship/) - Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development are delighted to announce that the OICSD Research Director, Dr Radhika Khosla, has been awarded the title of Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Oxford. Professor Khosla has been the Research Director of the Oxford India Centre since 2018, when she
- [Somerville Helps Launch Campaign To Protect Afghan Musicians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-helps-launch-campaign-to-protect-afghan-musicians/) - We are proud to announce our support for a new campaign to safeguard Afghanistan’s musical heritage by evacuating its musicians and offering sanctuary to them in the UK. Following an online launch event hosted by Somerville on the 29th of September, the campaign, which is led by historian Dr Katherine Schofield, published a letter in
- [Somerville DPhil Student is First Oxford Recipient of Brendan Murphy Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-dphil-student-is-first-oxford-recipient-of-brendan-murphy-award/) - Somerville's Oxford Qatar Thatcher Scholar Sawsan El-Zahr, has become the first student from the University of Oxford to receive the prestigious Brendan Murphy Award, recognising outstanding research in computer systems and networking. Sawsan, a final-year DPhil student in the Department of Engineering Sciences's Computing Infrastructure Networks Group, received the award for her research, 'From Measurement
- [Alumna Freshta Karim addresses UN Security Council on Afghanistan Conflict](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-scholar-freshta-karim-addresses-un-security-council-on-afghanistan-conflict/) - On November 17th, Somerville alumna Freshta Karim (2016, MPP Public Policy) made an impassioned plea to the UN Security Council to take steps to end the cycle of violence in her home country. Ms Karim laid bare the huge sense of loss experienced by every Afghan family after decades of conflict, including her own. During
- [New Campaign from Monumental Women seeks to erect statue of Lady Rhondda](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-campaign-from-monumental-women-seeks-to-erect-statue-of-lady-rhondda/) - Some of you may remember the memorable alumni outing to the Oxford Playhouse in October 2019 to see the Welsh National Opera perform ‘Rhondda Rips it Up’ starring Lesley Garrett, an opera about the life of alumna, suffragette, publisher and feminist, Viscountess Rhondda (1883-1958). Monumental Welsh Women, a campaign to increase the number of public
- [OICSD hosts symposium on climate-positive relationship between agriculture, climate change and food security](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-hosts-symposium-on-climate-positive-relationship-between-agriculture-climate-change-and-food-security/) - The inaugural OpenAg Symposium, hosted by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Somerville College, and UPL Ltd., has outlined a series of policy positions, technological interventions, and collaboration opportunities that can contribute to global efforts to reshape the role of food systems in the face of climate change. On 3rd September 2021 – ahead
- [How to build a brain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/how-to-build-a-brain/) - Somerville Tutorial Fellow Professor Elena Seiradake and her team have discovered new insights about the early stages of the brain’s development. Using X-ray crystallography, they found that several key proteins act in surprising ways in developing cells. Professor Elena Seiradake Teneurin and its partner proteins FLRT and Latrophilin play a pivotal role in the formation
- [Honorary Fellow Dame Elan Closs Stephens appointed Acting Chair of BBC Board](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/honorary-fellow-dame-elan-closs-stephens-appointed-acting-chair-of-bbc-board/) - A huge congratulations to Somerville alumna and honorary fellow Dame Elan Closs Stephens, who has been chosen as the new Acting Chair of the BBC Board in the wake of Richard Sharp’s resignation in April. Her new role is the culmination of a distinguished career in broadcasting, culture and academia, including as the BBC Trust’s
- [Bina Agarwal Prize Honourable Mention for Professor Radhika Khosla](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bina-agarwal-prize-honourable-mention-for-professor-radhika-khosla/) - The groundbreaking interdisciplinary work of our Senior Research Fellow, Professor Radhika Khosla, has been recognised with an honourable mention for this year's Bina Agarwal Prize for Young Scholars in Ecological Economics. The biennial prize is awarded by the International Society for Ecological Economics to "honor young scholars who have made pioneering intellectual contributions in this
- [How Shakespeare used pronouns with attitude](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/how-shakespeare-used-pronouns-with-attitude/) - Professor Louise Mycock, Somerville’s Fellow and Tutor in Linguistics, delves into the Pronoun Tag construction with the help of playwrights Shakespeare, Marlowe and Jonson. Louise Mycock My interest in the pronoun tag – or ProTag – construction began with a straightforward question from a colleague. “Why do you do that?” “Do what?” “Add a pronoun
- [Meet the Somervillian Writer Behind the BBC’s The Rapture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-the-somervillian-writer-behind-the-bbcs-the-rapture/) - New BBC drama The Rapture has come out at the perfect time, with its themes of extreme heat and a looming climate apocalypse. Somervillian Liz Jensen (1978, English) wrote the novel which the show is based on in 2009, before going on to co-found the Extinction Rebellion Campaign group Writers Rebel. She joined us to
- [Green Fridays at Somerville: Sustainability within and beyond the College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/green-fridays-at-somerville-sustainability-within-and-beyond-the-college/) - On Earth Day 2026, we launched a special online series called Green Fridays at Somerville. At its heart was a simple question: what forms of sustainability-related work, care and curiosity are already present within the College community? MCR Sustainability Rep Ashima Gulati reflects. The series was created for Somerville’s social media channels, with each week’s
- [Professor Owens Elected to Fellowship of the British Academy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-owens-elected-to-fellowship-of-the-british-academy/) - We are delighted to share that our Fellow & Tutor in International Relations, Professor Patricia Owens has today been confirmed as a fellow of the British Academy. Election to its Fellowship is the highest honour that the British Academy confers on UK residents, recognising exceptional scholarly distinction in the humanities and social sciences. Professor
- [Professor Rajesh Thakker receives highest award from American Society for Bone and Mineral Research](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-rajesh-thakker-receives-highest-award-from-american-society-for-bone-and-mineral-research/) - We are delighted to share that Professor Rajesh Thakker (FRCP, FRCPath, FmedSci, FRS), a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College and the University’s May Professor of Medicine, has received the Association for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)’s William F Neuman Award. The ASBMR Esteemed Awards are the Society's most prestigious awards given to members who
- [Returning North: A Photo Essay](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/returning-north-a-photo-essay/) - Dr Michelle Kwok is an allergist based in Montréal, Canada, currently completing an MSc in Global Health Leadership at Somerville College. Her clinical outreach work takes her regularly to Cree and Inuit communities across northern Québec. I begin packing for my northern outreach clinics the weekend before. The first things into my luggage are
- [Ella Road Talks 'Robota'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ella-road-talks-robota/) - Ella Road (2010, English) is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose credits include Black Mirror and Doctor Who. Her new play, Robota, is the first full-scale theatrical production to be staged at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, home to Oxford University’s Centre for Ethics and AI. Ella kindly joined us on the last day
- [Professor Aditi Lahiri awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant to develop flexible speech-recognition technology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-aditi-lahiri-awarded-erc-proof-of-concept-grant-to-develop-flexible-speech-recognition-technology/) - We are delighted to confirm that our Senior Research Fellow Professor Aditi Lahiri, co-founder of Oxford’s Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, has been awarded a third Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The €150,000 grant will support the FLEX-CODESWITCH project, which aims to develop a speech-recognition system that can cope
- [Somerville Fellow Elected to EMBO Membership](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-elected-to-embo-membership/) - Somerville is very proud to announce that our Fellow and Tutor in Biochemistry, Professor Elena Seiradake, had been elected as an EMBO Member, recognising her outstanding achievements in the life sciences. Seventy-one life scientists in 23 countries have been elected as EMBO Members, a lifelong honour that recognises research excellence and exceptional achievements. The new
- [Fragmented: Somerville Students Publish New Translations of Ingeborg Bachmann](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fragmented-somerville-students-publish-new-translations-of-ingeborg-bachmann/) - On what would have been the Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann’s 100th birthday, we are delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of an English translation of her fragments, translated and compiled by two Second Year Germanists at Somerville. Sophie Stewart and Anwen Jones worked with four other undergraduates (from Queen’s College) to translate and gather Bachmann’s
- [Student Stories: Sana Shah and ‘A stillness that consoles’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/student-stories-sana-shah-a-stillness-that-consoles/) - Historian Sana Shah is a former Welfare Officer of the Somerville College MCR. As her DPhil studies draw to a close, she joined us to offer this poignant reflection on the special role that the Somerville College MCR has played in shaping her time at Oxford. For those who live a life in transit, what
- [Research Highlight: Focal Pricing Constraints and Pass-Through of Input Cost Changes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/research-highlight-focal-pricing-constraints-and-pass-through-of-input-cost-changes/) - Dr Francesca Arduini is Somerville College’s newly appointed Tutorial Fellow in Economics. A microeconomist by specialism, Dr Arduini was recently inspired by her experience advising on antitrust cases to fill a gap in the existing literature which has contributed to incorrect judgments in multi-million-dollar antitrust cases. What are focal pricing constraints? Focal pricing is a
- [From Most Vulnerable to Most Valuable: Elevating Children in the Climate and Health Agenda](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-most-vulnerable-to-most-valuable-elevating-children-in-the-climate-and-health-agenda/) - This November, COP 31 will be held in Türkiye, and there is one group it is very important we hear from. Our MSc student, Ashima Gulati, has published an opinion piece in world-leading medical journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, calling for the voices of children to be central to COP 31. The article
- [Andrew Parker Looks Back on 14 Years as Treasurer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/andrew-parker-looks-back-on-14-years-as-treasurer/) - On the advent of his retirement this summer, Somerville College's Treasurer Andrew Parker joined us to reflect on fourteen successful years at Somerville. Andrew Parker joined Somerville as treasurer and domestic bursar in January 2013. Since then, he has presided over unprecedented growth in the college finances, delivered major capital projects, expanded the Somerville estate,
- [Somerville Secure “Most Bumps per Crew” at Summer Eights](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-secure-most-bumps-per-crew-at-summer-eights/) - Even the weather-related conversion of this year’s Torpids to TorpHeads wasn’t enough to deter the Somerville College Boat Club. SCBC alumna Caroline Lytton (Physics, 1999) takes us through a very eventful few days! Thanks to Oxford Clarion for the accompanying photos. After triple blades for the women’s crews in Eights last year, a solid training
- [Somervillian Artist Installs New Work at Ashmolean for Refugee Week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-artist-installs-new-work-at-ashmolean-for-refugee-week/) - Somerville has previously marked Refugee Week with celebrations, lectures and film screenings. This year, something new is joining the mix, as a Somervillian artist Julia Hall (1992, Modern History), debuts a new piece celebrating refugee women at the Ashmolean. The piece, titled, ‘No One Has an Umbrella Above Their Head’, shares the story of Nuha
- [Somerville fellows co-create AI tool able to predict droplet behaviour from spray images alone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellows-co-create-ai-tool-able-to-predict-droplet-behaviour-from-spray-images-alone/) - Two Somerville fellows have teamed up with colleagues from the Department of Engineering Science to develop an AI framework that generates near-instant predictions of the droplet size distributions critical to many modern engineering applications. Somerville’s Tutorial Fellow in Engineering Professor Konstantina Vogiatzaki and Professorial Fellow in Machine Learning Steve Roberts collaborated with Postdoctoral Research Assistant
- [Head Gardener's Blog: Winter 2019-20](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/head-gardeners-blog-winter-2019-20/) - Sophie Walwin was appointed as our new Head Gardener last term. In the first installment of a new seasonal blog, she describes the sights and smells of the grounds in winter, along with the work she and fellow gardener Dave Townsend are carrying out to prepare the gardens for the Spring. Sophie Walwin, Somerville’s new
- [Belonging, mattering and higher education - the experiences of Muslim students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/belonging-mattering-and-higher-education-the-experiences-of-muslim-students/) - This talk was given by Professor Jacqueline Stevenson, Sheffield Hallam University, at Choral Contemplation in Somerville Chapel on May 26. Professor Stevenson is a sociologist who researches and influences policy on diversity in higher education. Somerville’s Chapel, where the talk was given, is non-denominational, and welcomes all faiths and none. “Because if you need me
- [Dr Frank Prochaska (1941-2026)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-frank-prochaska-1941-2026/) - We are deeply saddened to pass on the news of the death of Dr Frank Prochaska on Sunday 15th February, his 85th birthday. Frank was an accomplished historian of modern Britain and a valued member of the Somerville College SCR for many years alongside his wife Dr Alice Prochaska (1965, History), our Principal from 2010-17.
- [Professor Dame Carole Jordan DBE, FRS, FRAS, FInstP (1941-2026)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-dame-carole-jordan-dbe-frs-fras-finstp-1941-2026/) - We are saddened to report the death, on 3rd February 2026, of Professor Dame Carole Jordan, Tutor in Physics at Somerville from 1976 to 2008, and Wolfson Fellow in Natural Sciences from 1977. Subsequently a Fellow Emerita of Somerville College, Carole was an internationally renowned authority on the coronae of the Sun and cool stars.
- [Somerville Team are Winners at Oxford Edge Hackathon](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-team-are-winners-at-oxford-edge-hackathon/) - We’re proud to share that Somerville students Evan Garg (2025, Engineering) and Reyna Bulchandani (2025, Maths and CompSci), were among the winners of the recent Hackathon run by Oxford Edge. The team, composed of Evan, Reyna, and Timothy Torubarov (Jesus College), won the OVHcloud Frontier Builder Prize at the Food Security in the Global South
- [Professor Dame Averil Cameron (1940–2026)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-dame-averil-cameron-1940-2026/) - We are deeply saddened to share the news of the death of our Honorary Fellow and alumna, Professor Dame Averil Cameron, on Tuesday 7th April. Dame Averil was a highly distinguished historian of late antiquity and Byzantium. She grew up in North Staffordshire and came to Somerville in 1958 to study Literae Humaniores. Here, she
- [Dame Elan Closs Stephens becomes President of the Learned Society of Wales](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-elan-closs-stephens-becomes-president-of-the-learned-society-of-wales/) - We are delighted to share that Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens (1966, English) has become the first woman President of the Learned Society of Wales. Dame Elan took up the position at the Society's Annual General Meeting on 20 May 2026, taking over from Professor Hywel Thomas, who has been President since 2020. On assuming
- [The Diplomatic View: Remembering the James Bryce Memorial Lecture 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-diplomatic-view-remembering-the-james-bryce-memorial-lecture-2026/) - We were immensely fortunate to have the opportunity of welcoming Dame Karen Pierce, former British ambassador to Washington, as our speaker for the return of the James Bryce Memorial Lecture on Friday 15th May. The James Bryce Memorial Lecture was instituted at Somerville in 1942 to commemorate the British academic, jurist, historian, diplomat and Liberal
- [Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award Winners Announced](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pat-harris-spirit-of-somerville-award-winners-announced/) - Somerville College is very proud to announce the winners of this year’s Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award: Reuben Smith (2023, Chemistry) and Ishani Mookherjee (2022, Law). The Spirit of Somerville Award was established in memory of our long-serving lodge porter, Pat Harris, to recognise current students who embody the spirit of Somerville. The award
- [Grammy Award-Winning Composer Eric Whitacre to be Somerville Musician in Residence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/grammy-award-winning-composer-eric-whitacre-to-be-somerville-musician-in-residence/) - Somerville College is delighted to announce that the celebrated composer and conductor Eric Whitacre will be Musician in Residence at College next academic year. Eric Whitacre is one of today’s most widely performed composers. His first album as a composer and conductor earned him a Grammy Award, and his global reputation is strengthened by his
- [Somerville College Choir’s Moonrise is Album of the Week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-choirs-moonrise-is-album-of-the-week/) - Somerville is delighted that the new album composed by Christopher Churcher and performed by Somerville College Choir has been selected as Georgia Mann’s Essential Classics Album of the Week on Radio 3. Moonrise was released on Friday, launched at Somerville’s Choral Contemplation on Sunday, and announced as the Essential Classics Album of the Week on
- [Mistletoe, Mythology, and Somerville’s Mistle Thrushes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mistletoe-mythology-and-somervilles-mistle-thrushes/) - For the past few years, spring at Somerville has been heralded by the return of a pair of mistle thrushes, who reliably turn up to nest in College. As this year’s chicks have recently hatched in their precarious new nest within a column on the side of Maitland, watched with baited breath by the entire
- [Somerville JRF Uncovers Oldest Genetic Evidence for Domestic Dogs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-uncovers-oldest-genetic-evidence-for-domestic-dogs/) - Dr Lachie Scarsbrook, our Fulford Junior Research Fellow, has published a groundbreaking new study today in Nature, which pushes the earliest evidence for dogs back by more than 5,000 years. The study, which made the front cover of Nature, uncovers the earliest genetic evidence for the existence of dogs. Using ancient DNA analysis, Lachie and
- [Three Somervillians Feature in Schwarzman Centre's Inaugural Public Programme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-feature-in-schwarzman-centres-inaugural-public-programme/) - On Saturday 25 April 2026, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities opened to the public and launched its first-ever cultural programme, featuring talks by three noted Somervillians. 12,000 people visited the building to attend the free day-long Open House festival, featuring concerts, dance performances, talks and exhibitions. Alongside world premieres of new music and the
- [Profile: Professor Loeske Kruuk, FRS](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/profile-professor-loeske-kruuk-frs/) - Somerville College wishes to take this opportunity to celebrate the work and achievements of Professor Loeske Kruuk (Somerville 1988, Maths). Professor Loeske Kruuk is a ground-breaking evolutionary ecologist and Royal Society Research Professor currently based at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Biological Sciences. She was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in 2023,
- [Professor Dale Dorsey (1976-2026)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-dale-dorsey-1976-2026/) - It is with the utmost sadness that we confirm the death of our Tutorial Fellow in Modern Philosophy, Professor Dale Dorsey, on Monday 13th April 2026. Somerville College was honoured to welcome Dale as our new Tutorial Fellow in Modern Philosophy in September 2025. Dale rapidly became known throughout college as an outstanding colleague, tutor
- [Honorary Fellow Addresses Royal Society Celebration](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/honorary-fellow-addresses-royal-society-celebration-of-admitting-women/) - Somerville College’s Honorary Fellow Afua Kyei (2000, MChem) was a guest of honour this month at a Royal Society conference celebrating 80 years of admitting women to its Fellowship. The Royal Society conference, entitled “Women and the future of science”, celebrated the achievements of inspirational leaders in science today, and highlighted perspectives from scientists at
- [Somerville remembers Great War with new plaque](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-remembers-great-war-with-new-plaque/) - The families of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves and Vera Brittain – three writers who immortalized the suffering and human cost of the Great War – attended the unveiling of a plaque on Woodstock Road on Remembrance Sunday. The plaque commemorates the wartime use of the college as a hospital for convalescing officers. Sassoon and Graves
- [Somerville Linguist Receives Lifetime Achievement Award, Celebrates ERC Association](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-linguist-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-celebrates-erc-association/) - We are delighted to share that our Senior Research Fellow in Linguistics, Professor Aditi Lahiri FBA CBE, was earlier this month awarded the Linguistic Society of Germany’s (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft or DGfS) Wilhelm von Humboldt Award for Lifetime Achievements in Linguistics. Last weekend, Professor Lahiri marked this latest milestone in her career by hosting
- [Pirates, squirrels and lesbians? The triumphant return of the Somerville College History Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pirates-squirrels-and-lesbians-the-triumphant-return-of-the-somerville-college-history-day/) - Somerville alumni and friends were treated to talks on a dazzling array of topics at History Day 2026. On Saturday 21st March, all History alumni were invited back to College to find out about Somerville’s current research, and celebrate the endowment of the Liz Cooke Fellowship in the subject. The afternoon began with tea and
- [Memorial for Fellow Emerita Barbara Harvey Held at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/memorial-for-fellow-emerita-barbara-harvey-held-at-somerville/) - On Sunday 22nd March, Somerville College held a memorial celebrating the life and work of our Fellow Emerita Barbara Harvey. Barbara Harvey, CBE, FBA, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History, 1955-1993, sadly died on 8th August 2025, at the age of 97. On Sunday, members of the Somerville community, including Barbara’s former colleagues and students,
- [Behind the Lines Podcast Comes to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/behind-the-lines-podcast-comes-to-somerville/) - We are pleased to announce that a special episode of the Behind the Lines podcast has been released in collaboration with Somerville College. In Hilary, we were delighted to welcome members of Somerville and the wider University to a live recording of Arthur Snell’s geopolitics podcast Behind the Lines. This podcast has now been released
- [Somervillian Althea Sovani wins Society for Indo-European Studies Linguistics Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-althea-sovani-wins-society-for-indo-european-studies-linguistics-prize/) - Our warmest congratulations to Somerville alumna Althea Sovani (2018, Classics and Oriental Studies), who has won third prize in the Society for Indo-European Studies international competition for the best Master's thesis in historical-comparative linguistics. Althea read Classics and Oriental Studies from 2018, followed by an MPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, also at Somerville. Althea
- [Spring Meeting and Sanctuary Concert Highlight Somerville's International Outlook](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spring-meeting-and-sanctuary-concert-highlight-somervilles-international-outlook/) - We were delighted to welcome so many alumni back to College last weekend. On Saturday 14th March, Somerville hosted two special events: the annual Spring Meeting for members of the Somerville Association, followed by a fundraising concert for our Sanctuary Scholarship programme. The afternoon began with the Annual General Meeting of the Somerville Association, ably chaired by Dr
- [Mansfield and Somerville Colleges' Joint Statement on the Emergency Brake on Student Visas](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mansfield-and-somerville-colleges-joint-statement-on-the-emergency-brake-on-student-visas/) - Mansfield and Somerville Colleges were founded to widen access to those historically excluded from Oxford, and we remain committed to ensuring that ability and promise, not birthplace or background, determine who has access to education here. In 2021, our colleges became the first two Colleges of Sanctuary in Oxford. Since then, both our colleges have
- [The oldest living Somervillian?](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oldest-living-somervillian/) - Jean Toynbee, née Asquith, is 103. She recently met with Jackie Watson, joint Secretary of the Somerville Association, to consider how a life spanning a privileged upbringing on the edge of the aristocracy to GP practice in Cowley and building a family in Yorkshire reveals much about Somervillian strength and adaptability, and reflects many of
- [Memories of Our 2023 Family Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-family-day/) - It was such a pleasure to welcome Somervillians of all ages and their families back to Somerville for the 2023 edition of our Family Day. Under blazing September skies, guests enjoyed masterclasses from our academics on topics ranging from Old English riddles to insoluble mathematical puzzles to plankton. There was also a cornucopia of activities
- ['Secret Genius' Comes to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/secret-genius-comes-to-somerville/) - Somerville College was recently delighted to welcome back its favourite lexicologist, Susie Dent (1983, Modern Languages) alongside newly crowned national treasure Alan Carr for the filming of their new Channel 4 quizshow 'Secret Genius'. Susie and Alan visited Oxford in June 2024 to film the grand final of the contest at the nearby Blavatnik School
- [Janet Vaughan Society Dinner 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/janet-vaughan-society-dinner-2026/) - Current students of Somervillle's Janet Vaughan Society were delighted to host a meeting of the Janet Vaughan Society earlier this week on the theme of 'Careers in Cardiology'. Somerville’s alumnus and current JRF Dr Aaron Henry discussed his experience of clinical fellowship in Jersey, alongside his recent work on establishing the Jersey Fighting Failure (JeFF)
- [Ratan Tata Building Update](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ratan-tata-building-update/) - Key partners in the new Ratan Tata Building gathered at Somerville College on 13th February 2026 to sign the contract for the construction phase of the building, with representatives in attendance from Somerville College, Bidwells, CHP, Morris & Company, and Kingerlee. Somerville College’s Treasurer, Andrew Parker, opened the occasion with a short speech, expressing his
- [Remembering Our Supporters’ Lunch 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/remembering-our-supporters-lunch-2026/) - This year's Supporters’ Lunch was once again an unforgettable day of unions and reunions, stories, a few tears - and most of all, gratitude for the strong bonds forged by the Somerville community. Here in Somerville, we look forward to the annual Supporters’ Lunch as a special moment in which to thank our loyal community
- [Barbara Harvey CBE FBA (1928-2025)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/barbara-harvey-cbe-fba-1928-2025/) - Barbara Harvey, CBE, FBA, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History, 1955-1993, has died at the age of 97. She had also been an undergraduate and graduate student at Somerville between 1946 and 1951, before returning to succeed her own tutor, May McKisack. Barbara was a distinguished medieval historian. Her work was based on a
- [Turning the Tide on Language Loss with Finch Ward](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/turning-the-tide-on-language-loss-with-finch-ward/) - Finch Ward (2024) is a second year French and Linguistics student whose academic background and exceptional performance in Prelims just earned him a life-changing Michael Bishop Foundation Thatcher Scholarship. I grew up near Land’s End, overlooking the seas said to bury the lost kingdom of Lyonesse. And yet the Cornwall where I grew up was
- [Professor Patricia Owens awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-patricia-owens-awarded-leverhulme-major-research-fellowship/) - Congratulations to Professor Patricia Owens, our Fellow and Tutor in International Relations, who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust. The Leverhulme Trust’s Major Research Fellowships are awarded to well-established, distinguished researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research. Professor Owens’ fellowship will last
- [The Richard Stone Scholarship in Engineering](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-richard-stone-scholarship-in-engineering/) - It is rare that one person shapes the lives of many. One such person is Professor Richard Stone. In 1993, Richard Stone was one of the first three men elected to Somerville’s governing body, alongside the physicist Roman Walczak and the philosopher James Logue. From that day until his retirement in 2022, Richard was a
- [I Carry Sudan with Me: Somerville’s Newest Sanctuary Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/i-carry-sudan-with-me-somervilles-newest-sanctuary-scholars/) - Since it began in 2023, the civil war between Sudan’s armed forces and paramilitary group the Rapid Support Services (RSF) has led to over 150,000 deaths and 12 million people being displaced. In the midst of violence and chaos, doctors and healthcare workers continue working to save lives. This year Somerville welcomed two Sanctuary Scholars
- [Meet the Young Alumni Doing Business Differently](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-the-young-alumni-doing-business-differently/) - Luca Webb (2019, History) is a former Michael Bishop Foundation Thatcher Scholar and the current Head of Communications at TSL Group. Five years ago, Luca Webb was finishing his History degree at Somerville. At the time, most of his friends were eyeing the Big Three management consultancies or Civil Service Fast Track for their first
- [Shared Food, Shared Purpose: the Oxford Conferences' Welcome Dinner 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/shared-food-shared-purpose-the-oxford-conferences-welcome-dinner/) - Somerville College was honoured last week to convene the second annual dinner for the delegates of the UK’s two most important farming conferences. Members of the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) and the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) joined us at Somerville on Wednesday 7th January ahead of their respective conferences for an evening of shared
- [A Diplomat’s View on the Venezuela Crisis](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-diplomats-view-on-the-venezuela-crisis/) - It can feel hard to keep up with events in the world right now. Fortunately, Somerville alumni very often have an expert view to share, based on years of front-line service. One such individual is our new Principal Catherine Royle (1984, PPE). Before returning to Somerville, Catherine led a fascinating career as a NATO political
- [Eight Indian students receive scholarships from the OICSD to study at the University of Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/eight-indian-students-receive-scholarships-from-the-oicsd-to-study-at-the-university-of-oxford/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development has awarded scholarships to eight Indian students who will take up their places at the University of Oxford in October 2021. They will pursue research on India’s sustainable development topics ranging from solar cells and renewable energy to the role of diverse communities in shaping urban landscapes in
- [What Does Somerville Stand For? Reflections from the JCR](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/what-does-somerville-stand-for-reflections-on-the-jcr/) - Our JCR President, Thomas Bainbridge (2024, English) reflects on the student experience of college, and what it is that makes Somerville special. Over the summer, I had the pleasure of reading all the letters written to the new freshers by their college parents (‘mentors’ in the year above). Whilst I had assumed that this would
- [Somerville JRF Uncovers How Humans and Dogs Spread Across Eurasia Together](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-uncovers-how-humans-and-dogs-spread-across-eurasia-together/) - Somerville is delighted that our Fulford Junior Research Fellow Dr Lachie Scarsbrook is a key author of a new study which reveals how humans and dogs spread across Eurasia together. Dogs have been part of human societies across Eurasia for at least 20,000 years. This genomic study, published in Science, shows that over the last
- [Somerville’s Climate Champions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-climate-champions/) - As COP30 kicks off in Brazil, meet the new generation of Somervillian students and early-career academics driving climate solutions. This year, the results of the largest ever public survey on climate change showed that 80 percent of the world’s population want stronger action to tackle the climate crisis. At times, it is hard to believe
- [Former Principal Jan Royal Awarded Honorary Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/former-principal-jan-royal-awarded-honorary-fellowship/) - We are delighted to announce that our former principal Baroness Jan Royal has been awarded an honorary fellowship of Somerville College. Somerville’s Governing Body made the decision to elect Jan as an honorary fellow in recognition of her extraordinary service to College and her sterling record of achievements during her eight years as principal. An
- [Somerville Alumna Named UK’s Most Influential Black Person](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-is-named-uks-most-influential-black-person/) - Somerville College is thrilled to share that its alumna and honorary fellow Afua Kyei (2000, MChem), has been named the UK's most influential Black person. The top spot in the 2026 Powerlist was awarded to Afua in recognition of her work as chief financial officer for the Bank of England, where she holds direct responsibility
- [New to Somerville: the Laura Liswood Archive of Women World Leaders](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-to-somerville-the-laura-liswood-archive-of-women-world-leaders/) - Somerville College was delighted to unveil the newly opened Laura Liswood Archive of Women World Leaders at a special celebration on Friday 17th October 2025. The Laura Liswood Archive of Women World Leaders is an important resource documenting the evolution of the world’s only organisation dedicated to elevating the experiences and insights of women heads
- [Somerville Breaks Ground on the Ratan Tata Building](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-breaks-ground-on-the-ratan-tata-building/) - Somerville College welcomed dignitaries and distinguished guests to the ground-breaking ceremony for a new building at the heart of the University of Oxford’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter yesterday, Tuesday 23rd September. The Ratan Tata Building represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Somerville College to expand its teaching and learning space and articulate its vision for a
- [Meet Dale Dorsey, Somerville's New Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-dale-dorsey-somervilles-new-tutorial-fellow-in-philosophy/) - Professor Dale Dorsey is Somerville’s new Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, alongside Professor Karen Margrethe Nielsen. Professor Dorsey kindly joined us for a Q&A to help us all get to know him a little better. You’re coming to Oxford from the US. Is there anything you’re particularly excited about in making such a major move, and
- [Barbara Harvey's Funeral](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/barbara-harveys-funeral/) - Barbara Harvey, CBE, FBA, Somerville's Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History, 1955-1993, died on 8th August at the age of 97. Barbara's funeral was held on Wednesday 24th September, and we are grateful to her friends and family for allowing us to publish the order of service, and addresses, which can be read below. Addresses
- [Somerville JRF Sheds Light on the Cellular Origins of Sleep](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-sheds-light-on-the-cellular-origins-of-sleep/) - We are delighted to share the achievements of Dr Raffaele Sarnataro, one of our Fulford Junior Research Fellows, whose recent publication in Nature unveils the mitochondrial origins of the need to sleep. Dr Sarnataro, who is also a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, is the first author on a paper published in Nature this summer,
- [Marking 100 years since the birth of Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/marking-100-years-since-the-birth-of-margaret-thatcher-1925-2013/) - The 13th October 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Baroness Thatcher, Somerville alumna and a global political figure whose life and accomplishments continue to influence women leaders around the world. Margaret Roberts came up to Somerville College to study Chemistry on her eighteenth birthday in 1943. Her route to Oxford
- [Meet Francesca Arduini, Somerville's New Tutorial Fellow in Economics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-francesca-arduini-somervilles-new-tutorial-fellow-in-economics/) - Dr Francesca Arduini is Somerville College’s new Tutorial Fellow in Economics. A microeconomist motivated by the goal of uncovering and narrowing inequalities, she kindly took some time out from her start-of-term preparations to tell us a little more about herself. This is something of a homecoming for you after several years at UCL, Yale and
- [Somervillian Engineer Elected President of Institution of Engineering and Technology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-engineer-elected-president-of-institution-of-engineering-and-technology/) - Our warmest congratulations to Dawn Ohlson (1990, Engineering and Computer Science) who has today been elected President of the Institution for Engineering and Technology. Dawn is a highly respected engineering professional who has led the delivery of cutting-edge avionics for over thirty years at Northrop Grumman National Security Services and Thales, prior to joining
- [Fellows and staff celebrate admission of Catherine Royle as Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fellows-and-staff-celebrate-admission-of-catherine-royle-as-principal/) - We are delighted to confirm that Catherine Royle (1982, PPE) was formally admitted to office as Principal of Somerville College in a ceremony held earlier today. The admission of the Principal is a ceremony traditionally presided over by the Official Visitor of the College, which at Somerville is the Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
- [Somerville College honours Natarajan Chandrasekaran with Foundation Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-honours-natarajan-chandrasekaran-with-foundation-fellowship/) - Somerville College is pleased to announce the election of distinguished business leader Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, as a Foundation Fellow of Somerville College. A Foundation Fellowship is the highest honour conferred by Somerville College for philanthropy. Chandra, as he is popularly known, was elected to the Fellowship by outgoing Principal Baroness Jan
- [Planning Consent Granted for the Ratan Tata Building](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/planning-consent-granted-for-the-ratan-tata-building/) - Somerville College is delighted to announce that Oxford City Council has granted planning consent for its new academic building, The Ratan Tata Building, designed by Morris+Company with project-management by Bidwells. Set within the College’s historic campus and facing directly onto the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ), this is the last remaining plot to be developed at
- [Anglo-German Colloquium Offers Posthuman Perspectives from a Premodern World](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/anglo-german-colloquium-offers-posthuman-perspectives-from-a-premodern-world/) - We were privileged to host the 28th Anglo-German Colloquium at Somerville College earlier this month. The Anglo-German Colloquium is a biennial international conference in German Medieval Studies first established in 1966. This year, the Colloquium was convened by Somerville’s Tutorial Fellow in German, Professor Almut Suerbaum. Taking its cue from emerging currents in German medieval
- [Extraordinary Leadership: Speeches from Jan's Farewell Gaudy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/extraordinary-leadership-speeches-from-jans-farewell-gaudy/) - On Saturday 6th September, students from across our outgoing Principal Jan Royall's tenure returned to College to pay her a fond farewell. As well as reuniting with friends and reminiscing over student days, this special occasion gave Somervillians the chance to express their thanks to Jan. Here we reproduce two of those special tributes, the
- [Somerville Fellow Named in Recognition of Distinction scheme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-named-in-recognition-of-distinction-scheme/) - We are delighted to congratulate our Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Associate Professor Karen Margrethe Nielsen, on being awarded the title of full professor in the University of Oxford’s Recognition of Distinction scheme 2025. Professor Nielsen is a specialist in ancient philosophy, whose research has a special emphasis on Aristotle’s ethics and moral psychology. She was
- [Hedy Lamarr Prize 2025 Awarded to Somerville Alumna](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/hedy-lamarr-prize-2025-awarded-to-somerville-alumna/) - Please join us in congratulating our alumna Dr Katerina Kaouri (1999, MSc and DPhil, Applied Mathematics) on receiving the Hedy Lamarr Prize 2025. The Hedy Lamarr Prize for Knowledge Exchange in Mathematics and its Applications is awarded by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications to celebrate mathematicians whose work has made a significant impact
- [Former History Tutor Wins Highest Award in Dutch Academia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/former-history-tutor-wins-highest-award-in-dutch-academia/) - We are delighted to confirm that Professor Judith Pollmann, Somerville’s tutor in early modern European history from 1995-2005, has won the NWO (Dutch Research Council) Spinoza Prize 2025. The Spinoza Prize is the highest award in Dutch academia, conferred on researchers who rank among the highest echelon of researchers worldwide. Awarded annually, the prize includes
- [Somerville College Choir Releases New Album ‘Divine Light’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-choir-releases-new-album-divine-light/) - We are delighted to announce that Somerville College Choir’s latest album, Divine Light, is released today. Divine Light sees Somerville College Choir seeking to learn from and pay tribute to the monumental tapestry of music from the Indian subcontinent. Luminous and joyful, the soundscapes and sensibilities captured across the album’s 11 tracks offer a vibrant
- [A Student Interview with Outgoing Principal Jan Royall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-student-interview-with-outgoing-principal-jan-royall/) - The entire Somerville community is sad to say farewell to our outgoing Principal, Jan Royall, who will end her term in September 2025 after leading the College with vision, compassion and implacable Somervillian values since 2017. Somerville's students have already begun to express how much they will miss Jan in ways both personal and public.
- [The Mary Somerville Natural History Collection](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-mary-somerville-natural-history-collection/) - Somerville College Library is delighted to share its newly-catalogued Mary Somerville Natural History Collection. Over the last one hundred years, the college has been fortunate to receive many gifts of artefacts, papers and paintings associated with our namesake Mary Somerville, from the Fairfax-Lucy family. Most recent among these is Mary Somerville’s shell collection, which was
- [Somerville Associate Launches Clinical Communication Club for Ukrainian students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-associate-launches-clinical-communication-club-for-ukrainian-students/) - Somerville Associate Dr Liliia Bespala has set up the Clinical Communication Club for Ukraine-based students. Liliia works at the intersection of linguistics and healthcare, exploring how language tools can facilitate clinical communication and improve patient outcomes. She relocated from Ukraine to the UK in 2022, seeking refuge from the ongoing military invasion, and soon joined
- [Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development Recognised in UK-India Trade Announcement](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-india-centre-for-sustainable-development-recognised-in-uk-india-trade-announcement/) - Somerville College is proud to acknowledge the recognition of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) in the UK Government’s official announcement on the landmark UK-India Trade deal. As highlighted in the government's press release, Indian business investments are playing a vital role in deepening bilateral cooperation between the UK and India. The OICSD
- [Lady Hazel Fox CMG (1928-2025)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lady-hazel-fox-cmg-1928-2025/) - We are deeply saddened to report the death of Somerville College's Honorary Fellow, Lady Hazel Fox CMG, on 12th July 2025. Lady Fox was the first Law Fellow of Somerville College and a giant in the field of State Immunity law. Over the course of a long and distinguished legal career, Lady Fox served as Director
- [Three Somervillian Medics Elected as Foulkes Foundation Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillian-medics-elected-as-foulkes-foundation-fellows/) - We are delighted to congratulate our graduate-entry medics Frances England, Daniel Radford-Smith and Caitlin Ashcroft on their election as Foulkes Foundation Fellows. The Foulkes Foundation awards just a handful of Fellowships each year across the UK’s entire medical cohort to outstanding post-doctoral scientists wishing to undertake a medical degree. Fellowships are awarded for up to
- [Three Somervillians Elected to Honorary Fellowships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-elected-to-honorary-fellowships/) - We are delighted to confirm that three prominent Somervillians have been elected as Honorary Fellows of Somerville College in June 2025. An honorary fellowship is the college’s highest recognition for alumni and associates who have achieved distinction in public or professional life, conferred by the college’s Governing Body. This year, the three recipients of an
- [Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE Elected Chair of the Royal College of GPs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-kamila-hawthorne-mbe-elected-chair-of-the-royal-college-of-gps/) - Our alumna Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE (née Ebrahim, 1978, Medicine) has been elected as the next Chair of the Royal College of GPs, and will become the fifth woman to hold the position. The RCGP is the UK's largest medical college, with over 50,000 members. It represents and supports GPs on key issues including licensing,
- [Somerville Student Corinne Clark Wins Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-corinne-clark-wins-lord-alfred-douglas-memorial-prize/) - We are delighted to announce that Somerville doctoral student Corinne Clark has been awarded this year’s Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize for their poem ‘1929-’. The Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize is awarded each year by the English Faculty for the best sonnet or other poem written by a member of the university in English
- [Somerville's Triple Blades at Summer Eights](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-triple-blades-at-summer-eights/) - Following a fantastically successful Torpids campaign for Somerville W1 during Hilary term, all crews had high hopes going into Summer Eights. The run-up had posed some difficulties for SCBC; last minute changes to coaching and deciding crews around exams was challenging for captains Todd Denning and Rozzie Weir. Initially we had hoped to get two
- [Somerville Alumni Lead AI Start-Up to £9m Funding Boost](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumni-lead-ai-start-up-to-9m-funding-boost/) - Our warmest congratulations to Somervillians Meryem Arik (2016, Physics) and Dr Jamie Dborin (2014, Physics) on securing over £9m in funding for their AI startup Doubleword. Doubleword is a homegrown UK start-up that offers companies the means to 'self-host' their artificial intelligence functions, thereby exerting greater control over the technology. Founded in 2021 by Arik,
- [Refugee Week 2025: Ammar Azzouz Reflects on Returning to Syria](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/refugee-week-2025-ammar-azzouz-reflects-on-returning-to-syria/) - For Refugee Week 2025, we are privileged to share a short talk by Dr Ammar Azzouz on his experience of returning to Syria after 14 years of being displaced by the Civil War. Dr Ammar Azzouz is a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Somerville College. He recently spoke at the In Between Climate Chaos
- [Somerville JRFs win Public Engagement Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrfs-win-public-engagement-award/) - We’re very proud that our Junior Research Fellows Dr Andrea Kusec and Dr Giuseppe Gava have been awarded the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences' Public Engagement Award. Andrea and Giuseppe are being recognised for their outreach work in which they use interactive activities to educate children about the biological and psychological aspects of memory, through
- [Somervillians Recognised in Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillians-recognised-in-vice-chancellors-awards-2025/) - We are delighted to announce that two Somervillians have won Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2025, receiving the highest recognition in both the Teaching and Learning and Research Culture categories. Somerville Research Fellow Jim Harris has received both the Teaching and Learning and Research Culture awards for his contributions to two winning projects. Somerville DPhil student Utsa Bose
- [Somerville Student Addresses Right Here, Right Now Conference](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-addresses-right-here-right-now-conference/) - We are proud to share the speech that Somerville MSc student Tabina Manzoor delivered at the Right Here, Right Now conference earlier this month. The conference, co-hosted by United Nations Human Rights and the University of Oxford, aimed to advance the conversation around climate change and human rights. This global summit was held in partnership with the Right
- [Q&A: Miranda Conn, Aspiring Entrepreneur and Varsity Dance Captain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/qa-miranda-conn-aspiring-entrepreneur-and-varsity-dance-captain/) - As Fourth year Maths and CompSci student Miranda Conn nears the end of a stellar degree, she joins us to share her passion for her entrepreneurship and her thoughts on captaining Oxford's Competition Dance team to Varsity victory. You’ve done exceptionally well throughout your CompSci degree. What drives your passion for the subject and where
- [Professor Philip Poole receives ultimate recognition as Fellow of the Royal Society](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-philip-poole-receives-ultimate-recognition-as-fellow-of-the-royal-society/) - We are delighted to confirm that Professor Philip Poole, a Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College, was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society on 13th May 2025. A globally respected plant biologist, Professor Poole specialises in the study of bacterial genetics and the molecular biology of plant-associated bacteria. His research group’s emphasis is
- [Somerville's Tutor in Ancient History Awarded Einstein Visiting Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-tutor-in-ancient-history-awarded-einstein-visiting-fellowship/) - Many congratulations to our Barbara Craig Fellow & Tutor in Ancient History, Professor Beate Dignas, on her appointment to an Einstein Visiting Fellowship in Berlin. Under the terms of the fellowship, Professor Dignas will teach and conduct research at the Humboldt University in Berlin each summer for the next four years. The project ‘(Re)Negotiating Social
- [Meet Paul Chandler-Toal, Deputy-Manager of St Paul's Nursery](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-paul-chandler-toal-deputy-manager-of-st-pauls-nursery/) - Somerville College was the first Oxford college to create an in-house nursery through the generosity and foresight of Nobel laureate and Somerville Fellow Dorothy Hodgkin. Recently, St Paul's Nursery welcomed its first-ever Deputy-Manager. We took a moment to meet Paul Chandler-Toal and ask him about about his journey in childcare and his hopes for his
- [Rediscovering an Old Master with Xander Haveron-Jones](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/rediscovering-an-old-master-with-xander-haveron-jones/) - Xander Haveron-Jones (English, 2018) talks us through his recent journey of establishing a fine art dealership at just 24 years old, and his recent Old Master sale to Yale University. Some of my fondest artistic love affairs belong to Somerville, whose modern masters ‒ Duncan Grant, Roger Fry, Ivon Hitchens ‒ look on over toast
- [Gardener's Blog: All About Irises](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-all-about-irises/) - For this early summer edition of the gardens blog, Somerville gardener Anna will be talking all about irises. There are two reasons for this focus. The first is that many of you have approached Alastair and me to talk about our beautiful irises while they were at their prime. The second reason is that we
- [From the archive: Lotte Labowsky - exiled German scholar, valued Somervillian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-the-archive-lotte-labowsky-exiled-german-scholar-valued-somervillian/) - In the 1930s, Somerville was one of several Oxford colleges to offer refuge to academics fleeing persecution in Germany under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. Following the launch of our Refugee Scholarship campaign, we take a look back at this piece from the 2017 Alumni Magazine by our Archivist Kate O’Donnell, telling the story
- [Entente Cordiale Success for Somerville Medic](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/entente-cordiale-success-for-somerville-medic/) - Second-year medic Amrit Rooprai and two Oxford friends this year entered the inaugural Entente Cordiale Challenge, submitting a sustainability concept that placed them in the highest echelon of Anglo-French academic endeavour. The Entente Cordiale Challenge is an annual academic competition that seeks to promote Franco-British collaboration by asking students from the top universities of France
- [Including the Excluded Statement](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/including-the-excluded-statement/) - Somerville College’s ethos has always been and will always be to include the excluded. As an inclusive community, we see trans rights and women’s rights not in opposition to each other, but as part of the same struggle for dignity, equality and human rights that we are proud to support. As a college, we will
- [Remembering Our House of Lords Celebration for Principal Jan Royall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/remembering-our-house-of-lords-celebration-for-principal-jan-royall/) - On a bright Thursday in May, over 100 Somervillian alumni, fellows and friends gathered at the first of several events to recognise the contribution of Jan Royall, Somerville’s Principal for the past eight years. The event was held at the House of Lords and brought together several of Jan’s political colleagues alongside major benefactors, friends,
- [Gardener's Blog: Spring at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-spring-at-somerville/) - Spring has come early this year. Somerville gardener Anna reflects on the gardens during this beautiful season. Thanks to the warm sun and wonderful blue skies, many plants have benefited and are putting on early displays, including the stunning flowering of the wisterias around the college. (We have yet to determine the species but as
- [Catherine Royle to become Somerville's Next Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/catherine-royle-to-become-somervilles-next-principal/) - Somerville College is delighted to announce that Catherine Royle will become our thirteenth Principal, replacing Baroness Jan Royall, whose tenure comes to an end this autumn. Catherine Royle was an undergraduate at Somerville and is an Honorary Fellow of the college. She joins Somerville from NATO, where she has been Political Adviser to the Commander
- [Somervillian shortlisted for Commonwealth Short Story Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-shortlisted-for-commonwealth-short-story-prize/) - Our warmest Somerville congratulations to Somervillian Dr Tess Little (2010, History), who has today been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is widely regarded as one of the world’s most global literature prizes, with this year’s competition attracting a record-breaking 7,920 entries from 54 of the 56 Commonwealth member
- [Dr Barbara Everett (1932-2025)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-barbara-everett-1932-2025/) - It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr Barbara Everett on Friday 4th April, 2025, aged 92. A former Senior Research Fellow at Somerville, Dr Everett was an eminent literary critic and the writer of academic books and articles on subjects from Shakespeare to Auden and Barbara Pym. She was also an
- [Somerville US Trip Easter 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-us-trip-easter-2025/) - In Easter 2025, our Principal Jan Royall and Somerville College Choir overcame chaos at Heathrow Airport to embark on a flying visit to friends and supporters in the US. Here we reflect how music and good friends enabled Somerville to salvage hope from the ruins of their original plans. It was before sunrise on the
- [The Long Read: An Interview with Professor Iyiola Solanke](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-long-read-an-interview-with-professor-iyiola-solanke/) - Professor Iyiola Solanke joins Somerville College this term as a Governing Body Fellow and the new Jacques Delors Chair of European Law at the Law Faculty. Before term got underway, we found a moment to catch up with Professor Solanke about her background in EU and Anti-Discrimination Law as well as her championing of diversity
- [Somerville Undergraduates Scoop Geddes Student Journalism Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-undergraduates-scoop-geddes-student-journalism-awards/) - Two Somervillian journalists, Flora Prideaux (2022, History) and Sam Martin (2023, History), have together won half the available awards in this year’s Geddes Student Journalism Prizes. The Geddes Prizes are awarded each year to the University of Oxford’s foremost student journalists. Four prizes are awarded, recognising different journalistic specialisms and named for acclaimed journalistic alumni
- [Research Spotlight: Harvesting the Winds of Change with Tim Rafferty](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/harvesting-the-winds-of-change-with-tim-rafferty/) - Oxford Thatcher Scholar Tim Rafferty (2022, DPhil Engineering) explains how his work on the interaction between gravity waves and wind farms could drive the transition to renewable energy. If you ask most people to predict where power generation in a wind farm is weakest, they’ll guess towards the back. It’s a logical assumption, if you
- [Somerville JRF Named One of 30 Best Young Climate Scientists in the World](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-named-one-of-30-best-young-climate-scientists-in-the-world/) - Dr Andy S. Anker, a Junior Research Fellow at Somerville College, has been recognised as one of the world’s 30 most promising young scientists at the Inflection Award, the world’s first-ever award dedicated to celebrating early-career scientists working on solutions to climate change. Selected through a rigorous assessment process by a panel of 17 judges
- [Somerville’s LGBTQ History: The 1980s](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-lgbtq-history-the-1980s/) - Tying together February's LGBTQ+ History Month and March's Women's History Month, Somerville JCR LGBTQ Rep Lucy Pollock (2023, History) spoke to alumna and Alumni Relations Executive, Jackie Watson (1986, English) to hear about College’s more recent lesbian history. After Somerville, Jackie went on to become a teacher and a Head of Sixth Form, before returning
- [Somerville Alumnus Launches Biography of Oxford United legend Mickey Lewis](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnus-launches-biography-of-oxford-united-legend-mickey-lewis/) - Leo Ackerman (2017, History) returned to Oxford last week to launch his new book, Mad Dog: The Mickey Lewis Story. Mad Dog celebrates the life and work of Mickey Lewis, one of English football's most combative midfielders, who became one of the game’s most inspirational coaches. Both Leo and his co-writer, Alex Urwin (2015, Exeter,
- [Somerville Piano Festival Celebrates Gift of Pianos](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-piano-festival-celebrates-gift-of-pianos/) - Thanks to a generous recent legacy, we’re thrilled to have recently acquired three new pianos for the college. The legacy was gifted by Christian Carritt, a Somerville medic who loved music and the arts. Students regularly state the need to have a piano to play – either to de-stress, or to prepare and perform a
- [OICSD and Somerville work with Oxford to expand AI fellowship programme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-and-somerville-work-with-oxford-to-expand-ai-fellowship-programme/) - The University of Oxford is set to broaden its AI in Science Fellowship Programme through a new initiative supporting early career faculty at African and Indian universities. The new Oxford Schmidt Africa-India AI in Science Faculty Fellowship (AI2-Ox SFF) Programme, developed in partnership with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD), the Africa Oxford
- [Somerville Women take blades in 2025 Torpids](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-women-take-blades-in-2025-torpids/) - This year’s Torpids was a huge success for Somerville College Boat Club, with the women getting blades for the first time since 2019! Harriet Breakey (2022, Classics) takes us through this year’s Torpids, accompanied by brilliant photos from Somerville and SCBC alumna Lauren Hazel. With bad weather causing last year’s Torpids to be cancelled, it
- [Gardeners’ Blog: The Gift of Water](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-the-gift-of-water/) - In the two years the current garden team has been at Somerville, much has changed. Not only the planting and the pots, but our push and drive to increase biodiversity within the college. So, with this blog we are introducing you to our latest addition to our biodiversity plans: we would like to draw your
- [OICSD Scholar Medha Mukherjee wins Frederick Soddy Postgraduate Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-scholar-medha-mukherjee-wins-frederick-soddy-postgraduate-award/) - Oxford-Indira Gandhi scholar Medha Mukherjee has been awarded the prestigious Frederick Soddy Postgraduate Award towards her DPhil research at the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Awarding up to £6000, the Frederick Soddy prize is the highest award given to any research student by the Royal Geographical Society. Each year, up to three graduate students
- [Bank of England CFO Afua Kyei elected Honorary Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bank-of-england-cfo-afua-kyei-elected-honorary-fellow/) - We are delighted to announce that Afua Kyei (2000, MChem), Chief Financial Officer, Bank of England has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford University by our Governing Body. Honorary Fellow Afua Kyei. Photo: Bank of England Afua was appointed Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director of the Bank of England aged 36 in 2019,
- [Somerville DPhil Student Wins the Dyson Sustainability Award at STEM for Britain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-dphil-student-wins-the-dyson-sustainability-award-at-stem-for-britain/) - Huge congratulations to our DPhil student and Oxford Qatar Thatcher Scholar Sawsan El-Zahr on winning first place in the Dyson Sustainability Award at this year’s STEM for Britain competition. STEM for Britain invites the UK’s foremost early-career researchers to present and discuss their research with Members from both Houses of Parliament. The event offers entrants
- [In Our Time Spotlights Philippa Foot](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/in-our-time-spotlights-philippa-foot/) - Philippa Foot has had a lot of airtime this week. Renewed enthusiasm for the work of this significant Somervillian - who both studied and taught here - has manifested in her featuring on both Radio Four’s In Our Time, and The Iris Murdoch Podcast. In today’s In Our Time, the legendary Melvyn Bragg discusses Foot’s
- [Simon Russell Beale Awarded Honorary Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/simon-russell-beale-awarded-honorary-fellowship/) - We are delighted to announce that the actor Sir Simon Russell Beale is the newest recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from Somerville College. Described by The Independent as “the greatest stage actor of his generation”, Sir Simon began his acting career at The Royal Court after gaining a first in English from the University of
- [Somerville Poets Shortlisted in Jon Stallworthy Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-poets-shortlisted-in-jon-stallworthy-prize/) - Two Somerville students were shortlisted for this year’s Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize. Harry Ledgerwood and Grace Copeland are both studying for the MSt in Creative Writing. Somerville has a history of being home to students on the University's Creative Writing program, such as Booker-shortlisted writer Daisy Johnson. The Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize was set up
- [Two Somerville Scientists Honoured with Royal Society Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somerville-scientists-honoured-with-royal-society-awards/) - The annual Royal Society Awards, which recognise exceptional research achievements, have been announced today. Of the twenty-five awards, five honour Oxford University researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine, and two of these are Senior Research Fellows of Somerville. Our SRF, Professor Sir Marc Feldmann from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the
- [Tata Group and Somerville College announce construction of landmark building to honour Mr Ratan Tata](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/tata-group-and-somerville-college-announce-the-construction-of-a-landmark-building-to-honour-mr-ratan-tata/) - Somerville College is proud to announce that we will shortly begin construction on a flagship building at the heart of the University of Oxford’s new Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, enabled by a significant philanthropic donation from the Tata Group. This building represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to expand Somerville’s teaching and learning space, support research with global
- [Two Somervillians’ Research Teams Awarded ERC Synergy Grants](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somervillians-research-teams-awarded-erc-synergy-grants/) - We are incredibly proud to share that the recipients of this year’s prestigious ERC Synergy Grants include not one but two Somervillians. Professor Aditi Lahiri MAE, FBA, CBE, our Senior Research Fellow, has been awarded a grant for her research in Linguistics, making her the recipient of a record-breaking six ERC grants. Meanwhile, Professor Elena
- [Somerville Alumna’s Organisation Honoured by Library of Congress](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnas-organisation-honoured-by-library-of-congress/) - Charmaghz, the NGO founded by Somerville alumna Freshta Karim (2016, MPP Public Policy), has been named by the 2024 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program as a Successful Practice Honoree. Charmaghz was recognised in the Elevating Youth Voices category for the work that they do to ensure Afghan children have access to critical literacy and
- [Somerville's LGBTQ+ History: Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-lgbtq-history-iris-murdoch-and-philippa-foot/) - Welcome to the second part of our series on Somerville's lesser known LGBTQ+ history, written by students for LGBTQ+ History month. Zoe Byrne (2023, Philosophy and Linguistics) introduces the lives and work of Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot. Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot became close friends in 1939 while studying at Somerville. They were brilliant
- [Professor Lorna Hutson awarded the Saltire Society’s Research Book of the Year award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-lorna-hutson-awarded-the-saltire-societys-research-book-of-the-year-award/) - Congratulations to our Honorary Fellow Professor Lorna Hutson, whose book England’s Insular Imagining has won the Research Book of the Year at the Saltire Society National Book Awards 2024. England’s Insular Imagining explores Tudor efforts first to justify an attempted Scottish conquest, then to remake Scotland's nationhood in service of an Anglo-imperial view of history. The judges pronounced
- [Colloquium and Concert Celebrate the Work of Almut Suerbaum](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/colloquium-and-concert-celebrate-the-work-of-almut-suerbaum/) - Somerville College is delighted to share news of a recent colloquium and concert honouring our Fellow and Tutor in German, Professor Almut Suerbaum. Held over the weekend of February 21st -22nd in Freiburg, Germany, the event brought together leading academics and musicians to celebrate Professor Suerbaum’s distinguished career and contributions to medieval studies. The colloquium,
- [LGBTQ+ History Month: Somerville, Love and Loss during the First World War](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lgbtq-history-month-somerville-love-and-loss-during-the-first-world-war/) - In the third part of our series on Somerville's LGBTQ+ history, Harry Stewart Dilley (2023, History) explores the lives and work of three First World War poets: Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, and Wilfred Owen. Harry used archival material to write this long-read piece, which he introduces here. By Spring 1916, the First World War was
- [Birthday Honours for Alison Wolf, Suzanne Heywood, Rajesh Thakker, Phillida Strachan and Susie Dent](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/birthday-honours-for-alison-wolf-suzanne-heywood-rajesh-thakker-and-susie-dent/) - We are delighted to confirm that five Somervillians have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours this year. Our heartfelt congratulations go to this year's appointments, which include Somerville alumnae Baroness Professor Alison Wolf (DBE), Lady Suzanne Heywood (CBE), and Susie Dent (MBE), as well as our Senior Research Fellow Professor Rajesh Thakker (OBE) and
- [Catherine Peters (1930-2025)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/catherine-peters-1930-2025/) - It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Catherine Peters (married name Catherine Storr) on Sunday 12th January, aged 94. Catherine taught English Literature at the college between 1980 and 1991, and wrote notable literary biographies of Thackeray (Thackeray's Universe: Shifting Worlds of Imagination and Reality, 1987) and Wilkie Collins (The King
- [Somerville's LGBTQ+ History: Catherine Duleep Singh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-lgbtq-history-catherine-duleep-singh/) - Welcome to the first in a series of profiles written by Somerville students about our lesser-known LGBTQ+ alumni, in honour of February, LGBTQ+ History month. Somerville JCR LGBTQ Rep Lucy Pollock begins by focusing on a woman too great to be adequately described: Catherine Duleep Singh (1871-1942). Catherine Duleep Singh was the daughter of Maharajah
- [Holocaust Memorial Day 2025: Reflections on Sanctuary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/holocaust-memorial-day-2025-reflections-on-sanctuary/) - This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Today we remember the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, all victims of the Nazis, and the victims of subsequent genocides. Here, our Second Year Historian Lucy Pollock shares a reflection on what this day means to her, and on Somerville’s
- [Why English Matters: An Interview with Professor Annie Sutherland](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/why-english-matters-an-interview-with-professor-annie-sutherland/) - Professor Annie Sutherland is a specialist in medieval women’s writing who this year celebrates twenty years as our Rosemary Woolf Fellow in Old and Middle English. She joins us to reflect on what makes English at Somerville so special. I think there are lots of reasons why English students flourish at Somerville. One of them
- [Farming for Food, Nature and Climate: A Somerville Student’s Message at Historic Dinner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/farming-for-food-nature-and-climate-a-somerville-students-message-at-historic-dinner/) - On 8th January 2025, the two most important farming conferences in the UK met for the first time at Somerville. Somerville student Catherine Stephenson (2022, Biology) reflects on the significance of the occasion for an increasingly sustainable and strategically important farming industry. The Oxford Farming Conference has taken place in Oxford every January since 1936.
- [Somerville JRF Elected Scholar at World’s First Museum of Climate Change](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-elected-scholar-at-worlds-first-museum-of-climate-change/) - Our warmest congratulations to our Fulford Junior Research Fellow Dr Tin Hang (Henry) Hung, who has been appointed Scholar at the world’s first museum dedicated to climate change, the Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change (MoCC), based within The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Henry’s appointment recognises the impact of his research on conserving
- [Somerville Tutorial Fellow Awarded Wellcome Discovery Grant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-tutorial-fellow-awarded-wellcome-discovery-grant/) - We are extremely proud that our Tutorial Fellow in Medicine, and Associate Professor of Physiological Metabolism, Robin Klemm, has been awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award. The Wellcome Discovery Award scheme enables established researchers to pursue bold and creative research programmes that are expected to deliver significant insights into our understanding of human life, health and
- [Dr Susan Owens wins Apollo Book of the Year for ‘The Story of Drawing’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-susan-owens-wins-apollo-book-of-the-year-for-the-story-of-drawing/) - Heartfelt congratulations to Susan Owens (1990, English) on winning Book of the Year in the 2024 Apollo Awards for her most recent book, ‘The Story of Drawing’. In ‘The Story of Drawing’, Owens guides her readers through a history that runs from 13,000 years ago to the present day in order to make a claim
- [Somerville Alumna Produces Hit Film ‘Conclave’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-produces-hit-film-conclave/) - We’re very proud to confirm that the 2024 film ‘Conclave’ currently in cinemas was produced by our Honorary Fellow Tessa Ross. Tessa Ross is the acclaimed producer of many critically admired films and television programmes. Her credits include ‘12 Years A Slave’, ‘Billy Elliott’, ‘The Zone of Interest’, ‘Four Lions’, ‘127 Hours’, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and,
- [Gardener’s blog: Somerville’s Trees and Liquidambar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-somervilles-trees-and-liquidambar/) - Our gardener Anna returns with another fantastic blog about Somerville's gardens. Leaf drop has been late this year; the colour is still holding on many of our college trees. I invite you to take a journey through our trees with this blog, and some stunning images. We have almost fifty trees in the college grounds.
- [Somerville Hosts Fourth Annual Celebration of Diversity at Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hosts-fourth-annual-celebration-of-diversity-at-oxford/) - On 19th November, Somerville College hosted its annual BAME Formal dinner for the fourth time, welcoming guests from across the University. The event, organised by Somerville College BAME Officers Conan Tan and Amrit Kaur Rooprai, was a resounding success, bringing together over 140 students, faculty members and alumni from diverse backgrounds to celebrate the cultural
- [Victory for Somerville at Swimming Cuppers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/victory-for-somerville-at-swimming-cuppers/) - The Somerville swimming team has come in first place in their Cuppers debut!
- [Lesley Brown at 80: Celebrating Somerville Philosophy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lesley-brown-at-80-celebrating-somerville-philosophy/) - It was good to be back in Oxford, writes Dina Medland (1977, PPE), celebrating education, philosophy and women at a moment when politics and leadership all over the globe are under pressure. As the closely watched Presidential Election campaign in the United States clamoured into its final few days, on November 2nd Somerville College held
- [Remembering the Somerville Women of World War Two](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/remembering-the-somerville-women-of-world-war-two/) - Anyone who has read Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, or paused to read the plaque at the front of College about the military hospital based here, knows that Somerville College had a significant role to play in the Great War. Less well-known, but equally impactful, is the contribution made by Somervillians during World War Two.
- [Somerville College, Oxford University, announces the Prestigious Dr Gita Piramal Scholarship for Indian Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-oxford-university-announces-the-prestigious-dr-gita-piramal-scholarship-for-indian-students/) - Somerville is proud to announce the launch of the Dr Gita Piramal Scholarship, in collaboration with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) and the esteemed Piramal family. This full scholarship is set to provide transformative opportunities for talented Indian students, supporting them to pursue their higher education at the University of Oxford. This
- [Mown to be Wild: September Gardeners' Blog](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-september/) - We’ve been so busy that September flew past us in a lightspeed blur, but we’ve finally had a chance to catch a breather and get you another update on the gardens. This month, we begin with a rhyme: One man went to mow a meadow… In case you never ran into this one as a
- [Somerville Student Discovers Black Hole Jet Systems](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-discovers-black-hole-jet-systems/) - Aivin Gast, a Somerville classicist-turned-scientist, has played an important part in the discovery of the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen. Together, these jets form the largest object of astrophysical origin ever identified. ‘This pair is not just the size of a solar system, or a Milky Way; we are talking about 140
- [Sharing songs, ideas and dreams: Choir Tour of India Celebrates 10 years of the OICSD](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sharing-songs-ideas-and-dreams-choir-tour-of-india-celebrates-10-years-of-the-oicsd/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) was founded in 2013 to create a unique India-Oxford partnership. Our recent tour of India proved that, ten years later, this collaboration is stronger than ever. 2023 presented the perfect opportunity to celebrate our historic and flourishing friendship with India. This year is not just the tenth
- [The OICSD launches Savitribai Phule Graduate scholarship for Indian students from Dalit, Adivasi and other underrepresented backgrounds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oicsd-launches-savitribai-phule-graduate-scholarship-for-indian-students-from-dalit-adivasi-and-other-underrepresented-backgrounds/) - To celebrate ten years since its creation in 2013, the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development at Somerville College is launching a new scholarship for Indian students from Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi (SC/ST/OBC) backgrounds and/or first-generation students to take up their place at the University of Oxford. This is the UK’s first fully-funded graduate scholarship
- [Somerville Fellow’s Technology Spinout Company Bought by Samsung](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellows-technology-spinout-company-bought-by-samsung/) - Boris Motik, our Senior Research Fellow in Computer Science, is a co-founder of Oxford Semantic Technologies, a spinout from the University’s Computer Science Department which has been acquired by Samsung Electronics. Professor Motik, who is a Professor in the Computer Science Department, founded Oxford Semantic Technologies in 2017 with two other professors from the Department,
- [Highlights from Our South East Asia Visit 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/highlights-from-our-south-east-asia-visit-2024/) - Our Principal Jan Royall reflects on her visit trip to South East Asia in March this year. At the end of Hilary this year, I had the pleasure of boarding a plane to visit our alumni, friends and supporters in Asia. While the schedule – taking in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong – might
- [Somerville Fellow Wins Alice Tay Book Prize 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-wins-alice-tay-book-prize-2024/) - We offer our warmest congratulations to our Fellow and Senior Law Tutor, Julie Dickson, who has won the Alice Tay Book Prize for excellence in legal theory. This prize is awarded by the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). The IVR is currently holding its World Congress in Seoul, South
- [Somerville Professor Named Alan Turing Fellow and Receives MPLS Teaching Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-professor-named-alan-turing-fellow-and-receives-mpls-teaching-award/) - We are delighted to confirm two significant news items for our Tutorial Fellow in Engineering, Professor Noa Zilberman: the receipt of an MPLS Teaching Award for Outstanding Research Supervision and appointment as Fellow to the Alan Turing Institute. Fellowship of the Alan Turing Institute The Alan Turing Institute is the national institute for data science
- [Time travel & OBEs, volcanoes & supporting refugees: Spotlight on Somerville #9](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/time-travel-volcanoes-and-supporting-refugees-spotlight-on-somerville-9/) - Happy new year, and welcome to the ninth edition of our Spotlight on Somerville series! In Spotlight, we like to highlight and collate all the ways that our community have been making a splash. They got started early this year, with our alumnae Professor Julia Yeomans and Theresa Wise being named in the New Year
- [Access & Outreach: Philippa Tudor CBE Shares Advice for Prospective Somerville Applicants](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/access-outreach-philippa-tudor-cbe-shares-advice-for-prospective-somerville-applicants/) - Philippa Tudor was one of the first two female Clerks in the House of Lords, with roles including HR and Finance Director before serving as Clerk of Committees. In 2023, she was made a CBE for services to Parliament. She is a first-generation student who came to Somerville from a non-selective school aged 17, and
- [Lots More Joy Online Auction Raises Over £56,000](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lots-more-joy-online-auction-raises-56000/) - We're positively blown away by your generosity: thanks to some brilliant donated lots and some furious bidding, our second online auction has raised £55,866 to support Somerville and its work. Following the success of our first online auction in 2021, we again broke out the gavel to offer a selection of amazing experiences such as
- [BAME Access Day at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bame-access-day-at-somerville/) - ‘Oxford – is it for me?’ This is how Somerville student Boyi Li (2023, History and English) summarises the concerns of many Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students when they are considering Oxford. It is this question that the student ambassadors at Somerville’s BAME Access Day answer with a resounding yes. This week we invited
- [Somerville Cricketers Chase Their Way to Historic Victory](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-cricketers-chase-their-way-to-historic-victory/) - At the end of Trinity term, Somerville College Cricket Club made (recent!) history. In this entertaining match report, Thomas Farmer (2021, English) takes us through the recent dramatic game against Worcester. For finalists, 8th week of Trinity term is a time for bucket list completion and final goodbyes. A time to explore new pubs, attend
- [Somerville Student Rebuilds Dorothy Hodgkin’s Insulin Model](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-rebuilds-dorothy-hodgkins-insulin-model/) - Mason Wakley (2020, Chemistry) has been getting in touch with Somerville’s history by rebuilding Dorothy Hodgkin’s model of insulin. Mason noticed that the model, stored in Somerville’s library, was in a state of disrepair. When he found out that this year was the 60th anniversary of Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize, it felt like the moment to
- [Yazidi Women’s Peace Choir Visits Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/yazidi-womens-peace-choir-visits-somerville/) - The AMAR Yazidi Women’s Peace Choir performed in Somerville’s Chapel for Refugee Week last week. The choir visited Somerville as part of their UK tour with the AMAR Foundation. Comprised of eight singers from the Khanke refugee camp in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, the Peace Choir represents the rich cultural heritage and indomitable spirit of the
- [Refugee Week 2024: One Life Screening and Q&A](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/refugee-week-2024-one-life-screening-and-qa/) - We were delighted to mark Refugee Week 2024 with a special screening of the 2023 film One Life, featuring a Q&A with the film’s director and screenwriter, and a relative of one of its main protagonists. One Life tells the story of the kindertransports by which thousands of child refugees from Germany escaped Czechoslovakia and
- [Monica Fooks Lecture 2023: Professor Sir Simon Wessely Discusses Innovations in Student Mental Health](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/monica-fooks-lecture-2023-professor-sir-simon-wessely-discusses-innovations-in-student-mental-health/) - The Monica Fooks Memorial Lectures were established in 2002 to promote understanding of and combat the stigma around mood disorders. At this year’s Monica Fooks Lecture, we were privileged to welcome Professor Sir Simon Wesseley. Professor Sir Simon is a psychiatrist and epidemiologist. A past President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Royal
- [Active Kindness: Meet the Somervillian Who Saved Thousands from the Nazis](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/active-kindness-meet-the-somervillian-who-saved-thousands-from-the-nazis/) - On the 18th June, Somerville College will mark Refugee Week by hosting a screening and Q&A with the team behind the 2023 film One Life. But why have we chosen this particular film to commemorate our work as a College of Sanctuary? One Life tells the story of Nicholas Winton, the 29-year-old British Jewish stockbroker who famously organised
- [Somerville Student Stars in Gregory Doran’s Gentlemen of Verona](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-stars-in-gregory-dorans-gentlemen-of-verona/) - Our third-year English student Jo Rich recently performed in a noteworthy production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Oxford Playhouse. The production was directed by Gregory Doran, former Artistic Director of the RSC and current Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre, and was an exciting first, as the only Shakespeare play Doran
- [Memories of the Penrose Society Concert and Luncheon 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/memories-of-the-penrose-society-concert-and-luncheon-2024/) - On Saturday 18th May, Somerville College welcomed over 70 guests to the annual Penrose Society Lunch and Concert. These special events provide an opportunity for us to express our deep gratitude to all those who plan to support the College through legacy giving. Every legacy, big or small, says something significant about the role that
- [Summer VIIIs, Somerville Style](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/summer-viiis-at-somerville/) - Last week was a highlight of Trinity term, and a highlight of the year if you are a rower – the Summer Eights! This unique rowing competition takes place over four days, with colleges competing each day to ‘bump’, i.e., catch up with, the boat in front of them. The lead-up to this year’s Summer
- [Somerville Signs Young Carers' Covenant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-signs-young-carers-covenant/) - We are pleased to announce that earlier this month Somerville College joined a growing list of organisations to sign the Young Carers' Covenant, a UK-wide programme to support young carers. Drawn up by the Carers' Trust and members of the Young Carers' Alliance, the Young Carers' Covenant launched in March, setting out ten key outcomes
- [Together for Gaza: Save the Children at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/together-for-gaza-save-the-children-and-somerville-college-panel-discussion/) - Students from across the university met with humanitarian campaigners and Somerville alumni last week to hear frontline insights from Save the Children in Gaza. The evening offered harrowing yet important contributions from a panel comprising Save the Children’s Humanitarian Director, Gareth Owen; Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the University of
- [Memories of the Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture with Professor Irene Tracey](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/memories-of-the-dorothy-hodgkin-memorial-lecture-with-professor-irene-tracey/) - The annual Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture is a much-awaited feature of the Somerville year. First established in 1999 under the Principalship of Dame Fiona Caldicott, it provides an opportunity to celebrate Dorothy Hodgkin’s scientific and humanitarian legacy with a lecture from today’s leading scientists. Last Friday 8th March, we were privileged to welcome as speaker
- [Centenarian Codebreaker Pat Owtram Becomes Honorary Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/centenarian-codebreaker-pat-owtram-becomes-honorary-fellow/) - We are delighted to announce that our alumna Patricia Davies (née Owtram, 1951, BLitt English) is the newest recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from Somerville College. There can be few more deserving recipients of this honour. As a young woman during World War Two, Pat Owtram did vital secret work manning covert listening stations on
- [Three Somervillians Shortlisted in Vice-Chancellor’s Awards 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-shortlisted-in-vice-chancellors-awards-2024/) - We are delighted to confirm that three Somervillians have been short-listed in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Awards, including our Principal, Jan Royall. The Vice-Chancellor’s Awards are a University-wide celebration of outstanding colleagues. There were 250 award entries across 11 categories this year, with 1,500 individuals included in the nominations. Here at Somerville, those shortlisted are Dr
- [Professor Stafford’s new book explores the untold stories of British landscape](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-staffords-new-book-explores-the-untold-stories-of-british-landscape/) - Congratulations to our Tutorial Fellow, Professor Fiona Stafford FBA on the publication of her latest book, Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape. Time and Tide sees Fiona uncover and relate many of the fascinating stories that lie dormant within the landscapes of the British Isles. In doing so, she makes a compelling
- [New Year Honours for Professor Julia Yeomans, Professor Ann Prentice, Theresa Wise, Jane Toogood and Alexandra Vincent](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-year-honours-for-professor-julia-yeomans-frs-and-theresa-wise/) - We would like to offer our deepest congratulations to Somerville alumnae Professor Julia Yeomans FRS, Professor Ann Prentice, Theresa Wise and Jane Toogood, as well as our Senior Associate, Alexandra Vincent, on their recognition in the New Year Honours 2024. Professor Julia Yeomans Professor Yeomans this year receives an OBE for her services to Physics.
- [IWD2024: Celebrating 60 Years since Dorothy Hodgkin Received Her Nobel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/iwd2024-celebrating-60-years-since-dorothy-hodgkin-received-her-nobel/) - This Friday the 8th March is an important day at Somerville for two reasons. First, it’s International Women’s Day, a date we’re proud to celebrate as a former women’s college. Second, we are today celebrating 60 years since Dorothy Hodgkin received her Nobel Prize in Chemistry. To mark this special occasion, our annual Dorothy Hodgkin
- [Somerville medic wins Ledingham Prize for Best Performance in Clinical Finals](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-medic-wins-ledingham-prize-for-best-performance-in-clinical-finals/) - Somerville College is delighted to announce that our final year medic Josephine Carnegie has been awarded the Ledingham Prize for Best Performance in Medicine for the 2nd BM (clinical finals). Josephine will now undertake a period of elective and specialty placements before starting work as a doctor alongside our other graduating medics this August. The
- [College Response to Recent Events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-response-to-recent-events-in-israel-palestine-and-the-middle-east/) - This page will be regularly updated. Last updated: 23 February 2023 In light of the appalling attacks and hostage-taking by Hamas and the terrible effects on civilians of Israel’s military action in Gaza, we express our profound sympathy for those currently suffering in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. We acknowledge that many of our
- [Jane Robinson’s New Book ‘Trailblazer’ Published Today](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/jane-robinsons-new-book-trailblazer-published-today/) - Many congratulations to our Special Associate, the social historian Jane Robinson (1978, English) on the publication of her latest book, Trailblazer. Trailblazer tells the story of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, one of Victorian Britain's most influential but forgotten women. Bodichon more than merits rediscovery, Jane Robinson tells us, because she was not only a first-wave
- [Somerville Early-Career Fellow Co-Authors Report on Academic Freedom](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-early-career-fellow-co-authors-report-on-academic-freedom/) - Congratulations to our Lord and Lady MacNair Early Career Fellow in Law, Dr. Aradhana Cherupara Vadekkethil, on co-authoring an important new policy submission on academic freedom in educational institutions across South-Africa, India and Australia. The policy submission in question has been presented to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Ms. Farida Shaheed,
- [Memories of the Our Supporters' Lunch 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/memories-of-the-our-supporters-lunch-2024/) - Why is our Supporters’ Lunch many people’s favourite event in the Somerville year? Perhaps these pictures from this year’s Supporters' Lunch will explain it. There's so much joy in the conversations that occur between the generations, across disciplines and in pursuit of curiosity. It captures what our College means to so many: a shared belief
- [Somerville DPhil Student Wins the IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize 2024 ](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-dphil-student-wins-the-irtf-applied-networking-research-prize-2024/) - A sustainable networking project designed to help ‘green the internet’ has won the Internet Research Task Force’s Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP) 2024 for Somerville DPhil student Sawsan El-Zahr. The Applied Networking Research Prize is an annual award convened by the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) to recognise the best new research in applied networking.
- [Alumna Suzanne Heywood Announced As World Woman Hero 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alumna-suzanne-heywood-announced-as-world-woman-hero-2024/) - Congratulations to Somerville College alumna Suzanne Heywood on receiving the World Woman Hero Award 2024 for resilient leadership and education advocacy. The World Woman Hero Award is conferred by the World Woman Foundation, a US-based public charity with a footprint in 20 countries and 15,000 members worldwide. Suzanne is receiving the Hero award in recognition
- [Raising aspirations through song: Somerville Choir in Delhi](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/raising-aspirations-through-song-somerville-choir-in-delhi/) - Members of the Somerville College Choir answered questions from Delhi school pupils and shared songs with a class from education charity Magic Bus during their recent tour to India. Founded in Mumbai in 1999, Magic Bus works with young people across the country who live in poverty. Children from the poorest backgrounds can often miss
- [Dame Antonia Susan Byatt (1936-2023)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-antonia-susan-byatt-1936-2023/) - We are saddened to hear the news that our Honorary Fellow and alumna, Dame Antonia Susan Byatt, has died. Dame Antonia (1958, BLitt English, née Drabble) is hailed as one of the UK's most significant writers and critics since the Second World War. Born in Sheffield as the child of a judge and an academic,
- [Somervillian and WW2 Wren Patricia Owtram wins 'Oldie Secret Agent Of The Year' Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-and-ww2-wren-patricia-owtram-wins-oldie-secret-agent-of-the-year-award/) - Patricia Owtram (née Davies, 1951, BLitt English) manned a covert listening station on the South Coast during World War Two, helped to produce University Challenge and Coronation Street, and recently won a 7 decade-long battle to have her plagiarised BLitt thesis finally recognised. Now 100 years old, Patricia was recognised this month as ‘Oldie Secret
- [From wartime trauma to academic success: one family’s story](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-wartime-trauma-to-academic-success-one-familys-story/) - College recently heard of the death of Dr Urszula Szulakowska. As always, Somerville contacted her family and sent the college’s condolences. I also asked for information about her that I could use in our annual Commemoration Service (next on Saturday 8 June 2024), when we celebrate the lives of Somervillians we have lost. Usually, family
- [A Thanksgiving Message for Our US Alumni](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-thanksgiving-message-for-our-us-alumni/) - Dear Somervillian, It is my pleasure, on behalf of everyone at Somerville, to send you and your loved ones warmest best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving. There is, of course, much to grieve in the world today. But against the resurgent figures of war and loss, I am thankful that we have a global community
- [Somerville Welcomes Pioneering Barrister Leslie Thomas KC](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-welcomes-pioneering-barrister-leslie-thomas-kc/) - We were delighted this week to welcome Professor Leslie Thomas KC to Somerville for an in-conversation event convened by our Professorial Fellow in Law, Professor Iyiola Solanke. Professor Thomas is a leading advocate in claims against public authorities in which there has been an abuse of state or corporate power. He has appeared in many
- [Five Somerville Academics Elected to Full Professorships in 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/five-somerville-academics-elected-to-full-professorships-in-2023/) - Somerville is delighted to share that five of its academics have been appointed to full Professorships in the 2023 University of Oxford Recognition of Distinction exercise. The five academics to be recognised are: Professor Southerden, our Tutorial Fellow in Italian (who also attended Somerville as a student); Professor Kassim Javaid, who is a Senior Research
- [Somerville's Principal Raises Thousands for Local Homelessness Charity in CEO Sleepout](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-principal-raises-thousands-for-local-homelessness-charity-in-ceo-sleepout/) - Our Principal Jan Royall joined leaders from around Oxford in the CEO Sleepout last Thursday, raising over £75,000 for Oxfordshire Homelessness Movement. Each year, the CEO Sleepout invites senior figures from local charities and institutions as well as Oxford-based businesses to spend a night sleeping rough in order to raise awareness of the homeless crisis
- [How climate change is making French wine better... for now](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/how-climate-change-is-making-french-wine-better-for-now/) - The wet winters and warm summers created by a changing climate in Bordeaux are the secret to great vintages - until the water runs out, writes our student Andrew Wood (2017, Biology, DPhil Biology) in a widely reported new research study. Andrew and his colleagues took high-resolution weather data and compared it to wine critic
- [Somerville alumnus and Thatcher Scholar nominated for Young Councillor of the Year](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnus-and-mtst-scholar-nominated-for-young-councillor-of-the-year/) - A recent Thatcher Scholar and Somerville graduate has been confirmed as one of five finalists in the NALC Star Council Awards 2023 Young Councillor of the Year category. The Star Council Awards are run annually by the National Association of Local Councils. They are the only awards in England to recognise the positive impact made
- [Somerville researchers prove treated and untreated sewage pose greatest threat to river biodiversity](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-researchers-prove-treated-and-untreated-sewage-pose-greatest-threat-to-river-biodiversity/) - A new study by Somerville College Fulford Junior Research Fellow Dr Dania Albini has proven that pollution from treated and untreated sewage is the greatest threat to river biodiversity, causing more damage than runoff from farms. The new study was released on World Rivers Day by Dr Albini as lead author, alongside other members of
- [Mock the Midnight Bell: Speeches from the 1992-99 Gaudy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mock-the-midnight-bell-speeches-from-the-1992-99-gaudy/) - At this year's Gaudy for alumni who matriculated between 1992 and 1999, we were lucky to hear two very memorable speeches. The first, by Tabitha Ross (1999, English), traced the etymology of the phrase 'Gaudy Night' via Dorothy L Sayers' eponymous novel all the way back to Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. In these literary exemplars, Tabitha found
- [Gardeners' Blog: August](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-august/) - Following on from July’s blog, we are once again looking at plants from further afield this month. Specifically, we are looking at varieties of canna, those vibrant perennials which produce such bold leaves and showy flowers during the summer months. I suspect gardeners are somewhat like medics in that, even if we didn’t learn it
- [Somerville Fellows Louise Mycock and Noa Zilberman mentor in Uniq+ Summer School](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellows-louise-mycock-and-noa-zilberman-mentor-in-uniq-summer-school/) - Our Tutorial Fellows in Linguistics and Engineering, Louise Mycock and Noa Zilberman, have taken part as mentors in this year's Uniq+ summer school initiative. The seven-week programme provides experience for current undergraduates across the UK from groups that are currently underrepresented in postgraduate studies who have not been able to experience a period of substantial
- [Oxford Open Doors Returns to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-open-doors-returns-to-somerville/) - Somerville will again be welcoming members of the public to College as part of Oxford Open Doors this weekend. The theme of Oxford Open Doors 2023 is ‘Everyday Oxford’. Inspired by this theme, we are inviting visitors to embark on a self-guided tour of the College before exploring a new exhibition highlighting the work of
- [Spotlight on Somerville 8](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-8/) - Welcome to the 8th episode of Spotlight On Somerville, our series of cuttings from the news and media featuring Somervillians presented for your viewing (and listening) pleasure. This edition features everything from Thomas Mann to the environment in the form of sheep farming and the climate crisis, not to mention some well-deserved celebration of the
- [OICSD Director Predicts Impact of Extreme Heat on UK](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-director-predicts-impact-of-extreme-heat-on-uk/) - A new study co-authored by OICSD Research Director Professor Radhika Khosla suggests a 2C global rise will drive up the number of uncomfortably hot days in the UK by 30% ­– and we don’t yet have the sustainable cooling technologies to cope. The research, published in Nature Sustainability on Thursday 13 July, found that while central African
- [Liz Cooke (1945-2023)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/liz-cooke-1945-2023/) - It is with great sadness that we confirm Liz Cooke died this morning at her home in Great Tew. Her son, Ollie, was with her at the time. Liz was an extraordinary woman who cared deeply about Somerville since coming up to read History in 1964. Her role in alumni relations was transformational, not just
- [Gardeners' Blog: July](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-july/) - Anna Hart, our Second Gardener, showcases an exciting new addition to the gardens in this month’s blog: the Gloriosa superba ‘Rothschildiana’. After the blossoms of May and June, July is historically known as the month of the ‘green glut’, a time of more leaf than flower (although we appear to be doing quite well here
- [Maitha Al Shimmari Selected for Atlantic Council's Women Leaders in Energy and Climate Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/maitha-al-shimmari-selected-for-atlantic-councils-women-leaders-in-energy-and-climate-fellowship/) - A huge congratulations to our brilliant Maitha Al Shimmari (2020, DPhil Engineering) on her selection for Atlantic Council’s prestigious Women Leaders in Energy and Climate Fellowship. The one year, non-resident scheme will provide Maitha with opportunities to develop her policy expertise and professional skills with the help of skills training and virtual networking events with
- [New Oxford University Professor of Linguistics Joins Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-oxford-university-professor-of-linguistics-joins-somerville-college/) - We are delighted to confirm that the newly appointed Professor of Linguistics at the University of Oxford, Professor Colin Phillips, will be joining Somerville as a Professorial Fellow. Professor Phillips will take up the post on 1 January 2024. He will be the first person appointed to the Professorship since the establishment of the Faculty
- [Somerville Hits The Road For Alumni Reunions in Berlin and Bristol](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hits-the-road-for-alumni-reunions-in-berlin-and-bristol/) - The vacation may only be a month old, but we’ve already kicked off a busy summer of alumni reunions with catchups in Berlin, Bristol and Devon. With the dust of term just settling and the last books barely handed in to the library, on June 24th we were straight on the road to Berlin for
- [Somerville Professor Among Quintet of Theorists Recognised with Frontiers of Science Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-professor-among-quintet-of-theorists-recognised-with-frontiers-of-science-award/) - A team of theoretical physicists including Somerville’s Professorial Fellow in Physics, Professor Steven Simon, has received a Frontiers of Science Award at the First International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing, China. The award was presented to five current and former members of Oxford’s Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, including two former DPhil students (Dr Glenn
- [Five Somervillians Recognised in King’s First Birthday Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/five-somervillians-recognised-in-kings-first-birthday-honours/) - Congratulations to Professor Caroline Series, Carolyn Regan, Dr Natalie Shenker, Professor Robyn Owens and Professor Deborah Bateson, all of whom have been recognised in the King’s first ever Birthday Honours. Pure mathematician Emeritus Professor Caroline Series (1969, DPhil Maths) received a CBE for her service to Mathematics, and follows her previous awards of the London
- [Gardeners' Blog: June](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-june/) - Our gardener Anna takes us behind the scenes of the latest addition to Somerville’s gardens: our new drought resistant border of succulents. Phew what a scorcher - wasn’t June a bit hot? Speaking of which: have you seen our new ‘hot tolerant’ succulent border in front of the SCR? The new arid bed was designed
- [Turkey-Syria Earthquake](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/turkey-syria-earthquake/) - We are shocked by the truly appalling disaster in Turkey and Syria. Over 33,000 people are now known to have lost their lives in the Earthquake, and the number is still increasing rapidly. Relief efforts have been severely disrupted in both countries, with no humanitarian aid reaching north-western Syria at all until late last week
- [Somerville Spring Meeting 2023: 'What Next for Ukraine and Europe?'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-spring-meeting-2023-what-next-for-ukraine-and-europe/) - On Saturday 18th March 2023, we were thrilled to welcome you back for our annual Spring Meeting of the Somerville Association, which this year featured a series of discussions and reflections on the war in Ukraine and its far-reaching implications for Europe and the world. Our first special guest was Somerville's Honorary Fellow Catherine Royle
- [Spotlight on Somerville 7: Women's History Month Edition](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-7-womens-history-month-edition/) - In the 144 years since we became one of Oxford’s first colleges for women, Somerville women have broken barriers, smashed glass ceilings and made their mark on the world. In our Women’s History Month edition of Spotlight on Somerville, we celebrate the women who have made – and are making – history. Leading the way
- [Somerville Equalities Week 2016](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-equalities-week-2016/) - The Somerville JCR is organising the annual Equalities Week from the 9th-15th May, which will feature a number of events about racial, sexual and gender equality and equality for those with disabilities.
- [Three Somervillians among subjects chosen for Oxford’s Diversifying Portraiture initiative](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-among-subjects-chosen-for-oxfords-diversifying-portraiture-initiative/) - Professorial Fellow and holder of the Chair in Linguistics, Professor Aditi Lahiri Professor Dame Carole Jordan and Dame Esther Rantzen are among subjects chosen for new portraits commissioned to reflect Oxford University’s diversity.
- [Spotlight on Somerville 5: Primetime for Somerville College Choir, Susie Dent on Goblin-Mode and more](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-5-primetime-for-somerville-college-choir-susie-dent-on-goblin-mode-and-xands-new-show/) - It’s time for another ‘Spotlight On Somerville’, our series showcasing recent media appearances by Somervillians, collected here for your convenience. At the top of this issue is the appearance on BBC Radio 3 of the Somerville College Choir, who are currently making waves with their new Christmas album of works by women composers. Also featured
- [Principal's Blog: What I Learned From Sleeping Rough](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-what-i-learned-from-sleeping-rough/) - On Monday 17th of October, our Principal Jan spent the night sleeping rough in Christchurch Meadow as part of CEOSleepout, an initiative bringing local community leaders together to raise awareness and money to combat homelessness and poverty in the UK. Last week, I spent the night in Christchurch Meadow with 20 people, including the former
- [The Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-passing-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii/) - The community of Somerville College is deeply saddened by the news this evening of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. She lived an extraordinary life of public service and was, to many, a reassuring constant in a rapidly changing world. Her loss will be deeply felt, and our thoughts are with her family. This
- [Break a leg! Somervillians at the Edinburgh Fringe](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/break-a-leg-somervillians-at-the-edinburgh-fringe/) - It’s break a leg from all of us here Somerville as our students and alumni head northwards to the stages of the Edinburgh fringe to perform variously a one woman show on the life of Eleanor Roosevelt and a new LGBTQ+ drama. Actor and alumna Alison Skilbeck (Modern Languages) and students Lily Sheldon (2020, History)
- [Spotlight on Somerville 3](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-3/) - Much has changed in the world since our last edition of Spotlight on Somerville and it is only right that today’s issue features the work of our Tutor Dr Helen Ashdown to raise money for crucial medical supplies for Ukraine. There’s also expert insight into the nature of the body and brain from Dr Jane
- [OICSD scholarships supporting Indian law students at the University of Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-scholarships-supporting-indian-law-students-at-the-university-of-oxford/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) is offering three scholarships in the year 2022-2023 for Indian students pursuing their postgraduate studies in law at the University of Oxford. Under the Cornelia Sorabji Law programme instituted at the OICSD in 2016, the Centre offers the HSA Advocates scholarship, the Ratanshaw Bomanji Zaiwalla scholarship and the
- [The Women Are Up To Something: A New Book on the Somerville Quartet](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-women-are-up-to-something-a-new-book-on-the-somerville-quartet/) - A new book by Benjamin Lipscomb tells the story of four remarkable Somervillians – Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch – who collectively shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century. In the 1930s, Lipscomb explains, moral philosophy at Oxford pictured the world as value-free. Following the influential arguments of AJ
- [Little Amal Arrives in Oxford!](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/little-amal-arrives-in-oxford/) - Yesterday afternoon, we were delighted to join our friends from Asylum Welcome at the Botanic Gardens to welcome Little Amal to Oxford. Amal, a three and a half metre high puppet, arrived in Oxford where she was welcomed by The Story Museum's Alice in Wonderland puppet in a specially commissioned story from Nadine Kaadan. Nadine
- [Dr Hussam Hussein named Fellow of WEF's Global Future Council](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-hussam-hussein-named-fellow-of-wefs-global-future-council/) - Somerville's Research Fellow in International Relations, Dr Hussam Hussein has been selected as a fellow of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on “Cities of Tomorrow”. The council focuses on how to build and plan for future inclusive, sustainable, affordable cities, and Dr Hussein will serve as a fellow from October 2021 to June 2022. During
- [Holly Cobb wins Oxford SU Student Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/holly-cobb-wins-oxford-su-student-award/) - Our wonderful Holly Cobb (2021, French and Linguistics) has won the Increasing Access Award at the Oxford SU Student Awards. The results were announced at a gala awards ceremony last night at Freud Café Bar in Jericho. Holly was nominated for the award by her peers in recognition of her amazing work to raise visibility
- [Professor Patricia Owens Wins a Second Susan Strange Prize for Best Book in International Studies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-patricia-owens-wins-a-second-susan-strange-prize-for-best-book-in-international-studies/) - Our Fellow and Tutor in International Relations, Professor Patricia Owens, has won the Britis International Studies Association's Susan Strange Prize for Best Book in International Series - the second time she has received the award. BISA announced the award today at their annual conference. The winning book, Women's International Thought: Towards a New Canon (2022),
- [Subject and Poster Prizes for Somerville Engineer Haris Saeed](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/subject-and-poster-prizes-for-somerville-engineer-haris-saeed/) - Our student Haris Saeed (2019, MEng Engineering) took home two awards for magnificently informative poster at the Lubbock Lecture last week. Haris was judged to have created both the best poster in Chemical and Process Engineering and the Best Overall for its clarity in explaining his research in just one sheet of A4. Haris' Masters
- [Exceptional kindness of Zheyi Cao and Katie Walker recognised in 2023 Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/exceptional-kindness-of-zheyi-cao-and-katie-walker-recognised-in-2023-pat-harris-spirit-of-somerville-awards/) - Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Awards, Zheyi (David) Cao (2021, DPhil Clinical Medicine) and Katie Walker (2020, MPhys Physics). The Spirit of Somerville award was created in 2018 by Aaron Maniam (1998, PPE) and a group of his friends in tribute to Pat Harris, a Somerville porter legendary
- [Beautiful Borders: Gardens Blog, May 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/beautiful-borders-gardens-blog-may-2023/) - It May be hot, it May be cold, it May be wet, it May be sunny - May is typically a most variable month, and this year was no different. (Although in all honesty, the rain - a little bit of a distant memory now the sun is shining and the garden is lush -
- [Martha Hughes' Essay Wins SAPC Student Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/martha-hughes-essay-wins-sapc-student-prize/) - Congratulations to our Martha Hughes (2019, Medicine), who has won the Society for Academic Primary Care's Medical Student Prize for 2023! The Prize is awarded each year to the highest scoring essay of up to 1000 words on the topic of a consultation that changed one's approach to practice, and is open to students and
- [Blue Plaques for Philippa Foot and Iris Murdoch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/blue-plaques-for-philippa-foot-and-iris-murdoch/) - The Oxfordshire Blue Placque society have unveiled commemorative blue placques at the former Oxford homes of two great Somervillian philosophers: Philippa Foot (1939, PPE) and Iris Murdoch (1938, Lit. Hum.). Along with Mary Midgeley and Elizabeth Anscombe, Foot and Murdoch were members of the famed so-called 'quartet' of groundbreaking moral philosophers who met at Somerville.
- [Somerville College Pledges Support for Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Partnership](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-pledges-support-for-oxfordshire-inclusive-economy-partnership/) - We are delighted to confirm that Somerville College recently signed the Oxfordshire Inclusive Economy Charter, solidifying our commitment to foster a fair and inclusive workplace and create positive impact within our home county of Oxfordshire. The OIEP Charter encourages organisations to take specific actions to make Oxfordshire a fairer and more inclusive place to work.
- [Somerville welcomes alumni and fellows to its first BAME Careers Event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-welcomes-alumni-and-fellows-to-its-first-bame-careers-event/) - On Saturday 15th May, Somerville College welcomed alumni and fellows as the VIP speakers at our first ever BAME Networking Careers Event. Over forty BAME students from across the university came to meet our VIP guests and hear about their experiences as trainee lawyers, fashion executives, data analysts and YA authors. The event itself took
- [A Celebration of Black History at Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-celebration-of-black-history-at-somerville-college/) - Somerville College is proud to take part each October in the annual celebration of Black History Month. On this page, we are highlighting the stories and achievements of just a few of the Black members of our community who have passed through Somerville since we opened our doors in 1879, and added indelibly to our recent
- [Building a House of Prayer for All People: Arzhia Habibi, Somerville's New Chapel Scholar & Director](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/building-a-house-of-prayer-for-all-people-arzhia-habibi-somervilles-new-chapel-scholar-director/) - In October 2022, we appointed our inaugural Chapel Scholar and Director, Arzhia Habibi. The Chapel Scholar and Director (who will become the Chapel Junior Research Fellow upon the submission of her DPhil thesis) is an early career academic who acts as convenor of our programme of Choral Contemplation, Somerville’s unique multifaith reimagining of Oxford’s choral
- [Gardeners' Blog: April 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-april-2023/) - Welcome to April and welcome to Trinity - which is, it has to be said, the loveliest of terms. The sun shines, there are blue skies and birds singing in them, and the beautiful tulips are out. Which brings us to the stars of today’s blog! Tulips are one of this particular gardener’s favorite flowers
- [New Exhibition Space Launched with Luke King-Salter Show Inspired by 1904 Library Opening Play](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-exhibition-space-launched-with-luke-king-salter-show-inspired-by-1904-library-opening-play/) - We inaugurated our new public display space in the Library loggia this week with an exhibition of paintings by Oxford-based artist Luke King-Salter based on Demeter, a Robert Bridges play debuted here in 1904 to celebrate the opening of the Library. Students and staff at Somerville will be able to visit the new space to
- [Introducing the Museum of Revelatory Fakes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/introducing-the-museum-of-revelatory-fakes/) - What do the recipient of the first AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a 1920s psychic detective and the creator of a Perpetual Motion Machine all have in common? The answer is that each one was either the victim or author of a celebrated hoax – and thus appears in the Museum of Revelatory Fakes, a new digital
- [Finding hope in hell: Dame Janet Vaughan and the liberation of Bergen-Belsen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/finding-hope-in-hell-dame-janet-vaughan-and-the-liberation-of-bergen-belsen/) - If, in these times of adversity and isolation, Somervillians find themselves searching for a symbol of resilience, public service and intellect, they need look no further than Dame Janet Vaughan (1919, Medicine; College Principal 1945-67). Dame Janet Vaughan It is especially timely to consider her legacy now, since it was seventy-five years ago on April
- [Gardeners' Blog: March](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-march/) - In like a lion and out like a lamb! Well… let’s hope so, as this article is written in a month where the weather appears to be making drastic changes from one extreme to another. Although some of the new planting looks as though, unfortunately, it hasn’t made it through the cold weather, we gardeners
- [The Long Read: A Conversation Between Generations for International Women’s Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-long-read-a-conversation-between-generations-for-international-womens-day/) - The theme of International Women's Day 2022 is to ‘BreakTheBias’, as we imagine a gender equal world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. In the heady utopian days of the 1960s, when the pioneering educator and experienced non-executive Dame Professor Elan Closs Stephens (1966, English, see Bio at end) attended Somerville, such a world seemed
- [Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones (1941-2022)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-katherine-duncan-jones-1941-2022/) - We are very sad to announce that our Senior Research Fellow, the eminent Shakespearean scholar Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones, died this Sunday 16th October 2022. A memorial service for Professor Duncan-Jones will be held on Sunday 23rd April 2023 at Somerville College. You can find more information and register to attend here: https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/katherine-duncan-jones-memorial/ In recognition of the
- [Principal's Blog: Christmas Message](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-christmas-message/) - 2022 has simply flown by. It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating Dame June Raine’s recognition in the New Year Honours – and yet here we are again, Christmas trees glittering in the Hall, Michaelmas dinners dined, and carol services carolled both here in Oxford and at London’s Temple Church. Togetherness, community and light
- [Principal's Blog: Lunar New Year Message](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-lunar-new-year-message/) - As we welcome in the Year of the Rabbit, I want send you all my warmest wishes for a happy Lunar New Year. The Year of the Rabbit is traditionally associated with prosperity, longevity and good fortune. Even better, I am told that pairing the rabbit with the element of wood means the coming year
- [Somerville student leads on university-wide outreach initiative for Young Carers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-leads-on-university-wide-outreach-initiative-for-young-carers/) - Wednesday 15th March, is Young Carers’ Action Day in the UK. To mark the occasion, Somerville College is announcing a new access initiative pioneered by one of our students. Holly Cobb is a second year French and Linguistics student at Somerville College. She is also a young carer who believes she never would have made
- [Adrianne Tooke](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/adrianne-tooke/) - We are saddened to announce the death of our Emeritus Fellow, Dr Adrianne Tooke, on March 2nd. Adrianne was Somerville's Fellow and Tutor in French from 1981 until her retirement in 2008, and remained close to us as an Emeritus Fellow until her death. Her research focused on 19th century literature of all kinds, in
- [Reflections LGBTQ+ History Month: Dr Lewis Webb](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/refelctions-lgbtq-history-month-dr-lewis-webb/) - In our third and final reflection for LGBTQ+ History Month, our JRF and Stipendiary Lecturer Dr Lewis Webb shares how his passion for Classics has supported and nurtured his identity and self-acceptance as a queer man. Sappho’s longing for Anaktoria and Catullus’ ceaseless kisses for Iuventius drew me to Classics. Growing up as a young
- [Gardeners' Blog: February 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-february-2023/) - February is a busy month in the gardens, when we seem to spend most of our time either mulching, planting or pruning. In addition to this horticultural Spring-cleaning, we’ve also found time to install some nest boxes around the site. We’re hoping that these will soon be adopted by the influx of new birds we
- [Reflections for LGBTQ+ History Month: Professor Patricia Owens](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reflections-for-lgbtq-history-month-professor-patricia-owens/) - In the second of our LGBTQ+ History Month reflections, our Tutorial Fellow in International Relations and a member of Department for Politics and International Relation's Equality & Diversity Working Group, Professor Patricia Owens, considers how re-examining historical figures can help to challenge heterosexist norms in international thought. Professor Patricia Owen This LGBTQ+ History Month I’m
- [1 Year On: An Expert View on the War in Ukraine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/1-year-on-an-expert-view-on-the-war-in-ukraine/) - One year after the invasion of Ukraine, newly published research co-authored by Somerville's Tutorial Fellow in Economics is revealing the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on our opinions about democracy, the European project and immigration. The following blog is by Dr Margaryta Klymak, Somerville College's Tutorial Fellow in Economics, and Dr Tim Vlandas from Oxford's Department of Social
- [Somervillian Professor Dame Angela McLean Becomes First Female Chief Scientific Adviser](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-professor-dame-angela-mclean-becomes-first-female-chief-scientific-adviser/) - We would like to wish every congratulations to our alumna and Honorary Fellow Professor Dame Angela Mclean on becoming the first woman to be appointed Government Chief Scientific Adviser. Professor Dame Angela (1979, Maths) won an open competition for the role, and will assume her new duties on April 1st. The GCSA provides independent scientific
- [Reflections for LGBTQ+ History Month: Richard Wagenlaender (Law, 2018)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reflections-for-lgbtq-history-month-richard-wagenlaender-law-2018/) - In honour of LGBTQ+ History month, our alumnus Richard Wagenlaender (Law, 2018), General Editor for the Cambridge International Law Journal and an LLM Candidate at the University of Cambridge, reflects on his personal journey at Oxford, pays homage to his role model, the late Jonathan Cooper OBE, and shares his hopes for a open, loving
- [Figures in a Landscape: Students Curate Tour of Somerville College Artworks](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/figures-in-a-landscape-students-curate-tour-of-somerville-college-artworks/) - JCR Arts Officer Flora Symington joins us to introduce the new self-guided tour of Somerville artworks that forms the centrepiece of this year’s Arts Week. Created by Flora and her fellow Arts Officer Ursula White, the tour offers a rare opportunity to appreciate many of the artistic gems within the Somerville collection. The idea for
- [BBC Quiz Show 'The 3rd Degree' is coming to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-quiz-show-the-3rd-degree-is-coming-to-somerville/) - On Thursday 2nd March, three brave Somerville students will take on their professors in an epic battle of wits, as they go head-to-head on BBC R4’s 'The 3rd Degree'. Now in its thirteenth series, 'The 3rd Degree' is a quiz show that pits three undergraduates against three academics in a general knowledge/specialist subject quiz. The rounds
- [Remembering Our Supporters' Lunch 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/remembering-our-supporters-lunch-2023/) - This year’s Supporters’ Lunch was a memorable occasion comprised of unions and reunions, stories, a few tears and, most of all, gratitude for the strong bonds forged by the Somerville community. Here in Somerville, we look forward to the annual Supporters’ Lunch as a special moment in which to thank our loyal community of supporters
- [Dr Young Chan Kim Awarded MRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) Grant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-young-chan-kim-awarded-mrc-impact-accelerator-account-iaa-grant/) - Warm congratulations to Somerville alumnus and current Lecturer in Medicine Dr Young Chan Kim on being awarded an MRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA) Grant. Dr Young Chan Kim, who previously received a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship and MRC HIC-VAC pump-priming grant as a PI in 2022, has been successful in securing the MRC's prestigious Impact
- [Interview: OICSD scholar Ritheka Sundar on changing the narrative for first-generation students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/interview-oicsd-scholar-ritheka-sundar-on-changing-the-narrative-for-first-generation-students/) - Ritheka Sundar is an Oxford-Gopal Subramanium scholar currently reading for her MSc in Economics for Development. A first-generation student, Ritheka is committed to building an empathetic society with reduced poverty, so that people from marginalised backgrounds in India have increased access to better opportunities and a brighter future. Could you tell us a bit about
- [Introducing Our New Honorary Fellows 2022-23](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/introducing-our-new-honorary-fellows-2022-23/) - We are delighted to announce the election of four Somerville College alumnae as Honorary Fellows of the College for 2022-23. An honorary fellowship is the college’s highest recognition of distinction for alumni and associates, conferred annually by our Governing Body. Receiving the honour for 2022-23 are the historian Professor Bolanle Awe (Dec 2022), the physicist
- [The Long Read: Reflections of a Young Carer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-long-read-reflections-of-a-young-carer/) - Holly Cobb (2021, French and Linguistics) is one of several young carers studying at Somerville. She joins us here to discuss the systemic challenges facing young carers and her own experience of balancing life as an Oxford student with her long-standing familial responsibilities. My life to date has been shaped indelibly by my experiences as
- [Principal’s blog: Playing our part in bringing change to Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-playing-our-part-in-bringing-change-to-oxford/) - By Oxford standards, Somerville is a young college. We are just 140 years old. But there are reminders of our proud heritage everywhere I look – from portraits of inspirational women like Mary Somerville and Ada Lovelace to our beautiful Library. Jan Royall At a time when Oxford was male-dominated, creating this space for women
- [Dame Elan Closs Stephens and Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford elected Honorary Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-elan-closs-stephens-and-dr-margaret-casely-hayford-elected-honorary-fellows/) - Two prominent Somervillians have been elected as Honorary Fellows by the Governing Body. The award is the college’s highest recognition for alumni and associates who have achieved distinction in public or professional life. Dame Elan Closs Stephens’ (1966, English) Fellowship reflects a distinguished career in service to Welsh broadcasting and to the Welsh Government, including as
- [New postgraduate scholarship for black and ethnic minority applicants](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-postgraduate-scholarship-for-black-and-ethnic-minority-applicants/) - Somerville College and the History Faculty of the University of Oxford are launching a new postgraduate scholarship for a UK BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) student with philanthropic support from Raj Tulsiani, the co-founder and chief executive of executive recruitment and diversity consultancy Green Park. The Raj Tulsiani Scholarship, for a taught Masters in
- ["Strength to be able to champion what I believe" - Interview with Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/strength-to-be-able-to-champion-what-i-believe-interview-with-margaret-casely-hayford-cbe/) - Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE (1980, Jurisprudence) has been a lawyer, a businesswoman, and now serves as chair of the board of Shakespeare’s Globe. She was the first female Chancellor of Coventry University, and recently received an Honorary Fellowship from Somerville. While promoting inclusion and diversity has long been part of Casely-Hayford’s professional life (as Chancellor of
- [Skin Deep - Diversity campaign spawns Magazine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/skin-deep-diversity-campaign-spawns-magazine/) - Somervillian Nasim Asl (2013, English) was involved in the I, too, am Oxford campaign from its inception, running the website and uploading its content to ensure significant coverage. Now the campaign has given rise to a new magazine, which will look to explore some of the issues raised.
- [Annual celebration of diversity returns to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/annual-celebration-of-diversity-returns-to-somerville/) - We were honoured to host the latest instalment of our annual student-led formal to celebrate Oxford University’s BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds) community on November 10th. Over a hundred students and their guests enjoyed a menu designed to embrace the diversity of the diners, complemented by speeches from Somerville alumni and academics. Common
- [Somerville celebrates diversity with BAME panel and dinner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-celebrates-diversity-with-bame-panel-and-dinner/) - Somerville hosted a celebration of Oxford’s BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds) community last week. JCR President and Ethnic Minorities Officer Talisha Ariarasa addresses the BAME formal in Somerville’s Hall. (c) Michael-Akolade Ayodeji The event, which was conceived and led by the JCR’s President and Ethnic Minorities Officer, Talisha Ariarasa (2018, Jurisprudence), began with
- [Gardeners' Blog: January 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gardeners-blog-january-2023/) - Welcome all to the first blog by your new gardening team, Alastair and Anna (New Year, new term, new team!). Somerville's Head Gardener Alastair Mallick and his fellow gardener Anna Hart As you might have noticed, the gardens are starting undergo some big changes right now. Having picked up the mantle from his predecessor Sophie,
- [New Year Honours for Somervillians Philippa Tudor, Ann Olivarius and Joel Meyer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-year-honours-for-somervillians-philippa-tudor-ann-olivarius-and-joel-meyer/) - We would like to wish a thorough congratulations to Somerville alumnae Philippa Tudor and Ann Olivarius on their recognition in the 2023 New Year’s Honours for their distinguished public service. Dr Philippa Tudor (1978, DPhil Modern History) was made CBE, marking the end of her 40 year career serving the House of Lords after her
- [Head Gardener's Blog: Spring 2020](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/head-gardeners-blog-spring-2020/) - It would be an understatement to say it has been a strange spring so far – but the bulbs are giving it their all at the moment anyway. As the daffodils and hyacinths fade, the tulips take the limelight. The dazzling display of tulips at Somerville begins in late March and continues through to May
- [Head Gardener's Blog: Tulip Season](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/head-gardeners-blog-tulip-season/) - The tulip season is one of my favourite times of year in any garden, and this year's display has been a feast for the eyes. Along with their beautiful shapes and colours and stunning variety, one of my favourite things about tulips are their names, which are almost as colourful as the flowers themselves. This
- [Head Gardener's Blog: Welcoming Alastair Mallick](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/head-gardeners-blog-welcoming-alastair-mallick/) - This term, Alastair Mallick has taken up the trowel as Somerville's Head Gardener. We caught up with him to find out about his path to Somerville and his plans for a biodiverse, thriving gardens at the college. How did you come to be our gardener at Somerville? I’ve been working in Horticulture for about 15
- [Profile: Ann Olivarius](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/profile-ann-olivarius/) - Activist, lawyer and philanthropist Dr Ann Olivarius (1978, DPhil Social Studies) is an alumna of Somerville and Yale. After gaining a prize-winning doctorate from Somerville as a Rhodes Scholar and graduating with highest honours from Yale Law School and Yale School of Management, Ann worked as a lawyer and financier, making an international reputation for
- [Commemorating Mary Somerville, a Victorian Woman of Science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/commemorating-a-victorian-woman-of-science-the-mary-somerville-transcibe-a-thon/) - Today marks 150 years since the death of Mary Somerville, the Scottish astronomer, mathematician and geographer after whom our college is named. Somerville College will be marking the occasion with an appropriately academic celebration – the ‘Mary Somerville Transcribe-a-Thon’. Mary Somerville was chosen as the figurehead of our college for two reasons: to affirm our
- [Introducing Adriana Mordente, Somerville College's New Sustainability Officer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/introducing-adriana-mordente-somerville-colleges-new-sustainability-officer/) - Adriana Mordente is Somerville College’s newly appointed Sustainability Officer, tasked with leading the college towards a more sustainable future through community engagement, a comprehensive audit of our carbon footprint and the development of a three-year sustainability plan. She is studying for a doctorate within the Aquatic Biology Laboratory of Somerville’s Tutorial Fellow in Ecology, Professor
- [A college of their own: reflections on the glass ceiling in elite higher education](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-college-of-their-own-reflections-on-the-glass-ceiling-in-elite-higher-education/) - The story of Somerville as one of Oxford’s all-women colleges is a good lens through which to reflect on the road to women’s education at elite institutions, writes Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta.* I have always read Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” as a brilliant essay about women writers and their need for financial independence. After
- [Three Reflections from former Librarian Anne Manuel (2009-2022)  ](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/3-things-reflections-from-former-librarian-anne-manuel-2009-2022/) - Our Fellow and Librarian, Dr Anne Manuel, retired this summer after 13 years as our Librarian, Archivist, and Head of IT Services. She reflects on three things she'll always remember about her time at Somerville. The library of thirteen years ago was not so very different from the one we know and love today –
- [The Long Read: Reflections on the Elizabethan Age](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-long-read-reflections-on-the-elizabethan-age/) - On the occasion of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, we invited several contributors to reflect on the Queen's life, the historical significance of her reign and her connection to Oxford and Somerville. Included in this long read are a personal reflection by Somerville College Principal Jan Royall, an account of the Queen's 1968
- [Interview: OICSD scholar Vanshaj Jain on climate resilience, borders and studying the Law of the Sea](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/interview-oicsd-scholar-vanshaj-jain-on-researching-the-law-of-the-sea/) - Vanshaj Jain, DPhil candidate in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and an Oxford-Indira Gandhi scholar at Somerville College, recently submitted his DPhil thesis titled ‘Boundaries Adrift: Entitlements and Delimitation in Shifting Seas’ and passed his viva examination without corrections. It all began with an interest in borders, which grew into a
- [New Cyril Shroff Scholarships will empower next generation of Indian lawyers and policy makers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-cyril-shroff-scholarships-will-empower-next-generation-of-indian-lawyers-and-policy-makers/) - Somerville College has this month entered a new scholarship agreement with India’s foremost legal family to create a pipeline of future leaders in law and public policy. The three new law and public policy scholarships symbolise the shared commitment of Somerville College and the Shroff family, driving force behind India’s largest full-service law firm,
- [Somerville College Choir releases 'Dawn of Grace' LP](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-choir-releases-dawn-of-grace-lp/) - Released in time for Christmas 2022, 'The Dawn of Grace' is Somerville College Choir's first album in 10 years. A unique celebration of Christmas and winter, the album features 20 Christmas works by women composers, including 11 world premieres. By showcasing contemporary women composers, 'The Dawn of Grace’ brings new voices and energy to the timeless
- [Somerville Welcomes First Opportunity Oxford Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-welcomes-first-opportunity-oxford-students/) - We are thrilled that Somerville's first cohort of Opportunity Oxford students have now joined us and begun their Oxford journeys. Somerville became a new participating college in the scheme earlier in 2022 as part of its expansion to approximately 200 offers (from 100 in the 2020 intake). The academic programme aims to help talented students
- [Spotlight on Somerville 4: Defending Ukraine's Universities, Protecting the Pound and More](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-4-defending-ukraines-universities-protecting-the-pound-and-more/) - Before the new academic year begins, let’s take a look at the many ways in which the Somerville community has made waves in the news this summer. Economist Duncan Weldon (2001, PPE) discusses volatility of the pound on R4’s More Or Less The value of the pound against other currencies has been incredibly volatile
- [Joyce Reynolds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/joyce-reynolds/) - We are saddened to share the news of the death of our Honorary Fellow, Alumna and the oldest living Somervillian, Joyce Reynolds, at the age of 103. Joyce will be remembered both as a brilliant scholar who became the first woman to win the Kenyon Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Classical Studies; and, during her
- [A Somerville Student Reflects on Care Experienced History Month](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-somerville-student-reflects-on-care-experienced-history-month/) - Second year Somerville student Autumn Clarke (2020, English) has contributed the following reflections to mark Care Experienced History Month, which occurs annually in April. Autumn has direct experience of care and explains here some of the difficulties she faced, as well as the redemptive power of remembering and sharing those stories. We are just coming
- [Engineering a Legacy:  Professor Richard Stone Looks Back](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/engineering-a-legacy-professor-richard-stone-looks-back/) - Professor Richard Stone (FREng, FSAE, FIMechE) is a world-renowned authority in the mobility industry. He retires this year having been a Tutor and Fellow in Engineering at Somerville since 1993, during which time he has served twice as Vice-Principal, once at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This article was published in the Somerville Magazine
- [An Interview with Somerville’s Newest Graduate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/an-interview-with-somervilles-newest-graduate/) - Oluwaseun Alabi is Somerville’s Deputy Housekeeping Manager and a familiar face to generations of students – particularly during the ups and downs of lockdown. We took a moment today to catch up with Seun after she graduated with a high 2:1 in Business and Enterprise from Oxford Brookes. Congratulations on your graduation – a fantastic
- [Inside The NMR Revolution](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/inside-the-nmr-revolution/) - Since her appointment as Somerville’s inaugural Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow in 2020, Dr Fay Probert has seen her research garner national headlines and industry partnerships. She joins us to explain the revolutionary diagnostic power of combining AI dataset analysis with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. This piece was originally published in the Somerville Magazine, 2022. In a
- [Beyond Good and Evil: Alexander Starritt discusses ‘We Germans’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/beyond-good-and-evil-alexander-starritt-discusses-we-germans/) - In 2021, Alexander Starritt won the Dayton Peace Prize for his second novel We Germans. He joined us to discuss the challenge of depicting the realities of war and why he donated his prize money to fund a new sanctuary scholarship at Somerville. We Germans considers what happens when human beings kick out the supports
- [Changing Our World For The Better: Eleanor Rathbone at 150](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/changing-our-world-for-the-better-eleanor-rathbone-at-150/) - In honour of Eleanor Rathbone’s 150th birthday, social historian and author of Bluestockings and Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders, Jane Robinson, looks at the undercelebrated yet exceptional life and achievements of the first Somervillian MP. This story was first published in the 2022 Somerville College magazine. Next time you visit Somerville, look up to your left
- [Out of the Shadows, into the Heart: A Profile of Sunethra Bandaranaike](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/18733-2/) - https://issuu.com/somervillecollege/docs/somerville_magazine_2022_-_web/10 She is the daughter of two prime ministers, one of whom was the world’s first female premier. Here she tells the Magazine how she turned away from politics towards humanitarian goals – and how Somerville and the lifelong friendships she made here shaped her path. It’s London in 2001 and, on a stage
- [President Mikhail Gorbachev](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/president-mikhail-gorbachev/) - We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of President Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the patrons of the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust. President Gorbachev was the last president of the USSR and a close ally of Margaret Thatcher. As she put it, he was "a man with whom the West could do business". He
- [One Year On: Catching Up with Somerville’s Inaugural Sanctuary Scholar, Dr Marwa Biala](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/one-year-on-catching-up-with-somervilles-inaugural-sanctuary-scholar-dr-marwa-biala/) - Dr Marwa Biala is Somerville’s inaugural Sanctuary Scholar, having joined us from her native Tripoli in 2020 to read for an MSt in Radiation Biology. A year after graduating, she came back to the UK to sit the PLAB exam that qualifies overseas doctors to practise in the UK. In between revising and sitting her
- [SRF Professor Patricia Kingori Awarded £6.5m Wellcome Grant For New Research Project](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/srf-professor-patricia-kingori-awarded-6-5m-wellcome-grant-for-new-research-project/) - We want to offer our warmest congratulations to our Senior Research Fellow, Professor Patricia Kingori, on being awarded a grant in the first of the Wellcome Trust’s new Discovery Awards scheme. Professor Kingori, who is a Professor of Global Health Ethics based at the Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, has received
- [OICSD scholar Gaurav Dubey launches online climate change research platform](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-scholar-gaurav-dubey-launches-online-climate-change-research-platform/) - Earlier this year, Gaurav Dubey, Somerville student and scholar at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD), launched the Global Climate Research Portal, a unique online platform that aims to aggregate information on climate change research happening across the world. The aim is simple, yet immensely important – to be a one stop platform
- [Althea Sovani wins Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/althea-sovani-wins-gaisford-prize-for-greek-verse/) - Euge and congratulations to our student Althea (2018, Classics and Oriental Studies), who has won the historic Gaisford Verse Prize! Althea's translation of an extract from Otway's The History and Fall of Caius Marius into Greek iambic trimeters was adjudged the winning entry for this year's competion. The Gaisford Prizes (which are awarded for verse,
- [OpenAg Symposium calls for agriculture to play a greater role in pathway to Net Zero](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/openag-symposium-calls-for-agriculture-to-play-a-greater-role-in-pathway-to-net-zero/) - The second edition of the OpenAg Symposium, hosted by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (‘OICSD’), Somerville College, University of Oxford, and UPL Ltd., a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions, has outlined a series of policy positions, technological interventions, and financial models to transform food systems as positive contributors to global decarbonisation efforts.
- [Dr Charlotte Albury Wins Prestigious SAPC Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-charlotte-albury-wins-prestigious-sapc-prize/) - Somerville's Fulford Junior Research Fellow and Oxford University's Mildred Blaxter Fellow in Health Behaviours, Dr Charlotte Albury, has been awarded the Society for Academic Primary Care's Principal Investigator or Principal Medical Educator of the Year prize. The award is the most significant national honour in the field and honours a PI or PME who provides
- [Stephanie Dalley Award for Benjamin Freeborn to help refugee policy internship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/stephanie-dalley-award-for-benjamin-freeborn-to-help-refugee-policy-internship/) - Benjamin Freeborn (2020, BA Jurisprudence) has won the Stephanie Dalley Award to support his internship in Nairobi with the Global Development Incubator. The GDI support social development ventures, both by identifying problems and creating their own initiatives or by supporting newly established sector experts and looking for opportunities to scale them with the support of
- [upReach Award for Anahy Mercado Zembrana](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/upreach-award-for-anahy-mercado-zembrana/) - Our Anahy Mecado Zambrana (2019, Engineering) was named as one of the upReach ten at the Student Social Mobility Awards last week, after being shortlisted in both the Outstanding Achievement and Science and Engineering categories. upReach are a charity dedicated to working with universities, top employers and other charities to support disadvantaged students across the
- [Tom Hickling Wins Runner Up At Osborne Reynolds Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/tom-hickling-wins-runner-up-at-osborne-reynolds-day/) - Congratulations to Tom Hickling (2018, DPhil Engineering), whose doctoral research in fluid mechanics was awarded runner up at the Osborne Reynolds Day. The annual event, which is run by the University of Manchester and the UK Fluids Network, showcases the best recently-concluded doctoral research projects in fluid mechanics in the UK. Following assessment by
- [Pogo](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pogo/) - We are immensely saddened to announce the death of our much-loved former college cat, Pogo, on June 26th at the grand age of 23 and ten months. Pogo was born in St Hilda's college on August 18 1998 as one of a litter of six to a mother belonging to then-Principal of the college, Elizbaeth
- [A Somerville Life: Speeches from the 1980-91 Gaudy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-somerville-life-speeches-from-the-1980-91-gaudy/) - From saving up your 2p pieces to phone home (only, of course, once you made it to the front of the queue) to rescuing your credit card from a jackdaw, and from the inspirational figure of Daphne Park to reflections on the final years of single-sex education at Somerville; our guest alumni speakers shared treasured
- [Cold Toast, Fond Friends and Inspirational Women](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/cold-toast-fond-friends-and-inspirational-women/) - From cold toast with lifelong friends to being inspired by Daphne Park, our alumni guest speaker at the 1980-91 gaudy, Elenore Falshaw (1987, English), shared her memories of Somerville and reflected on how Somerville has changed and grown over the decades since her student days. "Baroness Royall, Honored Guests. Well, this is a unique perspective.
- [Somerville DPhil mathematician receives prestigious $60,000 Google PhD Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-dphil-mathematician-receives-prestigious-60000-google-phd-fellowship/) - We are delighted to congratulate Somerville DPhil student and member of the Department of Statistics Sheheryar Zaidi on being awarded a prestigious $60,000 Google PhD Fellowship from a highly competitive field of researchers. Sheh is interested in different aspects of deep learning and its applications. His research focuses on a variety of topics ranging from how we
- [From the Ground Up: Re-imagining Supporting Refugees](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-the-ground-up-re-imagining-supporting-refugees/) - Benjamin Freeborn is the recipient of this year's Stephanie Dalley Award, which helps a Somerville student each year with the costs of an internship with a non-profit charitable or cultural organisation up to £4000. The funds will help him to continue his work to support refugees, which began in the difficult conditions of the Moria
- [Community Spirit: A Q&A with Susanna Pressel, Chair of Oxfordshire County Council](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/community-spirit-a-qa-with-susanna-pressel-chair-of-oxfordshire-county-council/) - Susanna Pressel (1968, Modern Languages) is the newly elected Chair of Oxfordshire County Council. She joins us here to reflect on her career in local politics, the issues that motivate her and the role that Somerville and Oxford played in shaping her career. What are your recollections of Somerville and how do you think Somerville
- [Nia Griffith MP made DBE in Queen's Birthday Honours 2022](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/nia-griffith-mp-made-dbe-in-queens-birthday-honours-2022/) - Somerville College is delighted to congratulate Nia Griffith on being made a DBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2022, which coincided this year with the Platinum Jubilee. Nia Griffith MP (1975, Modern Languages) has worked tirelessly to champion the interests of her local community since leaving Somerville, first as a local councillor and more recently as the
- [From iPads to the lecture theatre: Pandemic Reflections from Professor Renaud Lambiotte](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-ipads-to-the-lecture-theatre-pandemic-reflections-from-professor-renaud-lambiotte/) - What are you most proud of about your work during the pandemic? Without hesitation, it is having been able to take care of my students. The early phases of the pandemic were very unsettling for all of us (and, being the father of 3 boys, it was also a very noisy period of time for
- [2022 Next Generation History Scholars Announced](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/17616-2/) - The winners of this year's Next Generation History Fund have been announced. Devanshika Bajpai and Selina Schoelles, who will start courses in October 2022 studying MSt Global and Imperial History and MSt History (Medieval History) respectively, have each been awarded £8,500 towards the cost of their tuition. They have both just completed their undergraduate studies
- [Three Somervillians Win Awards for Exam Success](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-win-awards-for-exam-success/) - Undergraduates Ingrid Yu, Sarafina Otis and Johannes Keil have been rewarded for their hard work and impressive exam performances with university awards. Ingrid (2020, Experimental Psychology) gained the highest overall marks in the University for second year Experimental Psychology. Meanwhile, Sarafina (2020, Medicine) placed second in the year for 2nd year Medicine, and Johannes (2019,
- [Pat Harris Spirit Of Somerville Awards for two of Somerville’s most caring students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pat-harris-spirit-of-somerville-awards-for-two-of-somervilles-most-caring-students/) - Martin Fellermeyer (DPhil Medical Sciences) and Katie Walker (2020, MPhys Physics) have been nominated by the MCR and JCR as the recipients of the 2022 Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville awards for their exceptional kindness and dedication to the wellbeing of their fellow students. The award was created in 2018 by Aaron Maniam (1998, PPE)
- [June Raine made DBE in New Year Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/june-raine-made-dbe-in-new-year-honours/) - Our alumna and Honorary Fellow Dame June Raine (1971, Physiology) has been awarded a DBE in recognition of her service to the public as Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). An executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care with around 1200 staff, the MHRA is responsible for
- [Somerville alumna features in BBC documentary about ground-breaking drama ‘Gentleman Jack’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-features-in-bbc-documentary-about-ground-breaking-drama-gentleman-jack/) - Isabel Sinagola (2011, English) featured this week on the BBC One documentary Gentleman Jack Changed My Life, discussing the power of the 2019 drama’s ‘wedding’ scene and her own advocacy for equal marriage within the Anglican Church. Anne Lister, the protagonist of Sally Wainwright’s 2019 drama Gentleman Jack, is considered by many to be the
- [Principal’s North America Visit Generates Support for Ukrainian Master’s Student at Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-north-america-visit-generates-support-for-ukrainian-masters-student-at-somerville-college/) - Our Principal Jan Royall recently returned from a flying visit to the Somerville community in New York, Boston and Washington DC, during which an impromptu reference to a new university scheme in support of Ukraine generated an immediate outpouring of support. Under the new University of Oxford scheme, the central university will support 20 Master’s
- [Winner of Two German Research Prizes Reflects on the Genesis of her Work at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/winner-of-two-german-research-prizes-reflects-on-the-genesis-of-her-work-at-somerville/) - Dr Joanna Raisbeck's doctoral thesis, conceived and guided by her graduate studies at Somerville, has this month been confirmed as the recipient of two prestigious German research prizes. Dr Raisbeck, who is currently a Stipendiary Lecturer in German at St Hilda’s College and Wadham College, last year won the inaugural Klaus Heyne-Preis zur Erforschung der
- [Somerville College Joins Oxford University Scheme to Support Scholarships for Ukrainian Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-joins-oxford-university-scheme-to-support-scholarships-for-ukrainian-students/) - Somerville College has this week confirmed its participation in a new University-wide scheme that will award both graduate and undergraduate scholarships to Ukrainian students displaced by the war. None of us can go too long these days before our thoughts return to the plight facing the people of Ukraine, where Save The Children estimates that
- [Somerville Medieval Research Group publish fourth book ‘Openness in Medieval Europe’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-medieval-research-group-publish-fourth-book-openness-in-medieval-europe/) - How does the concept of openness suffuse and permeate Medieval culture? A new volume by our Medieval Research Group, their fourth publication, addresses these questions and more. The volume is co-edited by our Fellow and Tutor in German, Professor Almut Suerbaum, and Manuele Gragnolati. It contains 15 essays from Somerville scholars past and present including
- [Catherine Hughes Building wins RIBA South Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/catherine-hughes-building-wins-riba-south-award/) - Our Catherine Hughes Building has been recognised with a 2022 RIBA South Award. Judged and presented locally, the Royal Institute of British Architects Regional Awards celebrate great architecture across the UK. The Catherine Hughes building will now progress to the RIBA National Awards panel for consideration. In their citation, the RIBA panel noted how the
- [First ever anthology of women's International Thought published by Fellow Patricia Owens](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/first-ever-anthology-of-womens-international-thought-published-by-fellow-patricia-owens/) - The contribution made by women to the field of International Relations has been codified in a new anthology by our Tutorial Fellow in International Relations, Professor Patricia Owens - the first of its kind. The book has been published as part of Professor Owens’ Leverhulme Project on Women and the History of International Thought, and demonstrates
- [Somerville College Professorial Fellow Aditi Lahiri Receives Advanced Grant Funding for Record-Breaking Third Time](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-professorial-fellow-aditi-lahiri-receives-advanced-grant-funding-for-record-breaking-third-time/) - Somerville College is proud to announce that our Senior Research Fellow Professor Aditi Lahiri has been named this week as one of four leading Oxford researchers to be awarded major European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants to fund her pioneering research in Linguistics. This is the fifth time that Professor Lahiri is the recipient of
- [An Interview with Rachel Slater, Somerville College's Nurse](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/an-interview-with-rachel-slater-somerville-colleges-nurse/) - What did you do before coming to Somerville? I was District Nurse In Jericho for 13 years at the Observatory Practice then Kidlington for 7 years.I managed a small team of nurses ,visiting patients of all ages in their own homes for many health conditions. You’ve been in Oxford for some time. How did you
- [Principal's Blog: Spring Greetings from Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-spring-greetings-from-somerville-college/) - We recently reached the end of Eighth Week, so I thought members of the Somerville community might welcome an update on the term we have just had. Before sharing all the latest news, however, I must address the one topic that none of us can ignore at present. The invasion of Ukraine is a horrific
- [Somerville’s Tutor in Clinical Medicine Sends Life-Saving Surgical Equipment to Ukraine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-tutor-in-clinical-medicine-sends-life-saving-surgical-equipment-to-ukraine/) - Dr Helen Ashdown appeared on BBC South this week to discuss her work sourcing emergency medical supplies for doctors on the frontline in Ukraine. Speaking on the evening news, Dr Ashdown explained how it all began with a conversation in the school playground between Helen and another mum, Iryna Dyachenko. Together, they had been conducting
- [Somerville Welcomes Iyiola Solanke as Jacques Delors Professor of European Law](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-welcomes-iyiola-solanke-as-jacques-delors-professor-of-european-law/) - Leeds University’s Professor Iyiola Solanke has been appointed as Oxford’s new Jacques Delors Professor of European Law, and will begin lecturing in the autumn. Professor Solanke’s wealth of expertise in European law combined with her focus on anti-discrimination and racial integration law will greatly enhance our academic community. Her work focuses on anti-discrimination legislation, social
- [Leverhulme Major Research Grant Awarded to Somerville Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/leverhulme-major-research-grant-awarded-to-somerville-tutorial-fellow-in-philosophy/) - Congratulations to our Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Associate Professor Karen Margrethe Nielsen, on being awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Grant for the project ‘Prohairesis: Aristotle’s Theory of Decision and its Legacy’. Leverhulme Major Research Grants are ‘for well-established, distinguished researchers in the social sciences and humanities to complete a piece of original research’. Thirty fellowships
- [Music for Ukraine Concert, 10th March 2022](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/music-for-ukraine-concert-10th-march-2022/) - Last night, members of Somerville College and the wider university gathered to hear a concert of Music for Ukraine in Somerville's Hall. Organised at the last-minute through the tireless energy of second year Music student Mar Umbert Kimura (2020, Music) and friends, the evening featured a range of music from classical and funk to traditional
- [Break The Bias: Celebrating International Women's Day at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/break-the-bias-celebrating-international-womens-day-at-somerville/) - The theme of this year's International Women’s Day is ‘BreakTheBias’, as we imagine a gender equal world that is diverse, equitable and inclusive. That is, one might argue, precisely the world Somerville has been striving to create since our first students arrived here in 1879. Indeed, the history of women’s colleges at Oxford is synonymous
- [Principal's Blog: Introducing a special Choral Contemplation for the people of Ukraine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-introducing-a-choral-contemplation-for-the-people-of-ukraine/) - The text that follows is a record of the address given by Somerville College's Principal, Jan Royall, at a special Choral Contemplation containing music and readings for the people of Ukraine, including a two-minute silence and charity collection. These are dark days for our continent and for our world. I am glad that we have
- [A Statement of Support for the People and Sovereignty of Ukraine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-statement-of-support-for-the-people-and-sovereignty-of-ukraine/) - The invasion of Ukraine has shocked the world. Somerville College stands in support with all members of our community who are affected by the appalling situation. These are terrible, distressing times, particularly for those from Ukraine, Russia and surrounding countries who will be deeply concerned about their families and friends. Naturally we are ready to
- [Somerville Medic is named joint ‘proxime accessit’ winner in Finals](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-medic-is-named-joint-proxime-accessit-winner-in-finals/) - Congratulations to Eva Zilber on her performance in Part II of the Bachelor of Medicine Finals, which has seen her named joint winner of the ‘proxime accessit’ for Best Overall Performance prize in Finals. Eva celebrating with the other Somerville medics Eva’s performance in Part II of the BM is superb, not least when one
- [OICSD scholar awarded Rufford grant for research on forest birds in eastern Indian Himalayas](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-scholar-awarded-rufford-grant-for-research-on-forest-birds-in-eastern-indian-himalayas/) - We are delighted to announce that OICSD’s Mary De Zouche scholar Aavika Dhanda (2019, DPhil Zoology) has been awarded the first Rufford Small Grant by the Rufford Foundation to support her project on the effects of land-use land-cover changes on forest bird communities of Dibang Valley, eastern Indian Himalaya. The grant will facilitate Aavika’s field
- [Tom Hickling wins ASME Gas Turbine Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/tom-hickling-wins-asme-gas-turbine-award/) - Somerville doctoral candidate and Stipendiary Lecturer Tom Hickling (2018, Engineering) has won the 2020 ASME Gas Turbine Award for his brilliant work revealing critical new insights into established wisdom in his field. Minimising the amount of clearance between different components is important for engine efficiency, but the heat involved in operation causes them to expand
- [OICSD Scholar Wins The Food Chain Global Youth Champion Award 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-scholar-wins-the-food-chain-global-youth-champion-award-2021/) - Gabriella D'Cruz is a scholar of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development whose radical reimagining of India's seaweed farming industry has won her a prestigious international award from the BBC's Food Chain programme. Gabriella is reading for an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation & Management at Somerville, and has a long track record in marine
- [Megan Chester wins Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/megan-chester-wins-oxford-bnu-creative-writing-award/) - Somervillian Megan Chester (2017, English; MSt Creative Writing) has been awarded the inaugural Oxford-BNU Creative Writing Award for her poem 'Girl, Woman, River'. Megan's work was selected to receive the top prize of £2500 from among 70 entries from undergraduate and postgraduate students across the university by a panel including Liz Truebridge, the Executive Producer
- [Four Somerville scientists help create new blood test to detect cancer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/four-somerville-scientists-help-create-new-blood-test-to-detect-cancer/) - Four Somervillians are among a team of scientists who have pioneered a game-changing new blood test that could help detect cancer in people with non-specific symptoms such as fatigue and weight loss. Our Fellow and Tutor in Medicine, Daniel Anthony; Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow, Fay Probert; Lecturer in Medicine, Susie Anthony; and alumnus Tianrong Yeo (2017,
- [Dr Young Chan Kim awarded Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowship to start his independent research career](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-young-chan-kim-awarded-sir-henry-wellcome-fellowship-to-start-his-independent-research-career/) - Congratulations to Dr Young Chan Kim, our former Somervillian DPhil student and current Lecturer in Clinical Medicine, on being awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship offers recently qualified postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to start independent research careers. As a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, Young will receive the total
- [Oxford Team Featuring Somerville Student Crowned National Champions at Jessup Moot](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-team-featuring-somerville-student-crowned-national-champions-at-jessup-moot/) - A team from Oxford University team was crowned UK National Champion at Lincoln's Inn last weekend in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition - the world's largest and most prestigious event of its kind. 2022 marked the 50th year that UK National Rounds have been held in the Jessup. Oxford was the
- [Somerville JRF and Alumna Explore the Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Forests](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-and-msc-candidate-explore-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-tropical-forests/) - In January 2022, Somerville Junior Research Fellow Dr Jesus Aguirre Gutierrez and Somerville alumna Banashree Thapa (2020, Biodiversity Conservation and Management) embarked on a research expedition to Ghana to learn more about how tropical forests are adapting to a changing climate. The expedition set out to determine if tropical forests are able to adapt to
- [Somerville student names newly-discovered largest known radio galaxy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-names-newly-discovered-largest-known-radio-galaxy/) - Aivin Gast (2018, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History) has dubbed a newly discovered galactic structure 'Alcyoneus', after working in the team that discovered it. Aivin, an undergraduate student at Somerville and a research intern at the Leiden Observatory under Dutch PhD student Martijn Oei, was tasked with manually searching for giant radio galaxies using images
- [Drama Revived: Somerville Actors Win Best Production at Cuppers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/drama-revived-somerville-actors-win-best-production-at-cuppers/) - Having loved drama at school, it was only natural for Leah O’Grady (2020, PPE), Audrey Raynes (2021, Classics) and Ursula White (2021, English) to go in search of fellow actors when they arrived at Somerville. However, they found a college in which Covid-19 had closed the doors on drama – potentially for good. Here, they
- [Spotlight On Somerville 2: Paging the Experts](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-2-paging-the-experts/) - It’s time for another Spotlight On Somerville, our feature series of cuttings from the news and media featuring Somervillians compiled for your viewing (and listening) pleasure. This week’s seven items include expert commentary on topics ranging from William Shakespeare to Prince Andrew with a detour via Covid-19, as well as Somervillians making waves in the
- [Spotlight On Somerville 1: School Twinning, Wild Swimming, Great Lives and Ocean Deeps](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-somerville-1-school-twinning-wild-swimming-great-lives-and-ocean-deeps/) - Welcome to the very first Spotlight On Somerville, our new feature compiling cuttings from the recent news and media featuring Somervillians. We wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out on hearing about the brilliant work members of our community are doing, and opportunities to discover more about our pioneering alumni. Case in point: it
- [One Day in History for Holocaust Memorial Day: 15th April 1945, Bergen-Belsen, and doing science in hell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/one-day-in-history-for-holocaust-memorial-day-15th-april-1945-bergen-belsen-and-doing-science-in-hell/) - What happened in Bergen on April 15th, 1945? For this year's Holocaust Memorial Day theme of One Day, we look back on the day when the soldiers of the British 11th Armoured Division liberated the Bergen-Belsen camp. They were soon joined by our future Principal Janet Vaughan at the head of a Medical Research Council
- [New study finds overestimation of the climate mitigation potential of Indian forests by global studies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-study-finds-overestimation-of-the-climate-mitigation-potential-of-indian-forests-by-global-studies/) - A new study by Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development scholar Trisha Gopalakrishna and co-authors found that the additional mitigation potential from forest restoration in India was less than a quarter of the country’s commitments to the Paris Agreement in 2015. The current forest area of India spans over 71 million hectares (Mha) according to
- [Somervillian Author Alexander Starritt Donates Peace Prize Winnings to Sanctuary Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-author-alexander-starrit-donates-peace-prize-winnings-to-sanctuary-scholarships/) - We are delighted to be offering an additional Sanctuary Scholarship for postgraduate students thanks to the tremendous generosity of 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner Alexander Starritt. Alexander (2004, History and Modern Languages) is kindly donating his prize money to Somerville in order to fund a new Sanctuary Scholarship in memory of his mother, Ingrid
- [Catherine Hughes Building scoops Brick Award for architecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/catherine-hughes-building-scoops-brick-award-for-architecture/) - We're absolutely thrilled that our wonderful new Catherine Hughes Building has been recognised in the Brick Development Association's annual awards as the best new brick-built educational structure in the UK. The Catherine Hughes Building took the 2021 award in the Education category. Designed by Alistair Browning for Níall McLaughlin Architects and constructed by Beard, the
- [New scheme twins Oxford colleges with local primary schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-scheme-twins-oxford-colleges-with-local-primary-schools/) - Under a new scheme guided by Somerville Principal Jan Royall, five Oxford Colleges will welcome children, families and teachers from their twinned primary school to become part of the college’s community, benefitting from extracurricular activities and academic support. Twinning will provide primary schools with access to college facilities and activities led by university students, like
- [Talking Meds: Finding the words to communicate Covid-19 travel risk](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/talking-meds-finding-the-words-to-communicate-covid-19-travel-risk/) - Dr Charlotte Albury, Mildred Blaxter Fellow in Health Behaviours and a Somerville Junior Research Fellow, finds ways to improve the outcome of medical interventions by studying the communication between healthcare professionals and their patients. Her research brought her to an unexpected destination: the heart of UK government… Last December, I found myself peering through the
- [Full Professorship for Patricia Kingori: A Historic First for Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/full-professorship-for-patricia-kingori-a-historic-first-for-oxford/) - Our Senior Research Fellow Patricia Kingori has, this term, become one of the youngest women to be awarded a full professorship in Oxford’s 925-year history and the youngest Black professor at Oxford or Cambridge. Professor Kingori, a sociologist based at Ethox Centre and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, was awarded this historic distinction
- [Somerville scientists poised to commercialise new diagnostic test for MS](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-scientists-poised-to-commercialise-new-diagnostic-test-for-ms/) - Somerville scientists are the driving force behind a powerful new diagnostic test developed in partnership with numares, leaders in the field of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which will aid early detection and treatment of the more debilitating, secondary phase of Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis is the world’s most common autoimmune disorder of the central
- [A Prepared Mind: Dr June Raine on Approving the Vaccines](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-prepared-mind-dr-june-raine-on-approving-the-vaccines/) - Few people have played a more decisive role in the UK’s response to Covid-19 than June Raine. As Interim CEO of the MHRA (she was confirmed in the role in Feb 2021), June steered the vaccines through testing and manufacture to achieve a mass rollout that set the pace for the rest of the world.
- [Reflections on the Birthday of John Stuart Mill](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reflections-on-the-birthday-of-john-stuart-mill/) - To mark today’s anniversary of John Stuart Mill’s birth, our Senior Research Fellow in History and acclaimed scholar of Victorian social reform and ideas, Dr Frank Prochaska (FRHistS) joins us to provide this reflection on the enduring significance and probable reaction to contemporary Britain of J.S. Mill. On May 20th John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) would have
- [Visual Companion: Celebrating 100 Years of Oxford Degrees for Women](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/visual-companion-celebrating-100-years-of-oxford-degrees-for-women/) - Tonight, 100 years to the day after Emily Penrose (Principal 1907-26) and a host of other Somervillians finally received their degrees, we will host a celebration of the centenary of women being admitted to Oxford degrees. The following document serves as a visual companion to that event. The evening will feature Jane Robinson, an Honorary Associate
- [Somerville student Rebecca Bowen wins 2020 Society for Italian Studies Postgraduate Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-rebecca-bowen-wins-2020-society-for-italian-studies-postgraduate-prize/) - Somerville DPhil student Rebecca Bowen (2016, Medieval and Modern Languages) has won the Society for Italian Studies’ 2020 postraduate prize. The prestigious award, which includes a £500 cash prize, is made annually to the best submitted postgraduate thesis in the field of Italian studies. Rebecca took the 2020 prize with her doctoral thesis ‘Figures of
- [Remembering Somerville Co-Founder Henry Francis Pelham](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/henry-francis-pelham-somerville-co-founder-at-175/) - Henry Francis Pelham (1846-1907) was one of Somerville's founders and a passionate champion and supporter of the fledging college and of women's education. Our Principal Jan Royall marks 175 years since his birth by taking a closer look at the contribution he made to the college. Henry Francis Pelham was a truly remarkable man. A
- [2020 Leavers' Weekend](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-leavers-weekend/) - Thanks to the wonderful generosity of a group of alumni, our 2020 Leavers were able to return to Somerville for a weekend. Due to the pandemic our recent leavers missed their final term in Oxford, which, of course, was a great shame for everyone. This made it especially nice to welcome them back to college
- [The Somerville Archives: Digitising the Paradise of Dainty Devices](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-somerville-archives-digitising-the-paradise-of-dainty-devices/) - A unique collection of autograph poems and sketches by preeminent early 20th Century writers, poets, and artists has been digitised and made available online thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. A Paradise of Dainty Devices is the visitors’/autograph book kept by doctor and writer Percy Withers (1867-1945), father of Somervillian and first female British Vogue editor Audrey
- [Remembering Dame Fiona Caldicott](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/remembering-dame-fiona-caldicott/) - On 15th February, our former Principal Dame Fiona Caldicott passed away. Thank you to everyone who kindly shared their treasured memories, stories and tributes with us. We have collected many of them here so that we all might remember Dame Fiona together. It is not easy to reckon the legacy of our former Principal, Dame
- [In Pictures: 2021 Fireworks Night](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/in-pictures-2021-fireworks-night/) - On Thursday 4th December 2021, Somerville's college fireworks night returned for the first time in two years with a bang! In case you couldn't join us on the evening, here are some of our favourite photos (click to view full size and uncropped):
- [Company co-founded by SRF Colin Espie partners with Scottish government to treat anxiety and insomnia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/senior-research-fellow-colin-espie-partners-with-scottish-government-to-make-nation-worlds-first-to-offer-free-digital-treatments-for-anxiety-and-insomnia-to-all/) - NHS Scotland will offer free, round the clock access to treatment for anxiety and insomnia to all adults in the country in partnership with the digital therapeutics provider Big Health, which was co-founded by Oxford University Professor of Sleep Medicine, Somerville Senior Research Fellow and proud Scotsman Colin Espie. Big Health’s Daylight and Sleepio services,
- [The OICSD launches new journal supplement on mental health in India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oicsd-launches-new-journal-supplement-on-mental-health-in-india/) - Dr Premila Webster, Health Lead at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, launched the journal supplement "Mental Health in India - Bridging the Gap" bringing together research related to mental health in India in October 2021. The articles in the supplement explore issues related to public health in India, care-seeking behaviour, stigma, homelessness, and
- [Dr Siddharth Arora joins the Oxford India Centre as Programme Director](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-siddharth-arora-joins-the-oxford-india-centre-as-programme-director/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development is delighted to announce that Dr Siddharth Arora has joined the Centre as its Programme Director in October 2021. Dr Arora, along with Research Director Prof Radhika Khosla, will lead the scholarship programme at the OICSD and work toward building a community of students and researchers. Dr Siddharth
- [Professor Frances Stewart named Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-frances-stewart-named-fellow-of-the-academy-of-social-sciences/) - Somerville alumna and Emeritus Fellow Professor Frances Stewart (née Kaldor, 1958, PPE) has been named as one of 74 leading academics elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Stewart’s award comes in recognition of her long and distinguished career in Development Economics focusing on understanding and addressing the issues of poverty,
- [Prejudice-Defying Research Wins British Neuropsychological Society Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/prejudice-defying-research-wins-british-neuropsychological-society-prize/) - We are delighted to confirm that recent Somerville graduate Shah Moore (2018, Psychology) has won the British Neuropsychological Society's Undergraduate Project Prize 2021. Under the supervision of Kate Watkins, Shah conducted an amazing, prejudice-defying project on the experience of colour and spatial categories by blind and sighted participants, exploring these questions despite significant recruitment and
- [Reflections: 20 Years Since 9/11](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reflections-20-years-since-9-11/) - To mark 20 years since 9/11, PBS conducted the following interview with Emma Sky OBE (1987, Oriental Studies) as part of the FRONTLINE's Transparency Project - an effort to open up the source material behind the channel's documentaries. Emma is a global expert on conflict, reconciliation and stability - a self-confessed pacifist and avowed opponent of
- [In Memory of Mr Keshav Desiraju](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/in-memory-of-mr-keshav-desiraju/) - We at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development are deeply saddened by the demise of former Health Secretary of India Mr Keshav Desiraju on 5 September 2021. Mr Desiraju had exemplary career in the Indian civil service, having held senior positions in the state governments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and the central government including
- [A Makeover for College Quad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-makeover-for-college-quad/) - Several lorry loads of turf, some very careful arrangement of the sods and a lot of diligent whacking and watering - and suddenly College Quad was transformed. There's no denying that the refurbishment works to our kitchens and pantry which began a year ago were necessary. You need only read about how our Estates Manager
- [Somervillians inspired by Afghan women’s orchestra residency](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillians-inspired-by-afghan-womens-orchestra-residency/) - Somerville staff and students were inspired last week by a visit from Ensemble Zohra, Afghanistan’s only all-female orchestra. During the residency, the group lived and rehearsed in the College. They performed side by side with members of the local community and Somerville students in two concerts for Oxfordshire school children in the week. They also
- [Sarah Broadie (1941-2021)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sarah-broadie-1941-2021/) - We were saddened to hear the news today that our alumna and Honorary Fellow Sarah Broadie (née Waterlow, 1960, Classics) has died. Professor Broadie was a talented and brilliant scholar of Ancient Philosophy who held posts at Rutgers, Yale, Texas, Edinburgh and Princeton and most recently St Andrews, where she took up the post of
- [Somerville Fellow finds Dumas' 3 musketeers lacked muskets](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-finds-dumas-3-musketeers-lacked-muskets/) - Taking up the position of Schools Liaisons Officer for French at the university was not a move calculated to win Somerville Fellow Simon Kemp media publicity and yet, within two months, he had a ten-minute slot on BBC Five Live.
- [Somerville research fellow plumbs canine character](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-research-fellow-plumbs-canine-character/) - Somerville Junior Research Fellow Dr Máté Nagy has been interviewed by the BBC about his research into canine behaviour.
- [Somerville links to Monuments Men](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-links-to-monuments-men/) - Scheduled for release today, Monuments Men tells the story of the Anglo-American team of artists, art historians, museum curators and directors who worked to locate and preserve European monuments, works of art, libraries and archives during World War Two.
- [Vera Brittain among those named as Liberty turns 80](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/vera-brittain-among-those-named-as-liberty-turns-80/) - As the campaigning group Liberty turns 80, authors and campaigners have been paying tribute to those who have supported the group’s work down the decades, among them H G Wells, George Orwell and Vera Brittain, an alumna of Somerville College.
- [New year, new honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-year-new-honours/) - Two Somervillians were recognised in the New Year’s Honours List while several Somerville alumni and Fellows have received awards or other forms of recognition in 2014 as well.
- [And then there were four - the University Challenge campaign](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/and-then-there-were-four-the-university-challenge-campaign/) - Oxford Colleges can look from the outside like monastic retreats and, while this helps to provide strong internal community, it can appear as though they simply wish to evade the public gaze.
- [Hilary Spurling features in Matisse documentary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/hilary-spurling-features-in-matisse-documentary/) - Hilary Spurling, Somerville alumna, Honorary Fellow of the College and award-winning biographer of Henri Matisse, has been featured in a documentary about the French artist’s later works.
- [Radio 4 - Somervillians on Spartacus](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/radio-4-somervillians-on-spartacus/) - Two Somerville alumnae have featured in a BBC Radio 4 programme about Spartacus, aired on 6 March.
- [Somerville alumna to discuss the Trinity on BBC Radio 4](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-to-discuss-the-trinity-on-bbc-radio-4/) - Janet Soskice will become the third Somervillian in eight days to feature on Melvyn Bragg’s popular Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’.
- [Alumna to head National Theatre](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alumna-to-head-national-theatre/) - Tessa Ross (1980, Oriental Studies) has been appointed Chief Executive of the National Theatre in London.
- [New Somerville SRF wins Gairdner Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-somerville-srf-wins-gairdner-award/) - Sir Marc Feldmann, who was recently appointed a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville, is one of the recipients of the 2014 Canada Gairdner International Awards, often seen as a predictor for the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
- [Fab Four through to University Challenge final](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fab-four-through-to-university-challenge-final/) - Somerville’s Fab Four won a semi-final bout against the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London by 195 to 105 points to book their place in the final of BBC quiz show University Challenge. After SOAS took an early lead, Somerville correctly answered a series of starter questions – each worth ten points – whose subjects ranged from a 15th century Pope to the make-up of the Spanish Parliament. Further starter questions on Tokyo architecture, Italian kitchenware and London’s underground lines enabled Somerville to take the lead by 70 to 55, although SOAS then made up the difference to bring the scores to 70 each. Unperturbed, Somerville was then able to pull into a comfortable lead, correctly identifying an excerpt of music that was played as the output of Camille Saint-Saens, Foundations of Leninism as the work of Josef Stalin, and Uralic as the language group that includes (among others) Tundra Nenets, Finnish and Hungarian. Some of the question themes were especially unusual, perhaps chiefly ‘Squirrels in Literature’, but even on this topic Somerville was able to accumulate points. As previously, all four team members contributed correct answers, although perhaps the most notable performance this week came from Chris Beer, with some crucial starter-question answers that allowed Somerville to pull away from their rivals in the second half of the contest. Somerville ended with a comfortable winning margin, finishing up on 195 points to SOAS’s 105. Somerville faces Trinity College, Cambridge in the final. Trinity beat Manchester by 260 points to 175 in their semi-final.
- [Williams & Rubinstein on Radio 4 - a friendship formed at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/williams-rubinstein-on-radio-4-a-friendship-formed-at-somerville/) - Baroness Shirley Williams (1948, PPE) and Helge Rubinstein (1948, Modern Languages) were primary guests on Woman’s Hour this morning in an episode focused on friendship, part of a series of programmes Radio 4 is currently airing on the subject.
- [University Challenge Final - The Line-Up](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/university-challenge-final-the-line-up/) - As Somerville prepares for the final of University Challenge, due to be aired on Monday 7 April at 8pm on BBC2, we thought it was worth telling you a little about the team. Michael Davies, Captain Home country and town: Blackburn, Lancashire, UK Hobbies: I sing tenor in the Oxford-based a cappella group The Alternotives – we’ve just finished a tour of the East Coast of the USA. I’ve also done quite a bit of charity fundraising with RAG, play the saxophone and have a third brown belt in karate. Specialist subjects: ‘Guess the word’ questions, languages, economics, mental maths… nothing too “high culture” as Beer and Vermeer blow me out of the water there! Proudest moment thus far on University Challenge: Either getting a tweet from Stephen Fry, or answering a question on Degas, because all my infinitely more cultured friends think I’m a philistine. Zachary Vermeer Home country and city: Sydney, Australia Hobbies: Reading, travelling, swimming, films. Nothing too adventurous or out of the ordinary, I’m afraid. Oh, and partying hard, of course – I’ve served as (perhaps rather unlikely) MCR Social Secretary for the last couple of terms, giving me a chance to indulge in my fondness for karaoke (and costume parties). Best thing about Somerville: definitely the people and the friendliness of the atmosphere. It’s a real community, with brilliant, fun and fascinating people from all over the globe – I’ve definitely come to feel at home here. Specialist subjects: history, politics, literature. My actual subject, law, rarely comes up – and the one time it did, unfortunately I got it wrong… Proudest moment thus far on University Challenge: I was pleased that I managed to identify a piece of opera as coming from Verdi’s “La Traviata” pretty quickly. Christopher Beer Home country and village: UK – Blyborough, a very small Lincolnshire village halfway between Scunthorpe and Lincoln. Hobbies: College specific – football, album club (like a book club, but for LPs), misc. sports…outside of Somerville I volunteer at a local homeless shelter, go running, some more football, and do a bit of reading/writing (especially on food and the arts). Best thing about Somerville: The warm tang of Hall lamb tagine on a Tuesday lunchtime is my absolute favourite thing. More generally, I do think that Somerville is somewhat unique in Oxford for being more laid-back, something I’ve found both in my tutors and fellow students. There is much less social pretension around Somerville and a broad receptiveness to new ideas. Specialist subjects: Literature and history I guess, but it’s amazing how much esoteric knowledge you are confronted with on the show. ‘Squirrels in literature’ comes to mind, as does Albert Camus’ quote about playing in goal. Proudest moment thus far on University Challenge: The Southampton match I suppose. We’d watched them the previous day dismantle Queen’s Belfast by 200 points and we were quite nervous that they would do the same to us. Luckily the starter questions fell our way at the beginning – reading Vanity Fair certainly paid dividends! Sam Walker Home country and town: Stafford, England Hobbies: Science, singing, stringed instruments, and cycling. Best thing about Somerville: The atmosphere. Specialist subjects: I know a little about a lot, so nothing in particular. As likely to be the Beatles as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Proudest moment thus far on University Challenge: My first correct starter for 10 (Laura Marling), having not expected to even be on the show.
- [Alice Prochaska appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alice-prochaska-appointed-pro-vice-chancellor/) - Dr Alice Prochaska, Principal of Somerville College, was appointed a Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford on 23 April in a ceremony conducted at the office of the Vice-Chancellor.
- [Dinner celebrates University Challenge campaign](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dinner-celebrates-university-challenge-campaign/) - Somerville’s memorable University Challenge campaign, which saw the College representing Oxford in the final of the competition, was celebrated at a dinner in Hall held on 24 April.
- [Somerville & its students feature in US TV story on Oxford English Dictionary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-its-students-feature-in-us-tv-story-on-oxford-english-dictionary/) - Somerville College and a handful of its students were featured in a CBS television news story about the future of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
- [Two Somerville Fellows receive ultimate recognition as Fellows of the Royal Society](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somerville-fellows-receive-ultimate-recognition-as-fellows-of-the-royal-society/) - Professors Marian Dawkins and Rajesh Thakker, both Fellows of Somerville College, were elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society on 30 April, 2014.
- [IN MEMORIAM - James Higginbotham, first male Fellow of Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/in-memoriam-james-higginbotham-first-male-fellow-of-somerville-college/) - The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College were saddened to learn of the recent death of James Higginbotham, Professor of Philosophy & Linguistics at the University of Southern California.
- [Global Ocean Commission meets with Pope and advisors in Rome](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/global-ocean-commission-meets-with-pope-and-advisors-in-rome/) - Trevor Manuel, Co-chair of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), and Simon Reddy, Executive Secretary to the Commission, attended meetings at the Vatican last week to discuss the Commission’s vision for stronger governance and protection of the high seas. The Commission, which is due to report its findings to the United Nations later this year, is housed at Somerville.
- [Glad Tidings: Six Somervillians Named in New Year’s Honours List 2020-21](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/glad-tidings-six-somervillians-named-in-new-years-honours-list-2020-21/) - It is a great pleasure to confirm that no fewer than six Somerville alumnae have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List. Following a hard year for all of us, it is heartening to note that all six recipients are being honoured for the positive contributions they have made to some of the most
- [Three Somerville Fellows Receive Professorships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somerville-fellows-receive-professorships/) - Michaelmas Term was challenging for so many reasons – but in amongst all the challenges were moments of great happiness for the entire Somerville community. Among these silver linings, the elevation of three of our Fellows to professorships was cause for deep and abiding pride. We are delighted to congratulate Dr Radhika Khosla, Research Director
- [Happy 80th birthday to Dame Fiona Caldicott, Former Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/happy-80th-birthday-to-dame-fiona-caldicott-former-principal/) - It is a great pleasure to wish our former Principal, Dame Fiona Caldicott, many happy returns on the occasion of her birthday. For those not familiar with her CV, Dame Fiona has had a hugely influential career, including posts as Chair of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Chair of the National Information Governance Board
- [Somervillian medics selected for top academic programme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-medics-selected-for-top-academic-programme/) - Congratulations to Somervillian medics Aaron Henry and Eva Zilber on being selected for the highly prestigious Oxford Academic Foundation Programme following graduation. The Oxford AFP is designed to provide doctors with insight and enthusiasm for academic medicine in addition to the competences outlined in the Foundation Programme Curriculum. As AFP doctors, Aaron and Eva will
- [Reimagining the future of computing infrastructure](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reimagining-the-future-of-computing-infrastructure/) - We continue our series of introductions to our new Tutorial Fellows with a blog from Associate Professor Noa Zilberman. Noa joined Somerville in 2020 as our new Fellow & Tutor in Engineering and as the University’s Associate Professor of Digital Electronics. She was previously Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer at Cambridge. Before entering academia, she had
- [Working behind the scenes on the Oxford Vaccine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/working-behind-the-scenes-on-the-oxford-vaccine/) - Somerville medical student Aaron Henry (2015, Medicine) was part of the team of volunteers who successfully trialled the new Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine against Coronavirus. We caught up with Aaron to go behind the scenes and find out more about his experience of working on one of the most important vaccines in history. Aaron Henry. Photo
- [Digitising Dante](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/digitising-dante/) - In the year of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), two Somerville students are creating a new, accessible digital edition of the opening chapters of Dante’s celebrated Divine Comedy, writes Katie Bastiman (2016, French and Italian, MSt Modern Languages). It may be 700 years since Dante’s death, but the influence of his
- [Somerville College Trials Lateral Flow Tests for University](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-trials-lateral-flow-tests-for-university/) - Starting this week, Somerville College has joined three other other university departments in a new pilot scheme to trial the use of asymptomatic Lateral Flow Testing. The trial, which began on Wednesday 3rd February and will last for three weeks, will seek to establish the validity of extending Lateral Flow Testing to all staff of the
- [Somerville Medievalist Research Group publishes 'Medieval Temporalities'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-medievalist-research-group-publishes-medieval-temporalities/) - Published this week, Medieval Temporalities is the third volume produced by the Somerville Medievalist Research Group. Its editors, Professor Almut Suerbaum (Fellow & Tutor in German) and Professor Annie Sutherland (Fellow & Tutor in Old and Middle English), join us to discuss this exciting new project. The Somerville Medievalist Research Group was first conceived by
- [Dr Cristian Trovato's computer model of heart cells wins best paper of 2020 from Journal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-cristian-trovatos-computer-model-of-heart-cells-wins-best-paper-of-2020-from-journal/) - A research paper by Somerville alumnus Dr Cristian Trovato (2017, Computer Science) has been selected by the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology as one of the best of 2020. Dr Cristian Trovato Based on research conducted for his Doctoral studies, Cristian’s work showed how computer modelling could be used to understand specialised Purkinje cells
- [Oxford colleges join new Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-colleges-join-new-zero-carbon-oxford-partnership/) - Somerville, represented by the Conference of Colleges, joined stakeholders around the city in a new partnership to reduce Oxford’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2040 at the Zero Carbon Oxford Summit last week. A new Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership was formed at the summit on February 4th. The initiative brings together representatives from the
- [Dame Fiona Caldicott](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-fiona-caldicott/) - It is with tremendous sadness that we must inform you that Dame Fiona Caldicott, our former Principal, passed away in the early hours of this morning. Dame Fiona was a brilliant, dedicated, and empathetic leader of this college. She led us confidently into the future as a newly co-educational institution, and also served as Pro-Vice
- [Somerville Fellow Leads Lockdown Music Education Programme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-leads-lockdown-music-education-programme/) - Our Tutor and Fellow in Music, Samantha Dieckmann is making waves this week as she convenes a new course offering Oxford music students the chance to teach local schoolchildren. Everyone knows that music has the power to act as a universal language, transcending the boundaries of class, gender, race and age to create moments of
- [Pride 2021 Guest Blog: Reflections on Literary Representation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pride-2021-guest-blog-reflections-on-literary-representation/) - Katie Bastiman (2016, French and Italian) is currently studying for an MSt in Modern Languages and is one of the Somerville MCR’s LGBTQ+ Officers. Here she joins us to consider the resonant contributions made by LGBTQ+ voices to the canon of Western Literature. Pride month is a celebratory occasion with a serious history, originating as
- [Somerville recognised as University College of Sanctuary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-recognised-as-university-college-of-sanctuary/) - Somerville has been recognised as one of the UK’s first University Colleges of Sanctuary. After a joint application with Mansfield College, Somerville has gained this recognition from UK charity City of Sanctuary after demonstrating its ongoing commitment to nurturing a culture of inclusivity and awareness on campus for those seeking sanctuary (which includes refugees and
- [ICT Notice to College Members: Eduroam](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ict-notice-to-college-members-eduroam/) - On 5 March 2021, the current security certificate for connecting to eduroam Wi-Fi will be retired and a new certificate will take effect. This means that all members of college who currently connect to eduroam using a laptop, phone or tablet computer will need to reconfigure the Wi-Fi of their device to keep using eduroam.
- [Somerville alumna Dr June Raine is named an Honorary Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-dr-june-raine-is-named-honorary-fellow/) - We are delighted to announce that Dr June Raine (1971 Physiology) has been made an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College. The decision to confer this honour on Dr Raine was unanimously agreed by our Governing Body in recognition of the exemplary work she has done during 30 years of quiet public service – as well
- [Got the Blues - Somerville Women rowers heading upstream](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/got-the-blues-somerville-women-rowers-heading-upstream/) - Got the Blues: Somerville Women’s rowing heads upstream
- [Somerville student nomination among winners of Oxford Inspirational Teachers Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-nomination-among-winners-of-oxford-inspirational-teachers-awards/) - Stephanie Lucas, a teacher at Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic School Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot, Wales, has won a University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher’s award following a nomination from a first-year student at Somerville.
- [Google doodle celebrates Dorothy Hodgkin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/google-doodle-celebrates-dorothy-hodgkin/) - Google has celebrated the 104th anniversary of Dorothy Hodgkin’s birth with a ‘Google doodle’, the illustration that appears on the search home page of the world’s most visited website.
- [Maan Barua wins 3-year British Academy Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/maan-barua-wins-3-year-british-academy-fellowship/) - Dr Maan Barua (2013, Social Sciences) has been awarded a three-year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the political role and significance of human-monkey relations in modern India.
- [In the limelight - Fiona Stafford to talk trees on Radio 3](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/in-the-limelight-fiona-stafford-to-talk-trees-on-radio-3/) - Fiona Stafford was brought up in largely rural areas, but it was only as she read Hardy, Wordsworth, Clare and Heaney that trees began to dominate the view. That, she argues, should come as no surprise – Britain’s trees, after all, are as freighted with historical and literary associations as its palaces and castles.
- [BBC Radio Oxford - Somerville Principal says India election under-reported in UK press](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc-radio-oxford-somerville-principal-says-india-election-under-reported-in-uk-press/) - Dr Alice Prochaska was featured in an overview of the Sunday papers on BBC Radio Oxford this weekend, as she discussed some of the major stories with Presenter David Prever and co-panellist John Retallick of Ruskin College.
- [Marjorie Boulton celebrates 90th birthday at Somerville in English and Esperanto](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/marjorie-boulton-celebrates-90th-birthday-at-somerville-in-english-and-esperanto/) - Marjorie Boulton (1941, English) celebrated her 90th birthday at Somerville today with a talk delivered in a mix of English and Esperanto.
- [Inaugural modern languages award to fund Occitan research](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/inaugural-modern-languages-award-to-fund-occitan-research/) - Anna Branford (2012, Modern Languages) has been awarded the first Rhabanus Maurus Travel Grant to conduct research into modern languages.
- [Scottish Herald profiles novelist Maggie Gee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/scottish-herald-profiles-novelist-maggie-gee/) - Somerville alumna Maggie Gee (1966, English) has been profiled in Scotland’s The Herald for the launch of her latest novel Virginia Woolf in Manhattan.
- [Hong Kong connection - alumni profiles](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/hong-kong-connection-alumni-profiles/) - Three remarkable Hong Kong Somervillians have been profiled on the College website in recognition of the continued strengthening of ties between the College and its Hong Kong alumni.
- [New Somerville JRF Jane Dyson launches Himalayas short](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-somerville-jrf-jane-dyson-launches-himalayas-short/) - Dr Jane Dyson, who will begin a two-year Junior Research Fellowship at Somerville later this year, has co-directed a new short film about life in a village in the Indian Himalayas.
- [EVER GREEN - Robert Washington celebrates 30 years at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ever-green-robert-washington-celebrates-30-years-at-somerville/) - Somerville’s gardens cover almost half a square kilometre and rely on the work of a team of gardeners to keep lawns mown, weeds at bay and herbaceous borders in bloom.
- [Principal's Thatcher letter published in Daily Telegraph](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-thatcher-letter-published-in-daily-telegraph/) - A letter composed by Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville College Principal, was published in the Daily Telegraph on 20 June.
- [Fellow Mason Porter wins Erdos-Renyi Prize in Network Science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fellow-mason-porter-wins-erdos-renyi-prize-in-network-science/) - Mason Porter, Fellow of Somerville College and Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics, has won the 2014 Erdős–Rényi Prize.
- [Honourable Mentions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/honourable-mentions/) - We are delighted to pass on news of three alumnae who have received official recognition for their work in recent weeks.
- [Somerville Welcomes Yemeni Neuroscientist Dr Anwar Masoud](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-welcomes-yemeni-neuroscientist-dr-anwar-masoud/) - We are pleased to announce that Dr Anwar Masoud and his family recently arrived at Somerville from Yemen on a joint fellowship between CARA (the Council for At-Risk Academics) and the SRF (Scholar Rescue Fund). Dr Masoud will be joining the Department of Pharmacology as a neuroscientist within the group led by Professor Daniel C
- [Dr Christina Roaf (Drake), 1917-2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-christina-roaf-drake-1917-2014/) - Dr Christina Roaf (Drake) (1937, Modern Languages) died on the 18th June at the age of 96.
- [Somerville Gardens open to public Sunday 29 June](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-gardens-open-to-public-sunday-29-june/) - Somerville College’s gardens will be open to visitors on Sunday 29 June as part of the National Gardens Scheme. The gardens will be open from 1-6pm. Admission is £2.50 for adults and children are admitted for free. You can read more about our head gardener and the College gardens in EVER GREEN.
- [Somerville graduate scholar wins sustainability award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-graduate-scholar-wins-sustainability-award/) - Shriman Sai Raman, a graduate scholar of Somerville College’s Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, has received the Special Award for Community Action 2013-14 from ‘Green Impact’, a new student sustainability scheme run under the auspices of the National Union of Students.
- [Almut Suerbaum discusses Hildegard of Bingen on BBC Radio 4](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/almut-suerbaum-discusses-hildegard-of-bingen-on-bbc-radio-4/) - Dr Almut Suerbaum, Vice Principal of Somerville College and Lecturer in Medieval German, has featured in a BBC Radio 4 programme focused on the life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, which was broadcast again at 9.30pm on 26 June.
- [New Telethon team chosen ahead of autumn push](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-telethon-team-chosen-ahead-of-autumn-push/) - Somerville College’s 2013 student team of Telethon callers
- [UNESCO and International Union of Crystallography to join in hosting a Dorothy Hodgkin Symposium at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/unesco-and-international-union-of-crystallography-to-join-in-hosting-a-dorothy-hodgkin-symposium-at-somerville/) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will co-host an October symposium in Oxford to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry won by Somerville alumna and Fellow, Professor Dorothy Hodgkin O.M.
- [Elizabeth Millicent Chilver ('Sally Chilver'), 3 August 1914 - 3 July 2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/elizabeth-millicent-chilver-sally-chilver-3-august-1914-3-july-2014/) - Elizabeth Millicent Chilver, known as Sally Chilver, has died at the age of 99.
- [College Gaudy fills Hall and lasts into early hours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-gaudy-fills-hall-and-lasts-into-early-hours/) - Somerville’s annual Gaudy dinner filled the College hall on Saturday 28 June as alumnae from 1978-1988 returned to College for their reunion.
- [Alumna Jo Vellacott delivers conference talk on WW1 peace campaigner Catherine Marshall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alumna-jo-vellacott-delivers-conference-talk-on-ww1-peace-campaigner-catherine-marshall/) - Dr Jo Vellacott delivered a talk entitled the War Work of an Anti-War Activist: Catherine Marshall, 1914-1918 at Senate House in London.
- [Jean Wilks, 14.4.1917-15.07.2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/jean-wilks-14-4-1917-15-07-2014/) - Jean Wilks, alumna and Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, has died at the age of 97.
- [Principal receives honorary doctorate from University of Aberdeen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principal-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-university-of-aberdeen/) - Dr Alice Prochaska, Principal of Somerville College, has been awarded the Degree of Doctor Of Laws honoris causa by the University of Aberdeen.
- [Sydney Morning Herald World War One feature remembers Vera Brittain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sydney-morning-herald-world-war-one-feature-remembers-vera-brittain/) - Vera Brittain (1914, English) has been featured in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald.
- [Congratulations to our four finalist winners of departmental and College prizes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/congratulations-to-our-four-finalist-winners-of-departmental-and-college-prizes/) - Somerville College would like to congratulate four of its finalists.
- [Somerville Physics finalists find success through teamwork](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-physics-finalists-find-success-through-teamwork/) - This year, we are delighted to report that Somerville students across all subjects received a record number of firsts and we will be celebrating their excellent exam results with a sequence of subject-based stories to highlight their achievements.
- [Correlating Divinity and Femininity in the Hindu Tradition](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/correlating-divinity-and-femininity-in-the-hindu-tradition/) - The recognition of women as the source of life is at the centre of Hindu religious thought and encapsulated in the concept of a feminine divinity, the goddess, imagined in many forms, who is the active source of creation and its motive force. In principle, all women represent her in varying degrees, but since they
- [Somerville alumnus Martin Desmond Roe wins Oscar for Best Short Film](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnus-martin-desmond-roe-wins-oscar-for-best-short-film/) - Congratulations to Somervillian Martin Desmond Roe, who won the Best Live Action Short at this year’s Academy Awards for his latest film, Two Distant Strangers. Martin’s (1997, Lit. Hum.) work has been gaining enormous momentum over the past few years. In 2019, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Serialized Sports Documentary for the series Tom
- [The Value of Water: Thoughts on World Water Day 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-value-of-water-thoughts-on-world-water-day-2021/) - The theme of this year’s World Water Day is ‘the value of water’, so we caught up with two of our academics working in that field – Dr Hussam Hussein and Ms. Safa Fanaian – to learn how collaboration and cooperation lie at the heart of sustainable water governance. Most of us are fortunate enough
- [Consider the bees: how L’Occitane are turning to nature to save the planet](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/consider-the-bees-how-loccitane-are-turning-to-nature-to-save-the-planet/) - Picture Provence and you probably see rows of vines and baked earth, a dazzle of sunlight on water and people seemingly at one with the landscape, whether eating lunch on the veranda or sitting quietly in the cool of the evening. Adrien Geiger So how does L’Occitane en Provence, a business steeped in the poetry
- [Somervillians complete 15,000 mile trek and raise £1,686 for Young Minds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillians-complete-15000-mile-trek-and-raise-1686-for-young-minds/) - A team of 92 Somervillians have completed a virtual 15,000 mile virtual journey down the Pan-American Highway during lockdown to raise money for mental health charity Young Minds. With a long winter lockdown looming, our community needed something to help us stay active and get ourselves through the dark months together. Our Communications Manager Matt
- [Baroness Williams Obituary and Condolence Book](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/baroness-williams-obituary-and-condolence-book/) - We are deeply saddened to share the news that our dear friend and stalwart supporter the Rt. Hon. Baroness Williams of Crosby died in the early hours of this morning, Monday 12th April 2021. Credit: Eamonn McCabe / The Guardian Baroness Williams (1948, PPE) was a true giant of British politics, whose loss will be
- [Profile: Steve Johnson on Thirty Years at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/profile-steve-johnson-on-thirty-years-at-somerville/) - Our Estates Manager Steve Johnson today marks an amazing thirty years of service to Somerville. Here he tells us the story of how he came to be one of the indispensable cogs that keeps the college not only ticking over but feeling like home. There’s no question that Somerville has changed my life, giving it
- [Somerville's new Engineering Fellow is awarded a 2021 Google Research Scholar Award.](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-new-engineering-fellow-is-awarded-a-2021-google-research-scholar-award/) - Associate Professor of Engineering Science Noa Zilberman has been awarded a prestigious Google Research Scholar Award for her research into the new generation of programmable network devices that will underpin the future of computing infrastructure. The Google Research Scholar Awards are focused on supporting world-class technical research in Computer Science, Engineering and related fields performed
- [Professor Richard Stone elected SAE Fellow for lasting positive mark on the mobility industry.](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-richard-stone-elected-sae-fellow-for-lasting-positive-mark-on-the-mobility-industry/) - Professor Richard Stone has been elected an SAE Fellow 2020, the organisation’s highest grade of membership, along with fourteen other engineers who have made a positive, distinct and sustaining mark in the mobility industry. Professor Stone SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) International is a global association committed to being the ultimate knowledge source for mobility.
- [Somerville Fellow Renier van der Hoorn awarded €2.5m European Research Council grant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-renier-van-der-hoorn-awarded-e2-5m-european-research-council-grant/) - Congratulations to Professor Renier van der Hoorn, Somerville’s Tutor and Fellow in Biology, who has been awarded a €2.5m grant by the European Research Council to continue his work on developing new crop protection strategies by unlocking extracellular immunity. Pathogens such as fungi, bacteria and oomycetes (a type of organism similar to fungi and algae
- [Somerville College divests from fossil fuels](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-divests-from-fossil-fuels/) - The college has reached a significant milestone in our move towards becoming carbon neutral with the sale of our final holdings in fossil fuels. As the climate crisis grows more urgent with each passing year, it was crucial for Somerville to act. In 2019, we resolved to become a net-zero college as fast as possible,
- [Lots of joy in store as Somerville to host first-ever online auction](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lots-of-joy-in-store-as-somerville-to-host-first-ever-online-auction/) - As light emerges at the end of this long tunnel, we are holding an event in support of Somerville that we hope will be an enjoyable and exciting experience for us all: for the first time in twenty years, and the first time online, we are holding an auction. You will have the opportunity to
- [Alumna Professor Sophie Mills named President of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alumna-professor-sophie-mills-named-president-of-the-classical-association-of-the-middle-west-and-south/) - Our warmest congratulations to Somervillian Professor Sophie Mills (1983, Classics), who has been named the next President of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. Professor Mills will serve as President-Elect for the organisation, which operates in 34/50 US states and Canada, for a year before taking over in 2022. In their mission
- [Soli Sorabjee (1930-2021)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/soli-sorabjee-1930-2021/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development expresses its condolences for the sad demise of Indian jurist and Former Attorney General for India, Mr Soli Sorabjee, on April 30, 2021.
- [Somerville JRF recognised for his work on water justice](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-jrf-recognised-for-his-work-on-water-justice/) - Congratulations to our Fulford Junior Research Fellow Hussam Hussein on being awarded the Achieving Impact award from the Department of Politics and International Relations brand new, biennial Impact Awards. The DPIR Impact Awards were conceived as a means of celebrating how research in Politics and International Relations makes a difference beyond academia. It has two
- [Somerville Gives Royal Welcome to HRH Prince Charles](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-gives-royal-welcome-to-hrh-prince-charles/) - Climate change, women’s rights and Oxford’s partnership with India were all on the agenda during a visit by His Royal Highness Prince Charles to Somerville today – the first public visit by a senior member of the royal family to an Oxford college since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. In glorious June weather, Prince
- [Dame Averil Cameron reflects on becoming 'an accidental scholar'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-averil-cameron-reflects-on-becoming-an-accidental-scholar/) - Somerville is delighted to share a new article in which one of its most distinguished scholars, Dame Averil Cameron (1958, Greats), reflects upon the formative moments and defining achievements of a long and illustrious career. Read Dame Averil’s essay here. After early encounters with Latin at grammar school and ecclesiastical culture at church, Dame Averil’s
- [Using song to make a difference: Somerville Choir's tour to India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/using-song-to-make-a-difference-somerville-choirs-tour-to-india/) - Director of Chapel Music Will Dawes writes about Somerville Choir’s tour to India last December. From the moment I was recruited to be Director of Chapel Music at Somerville, I knew that I wanted to deliver a trip to India. We have such strong connections there through our past (Cornelia Sorabji, the pioneering Indian law
- [Frances Hardinge wins 2015 Costa Book of the Year Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/frances-hardinge-wins-2015-costa-book-of-the-year-award/) - Huge congratulations again to Frances Hardinge (English, 1992), whose 7th novel The Lie Tree was announced as the 2015 Costa Book of the Year last night.
- [Somerville alumna recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-recognised-in-queens-birthday-honours/) - Congratulations to Gwyn Morgan (Jurisprudence, 1972), Founder and Director of Prisoner’s Penfriends, who was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to the Rehabilitation of Prisoners.
- [Season's Greetings from Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/seasons-greetings-from-somerville/) - A message from the Principal
- [Somerville to host Old Norse Poetry Conference](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-to-host-old-norse-poetry-conference/) - This Friday and Saturday, Somerville will host “Old Norse Poetry in Performance” – an international interdisciplinary conference examining the performance and transmission of Scandianvian and Icelandic poetry in the Middle Ages.
- [Students prepare for the Somerville-Jesus Ball](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/students-prepare-for-the-somerville-jesus-ball/) - Somerville College is preparing to host the upcoming Somerville-Jesus Ball on Friday night, which will welcome over 1,250 guests from both colleges into the quad.
- [Census 2021 - How to Contribute](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/census-2021-how-to-contribute/) - We’re working in partnership with the Office for National Statistics to ensure that all students at Somerville are included in the census. The census is an important once-in-a-decade survey that gives us an accurate picture of all the people and households in England and Wales. All kinds of organisations, from local authorities to charities, use
- [Obituary – Miss Mary Jane Hands (1928-2020)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/obituary-miss-mary-jane-hands-1928-2020/) - It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Miss Mary Jane Hands, our former Treasurer and a long-standing and devoted Fellow (latterly Fellow Emerita) of the College. It is not easy to summarise the profound impact Miss Hands had upon Somerville, because it came in so many forms during her long and
- [Somerville Alumnae Reach Top 10 in the Woman's Hour Power List 2020](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnae-reach-top-10-in-the-womans-hour-power-list-2020/) - In a year when things have often felt bleak, it is a source of hope and pride to learn that Somerville alumni are once again making news for the best possible reasons by gaining accolades for their environmental work. The Woman’s Hour Power List 2020 was dedicated this year to honouring those women who –
- [Webinar: India's Agrarian Economy - Farm Bills, COVID and Climate Change](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/webinar-indias-agrarian-economy-farm-bills-covid-and-climate-change/) - In September this year, thousands of farmers across India protested against the newly introduced Farm Bills, which would change the way farmers interact with agricultural markets. powered by Crowdcast Farmers organisations argued that the three bills – Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance
- [A Q&A with Professor Patricia Owens](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-qa-with-professor-patricia-owens/) - We are thrilled to welcome five new brilliant researchers and teachers to Somerville as Tutorial Fellows in 2020. In this new series of articles, we will be introducing them to our community through Q&As, profiles, and interviews, starting with our new Fellow in International Relations, Professor Patricia Owens. Patricia Owens is Professor of International Relations
- [Eminent lawyers award scholarships for Indian students at the University of Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/eminent-lawyers-award-scholarships-for-indian-students-at-the-university-of-oxford/) - As the academic year begins, the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) is delighted to celebrate the arrival of a new cohort of scholars, including the recipients of three law scholarships under the Cornelia Sorabji Law programme instituted at the OICSD in 2016. Since its launch, the law programme has greatly benefitted from a
- [Three Somervillians recognised in 2020 Birthday Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-recognised-in-2020-birthday-honours/) - Three Somervillians have been recognized for their outstanding acts of public service in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. A number of awards this year were in recognition of the amazing work done by so many during the coronavirus pandemic, including an OBE for Sacha Romanovitch (1986, Chemistry). The first woman to head a major UK accounting house, Romanovitch has been supporting the affordable credit sector during the pandemic as CEO of Fair4All
- [Somerville Medic Named Best PhD Candidate 2020](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-medic-named-best-phd-candidate-2020/) - Congratulations to Dr Young Chan Kim (2016, Clinical Medicine) on being named the overall winner of the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s Graduate Student Prize 2020, best PhD Candidate. The Graduate Studies Committee at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) awards prizes each year to current or recently graduated students of NDM supervisors on the basis of
- [Celebrating 100 Years of Degrees for Women](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/celebrating-100-years-of-degrees-for-women/) - 100 years ago today, a group of women students of the University of Oxford – many Somervillians – doffed their caps and collected degrees alongside men for the very first time. Today, we take a moment to celebrate their astonishing determination and learning. It is strange, now, to imagine a time when one could study
- [Exploring the World of Genuine Fakes with Patricia Kingori](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/exploring-the-world-of-genuine-fakes-with-patricia-kingori/) - What does a Gucci suit made in China have in common with a synthetic diamond? Or a forged painting with a perfect replica of Paris? The answer is that they all inhabit the world of the genuine fake – a world which Somerville Senior Research Fellow Patricia Kingori has decided to explore in a fascinating new series of podcasts launched today. Patricia, who is a sociologist and Associate Professor in Global Health Ethics at the
- [Professor Richard Stone elected Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-richard-stone-elected-royal-academy-of-engineering-fellow/) - Professor Richard Stone is one of fifty-three leading engineers from the UK and around the world who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession. All the new Fellows will be formally admitted to Fellowship at the Academy’s online AGM on
- [Webinar: Environmental Politics in India during COVID-19](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/webinar-environmental-politics-in-india-during-covid-19/) - With lower air pollution levels in cities, the COVID lockdown in India gave rise to popular narratives of ‘nature healing itself’ and ‘reclaiming’ space. But at the same time, the Indian environment ministry proposed a new set of green protection rules that would considerably ease the process for major industrial projects to be set up.
- [Somerville Admissions 2020](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-admissions-2020/) - An update on admissions from Somerville’s Principal Jan Royall: “Following Ofqual’s announcement, I am delighted to confirm that all Somerville offer holders whose new results meet the conditions of their offers will be able to study at the College. In the midst of a pandemic, the safety of our students and staff is of the
- [A Taste of Things to Come: Somerville Kitchens To Be Refurbished](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-taste-of-things-to-come-somerville-kitchens-to-be-refurbished/) - The Somerville College kitchen, pantry and servery are to receive a major overhaul starting in September 2020. The following article was produced following conversations with some of the key personnel involved, including Somerville College Treasurer Andrew Parker, Dave Simpson (Catering and Conference Manager), Steve Johnson (Estates Manager), Paul Fraemohs (Head Chef) and Richard Vowell (Dining
- [Somerville Undergraduate Wins Chancellor's Latin Prose Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-undergraduate-wins-chancellors-latin-prose-prize/) - Maximum congratulations to Somerville Classicist Althea Sovani, who has been awarded the Chancellor’s Latin Prose Prize for the year 2020. Our Classics tutor, Assoc. Professor Luke Pitcher had the following comment to make in recognition of Althea’s wonderful achievement: “The Chancellor’s Latin Prose Prize was established under William Wyndham Grenville, Chancellor of the University in the
- [Fighting for social care amidst a pandemic](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fighting-for-social-care-amidst-a-pandemic/) - Somerville alumna and CEO of Care provider Journey Elspeth McPherson (1982, Music) discusses the difficulties of providing social care during the Coronavirus pandemic, and how she is battling to maintain provisions for vulnerable adults. I am Chief Executive of Journey, one of the larger regional social care charities in my home county of Northumberland. I
- [OICSD awards Indira Gandhi Scholarships towards research in biochemistry and zoology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-awards-indira-gandhi-scholarships-towards-research-in-biochemistry-and-zoology/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development has awarded the prestigious Indira Gandhi Scholarship to Divya Choudhary and Apoorva Kulkarni for pursuing their DPhil research in biochemistry and zoology respectively. Each year, OICSD awards Indira Gandhi scholarships towards research on sustainable development challenges faced by the Indian subcontinent. Candidates are selected based on their academic
- [Educating Oxford in Lockdown](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/educating-oxford-in-lockdown/) - Dr Jackie Watson (1986, English) is Vice-Principal of Oxford Spires Academy, a secondary school in Oxford. In this blog, she reflects on how schools are helping to provide for students during a lockdown which has exposed and intensified inequalities across the country; and how she and her colleagues, not to mention her pupils, are getting
- [Somerville researchers to assist trial of new Covid-19 drug](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-researchers-to-assist-trial-of-new-covid-19-drug/) - Four Somervillian medical researchers are at the forefront of efforts to pioneer a new effective treatment for Covid-19 in a drug trial which began this month. Professor Daniel Anthony (Fellow in Medicine), will act as scientific lead for a clinical trial of the drug camostat as a potential new coronavirus treatment. Somervillians Dr Bobojon Nazarov,
- [Re-imagining primary care: a view from the frontline](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/re-imagining-primary-care-a-view-from-the-frontline/) - Dr Emma Whitehouse (1998, Physiological Studies) shares her view from the frontline of the pandemic and how GPs have responded to the outbreak while continuing to supply vital primary care. Dr Emma Whitehouse I work in leafy Surrey with a practice population that includes both affluent and deprived areas, as well as a high proportion of
- [Webinar: Malnutrition in India during COVID-19](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/webinar-malnutrition-in-india-during-covid-19/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development hosted a webinar on May 27 on malnutrition among children and adults in India during the COVID-19 crisis. Over 30 per cent of the world’s children who suffer from acute malnutrition live in India. Dr Anant Jani, Research Associate at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, discussed
- [India's COVID-19 response: Webinar by former Health Secretary of India Mr Keshav Desiraju](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/indias-covid-19-response-webinar-by-former-health-secretary-of-india-mr-keshav-desiraju/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development hosted a webinar on May 21 on the Indian government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. So far, India has recorded more than 270,000 cases, with nearly 8000 deaths across the country. Former Secretary of Health and Family Welfare to the Government of India, Mr Keshav Desiraju, discussed the
- [College statement on the murder of George Floyd](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-statement-on-the-murder-of-george-floyd/) - In the past two weeks, the world has watched the ugly and unforgivable spectacle of racism and police brutality sweep through the streets of America. Like so many, we at Somerville have been appalled and angered by the scenes of violence and oppression that have followed the murder of George Floyd. We have not spoken
- [Students Raise £20,000 In Two Days For George Floyd Protesters' Legal Fund](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/students-raise-20000-in-two-days-for-george-floyd-protesters-legal-fund/) - Moved by the activism of protesters in cities across America, four of our first-year students, Danielle Welbeck, Cara Moran, Ibtihaaj Mohamoud and Nadia Awad, set-up a fundraiser on Saturday 30th May to support the work of the National Lawyers’ Guild in seeking to defend the human and civil rights of the protesters. Today, just two
- [Guiding the nation through a pandemic: Somervillians stepping up part 2](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/guiding-the-nation-through-a-pandemic-somervillians-stepping-up-part-2/) - From advising the public and co-ordinating major agencies to innovating in the ways that treatment is delivered on the ground, Somervillians are making a difference at every level of the nation’s response to the pandemic. In the second edition of ‘Somervillians Stepping Up’, we take a look at the work being done at the strategic
- [Professor Matthew Wood appointed to Academy of Medical Sciences](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-matthew-wood-appointed-to-academy-of-medical-sciences/) - Heartfelt congratulations to our Professorial Fellow and distinguished neuroscientist, Professor Matthew Wood, on his appointment to the Academy of Medical Sciences this month. Professor Wood was elected to the Academy on May 13th 2020 with forty-nine other new Fellows, including five other academics from the University of Oxford. As a Fellow of the Academy, Professor
- [Somerville Professor and recent alumnus collaborate on Covid-19 treatment](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-professor-and-recent-alumnus-collaborate-on-covid-19-treatment/) - Professor Daniel Anthony and Dr Bobojon Nazarov are two Somerville luminaries currently working together in a cutting-edge research project seeking to evaluate the effectiveness of Nafamostat Mesilate (brand name: Futhan) in the treatment of COVID-19. Professor Anthony, who is a Fellow and Tutor in Medicine at Somerville, is serving as scientific lead on the project,
- [Somerville at Home Series launches](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-at-home-series-launches/) - Somervillians are pulling together this term thanks to the new ‘Somerville at Home’ series, which was launched this week. In the coming weeks, we will be bringing the best of Somerville from their homes to yours. Featuring contributions from students, alumni, academics, staff and guests ranging from quizzes to videos and interviews to live events,
- [Coronavirus: Somerville medics stepping up](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/coronavirus-somerville-medics-stepping-up/) - Every day, we receive fresh news from Somervillian medics and clinicians updating us on the amazing work they are doing to combat the coronavirus outbreak. We would like to take the opportunity to share with you a series of those stories, capturing just some of the insiring ways in which our community are stepping up
- [Renaud Lambiotte and Xiaowen Dong help develop Covid-19 impact monitor](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/renaud-lambiotte-and-xiaowen-dong-help-develop-covid-19-impact-monitor/) - Two Somerville Fellows have helped to create a new tool which uses mobile phone data to better understand and predict the impact of the UK’s Covid-19 social distancing measures. Renaud Lambiotte, Tutor and Fellow in Maths, and Xiaowen Dong, Fulford Junior Research Fellow, both advised and assisted the development of the Oxford COVID-19 Impact Monitor.
- [Community and Separation in the Deventer Sister-Book](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/community-and-separation-in-the-deventer-sister-book/) - Godelinde Perk is a Fulford Junior Research Fellow at Somerville and a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. Here, she examines how a story from the medieval Sister-books of Deventer can teach us about the tensions between self and community in both Alijt’s era and our own. The Vita of Alijt
- [Exposing hidden networks](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/exposing-hidden-networks/) - Renaud Lambiotte, Somerville fellow and tutor in Applied Mathematics, uses maths to understand and map networks in the real world, ranging from epidemics to social media. Here, he discusses his most recent breakthrough, which has shed new light on the world of hidden networks. Professor Renaud Lambiotte For most of my mathematical career, I have
- [Somerville to offer new refugee scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-to-offer-new-refugee-scholarship/) - Somerville is launching a new refugee scholarship to provide support for outstanding scholars who have been forced to migrate from their home. Starting from October 2020, a fully funded place will be offered at Somerville for a refugee student on a postgraduate programme – though there are hopes to expand and include undergraduate study at
- [Modern Challenges to the Rule of Law: Lecture by Gopal Subramanium](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/modern-challenges-to-the-rule-of-law-lecture-by-gopal-subramanium/) - Distinguished jurist Mr Gopal Subramanium was the youngest lawyer to be designated a Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court and has appeared as lead counsel in a number of landmark cases. One of Mr Subramanium’s most important contributions to legislation in India was to improving India’s sexual violence laws. Mr Subramanium, a former Solicitor General
- [Somerville students make a difference through Development Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-make-a-difference-through-development-awards/) - Somerville students are making a difference around the world through the Thatcher Development Awards. The scheme awards up to £2000 to students to take an innovative idea around the globe that will aid their personal development and have a positive impact on others. This year, 6 awards were made. Alexander Brindle (2018, PPE) was one
- ["Arriving here felt like a miracle": Dr Malak Al-Shaikhali](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/arriving-here-felt-like-a-miracle-dr-malak-al-shaikhali/) - Malak Al-Shaikhali is a doctor from Gaza who completed an MSc in Immunology at Somerville last year as an Oxford Qatar Thatcher Scholar. Dr Malak Alshaikhali (2018, MSc Immunology). photo (c) John Cairns It’s not easy to become a doctor in Gaza. You have to be in the top 2% of pupils in the territory
- [Aditi Lahiri awarded CBE in New Year Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/aditi-lahiri-awarded-cbe-in-new-year-honours/) - Somerville’s Professorial Fellow in Linguistics, Aditi Lahiri, has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours. Professor Aditi Lahiri Cited for her services to the study of Linguistics, Professor Lahiri‘s expertise spans historical and comparative linguistics, phonology, phonetics, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. She is also the Director of the University’s pioneering Language and Brain Lab.
- [What lies beneath: hyperspectral imaging and the John Stuart Mill Library](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/what-lies-beneath-hyperspectral-imaging-and-the-john-stuart-mill-library/) - In this article originally published in the 2019 Friends of the JS Mill Library Newsletter, Professor Albert Pionke reports on a surprising early discovery from the ongoing project to document the marginalia – markings on the pages made by Mill – of the philosopher’s library. Professor Albert Pionke During this project, our team have come
- [Securing the future of Chemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/securing-the-future-of-chemistry/) - Chemistry was the subject studied and taught by Dorothy Hodgkin, one of our most notable alumnae. Now, Sue Scollan (née Green, 1978, Chemistry) and her husband Kevin have made a transformative gift to secure the future of the subject here and establish the Sue and Kevin Scollan Fellowship in Organic Chemistry. In this piece originally
- [Somerville at 140: Transcript of Prof. Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-at-140-transcript-of-prof-louise-richardson-vice-chancellor-of-oxford-university/) - Professor Louise Richardson gave the opening address of Somerville’s 140th birthday panel I am delighted to be here to celebrate Somerville and all that you have accomplished and contributed over the past 140 years. Somerville has brought to the University generations of smart, ambitious, independent minded women, as students, fellows, and Principals, not to mention
- [Principal's Blog: the next 140 years](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-the-next-140-years/) - It is 140 years this term since Somerville Hall opened its doors, with twelve students. In a University as old as this one, 140 years is a relatively short time. But consider what progress women have made in that time. The battle for women’s suffrage in Britain was finally won through two Acts of Parliament
- [Adapting the male gaze theory in Roman religion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/adapting-the-male-gaze-theory-in-roman-religion/) - Our Fulford Junior Research Fellow Dr Susan Dunning writes about the deification of humans in Roman religion. In the ancient Roman world, mere mortals could be portrayed or described as gods or goddesses in many contexts: at the city of Pompeii, a besotted lover scribbled graffiti on the wall to tell the world his girlfriend
- [Somerville at 140](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-at-140/) - In October 2019, Somerville celebrated the start of its 140th academic year with the release of Somerville at 140. The short film uses the voices of alumni, students and our Principal Jan to tell the story of Somerville so far and look ahead at what comes next for the College. We hope you enjoy!
- [Gandhi at 150: what the Mahatma’s legacy means for environmental challenges today](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gandhi-at-150-what-the-mahatmas-legacy-means-for-environmental-challenges-today/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary by discussing his relevance to challenges of sustainability today. Gandhi was one of the great leaders of the 20th century. At the event, the panellists discussed whether Gandhi’s writings and philosophy could inform political action in the age of climate strikes and
- [Somerville College awards inaugural Rakesh and Ritu Kapoor scholarship to Gauri Chandra](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-awards-inaugural-rakesh-and-ritu-kapoor-scholarship-to-gauri-chandra/) - A new graduate scholarship at Somerville College, focusing on sanitation and health in India, has been named in honour of Rakesh Kapoor, former chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser (RB), and his wife Ritu.
- [2019 Family Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-family-day/) - We had a wonderful time welcoming you and your families back to the College for our 2019 Family day. As well as a chance to meet our tutors, there was a chocolate making workshop, a climbing wall, a bubble artist and more. We have produced a film and a photo album to share with you
- [Somerville College honours Gopal Subramanium with Foundation Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-honours-gopal-subramanium-with-foundation-fellowship/) - The distinguished jurist Gopal Subramanium, a former Solicitor General of India and a Senior Advocate of the country’s Supreme Court, has been elected a Foundation Fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford.
- [New senior appointments for three Somerville Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-senior-appointments-for-three-somerville-fellows/) - Three Somerville Fellows have taken on new senior roles within the University’s teaching faculties. Professor Almut Suerbaum has been elected to a three-year term as the Chair of the Faculty Board of Medieval and Modern Languages. Professor Suerbaum, an expert in medieval German and interdisciplinary humanities research, will chair the largest Modern Languages department in
- [Students delighted by new Catherine Hughes Building](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/students-delighted-by-new-catherine-hughes-building/) - The College’s new Catherine Hughes Building was formally opened today by the late Principal’s widow, Trevor Hughes. A short ceremony was attended by a crowd including College alumni and staff, representatives of the building’s contractors Beard Construction and architects Niall McLaughlin Architects, and students eager to see their rooms for the first time. The new
- ["The only use of a gentleman in travelling is to look after the luggage"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-only-use-of-a-gentleman-in-travelling-is-to-look-after-the-luggage/) - In the aftermath of the company’s collapse, writer Jane Robinson (1978, English) reflects on Thomas Cook’s pioneering role in opening the world to British women.
- [OICSD advisor Nayan Patel joins children's charity Healing Little Hearts as Patron](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-advisor-nayan-patel-joins-childrens-charity-healing-little-hearts-as-patron/) - Nayan Patel PHF, a member of the Oxford India Centre’s International Advisory Board, has been appointed as a Patron to the international children’s heart charity Healing Little Hearts. Healing Little Hearts (Registered Charity No. 1130194) sends volunteer teams of doctors and nurses to some of the poorest countries in the world to perform life-saving heart
- [Goodbye to Roman Walczak](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/goodbye-to-roman-walczak/) - This year we bid farewell to Somerville’s longest standing Tutor in Physics, Roman Walczak. Richard Brearton (2013 Physics) and Kenneth Hughes (2013 Physics) reflect on Roman’s 26 years at Somerville. Professor Roman Walczak. Photo: Keith Barnes Roman came to Oxford in 1993 as a Tutorial Fellow. The move was not a smooth transition at first;
- [Somerville opens doors for city-wide weekend](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-opens-doors-for-city-wide-weekend/) - The College welcomes the public this Sunday as part of the Oxford Preservation Trust’s ‘Oxford Open Doors Weekend’. Between 10am and 4pm, visitors will have an opportunity to take a self-guided tour of the buildings, discover the amazing individuals and groundbreaking research that make up Somerville’s story with exhibitions and displays across the site, and
- [Naiza Khan: From Manora Island to the Venice Biennale](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/naiza-khan-from-manora-island-to-the-venice-biennale/) - Naiza Khan (1987, Fine Art) became the first British-Pakistani artist to show at the Venice Biennale and its inaugural Pakistan pavillion this summer. She reflects here on her exhibition ‘Manora Field Notes’, a contemplation of the landscape, history and present of Pakistan’s Manora Island in sculpture, film and sound; and how her time at Somerville
- [An Object Lesson](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/an-object-lesson/) - In October, the College will publish Somerville 140 1879-2019. A Celebration of Somerville College, Oxford in 140 Objects. In this piece from the 2019 Alumni Magazine, Lizzy Emerson, who helped compile the text, tells us about the experience of delving into Somerville’s history. “Why now? Why not just wait another ten years and make
- [Celebrating Somerville at 140 years](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/celebrating-somerville-at-140-years/) - This year, Somerville will celebrate the 140th anniversary of our foundation. A birthday party in October will mark the start of a year of celebration, drawing on an inspiring past and looking forward to an equally groundbreaking future. We intend to celebrate the best of our teaching and research, noting the extraordinary achievements of our
- [Sweet tales: A microscopic arms race](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sweet-tales-a-microscopic-arms-race/) - Somerville Fellow and Tutor in Plant Sciences Renier van der Hoorn describes how plants fight back against bacterial invaders. When plants come under attack from bacteria, they can recognize pathogens in order to mount an effective defensive response. In our new study, published in Science, we uncovered an important step in this process involving the release of a
- [The famous owner of Somerville's Second Folio](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-famous-owner-of-somervilles-second-folio/) - David Garrick expert Nicholas D. Smith has uncovered new evidence to suggest that Somerville’s Second Folio was once in the famous actor’s possession. He takes us through the evidence and what this changes about our approach to the book. David Garrick was one of the most famous actors of the 18th century Who was David
- [Helping to solve the most pressing problems of our time](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/helping-to-solve-the-most-pressing-problems-of-our-time/) - Dr. Radhika Khosla was appointed the Research Director for the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development in 2018. In this interview, originally published in the 2019 Alumni Magazine, she discusses how the OICSD works towards solving the most pressing problems of our time. Dr. Radhika Khosla discusses her work for the Oxford India Centre for
- ["The women are up to something"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-women-are-up-to-something/) - In this piece originally published in the 2019 Alumni Magazine, Ana Laura Edelhoff, our Mary Somerville Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, discusses Iris Murdoch and Elizabeth Anscombe’s powerful contributions to their field.
- [More state school pupils accepted to Somerville this year](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/more-state-school-pupils-accepted-to-somerville-this-year/) - The proportion of state school educated pupils among Somerville’s UK undergraduate intake is expected to rise to 69%, based on A-level results out this month. Excluding overseas and EU students, 69.1% of this year’s new undergraduates were educated at state schools or sixth form colleges. The proportion is up from 2018, when 63.6% of Somerville’s
- [Subversive sisters against the revolution](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/subversive-sisters-against-the-revolution/) - Will Andrews (History and Modern Languages, 2015) achieved the highest mark in his cohort in this year’s Finals examinations. Here, he reports on a research trip supported by Somerville’s Alcuin Fund. I can’t say I often engage with the work of historians of the late Middle Ages – but I have to admit I find
- [Highest proportion of Firsts for five years](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/highest-proportion-of-firsts-for-five-years/) - Somerville students have been awarded the highest proportion of Firsts for at least the last five years in this year’s Finals examinations, with 35% of our undergraduate students awarded a degree in that class. Overall, 94% of undergraduates achieved a First or a 2:1 this year, a proportion similar to previous years. The data excludes
- [Wartime family diary inspires Fringe play by Somerville Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/wartime-family-diary-inspires-fringe-play-by-somerville-fellow/) - A play written by Somerville Fellow and Tutor Fiona Stafford – and inspired by a family wartime diary – will be performed at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The Dimlight Hours brings to life the daily experience of a woman caught up in air raids, rationing and the destruction of war. It is based on an
- [Somerville medic Aaron Henry has winning bedside manner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-medic-aaron-henry-has-winning-bedside-manner/) - Aaron Henry (2015, Medicine) has been awarded both the Stewart Greenall Memorial Prize and the John Pearce Memorial Prize for his performance in this year’s Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), a practical skills test for fourth year medics held in June. The Stewart Greenall Memorial Prize is awarded to the student who obtains the highest
- [New Scholarship strengthens College ties with Singapore](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-scholarship-strengthens-college-ties-with-singapore/) - Somerville College and the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust are to offer a new scholarship for undergraduates from Singapore, thanks to the generosity of ST Telemedia, a global investor in communications & media, data centres and infrastructure technology businesses based in Singapore. The Lee Kuan Yew-Thatcher Scholarships will focus on providing opportunities to exceptional Singaporean students
- ["All of the best women in the world were here": Interview with Dr Peggie Rimmer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/all-of-the-best-women-in-the-world-were-here-interview-with-dr-peggie-rimmer/) - Dr Peggie Rimmer (Mary Ewart Junior Research Fellow, 1964-67) went from the first person in her family to study at University to become one of the leading voices of CERN’s computing revolution, heading a team including Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee – the inventor of the World Wide Web. Here, she reflects on being a trailblazer
- [Diana Brown Fellowship and new Junior Research Fellow to boost Maths at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/diana-brown-fellowship-and-new-junior-research-fellow-to-boost-maths-at-somerville/) - Teaching in Mathematics at Somerville has been strengthened by a generous gift in support of Dr Dan Ciubotaru, whose post has been retitled the Diana Brown Fellowship in Pure Mathematics; and by the appointment of a new Junior Research Fellow, Dr Beth Romano. Dr Ciubotaru, who has been a Tutorial Fellow at the College since
- [1970-79 Gaudy: Times change but our values stay constant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/1970-79-gaudy-times-change-but-our-values-stay-constant/) - Somerville’s commitment to inclusivity and academic excellence was celebrated by nearly 200 alumni at the 1970-79 Gaudy this June. Alumnae from the decade of disco and the 3-day week gathered at Somerville for a weekend of events to reunite old friends and celebrate and renew their relationship with the College. Speakers at the Gaudy observed
- ["Maths is the loopholes in the law and the needle and thread that closes them"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/maths-is-the-loopholes-in-the-law-and-the-needle-and-thread-that-closes-them/) - Dr Kit Yates, author of The Maths of Life and Death, discusses the many places where maths appears in everyday life and shows us some simple mathematical tools to help cut through dubious statistics and political half-truths. Dr Kit Yates Maths can be an unloved subject, viewed as overly hard, abstract and removed from everyday
- [Connecting through the generations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/connecting-through-the-generations/) - In this address made during the annual Leaver’s Dinner on June 21st 2019, Brigitte Stenhouse (2012, Maths) recalls her time at the College and how the end of her student days was far from the end of her Somervillian ones. When I first came up to Somerville in 2012, I had only a few vague
- [Re-reading Mill: The Subjection of Women Through a Changing Lens](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/re-reading-mill-the-subjection-of-women-through-a-changing-lens/) - This is a transcript of the JS Mill Lecture 2019, delivered at Somerville on May 24, by Anne Phillips, the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. My title might suggest a sweeping survey of the different ways in which The Subjection of Women was
- [Kevin Judd and Robin Leach win Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/kevin-judd-and-robin-leach-win-pat-harris-spirit-of-somerville-award/) - Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award, Robin Leach (2015, Mathematics) and Kevin Judd (2015, DPhil Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems). The award, which was established in memory of long-serving Lodge porter Pat Harris, recognises current students who embody the spirit of Somerville. Kevin was nominated by Middle Common
- [A taste of Oxford life for BAME pupils](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-taste-of-oxford-life-for-bame-pupils/) - Somerville welcomed a group of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) pupils last month for a taste of College life. The group of 11 teenagers, who came from schools across London and south-east England, enjoyed sessions on life at Oxford and Cambridge where they learned how choosing a degree that is not vocational, such as
- [Artificial Intelligence and human failings](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/artificial-intelligence-and-human-failings/) - “Artificial Intelligence is likely to be far more important than robotics, the cloud or the internet-of-things as a force reshaping society”, Professor Steve Roberts, Director of the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance and Professor of Engineering Science at Somerville, told a meeting of Somerville’s City Group this month. With 90% of the world’s data having
- [From convents to states of madness - openness in the Middle Ages](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-convents-to-states-of-madness-openness-in-the-middle-ages/) - How do we understand the concept of “openness” in the Middle Ages? The Somerville Medievalist Research Group (SMeRG) has been considering this question over the course of the past year through a series of workshops in College. Edmund Wareham writes. On 27-28 June the research group will hold a conference on the subject at the Berlin
- [Three Somervillians recognised in 2019 Birthday Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somervillians-recognised-in-2019-birthday-honours/) - Three Somervillians have been recognised for their achievements and service to the public in this year’s Birthday Honours, including a Damehood for Professor Elan Closs Stephens (English, 1966). Professor Dame Elan Closs Stephens was recognised for her services to the Welsh Government and to broadcasting, including her ongoing role as the Welsh Representative on the
- [Panel discussion now available as podcast](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/panel-discussion-now-available-as-podcast/) - Did you miss out on our panel discussion last month, “Does a woman have to behave like a man to succeed in this world?” You can now listen again to a podcast of the event via iTunes.
- [Renewing Ties with India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/renewing-ties-with-india/) - The long-standing ties between Somerville and India were renewed as the High Commissioner of India to the UK Mrs. Ruchi Ghanashyam planted a tree to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi during a visit in May. Her visit featured a roundtable discussion with the Oxford India Centre scholars in the college’s Margaret Thatcher Centre.
- [Transcript of Jan Royall speech: "The difference women have made"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/transcript-of-jan-royall-speech-the-difference-women-have-made/) - Somerville’s Principal Jan Royall reflects on the achievements of great women like Dorothy Hodgkin and Margaret Thatcher, and considers how far we have left to go to achieve equality. This speech was given on 17 May 2019 in Somerville’s Flora Anderson Hall to open a panel event on the question “does a woman have to
- [New research programme aims to shape future of cooling](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-research-programme-aims-to-shape-future-of-cooling/) - A new programme at the Oxford Martin School which aims to set out the future of cooling is to be led by researchers from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment in partnership with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. Cooling is necessary for the quality of life of billions of people across the
- [Somerville welcomes teenagers for first UNIQ residential](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-welcomes-teenagers-for-first-uniq-residential/) - Somerville hosted 34 teenagers from underrepresented backgrounds last week as part of the UNIQ initiative, which gives prospective applicants a chance to experience life at Oxford studying their favourite subject. UNIQ puts pupils in the shoes of an Oxford undergraduate for the week through lectures and tutorials to find out what studying at the University
- [Spotlight on the Cornelia Sorabji Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spotlight-on-the-cornelia-sorabji-scholars/) - 2019 marks the 130th year since Cornelia Sorabji accepted her place to read Law at Oxford. She was the first Indian woman to study at Oxford, the first woman of any nationality to read law at Oxford and the first woman to practice law in both India and the UK. After passing the Jurisprudence exams
- [Holding back the flood: when rivers and cities collide in urban India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/holding-back-the-flood-when-rivers-and-cities-collide-in-urban-india/) - This is an abbreviated version of an article by OICSD Scholar Safa Fanian. For the original, see “Risking Cities and Rivers: What are the Pathways Towards Resilience?” in the recent issue (No.181) of southasiadisasters.net, facilitated by All India Disaster Mitigation Institute under the theme “Making
- [Book extract: A Medieval Knight beneath the Waves](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/book-extract-a-medieval-knight-beneath-the-waves/) - Our Senior Research Fellow, Alex Rogers, is one of the world’s leading marine biologists and was a consultant to the BBC’s Blue Planet II. In this extract from his book, ‘The Deep’, published on April 18, he recalls how his love affair with the sea began with lobster fishing as a child. A young Alex
- [Exploring a world where genetics is destiny](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/exploring-a-world-where-genetics-is-destiny/) - Questions about health, social status and the use of our personal data are at the heart of The Phlebotomist, the debut play by Ella Road (2010, English). Here, she talks about the process of writing – and how studying English at Oxford inspired her. The PhlebotomistPic: Hampstead Theatre/Marc Brenner What inspired you to write the
- [The Handmaid’s Tale, symbols of protest and medieval holy women](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-handmaids-tale-symbols-of-protest-and-medieval-holy-women/) - Annie Sutherland, fellow and tutor in Old and Middle English, has given a series of lectures about the resonances of the medieval in the modern. Here, she writes about medieval religious iconography in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. In my own research, I work specifically on women called anchorites, who were like hermits, but the
- [Somerville students go on the road to demystify Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-go-on-the-road-to-demystify-oxford/) - Somerville students visited fifteen London state schools this month to encourage students of all backgrounds to apply to Oxford. The initiative, organised by undergraduates, saw Somerville students visit state schools in the boroughs of Kingston and Hounslow, two areas officially linked to Somerville under the University’s Link Regions scheme. The students gave talks aimed at
- [Transcript of Jan Royall speech: "The best of both worlds"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/transcript-of-jan-royall-speech-the-best-of-both-worlds/) - This is an edited version of a speech given by Jan Royall, Principal, to pupils from 20 schools in Hong Kong, on Thursday March 21, 2019. Jan Royall Good evening, a real pleasure to be here especially with wonderful young people from many schools and, of course, some parents. I am grateful to the principal
- [The dramatic life of a Polish Queen in Hungary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-dramatic-life-of-a-polish-queen-in-hungary/) - The Renaissance is often seen as an ‘age of queens’ – Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine de’ Medici. The reign of Isabella Jagiellon, a sixteenth-century Polish-Italian queen of Hungary, was just as dramatic as those of her queenly contemporaries. Brought up in a Polish royal court at the height of its Renaissance splendour,
- [Reflections on the History and Identity of the former women's colleges](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reflections-on-the-history-and-identity-of-the-former-womens-colleges/) - Abstract This paper will consider the various founding principles of the women’s colleges at Oxford in the social and cultural context of their times: the secular and the religious variations; and the ways in which opposition to women’s education in the late nineteenth century and onwards influenced the early conduct of these colleges. Academic recognition
- [How sound and vision can make jellyfish taste delicious](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/how-sound-and-vision-can-make-jellyfish-taste-delicious/) - Jellyfish are a sustainable food resource, and one whose availability will likely increase with global warming. But while the creatures are a popular delicacy in many parts of Asia, they are an unfamiliar food in the West. Charles Spence, our fellow and tutor in Experimental Psychology, on how sound and vision could open up a
- [Literary award for Charles Spence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/literary-award-for-charles-spence/) - Professor Charles Spence has been awarded the Prix de la Littérature Gastronomique for his book Gastrophysics. The accolade, which is granted by the European Academy of Gastronomy and the Board of the Académie Internationale de la Gastronomie (AIG) based in Paris, France, recognises individuals or institutions who distinguish themselves at a national level in gastronomy.
- [The fight against rare diseases](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-fight-against-rare-diseases/) - More than 350 million people worldwide are living with a rare disease, and approximately 50 percent of those are children. Here, our Fellow Matthew Wood, a Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Paediatrics, describes his work and the advances that a new Rare Diseases Centre – announced this week by the University of Oxford and Harrington
- [The extraordinary impact of black holes - Dorothy Hodgkin memorial lecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-extraordinary-impact-of-black-holes-dorothy-hodgkin-memorial-lecture/) - Katherine Blundell OBE, a Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford and a Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford, is giving the Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture 2019. She will describe how black holes give rise to quasars and other remarkable phenomena. The popular notion of a black hole “sucking in everything” from its surroundings only happens
- [Somerville teams pioneer seaweed superfood and medical AI](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-teams-pioneer-seaweed-superfood-and-medical-ai/) - From a superfood based on seaweed to the application of machine learning to medicine, students at Somerville have ambitious plans to turn their research into enterprises that will benefit society. The merit of their ideas has now won wider recognition after two Somerville teams made it through to the final ten of the All Innovate
- [From Mongol hordes to heart attacks, a taste of Oxford life](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-mongol-hordes-to-heart-attacks-a-taste-of-oxford-life/) - From the Mongols to neuroscience, translating children’s fiction into French and getting to the heart of cardiac disease, the College held a series of taster academic sessions on Saturday to introduce prospective applicants to life at Oxford. Somerville hosted around 100 state school pupils for the Study Day, which is intended to give Year 12
- [In a Time of Monsters](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/in-a-time-of-monsters/) - Emma Sky (1987, Oriental Studies) discusses the Arab Spring, her path from Somerville to the Middle East, and why she has returned with a new book, In a Time of Monsters. I came to Somerville as an undergrad in 1987 to read Classics. But during my first semester, the Palestinian Intifada broke out. I changed
- [Somerville graduate awarded top medical prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-graduate-awarded-top-medical-prize/) - Ain Neuhaus has been awarded the George Pickering Prize, which is awarded for the candidate receiving the highest marks in the Medicine Finals and the Prize Vivas. Ain, 28, matriculated at Somerville in 2009, and went on to graduate with a First in Medical Sciences, specialising in neuroscience. He then intercalated a DPhil (2012-2016, St John’s
- [Somerville students win Laidlaw success](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-win-laidlaw-success/) - Daniel Park (2nd year Philosophy, Politics and Economics), Bethan James (2nd year English Literature) and Rosie Sourbut (2nd Year English literature) have been named as scholars of the Laidlaw Research and Leadership Programme for this academic year. The highly competitive award will allow them to gain leadership skills through a course at the Institute of
- [The Lives and Loves of Muriel St Clare Byrne](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-lives-and-loves-of-muriel-st-clare-byrne/) - Dr Mo Moulton is a lecturer in history at the University of Birmingham, where they also direct the Centre for Modern British Studies. They will be speaking about Muriel St Clare Byrne (1914, English) at the University of Oxford History Faculty on Thursday February 14, at 11am. Muriel St. Clare Byrne is a Somerville alumna
- [New leadership for College Development Board](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-leadership-for-college-development-board/) - Somerville’s Development Board, the committee of volunteers that advises the College on fundraising strategy and helps secure major donations, has new leadership this year. Sybella Stanley (1979, Ancient and Modern History) and Ayla Busch, (1989, PPE) have been appointed co-chairs of the Somerville Development Board. Sybella is director of corporate finance at RELX, the multinational
- [The Mathematics of Social Networks](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-mathematics-of-social-networks/) - Renaud Lambiotte, Somerville fellow and tutor in Applied Mathematics, writes about his research in the field of social networks. What is your research about? Networks are used as a common representation for a wide variety of systems, spanning social, biological and technological domains. Nodes represent entities or components of the system and links between them
- [Sitting down with the “Michael Bay of business”](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sitting-down-with-the-michael-bay-of-business/) - Whatever anyone has to say about Cindy Gallop (1977, English), she is certainly never boring, writes Theo Davies-Lewis (2016, St Hugh’s College, Archaeology and Anthropology) who will be interviewing her at Somerville on February 5th. She likes to describe herself as the “Michael Bay of business”, owing to their shared fondness for blowing things up.
- [Life, death and the NHS - facing up to hard questions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/life-death-and-the-nhs-facing-up-to-hard-questions/) - Dame Fiona Caldicott, Honorary Fellow, former Principal and chair of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, writes about our complex relationship with the NHS ahead of a Public Policy Group discussion in London. We care deeply about the NHS because of its wonderful ethos of being free at the point of use. That removes a huge
- [Music and emotions in peace and war](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/music-and-emotions-in-peace-and-war/) - Professor Samantha Dieckmann, Somerville’s Tutorial Fellow in Music, explores the relationship between music and emotion, and how both play a central role in conflict and peacebuilding. Professor Samantha Dieckmann Music’s relationship with emotions and capacity to induce them is a double-edged sword. When Wagner’s music was played at Nazi rallies, it drove a sense of ‘ecstatic
- [Jan Royall: I am determined to move fast on widening access to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/jan-royall-i-am-determined-to-move-fast-on-widening-access-to-somerville/) - This term began with the welcome news that 72.6% of our offers for UK undergraduate places have gone to pupils from state schools. This figure has risen from 61.5% last year. This is just one year’s number, and there is much more work to do, but I feel encouraged that our message is being heard.
- [Displaced Voices: refugee poets perform at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/displaced-voices-refugee-poets-perform-at-somerville/) - Poetry by refugees and migrants who moved to Oxford as children will be performed alongside new music from composers Sadie Harrison and Toby Young in a concert at Somerville this week. The College will welcome the poets, who are pupils of Oxford Spires School, for a concert and panel discussion as part of the Orchestra
- [State school pupils win 72.6% of Somerville offers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/state-school-pupils-win-72-6-of-somerville-offers/) - Nearly three quarters of Somerville’s offers to UK-domiciled applicants have been made to state school pupils this year. Candidates found out this week whether their applications were successful, and Somerville made 72.6% of our UK offers to state school pupils – an increase from 61.5% in 2018. This success follows a new initiative held at
- [College backs Oxbridge scheme for black teenagers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-backs-oxbridge-scheme-for-black-teenagers/) - A programme that helps outstanding black teenagers win places at highly selective universities will be backed by Somerville College this year. Target Oxbridge, a development programme for black African and Caribbean pupils that involves residential visits and academic taster sessions, will offer 160 places in 2019, including five that will be funded by Somerville. The
- [Partnership with Berlin to explore religion in the ancient world](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/partnership-with-berlin-to-explore-religion-in-the-ancient-world/) - Somerville Ancient History Fellow Beate Dignas and two Berlin academics will lead a project that has been awarded seed funding from the Oxford-Berlin Research Partnership, an international collaboration established in 2017. Working together with Professor Claudia Tiersch from the Humboldt Universität and Professor Susanne Gödde from the Freie Universität, Professor Dignas will turn the spotlight
- [The Meaning of Flowers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-meaning-of-flowers/) - Fiona Stafford, fellow and tutor in English Literature at Somerville, has published a new book, The Brief Life of Flowers, which has received favourable reviews in The Sunday Times, the Spectator and the Daily Mail. Here, she explains how flowers are intertwined with literature, art, history, politics and society. What inspired you to write this
- [Transcript of Jan Royall's Lecture: 'On the shoulders of giants - Somerville's women pioneers'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/transcript-of-jan-royalls-lecture-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-somervilles-women-pioneers/) - This is a transcript of the lecture given by College Principal Jan Royall at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai on December 11th 2018. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I know that many of you are here as friends of this glorious museum and my thanks must go to one of your greatest
- [From skeet shooting to waste management: the wider impact of the Oxford India Centre](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-skeet-shooting-to-waste-management-the-wider-impact-of-the-oxford-india-centre/) - Every year since 2013, the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development has hosted exceptional students from India who have won prestigious scholarships before returning home to contribute to their country’s multi-faceted development challenges. The presence of the centre at Somerville has also inspired other Somerville students to deepen their engagement with India. Asmi Khusi reports.
- [College choir to reach out to children on first visit to India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-choir-to-reach-out-to-children-on-first-visit-to-india/) - The College Choir will tour Mumbai and Goa this month, singing at venues ranging from a Bollywood studio to a Catholic church and working with disadvantaged children on collaborative music projects. It will be the first time that an Oxford University choir has performed in India. Singing a mix of classical music, Christmas carols and
- [Jan Royall: Why we must champion Dorothy Hodgkin for the £50 note](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/jan-royall-why-we-must-champion-dorothy-hodgkin-for-the-50-note/) - “A rare talent and a role model” – Somerville’s Principal nominates our Nobel Prize winner for the new note. The Bank of England has asked for nominations of great and worthy scientists to be the face of the new £50 note. Somerville is very proud to claim a number of contenders, not least its namesake,
- [Topping out ceremony marks milestone for new Catherine Hughes building](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/topping-out-ceremony-marks-milestone-for-new-catherine-hughes-building/) - A milestone in the construction of the Catherine Hughes building was marked this week with a topping out ceremony – the builders’ rite marking the placing of the last beam at the top of the structure. A spruce tree was lifted to the top of the £11.5m building to signal the completion of its basic
- [Demystifying Oxford interviews](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/demystifying-oxford-interviews/) - Somerville welcomed 127 state school applicants last Saturday for the college’s first ‘Demystifying Interviews’ day. The new initiative allowed the attendees to see current Somerville students mock interviewed live on stage – including Junior Common Room President and 2nd year historian Emmanuel Amissah-Eshun, who was interviewed by former tutorial fellow Joanna Innes. Other subjects interviewed
- [How democracy came back into fashion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/how-democracy-came-back-into-fashion/) - Joanna Innes, a historian of government, society and ideas and former Tutorial Fellow at Somerville, explores the revival of interest in democracy across southern Europe after the French Revolution. An intelligent observer living in the middle of the eighteenth century would have been surprised to hear that, 250 years later, democracy would be thought to
- ["Her slogan echoes in my ears"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/her-slogan-echoes-in-my-ears/) - Cornelia Sorabji scholar Aradhana Vadekkethil (2017, Jurisprudence) writes about the legacy of the pioneering Indian lawyer. Cornelia Sorabji Cornelia Sorabji, a barrister, a social reformer, a female pioneer and a prolific writer is an inspiration for every woman entering the legal profession. Her story sheds light on how she never knew whether it was a
- [Cornelia Sorabji's birthday marked with display of 1889 funding document](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/cornelia-sorabjis-birthday-marked-with-display-of-1889-funding-document/) - Cornelia Sorabji was a legal pioneer – the first woman to study law at Oxford and India’s first female advocate. On what would have been her 152nd birthday, the College is publishing online a copy of the funding appeal that supported her studies in England. The document gives an impression of the significant discrimination and
- [Dame Fiona Caldicott receives Lifetime Achievement Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-fiona-caldicott-receives-lifetime-achievement-award/) - Honorary Fellow and former Principal Dame Fiona Caldicott has won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The annual RCPsych Awards mark the highest level of achievement within the field of psychiatry. Dame Fiona, Principal from 1996 to 2010, was the first woman to become President and Dean of RCPsych and worked
- [Pat Harris](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pat-harris/) - Pat Harris, who was Lodge Porter here from 1 September 1997 to 30 September 30 2008, has died. Here, Aaron Maniam (1998, PPE), and below, deputy lodge manager Julian Smith, pay tribute to her. Pat is commemorated here with the Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award, celebrating depth of character and kindness. To support the award, please
- [Medieval heroes in modern German literature](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/medieval-heroes-in-modern-german-literature/) - Almut Suerbaum, Fellow and Tutor in German, delivered a lecture at Harvard this month on “Voices from the past: the poetic presence of medieval heroes in contemporary German literature”. Here, she explains why heroes are often ambivalent figures. Heroes have always been complicated figures, especially in a Germanic context – and the German author Ulrike
- [Queens are easier to love than kings](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/queens-are-easier-to-love-than-kings/) - Frank Prochaska, senior research fellow at Somerville College, writes about the feminisation of Britain’s monarchy and how this has strengthened its social influence. As the political importance of the crown declined over the centuries, the royal family filled the vacuum with social work. Indeed, the loss of political power purified the monarchy for civic and
- [Town and gown war stories feature in exhibition at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/town-and-gown-war-stories-feature-in-exhibition-at-somerville/) - Hardit Singh Malik, an Indian student at Oxford who became a World War One fighter pilot, and May Wedderburn Cannan, a poet who volunteered to aid the war effort in France, is among those featured in an exhibition at Somerville College called Oxford: The War and the World. The exhibition produced by the History Faculty,
- [The Politics of Writing Islamic History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-politics-of-writing-islamic-history/) - Faridah Zaman, Somerville Fellow and tutor in history, writes about a 17th century Oxford scholar’s bold reappraisal of Islam, and its impact on 20th century Muslim intellectuals. Faridah Zaman, Fellow and Tutor in History In 1911, the Indian linguist, philologist, and manuscript collector Hafiz Mahmud Khan Shairani (1881–1946) published the first printed edition of An
- [College Library expands John Stuart Mill collection](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-library-expands-john-stuart-mill-collection/) - Somerville College has acquired two letters by John Stuart Mill and two books from his library in Avignon, France, where he died in 1873, in the first major addition to our Library’s Mill collection since it was established in 1905. The acquisitions will enable academic researchers to expand their knowledge of Mill’s personal library and
- [Irrigation in India: Building farms of the future](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/irrigation-in-india-building-farms-of-the-future/) - Reform of irrigation systems in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has transformed the agricultural sector and the lives of poor farmers. The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development hosted a discussion in which policy-makers and academics debated the lessons for water security. The story of irrigation reform in Madhya Pradesh (M.P.), a central state
- [Uncovering molecular structures of the brain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/uncovering-molecular-structures-of-the-brain/) - Elena Seiradake, Somerville fellow and tutor in biochemistry, writes about a breakthrough insight into the make-up of the brain. Elena Seiradake What is the significant new information that your team has uncovered? My team discovered that a protein called Latrophilin forms large molecular assemblies at the surface of brain cells. Depending on the context, these
- [Living with the bizarre and the inexplicable](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/living-with-the-bizarre-and-the-inexplicable/) - At 27, Daisy Johnson is the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In this interview, the author Sam Thompson, who taught Daisy at Oxford, describes the shared preoccupations and struggles of teaching writing. What do you like most about Daisy’s writing? I love its strangeness — that’s the best word
- [Mary Midgley (née Scrutton) 3.9.1919 – 10.10.2018](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mary-midgley-nee-scrutton-3-9-1919-10-10-2018/) - Lesley Brown, Emeritus Fellow, writes about Mary Midgley (1938, Lit. Hum.), Honorary Fellow, who has died aged 99. Mary Midgley was the author of more than a dozen books of philosophy, from her first, Beast and Man (1978) to What is Philosophy For, published shortly before her death at the age of 99. She became
- [Intelligence at vast scale - the future of machine learning](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/intelligence-at-vast-scale-the-future-of-machine-learning/) - Stephen Roberts, Somerville Fellow and professor of machine learning, writes about the growing sophistication of machine learning and how AI will enable us to extract insight from ever-growing volumes of data. Engineering Science’s Machine Learning Research Group unites pioneering work on foundational machine learning topics, innovative programming approaches and application to problems motivated by major
- [Somerville College hosts Any Questions?](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-hosts-any-questions/) - The BBC’s Any Questions? comes to Oxford next month, when Somerville College will host one of the first editions of the radio programme to be filmed for broadcast on the internet. The public are invited to apply for free tickets, which will be made available on a first come, first served basis, using the form
- [Climate scientists warn of a future above 1.5C](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/climate-scientists-warn-of-a-future-above-1-5c/) - Even with very strong mitigation, we face extreme heat events and a 20cm rise in sea levels by 2100, climate scientists warned at an event hosted by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development this week. The event, jointly organized with the Oxford Climate Society and held at Somerville College, heard from leading climate scientists
- [Interview with Daisy Johnson, the youngest author shortlisted for a Booker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/interview-with-daisy-johnson-the-youngest-author-shortlisted-for-a-booker/) - At 27, MSt alumna Daisy Johnson is the youngest writer ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for her novel Everything Under. Her debut short story collection, Fen, was published in 2016. Here, she talks about horror stories, inspiring landscapes and studying creative writing at Oxford. Daisy Johnson (Photo by Pollyanna Johnson) Q:
- [Thatcher scholarships awarded to Anna Gee and Joe Salf](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/thatcher-scholarships-awarded-to-anna-gee-and-joe-salf/) - Anna Gee (2017, Biological Sciences) and Joe Salf (2017, Medicine) have been awarded Thatcher scholarships in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement and determination to make a positive contribution to society. The Thatcher scholarships cover all university and college fees and provide a generous grant towards living expenses, allowing students to graduate debt-free. They are
- [Choral Contemplation events focus on the soul](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/choral-contemplation-events-focus-on-the-soul/) - This Michaelmas Term, Choral Contemplation at Somerville will concentrate on the idea of “the soul” as expressed and understood in different spiritual and philosophical contexts Every week a guest speaker will deliver a 20 minute address which explores this theme from their particular perspective. These talks will be accompanied by music from Somerville’s distinguished mixed-voice
- [Alex Rogers to advise Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alex-rogers-to-advise-panel-for-a-sustainable-ocean-economy/) - Somerville Fellow and Tutor in Biological Sciences Alex Rogers is to advise a High-level Panel bringing together heads of government to ensure sustainable development of the ocean. The panel, launched by Norway, draws thirteen heads of government from coastal states together. It aims to develop a new relationship between humanity and the sea at a
- [Professor Angela Vincent awarded Klaus Joachim Zülch prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-angela-vincent-awarded-klaus-joachim-zulch-prize/) - Emeritus Fellow Angela Vincent FMedSci FRS has been awarded the Klaus Joachim Zülch prize, which is given for exceptional achievement in neurological research. Professor Vincent shares the 2018 prize with Jerome Posner and Josep Dalmau for their research into how autoimmune disorders contribute to neurological conditions. The three scientists have made advances in research by providing
- [More state-educated pupils accepted to places at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/more-state-educated-pupils-accepted-to-places-at-somerville/) - Nearly two-thirds of Somerville’s UK undergraduate intake this year will be from state schools, based on A-Level results out today.
- [Somerville opens up for Oxford Open Doors](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-opens-up-for-oxford-open-doors/) - Somerville College is opening up for Oxford Open Doors in September, celebrating the achievements of alumni who include campaigners, writers and eminent politicians. In keeping with the theme of this year’s event, Extraordinary People, the college will commemorate its distinguished former students, from Cornelia Sorabji and Eleanor Rathbone to Dorothy Hodgkin and Indira Gandhi. Exhibits
- [Somerville students win academic prizes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-win-academic-prizes/) - Final year undergraduate students at Somerville performed well in their examinations this year with 35 students achieving firsts. A total of 64 students achieved a 2:1 and six were awarded a 2:2, with none receiving a third. There were particularly strong performances in Mathematics and Computer Science with seven firsts out of ten candidates, and
- [Royal Society Award for Kay Davies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/royal-society-award-for-kay-davies/) - The geneticist Professor Kay Davies FMedSci FRS (Chemistry, 1969) has been awarded the Royal Society’s Croonian Medal and Lecture 2019 for her work towards developing a prenatal test and developing therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a progressive muscle-wasting disease that primarily affects boys. Dame Kay will be awarded the medal and £10,000 at the
- [Somerville rower in European Universities Championships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-rower-in-european-universities-championships/) - In July MPhil student Amanda Thomas participated in the rowing championships at the European Universities Games, representing GB and Oxford in the lightweight women’s double sculls event, along with sculling partner, Naomi Holland, from Christ Church. The Games, organised by the European Universities Sports Association (EUSA), took place in Coimbra, Portugal, with the rowing itself
- [Fiona Stafford elected British Academy Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fiona-stafford-elected-british-academy-fellow/) - Somerville tutorial fellow in English literature Fiona Stafford has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy, the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences, in recognition of her outstanding research. Professor Stafford’s research interests range from James McPherson to Seamus Heaney, and include Robert Burns, Wordsworth and Coleridge, Jane Austen, John
- [India ties celebrated at House of Lords](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/india-ties-celebrated-at-house-of-lords/) - Principal Jan Royall called for a strengthening of ties between Britain and India “in a world in which nativism is on the rise”, with Somerville College playing its part by doubling the number of India scholars. Speaking at a summer reception for friends of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Baroness Royall said relations
- [From the Principal: the ties that bind us together](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-the-principal-the-ties-that-bind-us-together/) - I was struck by the warmth of my welcome – almost as hot as the fierce spicing on my white and black pepper crab – on my first trip to Singapore, earlier this month. Alumni were eager to find ways to help the college. We discussed the need to encourage more applicants from disadvantaged
- [Somervillians recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillians-recognised-in-queens-birthday-honours/) - Four Somervillians were recognized in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Angela McLean (Maths 1979) was awarded a DBE for services to Mathematical Biology and scientific advice for government. Professor McLean is interested in how mathematical models can help our understanding of the evolution and spread of infectious agents. She has chaired the lead expert
- [Spirit of Somerville award celebrates kindness](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spirit-of-somerville-award-celebrates-kindness/) - The inaugural Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award – which celebrates depth of character and kindness – was awarded jointly to Emily Louise and Aleksandra Rutkowska. Spirit of Somerville award: Aleksandra Rutkowska, Pat Harris, Emily Louise and Aaron Maniam Emily, studying History, was nominated by Steve Rayner, senior tutor. She was inspired to apply to
- [Bullingdon portrait gets radical update](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bullingdon-portrait-gets-radical-update/) - A group of black and ethnic minority students at Oxford – including Somervillian Emmanuel Amissah-Eshun – have spoofed the famous photograph of the 1987 Bullingdon Club. The original image featured ten students including David Cameron and Boris Johnson posing in tails and waistcoats on the steps of Christ Church College. The new picture brings together
- [Somerville Access Roadshow 2018](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-access-roadshow-2018/) - In the Easter vacation I organised the third Somerville Access Roadshow with a team of Student Ambassadors, writes Emily Louise (History, 2017). We visited nine non-selective state schools over two days within the College’s link regions of Hounslow and Kingston-upon-Thames. Within this short timeframe, we were able to help deconstruct many preconceptions held about Oxford, with
- [From the Principal: the change we desperately need](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-the-principal-the-change-we-desperately-need/) - It is now a week since Oxford University published its first annual admissions statistics report. While the report shows there has been some progress, I am frustrated by the pace of change. We want to attract the best, from whatever background, and we are keen to increase the number of applicants from state schools. The
- [Award-winning student team to launch pilot of ‘Solar ATMs’ proposal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/award-winning-student-team-to-launch-pilot-of-solar-atms-proposal/) - A team of four Oxford students, including a recipient of this year’s Somerville College Development Award, will travel to India in the summer to test their social enterprise model providing renewable energy to India’s most under-served communities The Empower Energy team winning the Hult Prize London Regional Finals (from left: Gideon Laux, James Dickson, Ronit
- [Miriam Griffin (née Dressler) 6.6.1935-16.5.2018](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/miriam-griffin-nee-dressler-6-6-1935-16-5-2018/) - The classical scholar Miriam Griffin, an Emeritus Fellow in Ancient History, has died at the age of 82. Miriam Griffin, Emeritus Fellow in Ancient History Miriam made significant contributions to Roman history, especially to early imperial history and to philosophy in the Roman republic and empire. She was the author of major studies of Seneca
- [Mill margin writings reveal lesser known side of philosopher](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mill-margin-writings-reveal-lesser-known-side-of-philosopher/) - An “unauthorized autobiography” of the British philosopher John Stuart Mill has emerged from scribbles, doodles and other jottings in the margins of his personal library, giving a glimpse of the anxious child-scholar who learned Latin and Greek by the age of eight. Mill, arguably the pre-eminent English-speaking philosopher of the 1800s, annotated extensively as he
- [From the Principal: Bringing the start-up spirit to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-the-principal-bringing-the-start-up-spirit-to-somerville/) - I was 33 floors up in Cindy Gallop’s Manhattan apartment when it struck me. We were admiring the fantastic views over New York and sipping gin liqueurs as I talked to two Somervillian women who were both very high up in banks. Their careers were going stratospherically. They both had children and – crucially –
- [Dr Radhika Khosla appointed as Research Director of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-radhika-khosla-appointed-as-research-director-of-the-oxford-india-centre-for-sustainable-development/) - Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development have announced the appointment of Dr Radhika Khosla as the Centre’s new Research Director. Dr Khosla is an environmental scientist by training, whose work focuses on the linkages between energy and climate change in rapidly urbanizing environments. She has worked in India and the US,
- [Girls explore quantum materials - and cockroaches](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/girls-explore-quantum-materials-and-cockroaches/) - From stroking cockroaches to exploring quantum materials, 29 Year Ten girls explored the variety of a science education at Oxford during an annual residential programme hosted by Somerville College. Year Ten girls visited Oxford for the Girls into Science programme The teenagers all come from non-selective state schools and were taking part in the Girls
- [Royal Academy of Music honours Will Dawes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/royal-academy-of-music-honours-will-dawes/) - Our director of chapel music Will Dawes has been made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an honour awarded to former students who have made a significant contribution to the music profession. The honour was announced on Monday after being ratified by the academy’s governing body in February. Dawes studied choral conducting and
- [Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt appointed chair of the Oxford India Centre’s Advisory Board](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/rt-hon-patricia-hewitt-appointed-chair-of-the-oxford-india-centres-advisory-board/) - Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development have announced the appointment of Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, the former Labour Health Secretary, as Chair of the Advisory Board for the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. As Chair of the UK India Business Council for the last eight years, Ms Hewitt worked closely
- ['Top-notch' Tutors And History At Speed](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/top-notch-tutors-and-history-at-speed/) - Somerville’s access crowdfunding initiative has reached its first target.
- [Seeing the Digital Light](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/seeing-the-digital-light/) - Somerville students are raising money to support digital education for girls in India. Please help them to reach their target!
- [Access All Areas](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/access-all-areas/) - Somerville takes access seriously. Find out about our new crowdfunding campaign and read JCR Access Officer Emily Louise’s story.
- [People Power: The Future of UK-India Relations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/people-power-the-future-of-uk-india-relations/) - On Friday 23 February 2018 the Principal of Somerville, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, chaired a discussion on ‘The changing tide of UK-India relations’.
- [Somervillians talk Suffrage](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillians-talk-suffrage/) - This week, Somervillians past and present have made their voices heard in the celebrations and discussions surrounding the centenary of the first votes for women.
- [Somerville and Suffrage](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-and-suffrage/) - Somerville is celebrating this centenary year of ‘Votes for Women’ with an exciting calendar of events.
- [Complex Recipe Conferences: 2016 & 2017](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/complex-recipe-conferences-2016-2017/) - The OICSD convened two events on sustainable nutrition: A Complex Recipe in July 2016 in Oxford, and Nutrition, Power and Environment in March 2017 in Delhi
- [Congratulations to our new Principal's Prizewinners!](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/congratulations-to-our-new-principals-prizewinners/) - Fan Wu is one of our new Principal’s Prizewinners. Read about his experiences of studying at Somerville.
- [From the Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-the-principal/) - Principal of Somerville Jan Royall reflects on the past and the future as a new year and a new term get underway.
- [Making a Greater Change to Homelessness](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/making-a-greater-change-to-homelessness/) - Three Somervillians are involved in an exciting charity startup, using technology to help the homeless in Oxford.
- ["Education is the best passport for life"](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/education-is-the-best-passport-for-life/) - Somervillian Sam Gyimah appointed Minister for Universities and Science
- [Maximising collaborative research between India and the UK](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/maximising-collaborative-research-between-india-and-the-uk/) - In October 2017, the Oxford Indian Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD), in collaboration with the Oxford India Health Research Network (OIHRN) and the George Institute for Global Health, hosted an event at Somerville College focusing on maximizing collaborative research between India and the UK.
- [Valuing Water for Sustainable Development](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/valuing-water-for-sustainable-development/) - Summary of an event organised by the School of Geography and Environment, the Environmental Change Institute and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. By Ranu Sinha – MPhil MSc Water Science, Policy and Management.
- [Somerville alumna awarded British Empire Medal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-awarded-british-empire-medal/) - Somerville alumna Barbara Forrai (née Lockwood) has been awarded the British Empire Medal for services to charity in the UK and Russia.
- [Somerville marks National Tree Week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-marks-national-tree-week/) - On Wednesday 29th November, Principal Jan Royall put the finishing touches to the planting of a copper beech tree in the grounds of the College.
- ['Just go for it'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/just-go-for-it/) - Somerville alumna Amelia Gould is the winner of this year’s Woman in Industry Award from WISE.
- [Somerville Pioneer becomes Google Doodle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-pioneer-becomes-google-doodle/) - Google India has recognised the pioneering legacy of Somervillian Cornelia Sorabji, born 151 years ago today
- [Creating Music to Build Bridges](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/creating-music-to-build-bridges/) - Alice Hadley is a second-year undergraduate at Somerville reading French and Italian. She is also a talented saxophonist and a member of the Oxford University Wind Orchestra. Here, Alice tells us about her experiences and asks for our help…
- [Dancing to the Music of Time](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dancing-to-the-music-of-time/) - Honorary Fellow Hilary Spurling’s new biography of Anthony Powell, Dancing to the Music of Time, will be this week’s Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4, starting today at 1.45 p.m.
- ['True Citizen Philosopher' Wins Million Dollar Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/true-citizen-philosopher-wins-million-dollar-prize/) - Congratulations to Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve, Honorary Fellow of Somerville, who has been awarded the $1 million dollar Berggruen Prize for 2017.
- [It's OK not to be OK](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/its-ok-not-to-be-ok/) - Principal Jan Royall considers issues surrounding mental wellbeing in the light of a recent panel discussion held in Somerville
- [New Arrivals at the Oxford India Centre](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-arrivals-at-the-oxford-india-centre/) - As the academic year begins, Somerville and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development are delighted to celebrate the arrival of the Centre’s new Executive Director and of this year’s new Indian scholars.
- [A Haunting Story](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-haunting-story/) - Somerville alumna and award-winning novelist Michèle Roberts returned to the College earlier this month and spoke about fellow writer and Somervillian Dorothy Sayers.
- [Principal's Prizes 2017](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-prizes-2017/) - Congratulations to the 22 Somerville students who have been awarded Principal’s Prizes this year!
- [A Royall Progress](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-royall-progress/) - Jan Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, was elected Principal of Somerville College, Oxford, in February 2017. Here, she looks back on her political career and shares her love of Somerville’s radical history. When Jan Royall was at school, she asked one of her teachers about this place called ‘Oxbridge’. What was it? Was it something
- [Transforming the lives of young scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/transforming-the-lives-of-young-scholars/) - In July His Excellency Scott Wightman, the British High Commissioner in Singapore, kindly hosted a reception and dinner in celebration of the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST).
- [‘Daughter of Dissent’: Celebrating Constance Coltman](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/daughter-of-dissent-celebrating-constance-coltman/) - Somerville celebrates the life and achievements of the social pioneer Constance Coltman
- [The Principal’s diary: First impressions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-principals-diary-first-impressions/) - I arrived on Sunday, excited, apprehensive and eager to get into my new role. So many months had passed since my appointment that I had begun to think that I would never get to Somerville – but I’m here, sitting at my desk in my very beautiful office with a glorious view over the quad, and I love it.
- [First class honours for postgraduate Historians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/first-class-honours-for-postgraduate-historians/) - Congratulations to Cora Salkovskis and Anna Clark, who both received first class honours in their MSt History degrees. Anna achieved the first highest mark of the University’s entire MSt British and European History cohort and Cora came second.
- [Somerville hosts Universify summer schools to help bridge the access gap](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hosts-universify-summer-schools-to-help-bridge-the-access-gap/) - Over the past two weeks, Somerville has hosted 79 students from Universify Summer Schools – a series of week-long courses for year 10 students from non-selective state schools.
- [The Oxford Alternotives to perform on BBC One’s Pitch Battle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oxford-alternotives-to-perform-on-bbc-ones-pitch-battle/) - Two Somerville undergraduates and choral scholars Jamie Powe will be singing with University a capella group The Oxford Alternotives on BBC One’s new Saturday night singing competition, Pitch Battle.
- [Student comedy sketch show heading to the Edinburgh Fringe](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/student-comedy-sketch-show-heading-to-the-edinburgh-fringe/) - Somerville Modern Languages finalist, Rebecca Heitlinger, is taking her comedy sketch show Dates, to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- [Principal's blog: Address to Leavers 2017](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-address-to-leavers-2017/) - A transcript of Principal Alice Prochaska’s address to Somerville’s graduating students at the 2017 Leavers’ Dinner.
- [Shirley Williams awarded honorary degree at Encaenia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/shirley-williams-awarded-honorary-degree-at-encaenia/) - Shirley Williams, Rt Hon Baroness Williams of Crosby CH PC (PPE, 1948), was among seven individuals who were honoured for their outstanding contribution to the arts, science and public life at Oxford University’s annual Encaenia ceremony on 21st June 2017.
- [Oxford’s In the Pink is Heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxfords-in-the-pink-is-heading-to-the-edinburgh-festival-fringe/) - In the Pink, one of Oxford’s longest running all-female a cappella groups, is returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year and is making use of Somerville’s excellent crowdfunding platform to fundraise for its show.
- [The Blenheim Paper: how to include the global commons in local land management](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-blenheim-paper-how-to-include-the-global-commons-in-local-land-management/) - What are the broad impacts of local land management decisions?
- [On-site accommodation for all Somerville undergraduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/on-site-accommodation-for-all-somerville-undergraduates/) - Somerville is delighted to announce planning permission has been approved for a new student accommodation building, which we expect to be completed by October 2019.
- [Somerville student named in National Geographic’s 2017 class of Emerging Explorers and offered opportunity to work with NASA](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-named-in-national-geographics-2017-class-of-emerging-explorers-and-offered-opportunity-to-work-with-nasa/) - Somerville Engineering Science and Zoology post-graduate student, Grace Young (2014) has been named as one of 14 global Emerging Explorers by National Geographic.
- [Somervillian becomes Wales’s youngest Council leader](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-becomes-waless-youngest-council-leader/) - Somerville alumnus Huw Thomas (Music, 2003) has become the leader of Wales’s largest local authority and the youngest Council leader in Wales, after the Labour group which controls Cardiff Council elected him as their leader.
- [Celebrating with Somervillians in South East Asia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/celebrating-with-somervillians-in-south-east-asia/) - Following the success of the inaugural Oxford University Alumni Weekend in Asia, which was held in 2014, Oxford University hosted their second Alumni weekend giving Somerville an opportunity to reunite with our alumni in Hong Kong and Singapore.
- [Somerville hosts third annual Girls into Science programme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hosts-third-annual-girls-into-science-programme/) - Somerville hosted its third annual Girls into Science residential programme for Year 10 girls during the Easter holidays.
- [Somerville’s deepening ties with India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-deepening-ties-with-india/) - The first half of 2017 has seen a variety of events with the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD), raising its profile both in the UK and abroad and furthering its core mission of advancing sustainable development in India.
- [Somerville staff win OUSU awards: a signal of students’ appreciation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-staff-win-ousu-awards-a-signal-of-students-appreciation/) - Three members of Somerville received special awards from the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) last week.
- [Kailash Satyarthi in conversation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/kailash-satyarthi-in-conversation/) - Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi, joined Somerville students for a conversation about child rights.
- [A fine balance: India negotiating her own environmental legal path](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/a-fine-balance-india-negotiating-her-own-environmental-legal-path/) - A conversation bridging theory and practice around India’s various environmental issues.
- [Demonetisation and India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/demonetisation-and-india/) - In response to the 8th November 2016 decision by the Government of India to demonetised existing 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes, the OICSD hosted a panel discussion on impacts of demonetisation on world’s fastest growing economy.
- [India Ideas Room](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/india-ideas-room/) - Innovative ideas and imaginative thinking at the India Ideas Room.
- [Environment, Health and India - with The George Institute](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/environment-health-and-india-with-the-george-institute/) - The OICSD held a half day joint workshop at Somerville with Oxford-India Health Research Network (OIHRN), and The George Institute for Global Health (TGI), focusing on Environment, Health and India.
- [Somerville College launch Crowdfunding project to keep women in science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-launch-crowdfunding-project-to-keep-women-in-science/) - An ambitious new initiative by Somerville College and the Oxford Chemistry Department aims to break down some of the key barriers that affect women scientists.
- [Somerville hosts Parents’ Lunch, Year Reps Meeting and Winter Meeting with Shirley Williams](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hosts-parents-lunch-year-reps-meeting-and-winter-meeting-with-shirley-williams/) - It was an especially busy Saturday at Somerville on the 11th of March, with three important events in our calendar all taking place – the Parents’ Lunch, the Year Reps’ Networking Lunch and the Somerville Winter Meeting, with special guest speaker Baroness Williams of Crosby.
- [Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve wins Holberg Prize 2017](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/baroness-oneill-of-bengarve-wins-holberg-prize-2017/) - Somerville Honorary Fellow, renowned British Philosopher and crossbench member of the House of Lords, Baroness Onora O’Neill of Bengarve has been awarded this year’s Holberg Prize.
- [The Oxford Commas USA Tour](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oxford-commas-usa-tour/) - Tour Manager of a cappella group the Oxford Commas and Somerville undergraduate, Matt Maclay (PPE, 2016), reports on their upcoming tour to universities across the East Coast of the United States of America.
- [Alice Prochaska features in The Oxford Belles’ music video for International Women’s Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alice-prochaska-features-in-the-oxford-belles-music-video-for-international-womens-day/) - Oxford-based a cappella group The Oxford Belles have released a new music video for their rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s iconic ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun(damental Rights)’, for International Women’s Day. The video features a range of female academics from across Oxford University, including Principal Alice Prochaska.
- [Somerville students prepare for second Access Roadshow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-prepare-for-second-access-roadshow/) - Ten student ambassadors from Somerville College will be returning to schools in our target areas of Hounslow and Kingston-Upon-Thames to run workshops on Higher Education and studying at Oxford for students in Year 10, 11 and 12.
- [Somerville College celebrates a unique Foundation Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-celebrates-a-unique-foundation-day/) - Each year, since 1994, at the request of alumni and students, Somerville celebrates Foundation Day, an opportunity to honour the College’s origins and continuing history.
- [Somerville student wins Clinical School Year 4 Practice Essay Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-wins-clinical-school-year-4-practice-essay-prize/) - Congratulations to Grace Barnes (Medicine, 2013) for winning the Clinical School Year 4 Practice Essay Prize.
- [Announcement of new Principal at Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/announcement-of-new-principal-at-somerville-college/) - The Fellows of Somerville College are delighted to announce the election of Baroness Royall of Blaisdon as their next Principal, in succession to Dr Alice Prochaska, who will step down at the end of August 2017.
- [Record numbers at 2017 Supporters’ Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/record-numbers-at-2017-supporters-lunch/) - On Saturday 4 February, close to 200 Somerville supporters were welcomed to the College for the annual Supporters’ Lunch – an event to thank our very generous alumni and friends.
- [Lalage Bown featured on BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Chain’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lalage-bown-featured-on-bbc-radio-4s-the-chain/) - Somerville alumna, Lalage Bown (Modern History, 1945) has been featured on the BBC Woman’s Hour interview series ‘The Chain’.
- [Annie Sutherland wins Beatrice White Prize 2017](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/annie-sutherland-wins-beatrice-white-prize-2017/) - Congratulations to Somerville’s Rosemary Woolf Fellow and Tutor in Old and Middle English, Dr Annie Sutherland, for winning the Beatrice White Prize 2017.
- [Somerville-Ghana Library Project: Travel Diary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-ghana-library-project-travel-diary/) - Second-year Classics undergraduate, Sophia Cattermole, reports on her recent visit to the Somerville Library Project in Ghana, Molly’s Library.
- [Somerville Love Stories](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-love-stories/) - We are compiling a ‘best of’ Somerville love stories in time for Valentine’s Day. We would be delighted to hear your stories about how you found your soulmate at Somerville College.
- [Four Somervillians recognised in New Year’s honours list](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/four-somervillians-recognised-in-new-years-honours-list/) - Following on from our announcement that Baroness Williams of Crosby (PPE, 1948) was made a Companion of Honour in the New Year’s honours list, it is a great pleasure to report that a further three Somerville alumnae have also been recognised.
- [Somerville receives portrait of Edward Brittain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-receives-portrait-of-edward-brittain/) - Somerville has recently been given a portrait of Edward Brittain, along with the lapel badge that he is wearing in the portrait, by his niece Baroness Williams of Crosby (PPE, 1948).
- [Jean Fooks to become Lord Mayor of Oxford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/jean-fooks-to-become-lord-mayor-of-oxford/) - We are delighted to report that Somerville alumna, Jean Fooks (Physics, 1958), will become the next Lord Mayor of Oxford.
- [Shirley Williams leads politicians recognised in New Year’s honours list](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/shirley-williams-leads-politicians-recognised-in-new-years-honours-list/) - Honorary Fellow Baroness Williams of Crosby (PPE, 1948) has been made a Companion of Honour in the New Year’s honours list.
- [Somerville alumna wins Political Journalism prize and PSA’s Journalist of the Year Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-wins-political-journalism-prize-and-psas-journalist-of-the-year-award/) - Congratulations to Somerville alumna and journalist for The Times, Rachel Sylvester (English, 1988), who won the Political Journalism prize at the British Journalism Awards and the Political Studies Association (PSA)’s Journalist of the Year award.
- [Will Dawes appointed as Director of Chapel Music](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/will-dawes-appointed-as-director-of-chapel-music/) - We are delighted to announce that Will Dawes is joining Somerville as our new Director of Chapel Music.
- [Dame Fiona Caldicott to compete in 2016 University Challenge Christmas special](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-fiona-caldicott-to-compete-in-2016-university-challenge-christmas-special/) - On Monday, the BBC confirmed that Somerville Honorary Fellow and former Principal, Dame Fiona Caldicott, will appear on a special Christmas series of University Challenge.
- [Somerville alumna shortlisted for WISE Hero Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-shortlisted-for-wise-hero-award/) - Congratulations to Somerville alumna Dr Natalie Shenker (Physiological Sciences, 1997) who was nominated for a WISE award last month.
- [Somerville student crowdfunding to raise money for care costs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-crowdfunding-to-raise-money-for-care-costs/) - At the beginning of this term, Somerville was privileged to welcome a talented South African postgraduate student and disability rights activist, Edward Ndopu, to the College.
- [The Oxford Belles at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oxford-belles-at-the-edinburgh-fringe-festival/) - Somerville Finalist, Emily Albery (BA Experimental Psychology, 2014), who was the 2016 President and Musical Director of the Oxford Belles, reports on the all-female acappella group’s success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- [Cornelia Sorabji’s 150th birth anniversary celebrated at India House](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/cornelia-sorabjis-150th-birth-anniversary-celebrated-at-india-house/) - On Thursday 17 November, the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) at Somerville College, in partnership with the High Commission of India in the UK, invited over one hundred guests to India House to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the pioneering lawyer Cornelia Sorabji (1866-1954).
- [Somerville students crowdfund for Arts Festival](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-crowdfund-for-arts-festival/) - Somerville Arts Festival is an annual week of artistic activities designed to engage with the population of the College, both staff and student alike. With events such as Open Mic Nights and Welfare Arts & Crafts, it’s a fantastic way to bring people together through shared interests and give them the opportunity to get in touch with their creative side!
- [The Somerville College Choir tour of America: travel diary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-somerville-college-choir-tour-of-america-travel-diary/) - Choral scholar and Somerville Choir member, Carys Miller (English, 2014), reports on the Choir’s recent tour of America.
- [Somerville City Group event with Hussein Chalayan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-city-group-event-with-hussein-chalayan/) - Somerville alumna, Becca-Jane Schofield (Archaeology and Ancient History, 2009) reports on the most recent Somerville City Group event: an invitation to the flagship store of twice named ‘British Designer of the Year’, Hussein Chalayan.
- [Professor Aditi Lahiri awarded European Research Council grant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-aditi-lahiri-awarded-european-research-council-grant/) - Somerville’s Linguistics Fellow Aditi Lahiri has been awarded an advanced grant by the European Research Council for the second time.
- [Dr Elena Seiradake awarded Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-elena-seiradake-awarded-wellcome-trust-senior-research-fellowship/) - Somerville College’s new organising Biochemistry tutor, Dr Elena Seiradake, has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship, which will start in January 2017.
- [Somerville's Many Hands Interviews - Anne Manuel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-many-hands-interviews-anne-manuel/) - To celebrate the exhibition of Somerville’s first artist-in-residence, Patrice Moor, we will be releasing a series of short interviews with a few of the subjects of the portraits. In the first of the series, we interview Somerville College Librarian, Anne Manuel.
- [Spitsbergen Retraced: Photo Diary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/spitsbergen-retraced-photo-diary/) - Last August, Somerville Chemistry student Liam Garrison embarked on a trek across Spitsbergen. Liam was the photographer and filmmaker in a team of five who skied for 30 days across the island off the Svalbard archipelago.
- [The first Cornelia Sorabji Law Scholar at Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-first-cornelia-sorabji-law-scholar-at-somerville-college/) - Divya Sharma, Somerville’s first Cornelia Sorabji Scholar, arrived in October to begin the academic year at the University of Oxford thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends of Somerville.
- [Another successful Telethon for Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/another-successful-telethon-for-somerville/) - The 2016 Telethon ended on Sunday evening at 8pm, with another fantastic campaign for Somerville.
- [Somerville Hospital - Then and Now](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hospital-then-and-now/) - Somerville’s competition entry to the University of Oxford WWI Centenary Programme.
- [Many Hands - an exhibition by Patrice Moor](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/many-hands-an-exhibition-by-patrice-moor/) - The Chapel at Somerville College, University of Oxford, will open a unique exhibition of the work of artist-in-residence, Patrice Moor, on 9 October on view until 3 December.
- [Principal Dr Alice Prochaska to step down next year](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principal-dr-alice-prochaska-to-step-down-next-year/) - After seven very successful years as Principal of Somerville College, Dr Alice Prochaska will be stepping down from the role in September 2017.
- [Somerville College launches Cornelia Sorabji Scholarship in Law](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-launches-cornelia-sorabji-scholarship-in-law/) - The Faculty of Law and Somerville College are proud to celebrate the achievements of Cornelia Sorabji through the creation of scholarships for outstanding Indian graduate students in Law, made possible by through the generosity of alumni and friends of Somerville.
- [Thirteen students awarded Principal’s Prizes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/thirteen-students-awarded-principals-prizes/) - In a record year, thirteen Somerville students were awarded Principal’s Prizes, up from the eight that were awarded last year.
- [Somerville hosts Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-hosts-indian-minister-of-petroleum-and-natural-gas/) - On Thursday the 15th of September, Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development hosted Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, and his delegation as part of his visit to the UK.
- [Oxford University Brass Band’s International Summer Tour: travel dairy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-university-brass-bands-international-summer-tour-travel-dairy/) - Current President of the Oxford University Brass Band, Nathan Mattock (Chemistry, 2013) reports on their recent tour across Europe.
- [Somerville College updates the Amelia Edwards Collection](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-updates-the-amelia-edwards-collection/) - On the last day of August, we marked the end of a six month project to photograph, catalogue and re-curate the Amelia Edwards Pots Collection with a visit by our benefactor Dr John Wells and a pop-up exhibition of the collection in its new boxing.
- [Fiona Stafford publishes new book: ‘The Long Long Life of Trees’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fiona-stafford-publishes-new-book-the-long-long-life-of-trees/) - Somerville’s Fellow and Tutor in English Literature, Professor Fiona Stafford, has published a widely acclaimed new book titled The Long Long Life of Trees.
- [Toby Young awarded TORCH Knowledge Exchange Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/toby-young-awarded-torch-knowledge-exchange-fellowship/) - Somerville’s Lecturer in Music and Philosophy, Dr Toby Young, has been awarded a Knowledge Exchange Fellowship at The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) for his project titled Transforming the Operatic Voice.
- [Shriti Vadera leading the way in post-Brexit Banking](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/shriti-vadera-leading-the-way-in-post-brexit-banking/) - Baroness Shriti Vadera (PPE, 1981), Chairman of Santander UK and Somerville alumna, is said to be leading the way in post Brexit Banking – the Financial Times labelling her ‘Baroness Brexit’ and ‘the queen of the City’s Brexit response effort.’
- [Alex Rogers quoted in the Guardian, Radio 4 and the Daily Mail](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alex-rogers-quoted-in-the-guardian-radio-4-and-the-daily-mail/) - Somerville’s Professor of Conservation Biology and Director of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Alex Rogers, has received national media coverage for his most recent expeditions to deep-sea Burmuda and West Scotland.
- [Somerville alumna Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell launch House Productions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-tessa-ross-and-juliette-howell-launch-house-productions/) - Former Film4 head Tessa Ross, who read Chinese at Somerville in 1980, and ex-Working Title TV chief Juliette Howell have joined forces to launch TV and film production company, House Productions.
- [Somerville College hosts Karta Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-hosts-karta-scholars/) - On Wednesday 10th August, Somerville College hosted a presentation evening to celebrate the success of, and bring to a close, the first residential of The Karta Initiative.
- [The Somerville Choir USA tour dates announced](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-somerville-choir-usa-tour-dates-announced/) - After months of fundraising, planning and a year of rehearsing, the Somerville College Choir will soon fly to New York to begin their tour of America.
- [Biology student setting up citizen science project with Wytham Woods](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/biology-student-setting-up-citizen-science-project-with-wytham-woods/) - Somerville student, Fergus Chadwick (Biological Sciences, 2012) will be working alongside the staff at Wytham Woods in a citizen science project initiated to survey bumblebees in different habitats throughout the woodland.
- [The 2016 Somerville Gaudy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-2016-somerville-gaudy/) - Over a hundred Somerville alumnae turned up for the 2016 Somerville Gaudy celebration for matriculation years pre-1964.
- [Four Somervillian MPs appointed to new roles in Cabinet reshuffle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/four-somervillian-mps-appointed-to-new-roles-in-cabinet-reshuffle/) - As a result of new Prime Minister Theresa May’s reshuffle of the Cabinet and Ministers, four Somervillian Members of Parliament have been moved into new roles.
- [The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development holds inaugural conference](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-oxford-india-centre-for-sustainable-development-holds-inaugural-conference/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, from Somerville College, hosted over 100 key players from academia, industry, government and civil society.
- [Diving in the Bermuda Triangle - Alex Rogers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/diving-in-the-bermuda-triangle-alex-rogers/) - Somerville’s Professor of Conservation Biology, Alex Rogers, writes about his upcoming expedition to document deep-sea coral reefs around Bermuda.
- [Somerville alumna awarded Cross of the Order of Merit](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-awarded-cross-of-the-order-of-merit/) - A very overdue congratulations is owed to Somerville alumna, Anthea Bell (English Language and Literature, 1954), who was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on the 29th of January 2015.
- [Mathematics undergraduate receives Gibbs prize for Mary Somerville dissertation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mathematics-undergraduate-receives-gibbs-prize-for-mary-somerville-dissertation/) - In addition to receiving a First in her Mathematics Degree, Brigitte was awarded a Gibbs prize for her fourth year dissertation, The Mathematics of Mary Somerville.
- [Dinner at the House of Commons](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dinner-at-the-house-of-commons/) - On Thursday 16th June members of the Somerville City and Lawyers groups and invited guests enjoyed privileged access to the Houses of Parliament courtesy of our kind host and fellow Somervillian, Sam Gyimah MP.
- [Somerville Magazine 2016: The Visual Arts Issue](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-magazine-2016-the-visual-arts-issue/) - The 2016 Somerville Magazine is now available to read online and can be found in the Alumni section of the website.
- [Two Somervillians receive Distinguished Friends of Oxford Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somervillians-receive-distinguished-friends-of-oxford-award/) - On the 18th of June, Ms Shahnaz Batmanghelidj (PPE, 1975) and Mrs Nancy Brown (PPE, 1980) were honoured at a ceremony at Harris Manchester College with a Distinguished Friends of Oxford Award.
- [Somerville alumna awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-awarded-cbe-in-queens-birthday-honours-list/) - Kay Brock, who came to Somerville in 1972 to read Italian, has been appointed CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to the Church of England.
- [The Somerville Access Roadshow Report: Louise O’Rourke](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-somerville-access-roadshow-report-louise-orourke/) - Somerville’s Access and Admissions Officer, Louise O’Rourke (Maths, 2014), reports on the first day of the Somerville Access Roadshow.
- [Principal's Blog: A message to Somerville College after the EU referendum](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principals-blog-a-message-to-somerville-college-after-the-eu-referendum/) - The Principal of Somerville College, Dr Alice Prochaska, writes a message about the College’s continuing tradition of welcome and inclusion following the EU referendum.
- [Somerville alumnus to release debut novel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnus-to-release-debut-novel/) - Alex Starritt, who came to Somerville in 2004 to read German and History, will be releasing his debut novel, The Beast.
- [Light sculpture celebrating landmark date for women’s suffrage revealed in Westminster Hall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/light-sculpture-celebrating-landmark-date-for-womens-suffrage-revealed-in-westminster-hall/) - On June 7th 2016 a new art installation was unveiled in Westminster Hall over the door that leads into the House of Commons chamber to commemorate the men and women who fought for so long for the rights of women.
- [The Somerville-Jesus Surrealism Ball: Enter the Subconscious Mind](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-somerville-jesus-surrealism-ball-enter-the-subconscious-mind/) - It’s been a month since the Somerville-Jesus ball, when 1,250 guests were welcomed to Somerville College for a hugely successful and unique Surrealism themed night.
- [Somerville student wins STEM award for healthcare innovation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-wins-stem-award-for-healthcare-innovation/) - Fergus Kennedy, a third-year Biological Sciences undergraduate at Somerville College, has won a UK-wide award for an innovative project aimed at administering vaccines in the developing world using new technology.
- [Blue plaque unveiled honouring Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/blue-plaque-unveiled-honouring-dorothy-hodgkin-1910-1994/) - The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board has unveiled a blue plaque to celebrate the life and achievements of Britain’s only female scientist to have won a Nobel Prize, Somerville alumna and Fellow Dorothy Hodgkin, née Crowfoot (Chemistry, 1928).
- [Somerville student nominates winning teacher for Oxford Inspirational Teacher Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-nominates-winning-teacher-for-oxford-inspirational-teacher-awards/) - First-year European and Middle Eastern Languages undergraduate Fisayo (Fis) Noibi has nominated her former teacher John Course for the Oxford University annual Inspirational Teacher Awards.
- [Somerville College hosts Culture and Fashion Show](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-hosts-culture-and-fashion-show/) - As part of Somerville College’s Equalities Week, our students organised a ‘Culture and Fashion Show’, inviting undergraduates from across the University to showcase their cultural roots.
- [Somerville College holds inaugural J S Mill Lecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-holds-inaugural-j-s-mill-lecture/) - On May 20th 2016, John Stuart Mill’s 210th birthday, Somerville College celebrated with the inaugural John Stuart Mill Lecture delivered by distinguished speakers Alan Ryan and Frank Prochaska.
- [Oxford India Centre Scholars meet with Amitabh Kant, CEO of NITI Aayog](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-india-centre-scholars-meet-with-amitabh-kant-ceo-of-niti-aayog/) - On Friday the 20th May 2016, Somerville’s OICSD Scholars were honoured to meet Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India and discuss issues surrounding India’s Sustainable Development.
- [Professor Caroline Series elected Fellow of the Royal Society](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-caroline-series-elected-fellow-of-the-royal-society/) - Somerville alumna, Professor Caroline Series (Mathematics, 1969) was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on the 29th April 2016.
- [Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust receives £3m donation from the Qatar Development Fund](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust-receives-3m-donation-from-the-qatar-development-fund/) - Somerville College hosted a ceremony for the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Qatar Development Fund (QDF) and the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST).
- [Somerville A Cappella Success](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-a-cappella-success/) - The Oxford Belles, Oxford’s original All-Female a cappella group, have long had a strong affiliation with Somerville. This year, four of the ten members are Somerville undergraduates, including the President and Musical Director.
- [Somerville student prepares to retrace a 1923 Oxford expedition to Svalbard](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-prepares-to-retrace-a-1923-oxford-expedition-to-svalbard/) - This August, fourth year Chemistry student, Liam Garrison, will be the photographer and filmmaker in a team of five who will ski for 30 days across Spitsbergen, an island off the Svalbard archipelago in Northern Norway.
- [Thank you for your support!](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/thank-you-for-your-support/) - A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Annual Fund this year. If you have not yet made your gift this year, please join in: the numbers say it all.
- [Two Somervillians win Activate Enterprise competition](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somervillians-win-activate-enterprise-competition/) - Congratulations to Oluwaseun Alabi (Seun), Somerville’s Housekeeping Supervisor, and Teresa Walsh, who is our Housekeeping Manager, for winning the Activate Enterprise competition.
- [Student Stories](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/student-stories/) - Somerville has interviewed five students who have benefited from the support from our generous alumni. Students were asked about their life at Somerville College and how they have been helped during their studies.
- [Somerville alumna Shireen Mistry awarded Honorary MBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-shireen-mistry-awarded-honorary-mbe/) - Somerville alumna, Shireen Dinshaw Mistry (1982, English Language and Literature), has been presented with an honorary MBE in recognition of her contribution towards building strong relations between India and the United Kingdom.
- [Somerville's Oxford India Centre scholars invited to Kensington Palace to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-oxford-india-centre-scholars-invited-to-kensington-palace-to-meet-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/) - The scholars at the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development had the privilege of attending a reception hosted by Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their home at Kensington Palace on Wednesday 6th of April.
- [From Oxford to India – a tour of visits by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/from-oxford-to-india-a-tour-of-visits-by-the-oxford-india-centre-for-sustainable-development/) - A delegation from the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development – established at Somerville College – visited Mumbai and Delhi last week, to collaborate with India’s leading academics, policy-makers, and lawyers on the country’s most pressing sustainable development issues.
- [Professor Alex Rogers giving sold out lecture in New Delhi](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-alex-rogers-giving-sold-out-lecture-in-new-delhi/) - Alex Rogers, who is the Director of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, will be giving a lecture today in New Delhi.
- [Somerville at the Cancer Research UK Boat Race](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-at-the-cancer-research-uk-boat-race/) - Last Sunday saw two Somervillians take to the Thames for the Osiris Blondie Race. Isobel Dodds (2015, Biological Sciences) rowed with the Oxford Boat Club’s second crew, known as Osiris, on Bow three. Also present at the race was alumna Caroline Smith (1999, Physics) who acted as reserve umpire.
- [Somerville alumni Xand van Tulleken present BBC’s Frontline Doctors](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumni-xand-van-tulleken-present-bbcs-frontline-doctors/) - Alexander (Xand) van Tulleken (1996, Physiological Sciences) and his twin brother Chris presented Frontline Doctors: Winter Migrant Crisis, which was aired by BBC One on Monday.
- [Two Somerville undergraduates hold event about gender equality in mathematics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somerville-undergraduates-hold-event-about-gender-equality-in-mathematics/) - The event was part of the University of Oxford’s Mirzakhani Society, where Helen Ryan is President and Emma Beer is Secretary.
- [Biology undergraduate publishes book about bees](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/biology-undergraduate-publishes-book-about-bees/) - Somerville student, Fergus Chadwick, has co-written a beginner’s guide to bees which is now being sold in bookshops around the world.
- [Somerville Access Roadshow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-access-roadshow/) - Somerville students are looking to raise funds to visit eight state schools in our target areas of Hounslow and Kingston-Upon-Thames, to widen access to Oxford and higher education in general.
- [Margaret Forster 1938-2016](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/margaret-forster-1938-2016/) - The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College were saddened to learn of the recent death of Margaret Forster (1957, History), Somervillian and acclaimed novelist.
- [Somerville student published in ‘Science’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-published-in-science/) - A Somerville student has co-authored a paper, which looks at one promising approach toward an HIV-1 vaccine, that has been published in Science.
- [OICSD student published by EBTC](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oicsd-student-published-by-ebtc/) - An Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development student has published a report on the Ganges on behalf of the Oval Observer Foundation for the European and Business Technology Centre (EBTC).
- [10,000 Feet Below in the Indian Ocean](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/10000-feet-below-in-the-indian-ocean/) - Professor Alex Rogers writes a fascinating account on a recent dive to the Kairei Vent Field on the Central Indian Ridge – more than 10,000 feet (3382m) underwater – in the submersible Shinkai 6500 to research the habitats surrounding deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
- [Somerville College celebrates after Mary Somerville is named the new face of the RBS £10 note](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-celebrates-after-mary-somerville-is-named-the-new-face-of-the-rbs-10-note/) - Students, Fellows, staff and alumni alike are celebrating at Somerville College today, as Mary Somerville, after whom the College is named, has been selected as the new face of the Scottish £10 banknote.
- [Reflections on ‘Eleanor Rathbone - From Somerville to Westminster, 1893-1946’](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/reflections-on-eleanor-rathbone-from-somerville-to-westminster-1893-1946/) - On the 22nd of January, Somerville College hosted a symposium to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Eleanor Rathbone’s death. Organiser and co-founder of the ‘Remembering Eleanor Rathbone Group’, Dr Susan Cohen, reflects on the day.
- [Principal Alice Prochaska speaks on Woman's Hour](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principal-alice-prochaska-speaks-on-womans-hour/) - This morning on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, the Principal of Somerville College, Dr Alice Prochaska, spoke about why Mary Somerville deserves a place on the new RBS £10 note.
- [Aldus et Anna studiosis omnibus](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/aldus-et-anna-studiosis-omnibus/) - Somerville’s lecturer in Early Modern History, Dr Oren Margolis, writes about two early books printed by Venetian Renaissance publisher Aldus Manutius that have entered the library.
- [Mary Somerville shortlisted by the Royal Bank of Scotland to appear on their new £10 note](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mary-somerville-shortlisted-by-the-royal-bank-of-scotland-to-appear-on-their-new-10-note/) - The only woman on the shortlist, Mary Somerville would be the first woman to appear on an RBS banknote other than the Queen, should she win. The Bank is asking members of the public to vote for one of three candidates by next Sunday 7th February.
- [Edward Lear archive comes to Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/edward-lear-archive-comes-to-somerville/) - An archive of research notes, letters and correspondence was given to the college by Michael Noakes, honouring the wishes of his late wife Vivian (DPhil English,1992), who was the world authority on Edward Lear.
- [Somerville student becomes President of the Oxford Union](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-becomes-president-of-the-oxford-union/) - An interview with Stuart Webber (English Literature, 2013) who is the President of the Oxford Union, Hilary term 2016.
- [Professor Alex Rogers becomes the Director of the Oxford India Centre](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-alex-rogers-becomes-the-director-of-the-oxford-india-centre/) - Somerville’s Professor of Conservation Biology and Lead Tutor for Biology, Professor Alex Rogers, has been made the new director for the Oxford India Centre for sustainable development.
- [Somerville students help produce book that marks the one-year anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-help-produce-book-that-marks-the-one-year-anniversary-of-the-charlie-hebdo-attacks/) - The book, which can also be read for free online, is a collection of extracts from essays by Enlightenment thinkers on the subject of tolerance. All the passages have been translated into English by the staff and students of the Oxford French sub-faculty.
- [Somerville alumna Miggy Biller awarded MBE in New Year’s Honours List](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-miggy-biller-awarded-mbe-in-new-years-honours-list/) - We are delighted to announce that Margherita (Miggy) Biller (Maths, 1967), who is the head of Maths at York College, was awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List.
- [Somerville College receives $10,000 to support the J S Mill library](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-receives-10000-to-support-the-j-s-mill-library/) - Somerville College is delighted to receive a grant of $10,000 from Americans for Oxford supported by funds from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation to support the first phase of the John Stuart Mill Marginalia Online project.
- [Somerville alumna Frances Hardinge wins the Costa Children’s Book Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumna-frances-hardinge-wins-the-costa-childrens-book-award/) - Frances Hardinge (English, 1992) has won the Costa Children’s Book Award for her 7th novel The Lie Tree.
- [Two Somerville students win HackTrain contest](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somerville-students-win-hacktrain-contest/) - On the 22 November, Martin Engelcke (Engineering Science, 2011) and Warren Cheung (Engineering Science, 2012) were part of a team that won a 48-hour hackathon to improve Britain’s trains.
- [Somervillian wins WISE lifetime achievement award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-wins-wise-lifetime-achievement-award/) - Liz Watson (Engineering Science, 1972) has won the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) lifetime achievement after a 40 year career with engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce.
- [Somervillian becomes the first female Rhodes Scholar to have portrait displayed at Rhodes House](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillian-becomes-the-first-female-rhodes-scholar-to-have-portrait-displayed-at-rhodes-house/) - On Wednesday the 9th of December, Zambian human rights activist and Somerville alumna, Lucy Banda-Sichone (PPE, 1978), became the first female Rhodes Scholar to have her portrait hung at Rhodes House.
- [Alumni Stories: Dr Mahlet Zimeta](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alumni-stories-dr-mahlet-zimeta/) - Philosopher and writer, Dr Mahlet Zimeta, speaks on teaching, broadcast and her time at Somerville.
- [Leading economist and recent OFT head John Fingleton speaks at Somerville's London City Group event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/leading-economist-and-recent-oft-head-john-fingleton-speaks-at-somervilles-london-city-group-event/) - A Somerville City Group Event was held on Monday, 16th November, at the Aviva HQ in London. Somerville alumni came to hear John Fingleton, leading economist and recent OFT head, speak on Uberisation, disruptive business models and competition.
- [Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan becomes President of the Royal Society](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sir-venkatraman-ramakrishnan-becomes-president-of-the-royal-society/) - Nobel Prize-winning biologist and Somerville’s Honorary Fellow, Professor Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan, begins his post as President of the Royal Society.
- [Teaching awards for five Somervillians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/teaching-awards-for-five-somervillians/) - Five Somervillians, Prof. Hilary Greaves, Dr Charlotte Potts, Dr Rachel Exley, Dr Jane Dyson and Dr Simone Finkmann were presented with University Teaching Awards at a ceremony at Rhodes house on the evening of 23 November.
- [Politician and humanitarian Graca Machel visits Somerville College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/politician-and-humanitarian-graca-machel-visits-somerville-college/) - OIC Scholar and Social Anthropology student, Shahana Munazir, reports on Graca Machel’s visit to Somerville College.
- [Professor Angela Vincent receives British Neuroscience Association Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-angela-vincent-receives-british-neuroscience-association-award/) - Congratulations to Somerville’s Emeritus Fellow and FRS, Professor Angela Vincent, who will be presented with the 2016 outstanding contribution to British Neuroscience Award by The British Neuroscience Association (BNA).
- [New booklet on networks literacy developed by Professor Mason Porter](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-booklet-on-networks-literacy-developed-by-professor-mason-porter/) - Somerville’s Fellow in Applied Mathematics, Mason Porter, has developed a booklet about networks literacy that is now freely available online.
- [Somerville’s OIC Scholars visit Westminster Hall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-oic-scholars-visit-westminster-hall-2/) - On Wednesday the 21st of October, Somerville’s OIC Scholars were invited for a tour of Westminster Hall. Deepa Kurup, who is reading for an Mphil in Development Studies, reports on the events of the day.
- [Christmas Card Competiton](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/christmas-card-competiton/) - A unique opportunity for a Somerville student to design the official College Christmas card
- [Simon Russell Beale visits Somerville for Literary Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/simon-russell-beale-visits-somerville-for-literary-lunch/) - On Sunday the 4th of October, Somerville was honoured to have acclaimed actor Simon Russell Beale speak at the annual Literary Luncheon event.
- [An Agincourt Commemoration](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/an-agincourt-commemoration/) - Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones will chair the closing session of an event this Sunday at the Oxford Ashmolean museum lecture theatre with her former pupil Emma Smith.
- [Ada Lovelace Bicentenary held at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ada-lovelace-bicentenary-held-at-somerville/) - On Friday the 16th of October, Somerville College hosted the Ada Lovelace Bicentenary –– a workshop celebrating women in computer science and in honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ada Lovelace.
- [Principal awards prizes in academic achievement](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principal-awards-prizes-in-academic-achievement/) - The Principal’s Prizes are awarded to those students who scored in the top 5% or better of their subject and/ or gained top marks for a dissertation or in a particular set of papers in a university examination.
- [Two Victoria Maltby Junior Research Fellows begin at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-victoria-maltby-junior-research-fellows-begin-at-somerville/) - Somerville welcomed two new Victoria Maltby Junior Research Fellows, Dr David Bowe and Dr César Enrique Giraldo Herrera, to the college at the beginning of this month.
- [World leading academics speak on tackling the global nitrogen crisis at symposium](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/world-leading-academics-speak-on-tackling-the-global-nitrogen-crisis-at-symposium/) - Somerville’s Senior Research Fellow in Plant Sciences, Philip Poole, welcomed the world’s leaders in the field of nitrogen metabolism last month for a symposium about tackling the global nitrogen crisis.
- [Somerville Fellow Professor Stephen Roberts elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-professor-stephen-roberts-elected-fellow-of-the-royal-academy-of-engineering/) - Congratulations to Somerville Fellow, Professor Stephen Roberts, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).
- [Another record breaking Telethon campaign for Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/another-record-breaking-telethon-campaign-for-somerville/) - The 2015 Telethon ended on Sunday evening at 8pm, with another record breaking campaign for Somerville.
- [Introducing Benjamin Goodson, our new Director of Chapel Music](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/introducing-benjamin-goodson-our-new-director-of-chapel-music/) - A message from the Principal
- [The Somerville Telethon reaches the halfway point](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-somerville-telethon-reaches-the-halfway-point/) - The Somerville College Telethon has raised over £110,000, over the weekend, which is a fantastic achievement at the halfway point of the campaign.
- [Thinking Deep: studying the reefs of the twilight zone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/thinking-deep-studying-the-reefs-of-the-twilight-zone/) - Somerville Fellow Professor Alex Rogers leads the Ocean Research and Conservation group at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. He has written this short piece introducing mesophotic coral reefs and his expedition objectives.
- [Dr Helen Ashdown wins Ig Nobel Prize for research on appendicitis and speed bumps](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-helen-ashdown-wins-ig-nobel-prize-for-research-on-appendicitis-and-speed-bumps/) - Somerville’s Janet Vaughan Tutor in Clinical Medicine, Dr Helen Ashdown, was awarded an IG Nobel Prize last night at Harvard’s Sanders Theater in Boston, Massachusetts.
- [Great fun had by all at Somerville's second ever Family Fun Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/great-fun-had-by-all-at-somervilles-second-ever-family-fun-day/) - Following the success of its 2013 debut, Somerville played host to the second ever Family Fun Day on Saturday the 12th of September, 2015.
- [Meet Somerville Access Officer Foteini Dimirouli](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-somerville-access-officer-foteini-dimirouli/) - In early August Somerville’s Access Officer spoke at about her work as Access Officer.
- [Mason Porter wins London Mathematical Society Whitehead Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mason-porter-wins-london-mathematical-society-whitehead-prize/) - Mason Porter, Professor of Nonlinear and Complex Systems and a Fellow of Somerville, has been awarded a 2015 Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society (LMS).
- [Congratulations to our three new Somerville Professors!](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/congratulations-to-our-three-new-somerville-professors/) - Somerville is delighted to announce that three of its Fellows have been appointed to Professorships in the 2015 University of Oxford Recognition of Distinction exercise.
- [Somerville Principal delivers opening address at Rhodes conference](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-principal-delivers-opening-address-at-rhodes-conference/) - Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville Principal, delivered the opening address at the Rhodes Conference on Higher Education in Africa and Asia on 16 July.
- [Success for Mill Library crowdfunding campaign](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/success-for-mill-library-crowdfunding-campaign/) - The crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for Somerville’s Mill library formally closed this week after a successful few weeks of participation, boosted by generous matched funding from Christopher Kenyon.
- [Nicola Byrom, Mental Health and a remarkable week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/nicola-byrom-mental-health-and-a-remarkable-week/) - Nicola Byrom, recipient of a Queen’s Young Leader Award for founding the mental health charity, Student Minds, has written a report on her remarkable week working alongside other winners of the award.
- [Mary Somerville and Dorothy Hodgkin to receive greater prominence at Royal Society HQ](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mary-somerville-and-dorothy-hodgkin-to-receive-greater-prominence-at-royal-society-hq/) - A bust of Mary Somerville and portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin (1928, Chemistry) are due to receive greater prominence in the London headquarters of the Royal Society, part of a move signalling the Society’s intention to take greater notice of the achievements of women scientists.
- [Paper published in 'Science' warns of risk to oceans](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/paper-published-in-science-warns-of-risk-to-oceans/) - A paper published in Science and co-authored by Somerville Fellow Alex Rogers has warned of the high risk posed to the world’s oceans by continued high emissions.
- [Ratan Tata and Nasser Munjee visit India scholars at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ratan-tata-and-nasser-munjee-visit-india-scholars-at-somerville/) - Scholars’ welcome: Shriman Sai Raman, Siddharth Arora, Mr Nasser Munjee, Sir Ratan Tata, Maan Barua, Shahana Munazir, Garima Singh, and Narendra Killada
- [Mill Library crowdfunding enters final fortnight](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mill-library-crowdfunding-enters-final-fortnight/) - The Somerville campaign to raise funds for the College’s Mill Library has entered its final fortnight with more than £9,000 of the target minimum already raised.
- [Patrice Moor, Somerville Artist-in-residence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/patrice-moor-somerville-artist-in-residence/) - The formation of a painter might be difficult to trace, but in Patrice Moor’s case, childhood seems to have been important – and not just her own.
- [Somerville wins Cricket Cuppers Final in nail biting finish](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-wins-cricket-cuppers-final-in-nail-biting-finish/) - Somerville has won the men’s Cricket Cuppers!
- [Indian corporate leaders speak on sustainable development at Somerville OICSD event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/indian-corporate-leaders-speak-on-sustainable-development-at-somerville-oicsd-event/) - Somerville was honoured to welcome two prominent leaders in India’s corporate sector to speak on sustainable development at an event hosted by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development on 8 June.
- [Somerville student wins Classics Reading Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-wins-classics-reading-prize/) - Dominique David-Vincent (2013, Classics & Oriental Studies) has been awarded the 2015 Classics Declamation Prize for Latin Reading.
- [Two Somervillians receive OUSU awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/two-somervillians-receive-ousu-awards/) - Dr Vilma de Gasperin, a Lecturer in Italian at Somerville, has been named the ‘Outstanding Tutor in Humanities’ 2015 by the Oxford University Student Union.
- [Somerville campaign for Library in Ghana nearing target](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-campaign-for-library-in-ghana-nearing-target/) - A crowdfunding campaign by Somerville students to raise £9,000 to ensure the survival of Molly’s Library in Ghana has reached £7,055 six days before the campaign closure date of 8 June.
- [Royal Society event celebrates women scientists past and future](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/royal-society-event-celebrates-women-scientists-past-and-future/) - A briefing for female entrepreneurs in biotechnology about Somerville’s plans to establish a Dorothy Hodgkin Early Career Fellowship at Oxford was held at the Royal Society in London on 28 April.
- [New Fiona Stafford Meaning of Trees series on Radio 3 this week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-fiona-stafford-meaning-of-trees-series-on-radio-3-this-week/) - A new Radio 3 series of Somerville Fellow Fiona Stafford’s The Meaning of Trees will air at 10.45pm from Monday to Friday this week.
- [Somerville law student featured in FT](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-law-student-featured-in-ft/) - Krishan Neelendra (2010, Law) has featured in an article in the Financial Times about the value of student internships.
- [Somerville Magazine focuses on trailblazers past and present](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-magazine-focuses-on-trailblazers-past-and-present/) - The Somerville Magazine 2015 has been published both in print and online and is now available in the Alumni section of the website.
- [Natalia Nowakowska Jagiellonians research project profiled in Polish press](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/natalia-nowakowska-jagiellonians-research-project-profiled-in-polish-press/) - Natalia Nowakowksa, Fellow in History, has featured in a profile of the Jagiellonians research project published in the Varsovian newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
- [Wartime Somerville features in 'History Today'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/wartime-somerville-features-in-history-today/) - An article about Somerville College’s role during World War one is included in the May edition of History Today.
- [Former Somerville organ scholar releases debut album](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/former-somerville-organ-scholar-releases-debut-album/) - Last week saw the release of Robert Smith’s first commercial solo CD, a portrait of the newly built Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar, Germany. The CD was co-produced by Somerville’s former choir manager Stefan Schwarz and released by the prestigious classical music label Jubal.
- [New Dorothy Hodgkin blue plaque in Beccles](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-dorothy-hodgkin-blue-plaque-in-beccles/) - A blue plaque has been put up in honour of Dorothy Hodgkin (1947, Chemistry) at her former school in Beccles, Suffolk.
- [Janet Vaughan remembered](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/janet-vaughan-remembered/) - Dame Janet Vaughan, Principal of Somerville from 1945 to 1967, is the subject of a new essay by fellow Somervillian Rose George (1988, Modern Languages) published on the renowned blog Longreads.
- [Somerville Arts Week closes with Coronation of Poppea success](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-arts-week-closes-with-coronation-of-poppea-success/) - Somerville Arts Week ended at the weekend with a performance of Claudio Monteverdi’s final opera The Coronation of Poppea.
- [Performance of Monteverdi opera in Somerville College Chapel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/performance-of-monteverdi-opera-in-somerville-college-chapel/) - A selection of exceptional young singers and musicians from across the University will perform a concert version of The Coronation of Poppea, Claudio Monteverdi’s final opera, on Saturday 7 March in Somerville College Chapel.
- [Alumnus Cabinet Office Minister interviewed by The Indy about student voting](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alumnus-cabinet-office-minister-interviewed-by-the-indy-about-student-voting/) - Sam Gyimah (1995, PPE) has defended the government’s record on encouraging students across the UK to vote in the forthcoming General Election.
- [Somerville Arts Week March 1-7](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-arts-week-march-1-7/) - The line-up for Somerville Arts Week has been announced and a page launched on Facebook ahead of the March celebration.
- [Somerville students curate display at Bodleian exhibition](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-students-curate-display-at-bodleian-exhibition/) - Three Somerville students worked together to co-curate a display at the Bodleian library for the exhibition: ‘Aldus Manutius: The Struggle and The Dream’.
- [Christopher Derry wins Medical Sciences Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/christopher-derry-wins-medical-sciences-prize/) - Christopher Derry (2012, Medicine) has won the Margaret Harris Memorial Prize 2015 for his exam performance.
- [Benjamin Cowburn, keeper of reefs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/benjamin-cowburn-keeper-of-reefs/) - Benjamin Cowburn’s interest in the ocean floor began with snorkelling lessons at Land’s End and has been on the rise ever since.
- [Alex Rogers reflects on Davos](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alex-rogers-reflects-on-davos/) - Professor Alex Rogers represented the University of Oxford at the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, which ended on Saturday 24 January.
- [An Althing for all people](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/an-althing-for-all-people/) - Brian McMahon, Somerville’s new Chapel Director, is studying the literature of medieval Europe’s only commonwealth, home to the continent’s pioneer parliament. What could be more appropriate for the man charged with overseeing Somerville’s famously non-aligned Chapel?
- [Aldus Manutius - works of Renaissance publishing pioneer on show at Bodleian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/aldus-manutius-works-of-renaissance-publishing-pioneer-on-show-at-bodleian/) - Determined to print the Greek classics for a wider audience, the founder of the Aldine Press transformed the publishing industry in Venice at the turn of the sixteenth century. His legacy endures, and is now celebrated in an exhibition at the Bodleian curated by Somerville historian Dr Oren Margolis.
- [Matt Kerr wins IFBB Henry Kitchener Essay Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/matt-kerr-wins-ifbb-henry-kitchener-essay-prize/) - Matt Kerr receives his award from Lady Emily Fellowes & (Baron) Julian Fellowes
- [Senior Tutor wins HEFCE funding for West Midlands access programme](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/senior-tutor-wins-hefce-funding-for-west-midlands-access-programme/) - A network of Higher Education Institutions in which Steve Rayner, Senior Tutor at Somerville, represents both Somerville and the University of Oxford, has been successful in winning funding for access work from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
- [Nicola Byrom wins award for work of student mental health charity](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/nicola-byrom-wins-award-for-work-of-student-mental-health-charity/) - Nicola Byrom, Stipendiary Lecturer in Psychology at Somerville College, has been awarded the Queens Young Leader Award by the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Trust.
- [Alex Rogers receives MPLS Divisional Impact Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alex-rogers-receives-mpls-divisional-impact-award/) - Alex Rogers, Professor in Zoology and a Fellow of Somerville College, has been awarded the prestigious MPLS (Mathematical, Physical & Life Sciences Division) Divisional Impact Award: For excellence in generating broad user interactions that achieved impact in the past year and/or, in the opinion of the judging panel, are conducive to achieving impact.
- [Testament of Youth premieres in London](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/testament-of-youth-premieres-in-london/) - Testament of Youth, a film based on Vera Brittain’s best-selling World War One memoir, has premiered in London ahead of its UK opening on 16 January.
- [Alice Prochaska wins Herbert Salter History Prize 2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alice-prochaska-wins-herbert-salter-history-prize-2014/) - Dr Alice Prochaska, Principal, has been awarded the Herbert Salter History Prize for her paper Reflections on the History and Identity of the Former Women’s Colleges.
- [Elizabeth Kennet (Adams) 14.4.1923 - 30.11.2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/elizabeth-kennet-adams-14-4-1923-30-11-2014/) - Elizabeth (Lady) Kennet has died at the age of 91.
- [Somerville Fellows show strong research impact](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellows-show-strong-research-impact/) - Results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, published last week, found that the University of Oxford had the largest volume of world-leading research of any higher education institution in the UK.
- [Baroness Vadera appointed Chair of Santander UK](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/baroness-vadera-appointed-chair-of-santander-uk/) - Baroness (Shriti) Vadera of Holland Park (1981, PPE) has been appointed Chair of Santander UK.
- [Fiona Stafford on the Romantics - and ballooning](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fiona-stafford-on-the-romantics-and-ballooning/) - Fiona Stafford, Fellow in English at Somerville College, is the subject of an article on the University’s website about ballooning fever during the Romantic period.
- [Somerville alumnus research on crows published in Current Biology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumnus-research-on-crows-published-in-current-biology/) - A journal article published this month on New Caledonian crows was co-first authored by Somerville alumnus Zackory Burns (2014, Zoology).
- [Catherine Eva Hughes (née Pestell) 24.9.1933 - 10.12.2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/catherine-eva-hughes-nee-pestell-24-9-1933-10-12-2014/) - Catherine Hughes, British diplomat and former Principal of Somerville, has died at the age of 81.
- [Charles Spence research in multiple newspapers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/charles-spence-research-in-multiple-newspapers/) - The findings of recent research conducted by Professor Charles Spence and his team at the University of Oxford’s Crossmodal Research Laboratory has been published by several national newspapers and magazines in the US and UK.
- [Lady Juliet Townsend, 9 September 1941 - 29 November 2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lady-juliet-townsend-9-september-1941-29-november-2014/) - Juliet Townsend (1960, English), has died at the age of 73.
- [Keynote higher education report produced under alumna Ruth Thompson](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/keynote-higher-education-report-produced-under-alumna-ruth-thompson/) - A report published this month by the Higher Education Commission was co-chaired by Dr Ruth Thompson (1971, History).
- [Margaret Forster talks Somerville on Radio 4](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/margaret-forster-talks-somerville-on-radio-4/) - Margaret Forster (1957, History) was featured on BBC Radio 4 in a programme presented by James Naughtie, the second of a five-part series on Forster’s latest book.
- [Great War Roadshow featured as Cherwell video story](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/great-war-roadshow-featured-as-cherwell-video-story/) - A video story about the Somerville Great War Roadshow has been published by Cherwell, the Oxford student newspaper.
- [Onora O'Neill receives highest German award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/onora-oneill-receives-highest-german-award/) - Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve (1959, PPE) has received the Orden Pour Le Merite, Germany’s highest Order of Merit.
- [Tess Little awarded seven year fellowship at All Souls](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/tess-little-awarded-seven-year-fellowship-at-all-souls/) - Tess Little (2010, History) has been elected to an Examination Fellowship at All Souls College. The fellowship will last for seven years.
- [7 Fellows at Somerville awarded Recognition of Distinction by the University](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/7-fellows-at-somerville-awarded-recognition-of-distinction-by-the-university/) - The College extends its warmest congratulations to seven Fellows who have been awarded the University of Oxford’s Recognition of Distinction for exceptional research conducted over the past year.
- [Somerville features in acclaimed autobiography by Margaret Forster](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-features-in-acclaimed-autobiography-by-margaret-forster/) - Somerville College features in My Life in Houses, an autobiography by Margaret Forster (1957, History) which tells the story of the author’s life through the lens of the buildings in which she has lived.
- [Dorothy Hodgkin Symposium draws large crowd of scientists and Somervillians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dorothy-hodgkin-symposium-draws-large-crowd-of-scientists-and-somervillians/) - Some 300 people attended the Dorothy Hodgkin Symposium, held at Somerville College on 30 October 2014 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Dorothy Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry, awarded for her work in the field of x-ray crystallography.
- [Frank Prochaska Charity Commission address published by Standpoint](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/frank-prochaska-charity-commission-address-published-by-standpoint/) - The address delivered by Dr Frank Prochaska at the annual meeting of the Charity Commission on 17 October 2014, has been published in full in the current edition of the magazine Standpoint.
- [PRINCIPAL PRESENTS - Dame Tamsyn Imison to deliver talk on 31 October](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principal-presents-dame-tamsyn-imison-to-deliver-talk-on-31-october/) - Dame Tamsyn Imison DBE (1957, Natural Sciences) will deliver the next address in the Principal Presents series, which is hosted at Somerville College.
- [Somervillians in the news this week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervillians-in-the-news-this-week/) - A number of Somervillians have made national and local press this week, including Mary Somerville, who received strong praise in Nature, and Alison Wolf, who was made a Baroness.
- [Mary Somerville celebrated in Nature](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/mary-somerville-celebrated-in-nature/) - Mary Somerville’s life and work has been celebrated in an article written by Richard Holmes and published in Nature.
- [Alison Wolf appointed a life peer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/alison-wolf-appointed-a-life-peer/) - Professor Alison Wolf CBE (1967, PPE) has been made a Crossbench life peer by the Queen.
- [50 years - to the month - since announcement of Dorothy Hodgkin Nobel win](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/50-years-to-the-month-since-announcement-of-dorothy-hodgkin-nobel-win/) - In October 1964 newspapers announced that Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Professor of Chemistry and a Fellow of Somerville College, had won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
- [Hodgkin-Thatcher play reviewed in Nature](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/hodgkin-thatcher-play-reviewed-in-nature/) - A play about the relationship between Dorothy Hodgkin (1928, Chemistry) and Margaret Thatcher (1943, Chemistry) has been reviewed in Nature.
- [New Designs - Somerville City Group hosts Selfridges event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-designs-somerville-city-group-hosts-selfridges-event/) - Somerville alumni’s City Group gathered at Selfridge’s, London on 8 October to preview Peter Pilotto’s new collection, try them on and consider a seasonal purchase. Becca-Jane Schofield (2009, Ancient History) reported back.
- [Margaret Casely-Hayford named Black British Businessperson of the Year](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/margaret-casely-hayford-named-black-british-businessperson-of-the-year/) - Margaret Casely-Hayford (1980, Jurisprudence) has been named Black British Business Person of the Year.
- [Somerville College 2014 Telethon closes at record high](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-college-2014-telethon-closes-at-record-high/) - The 2014 Telethon ended at 8pm on Sunday 3 October, with the most successful level of giving that any Somerville Telethon has yet achieved.
- [Dorothy Hodgkin letters series on Radio 4 this week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dorothy-hodgkin-letters-series-on-radio-4-this-week/) - A five-episode series has begun on Radio 4 focusing on the letters of Dorothy Hodgkin (1928, Chemistry), who won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her pioneering work in x-ray crystallography.
- [Oxford Today WW1 video features Anne Manuel on Somerville at war](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-today-ww1-video-features-anne-manuel-on-somerville-at-war/) - A new video released by Oxford Today features interviews with Anne Manuel, Somerville College Librarian, as she describes Somerville College’s role as a hospital during World War One.
- [Telethon push passes £100,000](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/telethon-push-passes-100000/) - The 2014 Somerville College Telethon passed the £100,000 mark over the weekend, the earliest point in the annual two-week fundraising campaign that it has ever reached six figures.
- [Somerville Fellow reveals humanities graduates' influence on Britain's economy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-reveals-humanities-graduates-influence-on-britains-economy/) - A study by Dr Philip Kreager, Senior Research Fellow in Human Sciences at Somerville College, has found that Humanities graduates played a large and growing role in employment sectors which brought about growth in the UK economy in the 1970s and 1980s.
- [Professor Jennifer Welsh appointed UN Special Adviser](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-jennifer-welsh-appointed-un-special-adviser/) - The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, has announced the appointment of Somerville Fellow and Tutor in International Relations, Professor Jennifer Welsh, as his Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect.
- [Somerville student wins journalism prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-student-wins-journalism-prize/) - We are delighted to congratulate Alis Lewis, a second year Law student at Somerville, who has won the Anjool Maldé Memorial prize for excellence in student journalism (co-hosted by the Oxford Student and the Cherwell).
- [ROQ accommodation wins sustainable building award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/roq-accommodation-wins-sustainable-building-award/) - Somerville College has won Oxford City Council’s David Steel Sustainable Building Award for its new accommodation buildings on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (ROQ).
- [Dame Fiona Caldicott named as one of 50 Inspirational Women by the Health Service Journal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-fiona-caldicott-named-as-one-of-50-inspirational-women-by-the-health-service-journal/) - Former Principal of Somerville, Dame Fiona Caldicott, has been included in the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ) inaugural Inspirational Women list.
- [Professor Alex Rogers wins Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-alex-rogers-wins-marsh-award-for-marine-and-freshwater-conservation/) - Somerville Tutor and Fellow in Biological Sciences, Professor Alex Rogers, has won the Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation.
- [Dr Natalia Nowakowska awarded 1.4 million euro research grant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-natalia-nowakowska-awarded-1-4-million-euro-research-grant/) - Somerville Fellow and Tutor in History, Dr Natalia Nowakowska, has been selected for a Starter Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).
- [Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe CMG becomes a peer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-lucy-neville-rolfe-cmg-becomes-a-peer/) - Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe, the former executive director of Tesco’s corporate and legal affairs department will be picking up her second honour in just over a year after she was made a Dame in the Queen’s birthday honours list – will also become a Conservative peer.
- [Dr Mason Porter's Work on Network Mathematics the Subject of Oxford University Impact Video](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-mason-porters-work-on-network-mathematics-the-subject-of-oxford-university-impact-video/) - Dr Mason Porter’s outreach activities, jointly with several of his students and collaborators, on Network Mathematics are the subject of a University of Oxford impact video. As one student said, “We learnt about maths – that it’s not just numbers and stuff – it’s all in day-to-day life as well.”
- [Lady Margaret Davies-Mitchell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/lady-margaret-davies-mitchell/) - We are very sorry to announce the death of Lady Margaret Davies-Mitchell, Honorary Fellow of Somerville. 4 May 1923 – 25 August 2013
- [Somerville swings into action for Open Doors Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-swings-into-action-for-open-doors-day/) - Somerville College was pleased to welcome some 300 members of the public to explore the College buildings and grounds for Open Doors Day on Sunday.
- [For one Saturday in September Somerville College turned amusement park with a purpose](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/for-one-saturday-in-september-somerville-college-turned-amusement-park-with-a-purpose/) - The Family Fun Day: a celebration of learning at Somerville College drew the crowds with plenty of fun and games on Saturday, as alumni returned with their families.
- [Magnetic birds - Somerville Biochemist makes cover of top journal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/magnetic-birds-somerville-biochemist-makes-cover-of-top-journal/) - Somerville, was chosen as cover story for the September issue of Trends in Biochemical Science, a leading Biochemical Research Journal.
- [Exits and entrances for Open Day at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/exits-and-entrances-for-open-day-at-somerville/) - Prospective students strolled through Somerville on Friday as part of the University of Oxford’s Open Day, their path decorated with balloons in the College colours.
- [University Challenge - Somerville Fab Four through First Round](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/university-challenge-somerville-fab-four-through-first-round/) - Question subjects in last night’s University Challenge contest ranged from the love interests of Charles Dicken’s characters to the shorter name for organic longchain aliphatic carboxylic acids, as Somerville battled with Pembroke College, Cambridge for a place in the second round of the television show’s forty-third season.
- [New Statesman - Somerville Dame reflects on life in science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-statesman-somerville-dame-reflects-on-life-in-science/) - The macho world of scientific research, an article on her scientific career written by Dame Kay Davies, has appeared in The New Statesman.
- [Cultural Award for Somerville alumna film maker Naiza Khan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/cultural-award-for-somerville-alumna-film-maker-naiza-khan/) - Naiza Khan is one of eleven laureates to receive the 2013 Prince Claus Award, only the third Pakistani to receive the honour.
- [OXFORD INDIA centre profiled in Indian national press](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-india-centre-profiled-in-indian-national-press/) - The Oxford India Centre currently being built by Somerville College, with help from the Indian government, has been profiled in The Hindu, one of India’s biggest-selling national dailies.
- [Ocean decline speeding up, warns Somerville professor's report](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/ocean-decline-speeding-up-warns-somerville-professors-report/) - Ocean decline speeding up, warns Somerville professor’s report
- [NHS proposals of former Somerville Principal adopted by UK government](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/nhs-proposals-of-former-somerville-principal-adopted-by-uk-government/) - The recommendations of a patient confidentiality report produced by Dame Fiona Caldicott, Principal of Somerville College from 1996 to 2010 and chair of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, are to be adopted by the UK government, the Oxford Mail has reported.
- [Study by Somerville Professors suggests whisky goes best with wood](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/study-by-somerville-professors-suggests-whisky-goes-best-with-wood/) - A UK study of 441 people conducted by Professor Charles Spence, a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, suggests that how much you enjoy your whisky can be determined by where you drink it, potentially enhancing the experience by up to 20%.
- [Somerville honours Ada Lovelace Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-honours-ada-lovelace-day/) - A Somerville-owned portrait of Ada Lovelace, the nineteenth century mathematician often described as the first computer programmer, has been restored in anticipation of Ada Lovelace Day, which falls on 15 October.
- [The Guardian profiles Charles Spence ahead of book publication](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-guardian-profiles-charles-spence-ahead-of-book-publication/) - Charles Spence has been interviewed by the Guardian ahead of the publication of his latest book, The Perfect Meal, due out on 3 October this year.
- [Anna Morpurgo Davies, 21.6.1937 - 27.9.2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/anna-morpurgo-davies-21-6-1937-27-9-2014/) - Professor Anna Morpurgo Davies DBE FSA FBA died on 27 September 2014, aged 77.
- [Somerville TELETHON 2014 begins](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-telethon-2014-begins/) - The 2014 Somerville College Telethon has begun!
- [Frank Prochaska questions coopting of charitable sector by the state in lecture to Charity Commission](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/frank-prochaska-questions-coopting-of-charitable-sector-by-the-state-in-lecture-to-charity-commission/) - Dr Frank Prochaska, historian and member of Somerville College, has delivered a lecture entitled ‘The State of Charity’ to the Annual General Meeting of the Charity Commission.
- [SOMERVILLE ALUMNI ON THE SCOTTISH REFERENDUM](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumni-on-the-scottish-referendum/) - On 18 September some hundred Somerville alumni will vote on whether Scotland should become an independent country.
- [Choir CD chosen for British Airways Christmas playlist](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/choir-cd-chosen-for-british-airways-christmas-playlist/) - Advent Calendar, the Christmas anthology CD released by Somerville College Choir in November 2013, has been chosen by British Airways to be included on its Christmas Classical playlist.
- [Frank Prochaska to speak at Charity Commission Annual Public Meeting in Westminster](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/frank-prochaska-to-speak-at-charity-commission-annual-public-meeting-in-westminster/) - Dr Franklyn Prochaska, member of the Senior Common Room of Somerville College, will speak at the Annual Public Meeting of the Charity Commission on 17 September.
- [Sam Gyimah tells Independent how Somerville supported him as an undergrad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/sam-gyimah-tells-independent-how-somerville-supported-him-as-an-undergrad/) - In an interview published on 9 September, Sam Gyimah MP (1995, PPE) has told the Independent that Somerville College offered him vital support during his undergraduate years, enabling him to complete his degree before embarking on a career that has seen him rise to ministerial rank in the coalition government.
- [Somerville's restored library opens for study - publication of Breaking New Ground to follow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-restored-library-opens-for-study-publication-of-breaking-new-ground-to-follow/) - Somerville’s 1903 library has been reopened this term after a summer refurbishment in which the Upper Library was re-carpeted, the stonework and brickwork cleaned and repaired, and new stone tiles laid right across the 100-year old roof.
- [Rugby Resurrection at Somerville - men beat Magdalen 120-5](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/rugby-resurrection-at-somerville-men-beat-magdalen-120-5/) - Just two years ago, Somerville College’s men’s rugby team was demoted to Division Five of the University’s inter-collegiate competition, the lowest division in the contest.
- [Pioneer India scholars begin life at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/pioneer-india-scholars-begin-life-at-somerville/) - Somerville College’s first three Indira Gandhi scholars have arrived from India to begin their academic year at the University of Oxford.
- [Somerville Choir releases advent calendar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-choir-releases-advent-calendar/) - Following a highly successful recording of Duruflé’s Requiem and Milford’s Mass for Five Voices, the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, has released its second commercial CD on the Stone Records label.
- [Fab Four through to last 8 of University Challenge](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/fab-four-through-to-last-8-of-university-challenge/) - Somerville’s University Challenge team made it through Round Two on Monday, beating the University of York’s team by 240 points to 135.
- [BBC2 drama on invention of radar was produced by Somerville alumnus](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/bbc2-drama-on-invention-of-radar-was-produced-by-somerville-alumnus/) - Castles in the Sky, a drama that recounts the story of a team of British scientists working to invent radar in the run-up to the Battle of Britain, will be shown on BBC2 at 9pm tonight.
- [Richard Ashdowne speaks to BBC Radio Oxford on completion of Latin Dictionary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/richard-ashdowne-speaks-to-bbc-radio-oxford-on-completion-of-latin-dictionary/) - Richard Ashdowne, a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College, has been interviewed by BBC Radio Oxford following the completion, after 100 years, of the Oxford Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources. Dr Ashdowne was editor of the dictionary in its final stages.
- [Nicola Blackwood MP talks to New Statesman](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/nicola-blackwood-mp-talks-to-new-statesman/) - Nicola Blackwood MP (2005, Music) has been interviewed by the New Statesman about the University of Oxford, laws on child exploitation, and her own reasons for going into politics.
- [The Chemistry Between Them](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/the-chemistry-between-them/) - Adam Ganz, Reader in Screenwriting at Royal Holloway University of London, has written a radio play for the BBC about Dorothy Hodgkin and Margaret Thatcher which is scheduled to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4
- [Somerville Fellow in Honduras - An Ecological Murder Mystery](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-in-honduras-an-ecological-murder-mystery/) - Operation Wallacea (OpWall) is an education and conservation organisation providing rich learning experiences for school and university students whilst also working to conserve some of the most bio-diverse ecosystems on Earth.
- [Report on the Somerville Choir 2014 tour to the US](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/report-on-the-somerville-choir-2014-tour-to-the-us/) - In summer 2014 Somerville College Choir toured the US. Here Choirmaster David Crown reports back.
- [Paving the way for gene therapy in Huntington's disease](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/paving-the-way-for-gene-therapy-in-huntingtons-disease/) - Scientists at the University of Oxford, led by Somerville Fellow Professor Matthew Wood, have been awarded £1m as part of the BioMedical Catalyst funding programme of the Medical Research Council, to tackle the challenge of delivering gene therapy to Huntington’s disease patients.
- [Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, 1.10.1912 - 10.8.2014](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dame-kathleen-mary-ollerenshaw-1-10-1912-10-8-2014/) - Members of the Somerville community will be saddened to learn that Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw (1931, Mathematics) died on 10th August 2014 at the age of 101.
- [Gillian Bennett talks to Radio 4 about Britain ignoring 1939 intelligence that Germany would invade Poland](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/gillian-bennett-talks-to-radio-4-about-britain-ignoring-1939-intelligence-that-germany-would-invade-poland/) - Gillian Bennett (1969, History) has featured on BBC Radio 4 programme Document in an episode called ‘The Hague Warning’.
- [Charles Spence quoted in Times article on restaurants' presentation strategies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/charles-spence-quoted-in-times-article-on-restaurants-presentation-strategies/) - Professor Charles Spence, Fellow of Somerville College, has been quoted in an article in The Times (paywall) which looks at some of the menu design strategies restaurants employ to encourage patrons to spend money.
- [Somerville Emeritus Professor to talk Shakespeare on Radio 4](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-emeritus-professor-to-talk-shakespeare-on-radio-4/) - Katherine Duncan-Jones, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Somerville College, is one of three academics who will debate The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s later plays, on ‘In Our Time’, Melvyn Bragg’s well-known arts programme on BBC Radio 4.
- [Stephen Roberts interviewed by BBC Radio Oxford about how a £500,000 Google impact prize will aid mosquito research](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/stephen-roberts-interviewed-by-bbc-radio-oxford-about-how-a-500000-google-impact-prize-will-aid-mosquito-research/) - Stephen Roberts, Professor of Machine Learning in the Department of Engineering Science and a Fellow of Somerville College, has been interviewed by BBC Radio Oxford following the receipt of a £500,000 Google impact prize.
- [Three Somerville alumni appointed to Ministerial positions in July reshuffle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/three-somerville-alumni-appointed-to-ministerial-positions-in-july-reshuffle/) - Three Somerville alumni received Cabinet appointments in the July government reshuffle.
- [Get a fix - after eight years, Asterix returns, with his Somerville translator](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/get-a-fix-after-eight-years-asterix-returns-with-his-somerville-translator/) - Asterix and the Picts, the diminutive Gallic hero’s 35th published adventure and his first in eight years, has been published in English, in a translation produced by Somerville alumna Anthea Bell (1954, English).
- [Oceans debate resembles climate debate 20 years ago says David Miliband](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/oceans-debate-resembles-climate-debate-20-years-ago-says-david-miliband/) - David Miliband, former UK Foreign Secretary, told a meeting of the Global Ocean Commission at Somerville College that the debate on the oceans today resembles the debate on climate change twenty years ago.
- [Somerville fellow Natalia Nowakowska launches Jagiellonians project online](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellow-natalia-nowakowska-launches-jagiellonians-project-online/) - Following the award of a €1.4 million European Council Research Starter Grant, Dr Natalia Nowakowska, a fellow of Somerville College, has launched a website on the Jagiellonians.
- [Shirley Williams opens Brittain-Williams Room at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/shirley-williams-opens-brittain-williams-room-at-somerville/) - Baroness Shirley Williams visited Somerville on Friday to open the Brittain-Williams Room, unveil her portrait, and deliver a talk on the life of her mother Vera Brittain, renowned for her memoir of personal tragedy during the First World War, Testament of Youth (published in 1933) and subsequently well known as a writer, peace campaigner and as a leading feminist.
- [Penelope Fitzgerald biography series on Radio 4](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/penelope-fitzgerald-biography-series-on-radio-4/) - Part 4 of a series of BBC Radio 4 programmes on the late Penelope Fitzgerald, who studied at Somerville College and won the Booker Prize in 1979, will come to an end this weekend.
- [College flag flies at half-mast in honour of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/college-flag-flies-at-half-mast-in-honour-of-nelson-rolihlahla-mandela/) - The Somerville College flag is flying at half-mast today to mark the death of Nelson Mandela, former leader of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, first President of post-apartheid South Africa, and one of the greatest political and moral leaders of the 20th century.
- [Principal and Development Director Visit India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/principal-and-development-director-visit-india/) - Dr Alice Prochaska and Ms Sara Kalim visited India in December to raise awareness of Somerville’s India project. Highlights of the trip included invitations to the Principal to speak at prestigious seminars at OP Jindal Global University (JGU) and Brookings India.
- [Dictionary of Medieval Latin - begun 1913, completed 2013](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dictionary-of-medieval-latin-begun-1913-completed-2013/) - The British Academy completed the final part of its Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, bringing the project to an end under its final editor Dr Richard Ashdowne, a fellow of Somerville College.
- [New Year Honours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/new-year-honours/) - Baroness Onora O’Neill (PPP, 1959) has been made a Companion of Honour in the New Year’s Honours, for services to Philosophy and Public Policy.
- [Somerville Mill Collection in Times Literary Supplement](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-mill-collection-in-times-literary-supplement/) - The John Stuart Mill Collection (above) in the Somerville College Library is the subject of Marginal Mills (paywall), an article in the January 3 edition of the Times Literary Supplement by Dr Frank Prochaska, the husband of Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville College Principal.
- [Scaling up - Somerville College Choir](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/scaling-up-somerville-college-choir/) - Somerville College choir continues its impressive rise. Today, there are twelve choral scholarships, two CDs out, and foreign tours in the pipeline. We spoke to David Crown about the six years since he became Choirmaster.
- [Somerville alumni award takes Shakespeare to Italy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-alumni-award-takes-shakespeare-to-italy/) - The 2013 Alice Horsman Award has enabled alumna Mary Chater (1977, Music) to co-found, together with her husband and an Italian theatre director, Shakespeare in Italy, which stages productions of Shakespeare’s plays in Italian towns and cities, provides workshops for Italian students in schools and universities and offers a Shakespeare summer school in Urbino.
- [Daphne Park listed in Dictionary of National Biography](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/daphne-park-listed-in-dictionary-of-national-biography/) - Former Somerville Principal Daphne Park, most widely-remembered for her work as an intelligence officer during the Cold War, has been entered in the Dictionary of National Biography.
- [Dr. James Sleigh awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-james-sleigh-awarded-a-sir-henry-wellcome-postdoctoral-fellowship/) - Somerville Fulford Junior Research Fellow Dr James N. Sleigh has been awarded a four-year Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship. These Fellowships, awarded by the Wellcome Trust, provide a unique opportunity for newly qualified postdoctoral researchers to direct and develop their independent research careers. The £250,000 award will allow Dr. Sleigh to continue his research into Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D (CMT2D), an inherited nervous system disorder that predominantly affects the motor nerves leading to progressive weakness and muscle atrophy. Dr Sleigh is due to begin his Fellowship in October 2014 in the laboratory of Professor Giampietro Schiavo at University College London, Institute of Neurology, where he will learn to implement novel live-imaging techniques to study dynamic cellular processes. He will then return to Oxford to work on induced pluripotent stem cell models of CMT2D with Professor Kevin Talbot and Dr Zameel Cader in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. Numerous nervous system disorders, including CMT2D, are caused by hereditary defects (mutations) in genes that produce proteins with functions essential for the survival of almost all cells of the body. With the help of the Wellcome Trust, Dr. Sleigh hopes to improve understanding of this neuronal selectivity in CMT2D, with a view to accelerating the identification of potential treatments for the disorder.
- [Cabinet Minister from India visits Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/cabinet-minister-from-india-visits-somerville/) - India’s minister for primary, secondary and higher education visited Somerville College on 21 January to meet with Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville Principal, to hear about the development of plans for the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, and to meet with Somerville’s first Indian graduate scholars in sustainable development.
- [Somerville Dame recognised by Science Council](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-dame-recognised-by-science-council/) - Dame Kay Davies has been named one of Britain’s top ten ‘Explorer Scientists’ in a list of Britain’s top 100 scientists compiled by the Science Council.
- [Somerville Professor wins government funding for new Oxford doctoral training centre](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-professor-wins-government-funding-for-new-oxford-doctoral-training-centre/) - A new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Autonomous, Intelligent Machines and Systems (AIMS) is to be run in Oxford thanks with government funding, following an application overseen by Stephen Roberts, Professor of Engineering Science and a fellow of Somerville College.
- [Somerville's University Challenge run continues](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somervilles-university-challenge-run-continues/) - Somerville College won the first of its two quarter-final bouts in University Challenge on Monday evening, correctly answering questions on Juvenal, the Gini coefficient, Hieronymus Bosch, Go, leading figures in Ancient Rome, contemporary folk singers, board games and the novels of Angela Carter.
- [Somerville Fellows win three major Science Research Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/somerville-fellows-win-three-major-science-research-awards/) - Dr Jonathan Marchini, Somerville Fellow and Tutor in Statistics, has won a 5-year European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant worth €1.6 million (£1.3 million) to fund two postdoctorate degrees.

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- [Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/) - It was created for women when universities refused them entry, and for people of diverse beliefs when the establishment religion was widely demanded. Now its female and male students represent the world and many Somervillians go on to change that world, too.
- [Listen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/listen/) - Inspired by the inclusive values of Somerville, the Choir's repertoire is one of the most varied and diverse in Oxford. Always eclectic, the music sung by the Somerville College Choir balances Anglican sacred works with secular pieces. Music by underrepresented composers forms a substantial part of our output. You can listen to us in-person every
- [College Policies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/college-policies/) - General Policies Undergraduate Fitness to Study Flowchart Guidance for Colleges. Somerville College Confidentiality Guidance Feb 2025 - 10.02.26 COVID-19 POLICIES Data Protection Policy Bring your own device (BYOD) Policy Data Retention Policy EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY POLICY (reviewed 10/22) Freedom of Speech POLICY - 2025 Harassment Policy & Procedure - SEPT 2025 Health and Safety Policy
- [A message from the Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/rise-a-message-from-the-principal/) - Principal's Welcome As we prepare to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our College’s foundation in 2029, we are thrilled to share with you RISE, the most ambitious campaign Somerville has ever undertaken. Standing for Resilience, Inclusivity, Sustainability, and Excellence, RISE offers a bold, new articulation of the values that have defined Somerville College since our
- [The RISE Campaign](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/)
- [A College of Sanctuary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/college-of-sanctuary/) - In 2021, Somerville College became one of the UK's first University Colleges of Sanctuary. Our commitment to supporting students and academics displaced by war, persecution and crisis is the continuation of a historic commitment to support sanctuary-seeking students and academics that dates back to the 1930s. At that time, Somerville was among several institutions that
- [Information for New Undergraduates 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/home/information-for-new-undergraduates-2026/) - We are looking forward to welcoming you to Somerville College this autumn! In order for you to have a smooth transition to Somerville and Oxford, please read through each section and complete the essential new starter documents before the deadlines given. All undergraduate freshers have further forms to complete on the Forms to complete page
- [Information for New Graduates 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/home/information-for-new-graduates-2026/) - We are looking forward to welcoming you to Somerville College this Autumn! Please read through each section below and complete each step that is required of you. All graduate freshers can access the essential forms and online training required at the New Graduate Students 2026 - Forms to complete webpage. Please complete before the deadlines
- [Jobs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/) - Thank you for your interest in working at Somerville College. We are a passionate and forward-looking community, dedicated to creating opportunities for our students, supporting our world-class research activities and developing our diverse and talented staff. To join our team and contribute to the important work we are doing, please review the vacancies below. Please note that all
- [Open Days and Events](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/access-outreach/open-days/) - We run a range of events throughout the year for students who are interested in studying at Somerville. We participate in the university-wide open days in June/July and September and host visits from schools each week during term time. We also host annual Year 12 Study Days and an annual Y12 BAME Day for year
- [People](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/people/)
- [Centres & Research](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/) - Somerville College is proud to maintain several programmes of influential research and scholarship, each of which embodies the College's overarching commitment to extending opportunities for scholarship and facilitating ground-breaking research. The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) is a unique Oxford-India partnership created to advance research on
- [St. Paul's Nursery](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/st-pauls-nursery/) - Somerville College was one of the the first Oxford colleges to offer child-care facilities, thanks to the foresight and originality of the Nobel prize-winning Chemist Dorothy Hodgkin. During her years at Somerville, Hodgkin saw for herself the clear need for women to have childcare provision in order to work unimpeded. Today, Somerville remains one of
- [Publications](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/) - Every year, Somerville College produces a series of publications to showcase our community's achievements, share news, express gratitude to our donors and highlight the impact of our work. We publish The Somerville Magazine annually in early summer, The College Report in September/October and The Report for Donors at the close of the Michaelmas term. We also publish 'The
- [New Undergraduates 2026 - Reading Lists and Preparatory Work](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/new-undergraduates-2026-reading-lists-and-preparatory-work/) - Applicants for some courses will receive reading lists and/or preparatory work for their course. Courses are listed alphabetically below, please check your subject to see if you have any preparatory reading or other work to complete. If you are starting a joint honours degree such as History and Economics or Philosophy and Linguistics, please check
- [Wellbeing & Faith-Specific Consultations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/wellbeing/) - The Chapel is a centre of the college’s wellbeing activities, which include sessions of Meditation for Wellbeing in Movement and Stillness, and Yoga. These activities are open not merely to current members of the JCR, MCR and SCR, but also our alumni. Please do reach out to the Chapel Director, if you would like to
- [Choral Contemplations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/choral-contemplations/) - Being an 'undenominational' chapel (open to all denominations and religious beliefs), we do not hold a weekly religious service nor have a Chaplain. Instead, we host a Choral Contemplation programme organised by our Chapel Director, where you can hear speakers from every faith (and no faith) discussing their religious and spiritual lives, as well as pertinent
- [Oxford Indira Gandhi Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/indira-gandhi/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the University of Oxford with the generous support of the Government of India. Please note that the information on this webpage is for 2026 entry. Details of the 2027 scholarship, including the list of eligible courses, will be available in October 2026. Eligibility Candidates must be
- [Oxford Mary de Zouche Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/mary-de-zouche/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the University of Oxford through a generous legacy donation from Mary de Zouche. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry.
- [Vanessa Brand Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/vanessa-brand/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through the generous support of the family of Vanessa Brand. It is funded through a partnership with the Clarendon Fund. Please note that this scholarship is not available for 2026 entry. Details of the 2027 scholarship, including the list of eligible courses, will be available in October
- [Ruth Adler Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/ruth-adler/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through the generous support of the family of Ruth Adler (nee Oppenheimer). It is funded through a partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Please note that this scholarship is not available for 2026 entry. Details of the 2027 scholarship, including the list of eligible courses,
- [The Oxford Thatcher Graduate Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/the-oxford-thatcher-graduate-scholarships/) - The Oxford Thatcher Graduate Scholarship is jointly funded by the University of Oxford and the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust. The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established at Somerville College in 2013 to fund and administer the Thatcher Scholarship Programme in the University of Oxford, thereby creating a living legacy to one of the leading
- [The Oxford Qatar Thatcher Graduate Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/the-oxford-qatar-thatcher-graduate-scholarships/) - The Oxford Qatar Thatcher Graduate Scholarship is jointly funded by the University of Oxford and the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust. It was created following a generous donation by the Qatar Fund for Development, which supports international education, health and economic development causes. The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established at Somerville College in 2013 to
- [Savitribai Phule Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/savitribai-phule/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development to support students from marginalised communities and underrepresented backgrounds. Please note that the information on this webpage is for 2026 entry. It has not yet been confirmed if the scholarship will be available for 2027 entry. This webpage will
- [Ratanshaw Bomanji Zaiwalla Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/ratanshaw-bomanji-zaiwalla/) - This partial scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development through the generous support of Mr Sarosh Zaiwalla. Please note that the information on this webpage is for 2026 entry. It has not yet been confirmed if the scholarship will be available for 2027 entry. This webpage will
- [Dr Gita Piramal Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/dr-gita-piramal-scholarship/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development in association with the Piramal family to support students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. The scholarship honours Dr Gita Piramal and her long standing ties to Somerville College. We are grateful to her and her family for their generous support
- [Cornelia Sorabji Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/cornelia-sorabji/) - This partial scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development through the generous support of donors. It is named after Cornelia Sorabji who was the first woman and first Indian to gain a law degree at Oxford, and the first woman to practice law in India. She studied at
- [Amansa Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/amansa/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development to support students from marginalised communities and underrepresented backgrounds. Please note that the information on this webpage is for 2026 entry. It has not yet been confirmed if the scholarship will be available for 2027 entry. This webpage will
- [Margaret Irene Seymour Music Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/music-awards/margaret-irene-seymour/) - Funding is available towards the cost of music tuition (instrumental, vocal, conducting, song writing, arranging, composition) through the Margaret Irene Seymour Music Awards. Please note that award holders will be expected to contribute to College music life through full participation in the Somerville Music Society. Eligibility Enrolled undergraduates, whether reading Music or not, can apply
- [Sports and Wellbeing Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/sports-wellbeing-awards/) - Funding is available to support student membership and participation in University and Somerville sports and teams. Applications are normally accepted once a year in Hilary Term. This webpage will be updated in December with information for the 2026-27 academic year. About the Sports and Wellbeing Fund The Sports and Wellbeing Fund was established in 2019
- [Alice Horsman Scholarships for Alumni](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/alice-horsman-scholarships/) - The Alice Horsman Fund was established in 1953. Its purpose is: To provide alumni with opportunities to travel at such time in their careers as may be of most value to them, in order to either broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research To support alumni in a
- [Alice Horsman Grants for Finalists](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/alice-horsman-grants/) - The Alice Horsman Fund was established in 1953. Its purpose is: To provide alumni with opportunities to travel at such time in their careers as may be of most value to them, in order to either broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research To support alumni in a
- [Travel and Special Project Grants for Graduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/travel-special-project-grants-pg/) - Funding is available from Somerville towards the cost of academic-related activity such as discretionary travel or projects. Please note that these awards cannot be used to fund core or compulsory elements of a student’s degree. Applications have now closed for the 2025-26 academic year. This webpage will be updated at the end of September with
- [Travel and Special Project Grants for Undergraduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/travel-special-project-grants-ug/) - Funding is available from Somerville towards the cost of academic-related activity such as discretionary travel or projects. This could include core or compulsory elements of a student’s degree at the discretion of the Committee. Applications have now closed for the 2025-26 academic year. This webpage will be updated at the end of September with information
- [Travel and Special Project Grants for BMBCH Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/travel-special-project-grants-bmbch/) - Funding is available from Somerville towards the cost of course-related activity such as medical electives. Applications have now closed for the 2025-26 academic year. This webpage will be updated at the end of September with information for the 2026-27 academic year. Eligibility (2025-26) Enrolled Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (BMBCH) students are eligible.
- [Catherine Hughes Grants](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/catherine-hughes-grants/) - The Catherine Hughes Fund was established in 2017. Its purpose is to fund initiatives to raise aspirations and expand horizons in the student community, with a focus on intellectual curiosity and social conscience. Applications have now closed for the 2025-26 academic year. This webpage will be updated at the end of September with information for
- [New Graduate Students 2026 - Forms to complete](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/2026-new-graduate-students-forms-to-complete/) - In order for you to have a smooth transition to Somerville and Oxford, please read through each section and complete the essential new starter documents before the deadlines given. Financial information is available on the Financial Information page.
- [New Undergraduates 2026 - Forms To Complete](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/new-undergraduates-2026-forms-to-complete/) - In order for you to have a smooth transition to Somerville and Oxford, please read through each section and complete the essential new starter documents before the deadlines given. Financial information is available on the Financial Information page.
- [Academic Information for Undergraduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/academic-information-for-undergraduates/) - Please find below a range of useful links containing information about academic and welfare matters for undergraduates. For information about accommodation, food, and other non-academic aspects of student life, see our Community page. Alternatively, return to the main Academic Information page.
- [Know Before You Go: Essential Information For All New Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/know-before-you-go-essential-information-for-all-new-students/) - There are several documents that all students are required to read prior to arriving. You can also find important advice on accessing healthcare whilst studying. Financial information for all new students can be found on the Financial Information page. We also recommend that you download the MyOxford student app, the official Oxford app for all
- [Your Graduation: Saturday 8 August 2026 at 1:30pm](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/your-graduation-saturday-8-august-2026-at-130pm/) - Welcome to the Degree Day page for those graduating on Saturday 8th August at 1:30pm You have been booked onto the 1:30pm Graduation Ceremony on Saturday 8th August 2026 at The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. We have created a webpage for you to bookmark and refer back to when preparing for your Degree Day. Below you will
- [Book a student society committee room](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/student-room-bookings/room-booking-student-societies/) - The college will normally provide meeting rooms free of charge in term time to Somerville societies recognised by the JCR. We will usually also provide meeting rooms free of charge for University societies, provided that there is a Somervillian on the Committee who will be present and responsible for the event. Unfortunately we are unable
- [Book the Flora Anderson Hall for a student event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/student-room-bookings/request-a-room-to-host-a-large-student-event/) - On this page, Somerville members can request to hold a proposed event in one of College's larger spaces on behalf of the JCR, MCR, or one of the college's registered societies. You can also request catering, if you think you will need it (Somerville Societies can provide their own nibbles and snacks, but all other
- [Book Park 05 for a Student Society Lecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/student-room-bookings/book-park-05-for-a-student-society-lecture/) - On this page, you can request to book Park 05 for a student society lecture. Please book at least 48 hours in advance so that the necessary checks can be made to approve your request before your proposed event. Before you complete the form below, please read the fire safety information carefully. Fire Safety Information
- [Meal Bookings](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/meal-bookings/) - Please find a link below to book for meals in Hall using the EPOS system. Thank you for taking the time to book! Pre-booking helps us to eliminate food waste, which reduces our carbon emissions and saves money which can be reinvested in teaching and welfare. Your booking will be checked by scanning your Bod
- [Maintenance Request Form](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/maintenance-request-form/) - Please fill in the form below to submit a maintenance request. All boxes must be completed for the request to be processed. This form is checked by the Maintenance Department from 08.00 – 16.00, Monday to Friday. If there is an emergency outside of these times, please contact the lodge on 01865 2 70600. Please
- [Housekeeping Request Form](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/housekeeping-request-form/) - Please fill in the form below to submit a housekeeping request. Please note, all boxes must be completed for the request to be processed. This form is checked by the Housekeeping Department from 7.30am – 1.00pm, Monday to Friday. For information on how and why we use your data, please see the privacy notice on
- [Book Teaching Spaces](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/book-teaching-spaces/) - The form below is intended for college Fellows and Tutors to book rooms for teaching. Please submit your request with as much advance notice as possible ahead of your needing it. For accommodation queries, please email the bursary. For AV support, please click here. For information on how and why we use your data, please see the
- [Degree Days](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/degree-days/) - Welcome to the Somerville Degree Days page Booking for Undergraduate students and Post Graduate students on taught courses leaving in 2026 will open on Student Self Service at 1pm on Tuesday 25th November 2025. You will be emailed about this shortly. Booking will close on 31 January 2026. If have missed the booking window, please
- [Your Graduation: Friday 31st July 2026 at 1:30pm](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/your-graduation-friday-31st-july-2026-at-130pm/) - Welcome to the Degree Day page for those graduating on Friday 31st July at 1:30pm You have been booked onto the 1:30pm Graduation Ceremony on Friday 31st July 2026 at The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. We have created a webpage for you to bookmark and refer back to when preparing for your Degree Day. Below you will
- [Your Graduation: Saturday 18th July 2026 at 1:30pm](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/your-graduation-saturday-18th-july-2026-at-130pm/) - Welcome to the Degree Day page for those graduating on Saturday 18th July at 1:30pm You have been booked onto the 1:30pm Graduation Ceremony on Saturday 18th July 2026 at The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford. We have created a webpage for you to bookmark and refer back to when preparing for your Degree Day. Below you will
- [Equality and Diversity](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/student-wellfare-and-wellbeing/equality-and-diversity/) - Somerville College’s mission is to promote scholarship through teaching and research. We offer places to undergraduates in line with the University of Oxford’s agreed code of practice and to graduates admitted to the University of Oxford. The College undertakes to remove any barriers, real or perceived, which might deter people of the highest ability from
- [Student Welfare and Wellbeing](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/student-wellfare-and-wellbeing/) - Student health and welfare is a top priority at Somerville. On this page, you can meet our welfare team and find out about the different resources we have to make sure you are supported at every stage of your time here. Browse through the links below to find out more about the different kinds of support
- [Societies and Clubs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/societies-and-clubs/) - The range of societies, sports clubs and groups on offer at Somerville is as broad and eclectic as the people who study here. Oh, and if it so happens that you can’t find the society you’re looking for in the list below, then you will always find plenty of people happy to support you in
- [OICSD Newsletter : March 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-march-2024/) - Dear Friend of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter featuring updates on our research, scholarships and events. We wrapped up another busy Hilary term at the University of Oxford. The highlight of this term is that we initiated some new collaborations within Oxford and beyond.
- [OICSD Newsletter: June 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-june-2021/) - Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter, featuring quarterly updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. There is no doubt that the past quarter has been a grim one for India and the world. These difficult times have also brought forth immense solidarity and support from communities everywhere, including from Indian students at
- [OICSD Newsletter : December 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-december-2023/) - Dear Friend of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter featuring updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. On behalf of the OICSD community, we wish you a very happy new year! 2023 was a special year for us as we marked an incredible decade of
- [OICSD Newsletter: August 2022](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-august-2022/) - Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter featuring quarterly updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. It has been a summer of intense heatwaves across the world. As temperatures soared to record-breaking heights in the UK, extreme weather in India has further exacerbated power outages, water scarcity and heat related morbidities, among other
- [Make a gift from outside the UK](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/make-a-gift-from-outside-the-uk/) - For almost 1,000 years, Oxford University has been recognised and celebrated as a jewel in the crown of world learning. Just as our past inspires us, it also demands that we achieve greater heights in the centuries to come. Inspired philanthropy plays a vital role in that future, and we welcome the support of our
- [Academic Information for Graduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/academic-information-for-graduates/) - Below, you can find links to useful information about academic and welfare matters for graduate students. For information about accommodation, food, and other non-academic aspects of student life, see the Community page.
- [Privacy Notice](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/privacy-foi/privacy-notice/) - Somerville College (referred to as 'we' or 'us') is a registered charity with registration number 1139440. We are one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. We were founded in 1879 and named in honour of the Scottish mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville. Ever since, great scientists, novelists and politicians alike have studied
- [Somerville Medievalist Research Group](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/somerville-medievalist-research-group/) - Somerville is home to the largest college-based group of medievalists in Oxford. Genuinely interdisciplinary, the group's interests range from manuscripts to music theory, from genre to gender studies, and from the British Isles to Russia. The Somerville Medievalist Research Group was first conceived by a group of Somerville academics more than 10 years ago as
- [Finances](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/finances/) - The Somerville College Treasury is responsible for a multitude of jobs across College, from major capital projects to room bookings and rent. The important part for you to know is that we're also here to support Somerville students by providing them with the financial information they need to study as well as helping out, when
- [Alumni Community](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-community/) - Graduating from Somerville isn’t the end of the story – far from it. As an alumna or alumnus of Somerville, you will always be a valued member of the Somerville community, joining a global network of endlessly curious and enthusiastic minds. The Somerville Association As soon as you finish your studies at Somerville you are
- [Accessibility](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/accessibility/) - Somerville College is committed to optimising access to its physical estate and online presence for the benefit of all members of our community. The following pages contain information about our website accessibility and physical access to buildings, venues and accommodation across the site. Website Accessibility Somerville College is committed to providing an accessible web presence
- [Oxford Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/schmidt-ai-in-science-fellowship-for-indian-faculty/) - Oxford Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellowship Programme Fully Funded AI Research Fellowship for Faculty in India and Africa Applications for Stage 1 have now closed. About the Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellowship The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) at Somerville College, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Africa Oxford Initiative
- [Alumni](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/) - Graduating from Somerville isn’t the end of the story – far from it. As an alumna or alumnus of Somerville, you will always be a valued member of the Somerville community, joining a global network of endlessly curious and enthusiastic minds.
- [Past Events](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/past-events/)
- [Upcoming Events](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events/)
- [News](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/) - Every term at Somerville brings fresh news and stories to share, covering all aspects of College life. We also love hearing from all parts of the Somerville community – so do contact our Comms team if you have a story.
- [Funding and Opportunities](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/) - As part of our 360-degree commitment to student wellbeing, Somerville College has evolved into one of the most generous colleges in Oxford in terms of the funding we offer. Please click on the links for more information about the funding that is available for Somerville students. [table id=42 /] Please note the following: If you
- [Access & Outreach Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/access-outreach/access-outreach-home/) - Somerville has always been a proud supporter of Access and Outreach work, striving to 'include the excluded' and reach those students who would most benefit from learning more about Higher Education and Oxford University. Our Access Teams run a range of events, with schools as well as individual students from our link regions. Use the
- [Postgraduate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate/) - Somerville has a long history of graduate study, and was one of the first colleges to house postgraduates within their own college accommodation, where our graduates still reside today.
- [Fellows and Academics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/fellows-and-academics/)
- [Courses](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/courses/)
- [Undergraduate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/) - Somerville was founded to include the excluded. It was created for women when universities refused them entry, and for people of diverse beliefs when conformity was essential if you wanted to succeed. Today, you'll find a co-educational community that shares a culture of progressive thinking, academic excellence, and fun. We are a college that doesn't follow
- [Alumni Groups](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-groups/) - Everyone who matriculates to Somerville is entitled to lifelong membership of The Somerville Association (SA), our network of Somervillians around the world that keeps alumni in touch both with the College and one another. Established in 1923, the Somerville Association today represents a vast body of experience and expertise that is shared informally between alumni as
- [Contact](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/contact/) - Somerville’s Development team are responsible for managing Somerville’s relationship with its alumni and for raising funds and support for the college. Our Development Team, led by the Director of Development, Sara Kalim, work to create a strong and active alumni community and help the college meet the challenges of the future. From our earliest days,
- [Merchandise](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/merchandise/) - ***NEEDS TO REDIRECT TO https://www.oushop.com/somerville-college*** For some reason the above links doesn't work, this one does https://www.oushop.com/somerville-college?_viewall=1&_useTemplate=row
- [Support Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/) - Your support for Somerville is truly life-changing. It alters trajectories, empowers potential, safeguards learning and, most importantly of all, creates opportunity.
- [Alumni Events](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/events/)
- [The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/) - The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established in 2013 to promote and advance education at the University of Oxford, and Somerville College in particular. Our goal is to support and nurture the growing community of Thatcher Scholars at Somerville and provide all Somervillians with the academic, personal and career development they need to achieve
- [The OICSD](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) is a unique Oxford-India partnership created to advance research on the complex challenges and opportunities posed by sustainable development in India.
- [Our Community](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/) - It’s not easy to summarise in a few words what makes life at Somerville feel so special. Perhaps it’s knowing that you’re joining a tradition of pioneering intellectuals who always put community first. Or perhaps it’s just the famous Somerville brunch. Either way, the next few pages will tell you all you need to know about
- [Food and Drink](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/food-and-drink/) - Great food that's not just delicious, but also sustainable and affordable is the order of the day here at Somerville. Our wonderful kitchen and buttery staff serve up three meals a day during the week, with a further two servings per day over the weekend (brunch and dinner). We offer a wide range of vegetarian
- [The Library and Archives](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/the-library/) - Built in 1903, the Somerville College library holds a special place in the heart of every Somerville student. Its treasured nooks and corridors hold almost 100,000 items, as well as a rare book collection and internationally important special collections. The archives, which are physically separate to but strongly aligned with the library, were brought together
- [Chapel, Choir & Music](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/) - Our Chapel and Choir are unique among Oxford colleges. True to the spirit of our founders, who chose not to impose any faith on Somerville, both Chapel and Choir are non-denominational in their practice and vision. The services they offer and the music they sing are defined by an eclecticism and openness which make them
- [Visit Us](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/visit-us/) - Our doors are always open to schools and pupils interested in studying at Somerville. Somerville is open to prospective applicants and offer holders throughout the year. You can pick up a self-guided tour from the Porters' Lodge when you arrive, and take a look around. Prospective applicants can visit us free of charge on most
- [Map](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/map/)
- [Sustainability](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/sustainability/) - With the climate crisis worsening, we are working hard to secure our ambition of achieving net-zero emissions as soon as possible. Environmental Sustainability is embedded in our processes as a College, supported in our teaching and research, and integral to Our Community's commitment to social responsibility, and we are already making progress on multiple fronts.
- [Eminent Somervillians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/eminent-somervillians/)
- [A Brief History of Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/a-brief-history-of-somerville/) - Since our first students joined us over a century ago, Somerville’s history has been filled with bold and extraordinary individuals who learned to change the world. Click below to follow their journey from the beginning, or dive into whichever chapter most appeals to you.
- [BMBCH Grants for Medical Equipment](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/grants-for-course-materials-and-equipment/bmbch/) - Grants are available from Somerville to help BMBCH (Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine) students with the cost of essential medical equipment. Eligibility All enrolled BMBCH students can apply for this funding. Students who are on suspension are not eligible. Eligible purchases could include stethoscopes, torches, suture kits etc. 2025-26 award levels Up to
- [Graduate Grants for Course Materials and Equipment](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/grants-for-course-materials-and-equipment/pg/) - Grants are available from Somerville to help graduates in their first, second or third year with the cost of materials and equipment related to their course. Eligibility All enrolled graduates in the first, second or third year of their course can apply for this funding. This includes BMBCH (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
- [Undergraduate Grants for Books and Laptops](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/grants-for-course-materials-and-equipment/ug/) - Grants are available from Somerville to help undergraduates in their second, third or fourth year with the cost of books related to their course. These grants can also be used towards the cost of purchasing laptops. Eligibility All enrolled undergraduates in the second, third or fourth year of their course can apply for this funding.
- [Why Somerville?](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/why-somerville/) - Here’s the thing. When it comes to Oxford colleges, we all secretly think we’re the best place for you to study. The question you need to ask yourself is why. Is it because we're the oldest, the biggest, the richest, the proudest? At Somerville, it’s none of those reasons. We think students like Somerville because we’re
- [Undergraduate Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/undergraduate-home/) - Somerville was founded to include the excluded. It was created for women when universities refused them entry, and for people of diverse beliefs when conformity was essential if you wanted to succeed. Today, you'll find a co-educational community that shares a culture of progressive thinking, academic excellence, and fun. We are a college that doesn't follow
- [Language Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/language-awards/) - Learning or improving your skills in a second language can open up new academic and professional possibilities. Fast Track Language Awards Applications for the 2026-27 academic year will open at the end of September. Funding is available to support students who would like to learn another language through the Fast Track Pathway at the Language
- [Accommodation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/accommodation/) - Somerville is one of very few Oxford colleges able to house all of its undergraduates in-college for every single year of their degrees. That means our College is a true academic community, with students living here 24-7 and deriving exceptional benefits in terms of safety, value for money and student experience. Our postgraduates fare
- [The MCR](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/) - The MCR (Middle Common Room) is the association for postgraduate students at Somerville. Postgraduates at Somerville come from a diverse background, both academically and geographically, with members coming to Oxford from all over the world. Somerville is an excellent place to work and study, and its friendly and tight knit community make it a wonderful
- [Ratan Tata Building Progress Updates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/ratan-tata-building-progress-updates/) - Construction of the new Ratan Tata Building will begin in Spring 2026 and complete in Summer 2027. Weekly progress updates, including a noise matrix, will be compiled here during the construction phase. Progress Updates PROGRESS UPDATE 6.8.26 WEEKLY LOOK-AHEAD 3.8.26 WEEKLY LOOK-AHEAD 27.7.2026 PROGRESS UPDATE 23.7.2026 WEEKLY LOOK-AHEAD 17.07.2026 Progress Update 10.07.2026 Weekly Look-Ahead 10.07.2026
- [Somerville London Group](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-groups/somerville-london-group/) - The Somerville London Group is the largest of the College’s alumni groups and its very active committee organises several events a year. The SLG meets regularly for speaker events on politics, diplomacy, history, sociology and science, as well as private visits to London venues such as gardens, museums, art galleries and fashion stores. All Somervillians
- [Supporting Minoritised Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/student-wellfare-and-wellbeing/supporting-minoritised-students/) - Somerville College is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for students from all backgrounds. We strive to ensure that every student, regardless of their identity or circumstances, feels welcomed, valued, and empowered to reach their full potential. Support for Diverse Student Groups Ethnic Minorities Somerville College recognizes the importance of representation and support
- [Attract Bright Students from Every Background](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/our-fundraising-priorities/attract-bright-students-from-every-background/) - We are committed to inspiring the brightest students from every background to come to Oxford. In particular, we wish to support students from underrepresented or marginalised communities in applying to Oxford, and we are seeking to eliminate the barriers to a successful application through the following projects. Access Team Somerville employs two members of staff
- [Make a Gift](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/make-a-gift/) - Your donations enable us to achieve so much more than we ever could alone. By supporting Somerville, you are helping us transform the future of our students – and they will be the next generation of talented individuals to shape the world. You can support the college on a recurring basis, or you can pick
- [Prospectus](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/prospectus/) - Open our new prospectus and discover a community where you belong. We've redrafted our prospectus from the ground up, with the thoughts of our students at the heart of our approach, so you'll know you're getting a true insight into life at Somerville. Sustainability is also key: the prospectus is intended to be read
- [Financial Information For New Students - 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/financial-information-for-new-students-2026/) - In this webpage you can find information about how and when fees and other payments are made. You can also find the form to sign up for Somerville's online payment system which you will use on a daily basis. You are advised to set up a UK bank account if you do not already have
- [Choir Tours](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/tours/) - Tours are a major part of Somerville College Choir’s identity. The choir has previously conducted tours to locations including Germany, Italy, and the United States. In December 2018, the choir became the first Oxford College Choir to tour India, performing concerts and taking part in outreach activities in Mumbai and Goa in association with the Oxford India
- [The Somerville Student Information Hub](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/) - Please find below some useful links to essential information for all students.
- [Quick Links](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/) - Here's where you can find all those useful links you need, across everything from housekeeping and maintenance support to booking rooms and meals printing and ICT support. ACADEMIC OFFICE ACCESS - OPEN DAYS Artemis Sharepoint Site AV Support Canvas login Email & Nexus365 Housekeeping Requests ICT Support Instructions for Meal Bookings Maintenance Requests Meal Bookings
- [JCR Constitution](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-jcr/jcr-constitution/) - JCR Constitution 'We the people of Somerville College, in order to form a more perfect JCR, establish justice, ensure college tranquillity, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of democracy to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the JCR of Somerville College.' Read the JCR Constitution (2025-26) Propose a
- [For Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/access-outreach/for-students/) - It doesn't matter who you are or where you came from: if you're truly passionate about your subject and prepared to work hard, you'll always find a place at Somerville. It really is that simple. Of course, you also need to know if Somerville and Oxford are right for you. You need to know whether
- [Fundraising Priorities](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/our-fundraising-priorities/) - Our fundraising priorities are focused upon delivering the core objectives of the RISE Programme - resilience, inclusivity, sustainability and excellence. You can help us support these overarching priorities in numerous ways via the fundraising priorities listed below, each of which will help to deliver the RISE Programme and fulfil the College's strategic plan for the
- [Anne Hudson Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/anne-hudson/) - This scholarship is funded through a partnership with the English Faculty and the generous support of donors. Please note this scholarship is not available for 2026 entry. It has not yet been confirmed if it will be available for 2027 entry. This webpage will be updated when more information is available.
- [Scholarships for BAME and Ethnic Minority Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/scholarships-for-bame-and-ethnic-minority-students/) - We offer a number of scholarships at both graduate and undergraduate level for students primarily from ethnic minority and BAME backgrounds, both from the UK and overseas. You can find more details of our scholarships below. If you have any queries, please email student.funding@some.ox.ac.uk
- [For Teachers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/access-outreach/for-teachers/) - Future Focus Programme Our Future Focus programme aims to provide informative and engaging activities to school students in KS3, KS4 and KS5, so that they make their post-16 and post-18 choices equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to fulfil their potential. We work with schools in Buckinghamshire, Kingston, Hounslow, Portsmouth and the Isle
- [Postgraduate Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate/postgraduate-home/) - Somerville has a long history of graduate study, and was one of the first colleges to house postgraduates within their own college accommodation, where our graduates still reside today.
- [How to Apply](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/how-to-apply/) - Applying to Oxford can feel daunting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Our tutors will expect you to be prepared and give your best at interview – but they’re also experts in ascertaining your potential to succeed here at Oxford. The two most important requirements for anyone wishing to study here are that
- [Gopal Subramanium Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/gopal-subramanium/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development through the generous support of Mr Gopal Subramanium. Details of the 2027 selection process will be confirmed in October 2026. Eligibility Candidates must be ordinarily resident in India or have previously studied at an Indian higher education institution. All
- [Sanctuary Scholarships for Graduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/sanctuary-scholarship/) - Somerville is proud to have established the Sanctuary Scholarships as part of our efforts to provide a guaranteed pathway to Oxford for bright students from a sanctuary-seeking background. Peggie Rimmer Sanctuary Scholarship This scholarship is part of Refugee Academic Futures and funded through the generous support of Peggie Rimmer. It is open to candidates who
- [Margaret Pelly Carys Bannister Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/pelly-bannister/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through the generous support of Carys Bannister and the family of Margaret Pelly. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry. Eligibility Candidates who have been accepted for certain DPhils offered by the Medical Sciences Division.
- [Sultan of Selangor Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/sultan-selangor/) - This scholarship has been established as a collaboration between Somerville College and Worcester College through the generosity of His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor and his foundation Yayasan Sultan Selangor Berhad. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available at Somerville College for 2027 entry. Eligibility
- [Oxford Ryniker Lloyd Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/ryniker-lloyd/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the University of Oxford through the generous support of Robert Lloyd. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry. Eligibility DPhils offered by the following Academic Divisions: Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division Medical Sciences
- [Access & Outreach](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/access-outreach/) - Somerville has always been a proud supporter of Access and Outreach work, striving to 'include the excluded' and reach those students who would most benefit from learning more about Higher Education and Oxford University. Our Access Teams run a range of events, with schools as well as individual students from our link regions. Use the
- [Access & Outreach Home WIP](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/access-outreach-home-wip/) - Somerville has always been a proud supporter of Access and Outreach work, striving to 'include the excluded' and reach those students who would most benefit from learning more about Higher Education and Oxford University. Our Access Teams run a range of events, with schools as well as individual students from our link regions. Use the
- [Contact Us](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/contact-us/) - Use the following page to access contact information for key departments and members of staff at Somerville, as well as for details of our address, a map and how to get here. Our Address Somerville is close to the historic centre of Oxford and easily accessible by car, coach, rail and bus. Somerville College Woodstock Road
- [Studying at Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/studying-at-somerville/) - People come to Oxford for many reasons. But above all, they come here to think. At Somerville, our tutors call on more than 140 years of ground-breaking academic excellence to ensure that you’ll learn to think with a depth and versatility greater than you ever thought possible. But that’s not all. The education you receive
- [The JCR](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-jcr/) - The JCR (Junior Common Room) represents both the undergraduate student community and the communal spaces we all share. The JCR Committee is the governing body elected from among the JCR to ensure that Somerville has a vibrant undergraduate community which welcomes everyone. We do this by running events, providing welfare support and making sure the voice
- [Music Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/music-awards/) - Please click on the links below for more information about our music awards. Margaret Irene Seymour Music Awards Choral and Organ Scholarships John M Cockcroft Choral Scholarship Chloe and Helen Morton Choral Scholarships If you have any queries about these awards, please email: student.funding@some.ox.ac.uk (Margaret Irene Seymour Music Awards) choir@some.ox.ac.uk (all other awards)
- [EK Chambers Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/ek-chambers/) - This scholarship is funded through a partnership with the English Faculty. Please note this scholarship is not available for 2026 or 2027 entry.
- [Anne Brazell Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/anne-brazell/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through the generous support of the family of Anne Brazell. It is funded through a partnership with the Clarendon Fund. Please note this scholarship is not available for 2026 or 2027 entry.
- [The Lee Kuan Yew - Thatcher Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/undergraduate-scholarships/lee-kuan-yew-thatcher-scholarship/) - Through the generosity of ST Telemedia, the Lee Kuan Yew - Thatcher Scholarship has been created to enable Singaporean students from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake undergraduate studies in one of the leading universities in the world. This is a unique scholarship in that it fully funds all aspects of undergraduate studies, including course fees and
- [Christian Carritt Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/christian-carritt/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through a generous legacy donation from Christian Carritt (1946, Physiology). Please note that this scholarship is not available for 2026 or 2027 entry.
- [The Ng Teng Fong Thatcher Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/undergraduate-scholarships/the-ng-teng-fong-thatcher-scholarship/) - The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established by Somerville College to enable the most promising students to benefit from the unique education and intellectual environment that is offered by the College and University. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry. These scholarships have been
- [Sishir Reddy Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/sishir-reddy/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development through the generosity of Mr Sishir Reddy. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry. Eligibility Candidates must be ordinarily resident in India. All full-time DPhils relating to
- [Janet Watson Marshall Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/janet-watson-marshall/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry. Eligibility Please see Marshall Scholarships for information about eligibility for these scholarships. Award levels The scholarship covers course fees and a grant
- [Richard Stone Graduate Scholarship in Engineering](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/richard-stone/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through the generous support of several of Richard Stone's former students. Please note this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. It will not be available for 2027 entry. Eligibility Candidates who have been accepted for the DPhil in Engineering Science. Award levels The scholarship covers
- [Thatcher Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/thatcher-scholarships/) - The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established by Somerville College to enable the most promising students to benefit from the unique education and intellectual environment that is offered by the College and University. The aims of the Thatcher Scholarships are to: Foster academic excellence Support individuals who have a determination to succeed and have displayed resilience
- [Subject-Specific Travel Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/subject-specific-travel-awards/) - We have a small number of subject-specific travel awards for which students can apply. Alcuin Awards for History The Alcuin Fund for History was established by a gift of Catherine Hughes (Principal, 1989-1996) to raise aspirations amongst students of History and its joint schools. The application process takes place in Hilary Term each year. Eligible
- [Elizabeth Moir Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/elizabeth-moir/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development through the generous support of Mr Rajan Anandan. Please note that this scholarship is no longer available.
- [Cyril Shroff Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/cyril-shroff/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development through the generous support of Mr Cyril Shroff and the Blavatnik School of Government. Please note that this scholarship is no longer available.
- [Booking the Chapel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/booking-the-chapel/) - The College Chapel is a versatile space which can host religious meetings, concerts, rehearsals, talks, fashion shows, recordings, and all sorts of other events. Members of College If you are a member of college and would like to book the chapel, please firstly note the regulations for booking and using the chapel, which can be
- [Somerville Skills Hub](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/skills-hub/) - The Somerville Skills Hub provides students with the academic, personal and career skills to ensure that they fulfil their potential at Somerville and beyond. The Skills Hub is based upon three pillars of support: academic skills, wellbeing, and personal development, with the latter extending to career development and internship opportunities. The programme is delivered through
- [Current Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/current-scholars/) - The Thatcher Scholarship Programme was established as a living legacy to one of Oxford’s most important alumnae. Margaret Thatcher studied Chemistry at Somerville before going on to become the first woman and the first scientist to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In 2025 we welcomed 4 new graduate Thatcher Scholars, with 4 undergraduates
- [Bed & Breakfast](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/conferences-and-bb/bed-breakfast/) - We are delighted to offer a reasonably-priced bed and breakfast service. This is a great option for alumni looking to revisit College, as well as a great means for new visitors to soak up the unique atmosphere of the Oxford colleges from our central Oxford location. We have a range of rooms available. You can
- [Choral and Organ Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/scholarships/) - Our choral and organ scholarships are a fantastic way to develop your skills through high-level performance and, in the case of our organ scholarships, they represent a genuine means of support for students wishing to pursue their musical development more seriously.
- [Join the Choir](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/join/) - If you want to be part of the only non-denominational chapel choir in Oxford and join a friendly, supportive and professionally-directed group of singers, Somerville Choir is the place for you. Under the direction of professional singer and choral conductor Will Dawes, our singers and organists flourish within an atmosphere of inclusion, respect, and good
- [Concerts](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/concerts/) - Each term, we run and host a range of concerts, which all are welcome to attend. Upcoming events and links to book tickets will appear below. If you have any questions about our concerts or events, please do email chapel.music@some.ox.ac.uk for further information.
- [Mary Somerville Clarendon Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/mary-somerville/) - This scholarship is funded through a partnership with the Clarendon Fund. Please note that this scholarship has now been awarded for 2026 entry. Eligibility DPhil candidates. Award levels The scholarship covers course fees and a grant for living costs. Awards are made for the duration of fee liability for the course. Number of awards Two
- [The Somervillian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/) - The Somervillian is an online newsletter published at the start of each term, recapping the events of the preceding term. You can browse the archive of The Somervillian via the links below. THE SOMERVILLIAN - TRINITY 2026 THE SOMERVILLIAN - HILARY 2026 THE SOMERVILLIAN - MICHAELMAS 2025 The Somervillian - Trinity 2025 The Somervillian -
- [The MCR Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/the-mcr-home/) - The MCR (Middle Common Room) is the association for postgraduate students at Somerville. Postgraduates at Somerville come from a diverse background, both academically and geographically, with members coming to Oxford from all over the world. Somerville is an excellent place to work and study, and its friendly and tight knit community make it a wonderful
- [World War Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/world-war-somerville/) - Open our new prospectus and discover a community where you belong. We've redrafted our prospectus from the ground up, with the thoughts of our students at the heart of our approach, so you'll know you're getting a true insight into life at Somerville. Sustainability is also key: the prospectus is intended to be read
- [Somerville Publications](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/somerville-publications/) - Every year, Somerville College produces a series of publications to showcase our community's achievements, share news, express gratitude to our donors and highlight the impact of our work. We publish The Somerville Magazine annually in early summer, The College Report in September/October and The Report for Donors at the close of the Michaelmas term. We also publish 'The
- [Nursery Users' Privacy Notice](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/privacy-foi/nursery-users-privacy-notice/) - Somerville College (referred to as 'we' or 'us') is a registered charity with registration number 1139440. We are one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. We were founded in 1879 and named in honour of the Scottish mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville. Ever since, great scientists, novelists and politicians alike have studied
- [Policies & Finances Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/home/) - Somerville College is committed to open and transparent sharing of information regarding its procedures, policies and finances. The following links will direct you to relevant information about our College Policies, recent accounting and other useful information. College Policies College Accounts Privacy and FOI
- [Policies & Finances](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/) - Somerville College is committed to open and transparent sharing of information regarding its procedures, policies and finances. The following links will direct you to relevant information about our College Policies, recent accounting and other useful information. College Policies College Accounts Privacy and FOI
- [Impact Reports](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/impact-reports/) - Every year we provide life-changing help to our students, empowering them to succeed in their studies and lives. Our support is also vital in safeguarding the cohesion of our community, the centres of research we support and the academics who maintain our standing at the cutting-edge of research and thought. Universify Universify exists to further
- [Term Cards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/publications/term-cards/) - At the OICSD, one of our key priorities is to bring people together to address the pressing challenges of sustainable development in India. We collaborate widely and host events that spark critical conversations, connecting leading researchers, practitioners, and thought leaders from across the world. Each term, our in-person and virtual events explore themes ranging from
- [The Ratan Tata Building](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/the-ratan-tata-building/) - In 2027, the Ratan Tata Building will open as the new teaching and learning hub for Somerville College. Standing at the heart of the redeveloped Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, this landmark development represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to expand Somerville College's teaching and learning space, support research with global impact and generate new collaborations with neighbours far
- [Funding Opportunities](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/funding-opportunities/)
- [Open Days](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/open-days/)
- [Lightroom London Networking Evening – David Bowie: You’re Not Alone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/lightroom-london-networking-evening-david-bowie-youre-not-alone/) - Student Ticket Date: Saturday 30 May 2026 Time: 18:00 - 20:00 Lightroom London is the home of immersive story-telling and working hand-in-hand with artistic talents across art, music, film, fashion, science and more, it has reimagined what an immersive experience can look like. With thanks to historian and curator Tommy Wide (2003, Classics and Oriental Studies), alumni are
- [The First World War](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/a-brief-history-of-somerville/the-first-world-war/)
- [The MTST Bulletin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/the-mtst-bulletin/) - The MTST Bulletin is a publication sent annually each April to friends of the Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust. Each year, we review the singular achievements of our scholars and Development Award recipients, as well as reflecting upon the broader impact and strategic vision of the Trust. MTST Bulletin 2025 MTST Bulletin 2024 MTST
- [Legacies and Planned Giving](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/make-a-gift/legacies-and-planned-giving/) - By including Somerville in your will, you can make a special gift with a lasting impact. You can help the College to continue to address the world’s critical problems through cutting-edge research and preserve the essential characteristics of Somerville for future generations. You can also help to secure the future of the extraordinary educational opportunities
- [Societies and Clubs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-jcr/societies-and-clubs/) - The range of societies, sports clubs and groups on offer at Somerville is as broad and eclectic as the people who study here. And, if does so happen that you can’t find the society you’re looking for in the list below, then you will always find plenty of people happy to support you in creating
- [Liz Cooke Condolence Book](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/liz-cooke-condolence-book/) - Liz Cooke Condolence Book We were very moved to receive these memories of Liz Cooke, Secretary of the Somerville Association 1988-2023, from alumni and friends. Submissions for this book have now closed, but the messages can be read below. Peggie Rimmer Liz and I didn't meet very often because I left Somerville for CERN in
- [Cookies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/cookies/) - What are cookies? A ‘cookie’ is a small text file that is delivered by our website server on to your computer while you visit our website, which can be used by the website to identify devices and thereby remember your website preferences. Most cookies will not collect information that identifies the individual and will instead collect
- [Overview](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/a-brief-history-of-somerville/overview/) - 1Since our first students joined us over a century ago, Somerville’s history has been filled with bold and extraordinary individuals who learned to change the world. Click below to follow their journey from the beginning, or dive into whichever chapter most appeals to you.
- [Inaugral Cohort for the Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellowship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/schmidt-ai-in-science-fellowship-for-indian-faculty/inaugral-cohort-for-the-schmidt-ai-in-science-faculty-fellowship/) - We are delighted to welcome the inaugural cohort of the Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellows, launching a new programme that harnesses artificial intelligence to advance scientific discovery across critical global challenges. Our fellows are tackling a range of cutting-edge topics — from scientific innovation to sustainable agriculture and environmental resilience:
- [Bingham Graduate Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/bingham/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College through the generous support of Mr Gopal Subramanium. Please note that this scholarship is not available for 2026 entry.
- [2025-26 Admissions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/ug-admissions-information/) - This page contains subject-specific admissions statistics for the 2025-26 Oxford admissions cycle. Select the relevant course link below to download a PDF of its admissions data. ASIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES BIOCHEMISTRY BIOLOGY CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT HISTORY Chemistry CLASSICS AND JOINT SCHOOLS COMPUTER SCIENCE AND JOINT SCHOOLS ENGINEERING ENGLISH AND JOINT SCHOOLS Experimental Psychology
- [Meet the Tutors](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/meet-the-tutors/) - It is often said that when you come to Oxford, your college becomes your extended family. At the heart of that family is your personal or lead tutor, assisted by the other tutors with whom you’ll work during the course of your degree. The dynamic between student and tutor at Oxford is a unique and
- [Patrons and Trustees](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/patrons-and-trustees/) - The MTST benefits from the guidance and support of an international group of patrons and trustees, many of whom were colleagues or counterparts of Lady Thatcher and all of whom are capable of advising the Trust with a strategic view of immense value to the scholars whose interests we serve. Our ambition has always been to
- [OICSD Newsletter: September 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-september-2023/) - Dear Friend of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, Welcome to the September 2023 issue of the OICSD newsletter, featuring updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. Over this summer, we continued celebrating the eventful first decade of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Oxford. The Centre was launched
- [Somervillian Newsletter Trinity 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-trinity-2025/)
- [Somervillian Newsletter: Michaelmas 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-michaelmas-2021/) - ...And just like that, everything has rather suddenly gone back to (almost) normal here at Somerville. With the kitchen refurbishments complete, the quad and dining hall have been returned to us and are looking more brilliant than ever. The new lawn even went viral last week on Twitter after Somerville's sagacious Estates Manager Steve Johnson
- [Skills Hub](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/the-development-programme/)
- [College Accounts](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/college-accounts/) - As a registered charity, it is the practice of Somerville College to share its accounts on a regular basis. The most recent accounts of the College will be displayed below. Somerville College Accounts 2024-25 Somerville College Accounts 2023-24 Somerville College Accounts 2022-23 Somerville College Accounts 2021-22
- [Guest FAQs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/conferences-and-bb/discover-oxford/guest-faqs/) - Everybody has questions, and you're always welcome to bring any questions you have during your stay to our wonderfully helpful team of porters, based in the Lodge. However, there are a few questions that we often hear, which we can probably help you answer now via our helpful FAQs. If you have any questions that
- [The Cedar Circle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/the-cedar-circle/) - Regular gifts to Somerville change lives and shape the College's future. Our Cedar Circle aims to thank alumni who give year on year and offer them the chance to see the impact of their generosity first hand. It recognises the loyal commitment of donors whose continued altruism enables the College to plan effectively for the
- [The Development Council](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/the-development-board/) - Somerville’s Development Council is a group of committed and dedicated volunteers who have worked closely with the College over a number of years to help the College seek additional support and who advise on key strategic issues concerning future funding. The Council have led by example and all members have supported the Campaign substantially in
- [Alumni Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholars/alumni-scholars/) - Our alumni network is a research community addressing the most pressing questions facing India and sustainable development. Former OICSD scholars are already working in the fields of law, governance, conservation and social development. Find out more about them below:
- [Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholars/) - As of now, 40-50% of Indian post-graduate applicants who qualify for Oxford cannot take up their places due to financial or circumstantial constraints. As such, scholarships are a core aim of the OICSD because they have the potential to close this gap, enabling bright students to study in Oxford and empowering the next generation of
- [Alumni Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/alumni-scholars/) - In time, we envisage that the Thatcher Scholars will comprise a body of thinkers, leaders and change-makers whose influence will extend into courtrooms, boardrooms, newsrooms, hospitals, NGOs, schools, universities and governments around the world. From there, they will forge a better future for their generation and those that follow. The community of Thatcher scholars grows
- [Somervillian Newsletter Michaelmas 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-michaelmas-2025/)
- [Collaborations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/collaborations/) - The OICSD continues to build collaborations in its objective to platform research and events on sustainable development issues - both in Oxford and beyond. We work with our partners and collaborators featured here regularly to host seminars, events and workshops.
- [Katherine Duncan-Jones Shakespeare Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/katherine-duncan-jones/) - Funding is available from Somerville to enable undergraduates studying English to attend performances of Shakespeare. These awards have been made possible through a generous legacy donation from Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones (1941-2022) who was a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville. APPLICATION FORM Eligibility All enrolled undergraduates on the following courses can apply for this funding. Students
- [Governance](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-groups/governance/) - The Somerville Association represents a considerable body of experience and expertise, which is shared on an informal, voluntary basis through its networks with members, undergraduates, postgraduates and as a means of supporting and promoting the College. The Somerville Association is managed by an elected President and Committee comprised of Association members (all are eligible to
- [Regular Giving](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/make-a-gift/regular-giving/) - One of the most powerful ways to support Somerville is through a regular gift via direct debit. This method directly helps with the running expenses of Oxford's unique tutorial system or the cost of subsidising food and accommodation to ensure they remain affordable for students. If you give a regular gift to Somerville, you will
- [Matriculation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/matriculation/) - Matriculation is the ceremony which marks your formal admission to the University, usually at the end of your first week. Normally this takes place in a ceremony at the Sheldonian theatre. You will be required to wear Academic Dress to your Matriculation. Who should Matriculate? All undergraduate and post graduate freshers should Matriculate within 3
- [Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/) - The OICSD offers a range of scholarships associated with various Master’s and DPhil degrees to support graduate students who work on the complex challenges of sustainable development in India. There is no separate application process for most of these scholarships. Please submit your application for graduate study by the relevant funding deadline for your course
- [Pat Harris Spirit of Somerville Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/pat-harris/) - This award was created by Aaron Maniam (1998, PPE) and a group of his friends to honour college porter Pat Harris (1937-2018), who went out of her way to support and care for both them and many other students during their time at Somerville. It is awarded each year to two Somerville students (one from
- [Chloe and Helen Morton Choral Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/music-awards/chloe-helen-morton/) - Alongside our Choral Scholarships, we also award two Chloe and Helen Morton Choral Scholarships to members of the choir who play a full and active role in the musical life of the choir and the wider college. Like all of our Choral Scholars, the Chloe and Helen Morton Choral Scholars receive funding to help with
- [John M Cockcroft Choral Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/music-awards/john-m-cockroft/) - Alongside our Choral Scholarships, we also award one John M Cockcroft Choral Scholarship to a member of the choir who plays a full and active role in the musical life of the choir and the wider college. Like all of our Choral Scholars, the John M Cockcroft Scholar receives funding to help with their vocal
- [Grants for Course Materials and Equipment](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/grants-for-course-materials-and-equipment/) - Funding is available towards the cost of course-related materials and equipment. If you have any queries, please email student.funding@some.ox.ac.uk [table id=17 responsive=scroll]
- [Awards for Travel, Projects, Internships and Personal Development](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/) - Somerville offers funding to support both students and alumni with travel, projects, internships and personal development. If you have any queries, please email student.funding@some.ox.ac.uk [table id=16 responsive=scroll]
- [Thatcher Scholarships for Current Undergraduates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/undergraduate-scholarships/undergraduate-thatcher-scholarships/) - The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established by Somerville College to enable the most promising students to benefit from the unique education and intellectual environment that is offered by the College and University. These scholarships have been made possible through the generosity of Mr Wafic Said, the Michael Bishop Foundation and numerous friends and
- [Subject-Specific Scholarships and Prizes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-academic-achievement/subject-specific-scholarships-prizes/) - We award a number of subject-specific prizes to undergraduates for working to the highest standard in earlier parts of their course before their final exams. Alyson Bailes Prize This prize is awarded annually to a second year History undergraduate for excellent performance in their first year exams. Cerrie Hughes Prize This prize is awarded annually
- [Exam Prizes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-academic-achievement/exam-prizes/) - The following prizes can be awarded for excellent performance in examinations. Archibald Jackson Prizes Archibald Jackson Prizes are awarded to taught graduates, including BMBCH students, who achieve a Distinction overall. College Prizes College Prizes are awarded to undergraduates, including first year Graduate Entry Medicine students, who achieve a First or Distinction in their pre-final exams.
- [Medical Fund Scholarships for BMBCH Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-academic-achievement/bmbch-scholarships/) - Scholarships are awarded each year to academically excellent Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students who will be continuing their clinical studies at Somerville. The following students are eligible: Clinical Medicine students who will be entering the 5th or 6th years of their course in 2025-26 Graduate Entry Medicine students who will be entering
- [Undergraduate Scholarships and Exhibitions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-academic-achievement/ug-scholarships-exhibitions/) - Scholarships and Exhibitions are awarded to undergraduates to recognise First Class performance and potential. Tutors may recommend a student to be awarded either a Scholarship to recognise First Class performance or an Exhibition to recognise First Class potential. Nominations are approved by Education Committee in Michaelmas Term each year. Scholarships and Exhibitions are awarded for
- [Awards for Academic Achievement](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-academic-achievement/) - There are several prizes and scholarships available for academically outstanding students. If you have any queries, please email student.funding@some.ox.ac.uk [table id=19 responsive=scroll]
- [Undergraduate Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/undergraduate-scholarships/) - Somerville awards a number of undergraduate scholarships each year, which cover full course fees and living costs. In order to be considered for any scholarship, you must first apply for and be offered a place at Somerville. Please click on the following links for more information: Applying to Oxford Fees, Funding and Scholarship Search If
- [Graduate Scholarships](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/graduate-scholarships/) - Somerville awards a number of graduate scholarships each year, many of which cover full course fees and living costs. In order to be considered for any scholarship, you must first apply for and be offered a place at Oxford. Please click on the following links for more information: Applying to Oxford Fees, Funding and Scholarship
- [Oxford Indira Gandhi Graduate Scholarship (MSc)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/scholarships/indira-gandhi-msc/) - This scholarship has been established by Somerville College and the University of Oxford with the generous support of the Government of India. Please note that this scholarship is not available for 2026 entry.
- [The Somervillian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/somervillian-newsletter-trinity-2024/)
- [MCR Welfare](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/mcr-welfare/) - Somerville MCR takes its responsibilities for student welfare seriously, and we’re always keen to provide any support we can. Whether it’s an issue in college or you are having trouble in your department you’re welcome to talk to us about any problem, big or small and we will do our best to help. As well
- [MCR Blog](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/mcr-blog/)
- [Meet the MCR](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/meet-the-mcr/) - The MCR Committee is made up of the Executive Committee and the Reps, who all have a role to play in helping the MCR to run smoothly and supporting the students and associate members. You can find out more about the current office holders below. If there's anything you need, just get in touch with
- [Partner Schools and Link Areas](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/access-outreach/partner-schools-and-link-areas/) - We want to work with schools who would like additional support in raising the aspirations and attainment of their students regarding Higher Education, including Oxbridge applications. Somerville is linked to schools in Buckinghamshire, Kingston-upon-Thames, Hounslow, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight through Oxford’s link college outreach system, so we are particularly interested to hear from
- [Disability](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/student-wellfare-and-wellbeing/disability/) - We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to making reasonable adjustments so that all students can participate fully in the life of the College. Our Student Welfare Lead, Jo Ockwell, is the College Disability contact. Please contact Jo if you have any questions relating to disability. It's best if you let Jo
- [Publications](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/publications/) - Read about our latest research, events and publications in the quarterly OICSD Newsletter. Subscribe to newsletters, news and updates from the OICSD The following links contains the archive of newsletters and publications released by the OICSD. It's the perfect place to find out more about our scholars, as well as the nature and impact of
- [The OICSD Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/home/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) is a unique Oxford-India partnership created to advance research on the complex challenges and opportunities posed by sustainable development in India.
- [Conferences and B&B Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/conferences-and-bb/home/) - With a team of experienced professionals catering to your every need, Somerville College is ready to make your conference or event an unforgettable occasion in which historic elegance and modern standards meet. Whether you’re planning a corporate lunch, a special dinner or a celebratory occasion, we can create the perfect venue and tailor-made experience for
- [Chapel, Choir & Music Home](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/home/) - Our Chapel and Choir are unique among Oxford colleges. True to the spirit of our founders, who chose not to impose any faith on Somerville, both Chapel and Choir are non-denominational in their practice and vision. The services they offer and the music they sing are defined by an eclecticism and openness which make them
- [The RISE Campaign](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/the-rise-campaign-home/)
- [Resilience](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/resilience/)
- [MCR Funds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/mcr-funds/) - MCR members have the opportunity to apply for certain funds to enhance their experience at Somerville. Sports Fund Taking part in College-, Blues- or national-level sport while at Oxford? You might be able to claim back some of your costs from the committee! The full details can be found here, but the rule of thumb
- [OICSD Blog](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/oicsdblog/)
- [Other Groups](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-groups/other-groups/) - Somerville runs a number of different alumni groups serving all the major professions as well as regional groups. The Somerville Association currently offers professional groups in Law, Medicine, Teaching and the Civil Service. We also maintain Somerville networks for alumni and friends of the Somerville Boat Club (The 1921 Association) and for those based in
- [Research](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/research/) - The OICSD hosts an interdisciplinary set of research projects, covering a broad range of topics. Our current scholars are undertaking cutting-edge research which is redefining the way we think of law, technology, ecology and a range of other issues of direct relevance to the future development of India and the world. Explore our ongoing research
- [Chapel History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-community/chapel-choir/chapel-history/) - Embodying the College’s commitment to religious freedom, the Chapel was built in 1935 as a plain, neutral space with no cross or crucifix. The creation of the Chapel was made possible following a generous and, at the time, anonymous donation from former student Emily Georgiana Kemp. Kemp was an adventurer, writer and artist, and came
- [OICSD Newsletter : October 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-october-2024/) - Dear Friend of the OICSD, Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter featuring quarterly updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. As start the new academic year at Oxford, we look ahead to new plans for Michaelmas Term 2024 and reflect on the past summer at the OICSD. Our highlights include our annual
- [OICSD Newsletter: June 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-june-2024/) - Dear Friend of the OICSD, Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter featuring quarterly updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. We wrapped up another successful academic year after celebrating our tenth anniversary in 2023. As we turn to the next decade, we welcomed our largest cohort of ten new scholars to the
- [OICSD Newsletter: October 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-october-2021/) - Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter, featuring quarterly updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. As the new academic year begins at the University of Oxford, we are pleased to announce that eight new Indian students have joined the OICSD community, having been awarded scholarships by the Centre for postgraduate studies at the University
- [Somervillian Newsletter Hilary 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-hilary-2025/)
- [The Somervillian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter/)
- [Somervillian Newsletter Michaelmas 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-michaelmas-2024/)
- [Inclusivity](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/inclusivity/)
- [Support RISE Today](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/support-rise-today/) - Make A Gift from the UK Thank you for making a gift to Somerville Make a regular gift online via Direct Debit Make a single gift online to: The RISE Campaign – Area of Greatest Need The RISE Campaign – Resilience The RISE Campaign – Inclusivity The RISE Campaign – Sustainability The RISE Campaign –
- [Degrees for Women](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/a-brief-history-of-somerville/degrees-for-women/)
- [21st Century Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/a-brief-history-of-somerville/21st-century-somerville/)
- [Excellence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/excellence/)
- [Sustainability](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/sustainability/)
- [RISE: The Financial View](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/rise/rise-the-financial-view/) - RISE: The Financial View RISE has the potential to galvanise the support of our community around areas critical to securing Somerville’s future success and prosperity. People may not realise it, but there is a permanent funding gap in the economic model of an Oxford college. This gap of approximately £5.5m per year exists because the
- [People](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-oicsd/people/) - The OICSD is comprised of top academics and researchers working on the most pressing questions of sustainable development facing the Global South. They are supported in this work by an International Advisory Board enriched by its members’ broad interdisciplinary experience in the fields of law, governance, engineering, medicine, science and technology. The Board exists to
- [Fire Policy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/college-policies/fire-policy/)
- [Piano Booking](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/piano-booking/) - There's a piano for everyone at Somerville, no matter what your musical experience. Access to pianos in College is limited to members of Somerville College. By using any piano in college, you are agreeing to the terms/hours as outlined in our guidelines on this page. To be able to use the Chapel Steinway and
- [Student Room Bookings](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/student-room-bookings/) - Somerville students from the JCR and MCR can request to hold events in the various different meetings rooms available at Somerville using the following links. Please note, you can request catering if required in certain rooms. Somerville Societies are able toprovide their own nibbles and snacks, but all other catering must be purchased through the
- [Conferences](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/conferences-and-bb/conferences/) - Whether you’re planning a large-scale conference or strategic board meeting, Somerville is the ideal venue for your business needs. Centrally located within Oxford and offering a range of venues to suit every occasion, our conference team can call upon several decades’ experience working with corporate partners to ensure your event runs smoothly and professionally. Our
- [Sports](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-jcr/sports/) - Discover the amazing sports at Somerville!
- [Sample Menus](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/conferences-and-bb/sample-menus/) - Offering the perfect balance between fine dining and tradition, Somerville can cater equally for intimate dinner parties or large-scale events. We source all our food locally and sustainably wherever possible, and are happy to cater for vegan, vegetarian and special diets, having done so extensively for our students. Our menus are updated seasonally and we
- [Public Speaking with Alison Skilbeck](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/public-speaking-with-alison-skilbeck/) - Does public speaking fill you with fear? The fear of public speaking (also known as glossophobia) is widespread, even amongst those who have to do it regularly. The Skills Hub offers a practical workshop to help conquer your nerves and build confidence in presenting yourself, whether in tutorials, interviews or the workplace. Our speaker, actress
- [Emergency Procedure](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/college-policies/emergency-procedure-following-an-incident/) - In the event of an emergency incident such as a firearms attack, the government advice is to 'Run, Hide, Tell'. This is outlined in detail in the following videos, which we encourage all students and staff to watch. Run, Hide, Tell 1 Run, Hide, Tell 2 Run, Hide, Tell 3
- [MCR Membership](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-mcr/mcr-membership/) - Full Membership of the Middle Common Room All Somerville students registered for a postgraduate course at the College are automatically made Full Members of the MCR. Full membership is also granted to: Students studying graduate-entry medicine; Students registered for a second undergraduate degree; Any mature student at the College, having been 21 or over at
- [The Somervillian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-hilary-2024/)
- [Staff Feedback Form](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/quick-links/staff-feedback-form/) - Current staff of Somerville College are invited to leave their anonymous feedback via the form below. Submissions will be reviewed regularly, and feedback will be shared and discussed with relevant colleagues where appropriate. Thank you.
- [Current Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/)
- [Treasurer and Domestic Bursar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/treasurer-and-domestic-bursar/) - Somerville College is seeking an outstanding Treasurer and Domestic Bursar to lead its financial and operational endeavours. Responsible for the management and administration of all financial, estates, human resource and operational issues affecting the College, they will have oversight of the inner-most workings of the College and be responsible for ensuring that there are excellent
- [Funds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/funding-and-opportunities/awards-for-travel-projects-internships-and-personal-development/funds/) - Thanks to the generosity of our alumni and supporters, we are able to make awards from a number of smaller funds. There is no separate application process for these funds. Instead students should apply for the listed award. If you have any queries, please email the Scholarships and Funding Officer. [table id=18 responsive=scroll]
- [1973 Golden Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/1973-golden-reunion/)
- [Somervillian Newsletter Trinity 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-trinity-2023/)
- [Uphold Academic Excellence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/our-fundraising-priorities/uphold-academic-excellence/) - Our academics are the intellectual foundation on which College life is built, and Somerville is committed to providing an environment which nurtures and supports them. This includes securing vulnerable posts; providing funding, opportunities and resources for early career academics; providing administrative support and funding research leave. In order to attract the most academically excellent students, we
- [The Savitribai Phule Scholarship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/our-fundraising-priorities/the-savitribai-phule-scholarship/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development seeks support for a groundbreaking scholarship to support the next generation of leaders from India's marginalised communities. We are passionate about advocating for students from Dalit, Adivasi, and other underrepresented backgrounds and providing them with a platform to change the world. Our aim is to establish three fully-funded
- [The Academic Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/the-academic-office/) - The Academic Office is responsible for organising and managing the academic life of Somerville’s students, from undergraduate admissions through to graduation ceremonies, alongside our colleagues working in access and outreach, and student funding. In the first instance, please contact academic.office@some.ox.ac.uk with your enquiries. You can also call in to House 8 between 9am-12pm and 2-5pm
- [The Academic Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/undergraduate/the-academic-office/) - From your first visit as an applicant to the day when you graduate, the Academic Office will play a key role in your time at Somerville. Led by the Senior Tutor, our friendly and supportive team will oversee every aspect of your academic life. The Academic Office team is here to help with the small
- [Thatcher Development Awards](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/development-awards/) - Open to all students of Somerville, the Thatcher Development Awards offer up to £2,000 to enable students to pursue an innovative project with wider social benefits that facilitates personal growth and has a positive impact on others. Designed to give students at any stage of their studies the financial backing to pursue an innovative idea,
- [Year Abroad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/academic-information-for-undergraduates/year-abroad/) - Somerville is still here for you when you are on a year abroad, and we will always be happy to hear from you. We know that it can be daunting to go abroad for a year, but we hope that it will be a rewarding part of your studies. The University Study abroad web page
- [The Shirley Williams Fellowship in Politics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/support/our-fundraising-priorities/the-shirley-williams-fellowship-in-politics/) - Following the sad death of Shirley Williams in April 2021, the Principal and Fellows of Somerville College are seeking to ensure the preservation of her legacy by endowing the Politics fellowship in her name. Often described as the best prime minister Britain never had, Shirley Williams was both a model politician and human being. Her
- [Mary Somerville: Correspondence of a 19th Century Scientist](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/mary-somerville-correspondence-of-a-19th-century-scientist/)
- [Postgraduate Courses](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduate/postgraduate-courses/) - Graduate programmes are generally more individualised than at undergraduate level, and are overseen by the student’s supervisor or course director at their department or faculty. Graduate students also have a college affiliation, including a college adviser, who will be a Somerville Fellow in your subject. For this reason, and to ensure that students benefit from
- [Selection](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/centres-research/the-margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust/selection/) - To be considered for any of the Thatcher Scholarships, applicants must first be accepted onto a course by the University of Oxford through the usual admissions process (undergraduate admissions or graduate admissions). Outstanding current undergraduates will be considered for a retroactive Thatcher Scholarship following their first public examinations. Scholarships are tenable at Somerville College only.
- [Residence Requirements](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/residence-requirements/) - Oxford has specific residence requirements for students. In order to be deemed eligible for an Oxford degree, students must usually reside within 25 miles of Carfax, a historic tower in the centre of the city, for a prescribed number of academic terms (although this requirement has been relaxed for some terms during the coronavirus pandemic).
- [Add Us To Your Address Book - Instructions](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/add-us-to-your-address-book-instructions/) - Please find below instructions on how to add Somerville College email addresses to your inbox. Outlook – Desktop Version Open your email from Somerville Navigate to and click on the ‘Message’ tab in the Home menu at the top of your screen Scroll down the vertical menu and click ‘Add sender to contacts’ Outlook –
- [Somervillian Newsletter Hilary 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/alumni/publications/the-somervillian/somervillian-newsletter-hilary-2023/)
- [Table of Data Collected](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/about/policies-finances/privacy-foi/privacy-notice/table-of-data-collected/) - Please find below the complete list of different types of personal data that we will process depending on your interaction with us. Return to the Privacy Notice
- [Fees and Funding](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/current-students/information-for-students/academic-information-for-undergraduates/fees-and-funding/) - As part of our 360-degree commitment to student wellbeing, Somerville College has evolved into one of the most generous colleges in Oxford in terms of the financial support we offer. This support is available to prospective and current students, and covers everything from academic achievement to wellbeing, music and travel projects. Please click on the
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- [OICSD Newsletter: December 2022](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/oicsd-newsletter-december-2022/) - Welcome to the latest issue of the OICSD newsletter featuring updates on our research, scholarships and seminars. It is that time of year again when we at the OICSD reflect on our lessons and achievements over the past months before we wind down for the end-of-year break. It has been a year of resuming our normal research
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## Events

- [Xand Van Tulleken - Make Me well](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/xand-van-tulleken-make-me-unwell/) - Make Me Well: A Quest to Understand the Confusing World of Wellness You are warmly invited to join us for an eye-opening book launch with Dr Xand van Tulleken (1996), at 2.30 pm, as he discusses his new book, Make Me Well: A Quest to Understand the Confusing World of Wellness. Dr Xand van Tulleken
- [Somerville London Group - Ukraine: Hopes and Fears](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-ukraine-hopes-and-fears/) - The Somerville London Group is delighted to host Luke Harding and Felicity Spector for a conversation on Ukraine, present and future, hopes and fears. Luke Harding reports on Ukraine for the Guardian and Felicity Spector (1985) for ITN. Both have visited Ukraine many times since the Russian invasion of 2022 and both have recently published
- [Family Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/family-day-2/) - We are looking forward to welcoming you and your family back to Somerville on Saturday 5th September for an afternoon of interactive games and workshops! From face painting to chocolate workshops, a climbing wall, and of course plenty of snow cones, there will be something for everyone to enjoy. In the spirit of inspiring the next
- [Gaudy: Matric 2008-2013](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/gaudy-matric-2008-2013/) - Alumni who matriculated between 2008 and 2013 are warmly invited to return to College to celebrate their Gaudy. Saturday 5 September 3.00pm Refreshments available 6.45pm Drinks Reception in Flora Anderson Hall or the College gardens (weather permitting) 7.30pm Formal Hall From 9.30pm Second dessert in terrace bar 12.00am Event concludes Sunday 6 September Checkout before 10.00am 10.00am –
- [1966 Diamond Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1966-diamond-reunion/) - All those who matriculated in 1966 are invited back to College on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September to celebrate their diamond reunion. We are looking forward to welcoming you back! B&B is available and bookable using the code ALUMNI1966. Please note: you will need to input this code before checking availability. If you would like
- [Alumni Formal Hall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-formal-hall-2/) - Booking is now open for this special Alumni Formal Hall in College which is open to Somervillians only. The evening will begin with a drinks reception from 6.30pm and conclude with a BOP in the Flora Anderson Hall after dinner. BOOK HERE: Somervillian BOOK HERE: Guest 6.30pm Drinks Reception in Flora Anderson Hall or the College gardens (weather
- [Lightroom London Networking Evening - David Bowie: You're Not Alone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/lightroom-london-networking-evening/) - Lightroom London is the home of immersive story-telling and working hand-in-hand with artistic talents across art, music, film, fashion, science and more, it has reimagined what an immersive experience can look like. With thanks to historian and curator Tommy Wide (2003, Classics and Oriental Studies), alumni are invited to a private viewing of the latest exhibition, David
- [Women, Caste, Tribe and Urban Waste: The Physical and Social Toxicity of Waste Work](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/women-caste-tribe-and-urban-waste-the-physical-and-social-toxicity-of-shit-work/) - Date: Tuesday, June 7 Time: 5-6 pm UK time | In-person event Speaker: Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, University of Oxford Venue: Margaret Thatcher Centre, Somerville College ​ Register here Waste has arguably become the fastest growing sector of the Indian economy with no end to this growth in sight for the next century. How
- [Somerville Commemoration Service](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-commemoration-service/) - At 2.30pm on Saturday 11 June Somerville’s annual Commemoration Service will be held in the College Chapel, during which we shall be remembering all those alumni who have died during the past year. The Somerville College Commemoration Service is one of the most significant and moving events in the College calendar. All Somervillians are most
- [OICSD Research Showcase: Class, caste and gender in the Tamil Nadu countryside](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/oicsd-research-showcase/) - We’re back with the OICSD Research Showcase, where our scholars and affiliates present cutting-edge, interdisciplinary work in the fields of health, economics, ecology and politics. The showcase will begin with a keynote lecture by Emeritus Professor of Economics Judith Heyer, who will discuss her extensive work on the impact of economic development on villages in western Tamil
- [Trespasser Syndrome in a Profession Full of Privilege: Leslie Thomas KC In Conversation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/trespasser-syndrome-in-a-profession-full-of-privilege-leslie-thomas-kc-in-conversation/) - We are delighted to welcome Professor Leslie Thomas KC to Somerville for a special in-conversation event with our Professorial Fellow in Law, Professor Iyiola Solanke. The event is titled 'Trespasser Syndrome in a Profession Full of Privilege' and will comprise an interview plus readings from Professor Thomas’ 2022 autobiography ‘Do Right and Fear No One.’
- [SLG Reception with Catherine Royle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/slg-reception-with-catherine-royle/) - At the start of November, alumni across all generations gathered in the Victorian Gothic surroundings of the Court Room at St Andrew, Holborn for a reception to welcome Somerville’s new Principal, Catherine Royle, to the London alumni community.
- [Somerville London Group Carol Concert at Temple Church](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-carol-concert-at-temple-church/) - We returned to the medieval splendour of Temple Church for our 2025 Carol Concert. As ever, the voices of the choir, conducted by William Dawes, Director of Chapel Music, and the music of organists, Alfred Kelsey and William Morrison, were truly sublime. The concert opened with Gitanjali Chants and then with choir and congregation singing Once
- [Somerville London Group Spitalfields Walk](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-spitalfields-walk/) - At the end of April 2022, our guide Marilyn Collis led a fascinating stroll around the transformed streets of Spitalfields. She took us back to the earliest use of the fields outside the City of London where the hospital would dispose of the deceased, hence 'spitalfields. The old market is now a thriving area
- [Alison Wolf: Expanding Universities and Expanding Women’s Opportunities](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alison-wolf-expanding-universities-and-expanding-womens-opportunities/) - After two years of virtual meetings, the SLG was delighted to hold a live event on 28th February. The President of the Somerville Association, Baroness Alison Wolf (1967, PPE) spoke on “Expanding Universities and Expanding Women’s Opportunities: Does One depend on the other and can the future bring more of the same?” Alison began with
- [Somerville London Group Event – Alexander Starritt: On the Wrong Side of History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-event-alexander-starritt-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/) - We were delighted to welcome Alexander Starritt (History and Mod. Lang, 2004) for an in-conversation event with Sarah Wyles (née Ryle, Modern History, 1987) about his new book, We Germans. Alex is a novelist, journalist and entrepreneur. His first novel, The Beast, a loving satire of Britain’s tabloid newspapers, was published in 2017. The Spectator named it
- [A Walk Around Mayfair](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/a-walk-around-mayfair/) - What a delight to join an “in-person” Somerville London Group event – a guided walk through the fabulous district of Mayfair in the entertaining company of our guide, Marilyn Collis. Fifteen resilient souls joined Marilyn and were rewarded with beautiful early evening sunshine and mild temperatures, a two hour stroll and refreshing drinks at the
- [Professor Ann Oakley on The Perils of Wifehood](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/professor-ann-oakley-on-the-perils-of-wifehood/) - On 8 July, the London Group (by Crowdcast and with a large and wide international audience) returned to the theme of women written out of history with Professor Ann Oakley speaking about the 'Forgotten Wives' of her latest book: Mary Booth, Charlotte Shaw, Jeannette Tawney and Janet Beveridge. Their stories and how they have been
- [Hidden from History: Harriet Taylor and John Stuart-Mill – the love affair that made modern liberalism](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/hidden-from-history-harriet-taylor-and-john-stuart-mill-the-love-affair-that-made-modern-liberalism/) - At the start of June, the SLG was joined by journalist and writer Ian Dunt, who spoke about Harriet and John: that is, Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill. Theirs was a passionate and complicated romance - Harriet was married to another for all but the last decade of her life and very conscious of
- [Cultivating a Balanced Mind with Dr Clara Seeger](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cultivating-a-balanced-mind-with-dr-clara-seeger/) - Just a year into lockdown life, a time when many of us may feel at least a different kind of balance in our lives and in the world around us, the Somerville London Group hosted Cultivating a Balanced Mind: An Art and a Science, with Dr Clara Seeger (Modern Languages, 1987). After modern languages academia,
- [Working Through Conflict with Baroness Ruth Hunt](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/working-through-conflict-with-baroness-ruth-hunt/) - We were delighted to welcome Baroness Ruth Hunt, former CEO of Stonewall, for a fascinating and thought-provoking evening on the theme of 'Working Through Conflict – Social Change in the 21st Century. Drawing on her career as CEO of Stonewall between 2014 and 2019 and as co-founder and co-director of Deeds & Words, a consultancy for change
- [Julie Summers on Audrey Withers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/julie-summers-on-audrey-withers/) - The Somerville London Group held its second online meeting on Wednesday 18 November. The Principal welcomed over 100 guests to Dressed for War: The Story of Audrey Withers by Julie Summers. Julie has written thirteen books and her biography of Somervillian and Vogue Editor, Audrey Withers is her latest. Born in Manchester in 1905 to
- [Clare Hastings on Anne Scott-James](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/clare-hastings-on-anne-scott-james/) - For the London Group’s first online event, Clare Hastings spoke of her mother, Anne Scott-James: pioneering journalist, author, gardener, Somervillian (if somewhat in two minds about the experience), but not a feminist (although she expected to be treated as an equal). Clare’s book, Hold the Front Page, reproduces many of Anne‘s writings from her heyday
- [Tulips, Old Flames and Feathers!](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/tulips-old-flames-and-feathers/) - A story of English and Dutch tulips We are delighted to invite you to the next Alumni Gardening Network event at Somerville College, when we will welcome Teresa Clements (Moylan, Zoology 1974) for a fascinating talk exploring one of our best-loved spring flowers. This will be in the Margaret Thatcher Centre and will start at
- [Somerville Creates: a Celebration of Somervillian Writing](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-creates/) - Somerville writers are renowned all over the world and on Saturday 23 November we plan to celebrate - and perhaps stimulate - Somervillian creativity. Alumni are invited to spend the day in the company of established and up-and-coming Somerville authors, and to meet others interested in reading and/or writing fiction. There will be talks about
- [1976 Golden Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1976-golden-reunion/) - Autumn 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of your arrival as Freshers at Somerville in 1976. We are celebrating this milestone with a Golden Reunion in College and we would love to see you. The reunion is a chance to catch up with those you knew at College and to meet properly those you did not.
- [Commemoration Service 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/commemoration-service-2026/) - On 13th June Somerville’s annual Commemoration Service will be held in the College Chapel at 2.30 pm, during which we will remember all those alumni and Fellows of whose death we have been informed during the past year. We have reached capacity for in-person attendance in the Chapel, but if you have a specific
- [1986 Ruby Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1986-ruby-reunion/) - We are very pleased to invite all those who matriculated in 1986 to return to Somerville for a 40th reunion lunch on Saturday 19 September 2026. In this special year, come back to College and meet your fellow students, whether or not you knew them at the time. After drinks from 12.30pm, we will hold a
- [1996 Reunion Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1996-reunion-lunch/) - We are very pleased to invite all those who matriculated in 1996 to return to Somerville for a 30th reunion lunch on Saturday 19 September 2026. In this special year, come back to College and meet your fellow students, whether or not you knew them at the time. After drinks from 12.30pm, we will hold a
- [VIIIs Dinner 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/viiis-dinner-2026/) - We are delighted to invite our rowing alumni to the annual Somerville VIIIs Dinner, a special event for Somerville College Boat Club alumni to reconnect, reminisce, and celebrate with our current students! Time: Optional Drinks Reception at 6:30 pm (Tickets to be purchased separately), Dinner 8 pm Location: Somerville College Dress code: Formal, red and
- [The James Bryce Memorial Lecture 2026 with Dame Karen Pierce](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-bryce-lecture-2026-with-dame-karen-pierce/) - We are immensely fortunate to have the opportunity of welcoming Dame Karen Pierce as our speaker for the return of the James Bryce Memorial Lecture. Dame Karen Pierce has garnered a number of firsts in the course of her stellar diplomatic career. She currently serves as the first female special envoy to the Western Balkans,
- [Art History Network talk: Oxford's Eighteenth-Century Architecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/art-history-network-talk-oxfords-eighteenth-century-architecture/) - The alumni Art History Network is very pleased to welcome back to College local expert in architectural history and Somervillian, Dr William Aslet (History, 2013) on Sunday 10 May. Do sign up below to join us for his talk, entitled 'James Gibbs and the Creation of Eighteenth-Century Oxford'. The Radcliffe Camera is one of Oxford’s
- [Somerville College Choir Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-college-choir-reunion-2026/) - The next reunion of the College Choir will take place in College on Sunday 19 April 2026. The event will be an opportunity to get back together to sing, chat, laugh, eat, drink, and make merry. All former members of the Choir and their guests are welcome to join us for some or all of
- [Reunion Dinner: 1995, 2005 and 2015](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/reunion-dinner-1995-2005-and-2015/) - Somerville’s alumni team is very pleased to invite all those who matriculated in 1995, 2005 or 2015 back to College to celebrate their decade anniversaries with us on Saturday 11th April. After drinks from 6.30pm, we will hold a special celebratory dinner in Hall, where you will join with alumni from 1995 and 2005 to
- ['Libraries and Warfare: Loss, Loot and Restitution' by Alice Prochaska](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-talk-by-alice-prochaska/) - Over 70 Somervillians and their guests attended the sold-out talk by former principal Alice Prochaska at the Oxford & Cambridge Club on 4th February where she delivered a fascinating talk on Libraries and Warfare: Loss, Loot and Restitution. Alice identified the Second World War as a turning point in European and American attitudes to the
- [College Garden Tour 2026 - Somerville and Trinity](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/college-garden-tour-2026-somerville-and-trinity/) - Last year's College Garden Tour saw members of the Somerville Alumni Gardening Network visit Worcester College, as well as looking at our own gardens, in June. This year, we're moving the event to April, to see gardens at their spring best, and as well as Somerville, we'll be visiting Trinity College. We'll meet in College
- [Penrose Society Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/penrose-society-lunch/) - The Penrose Society was established to thank those who have kindly included Somerville in their wills. Events are held annually on the fourth Saturday in May and all legators are invited to attend with a guest. The programme is as follows: 11:30 Drinks on arrival in the Brittain Williams Room
- [Alumni Gardening Network visit to Gresgarth Hall Gardens](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-gardening-network-visit-to-gresgarth-hall-gardens/) - We are very pleased to invite you to our alumni Gardening Network's first regional visit, and hope you'll be able to join us for an afternoon at Gresgarth Hall Gardens in Lancashire. The garden was created by Arabella Lennox-Boyd, is one of the foremost garden designers in the world, who has created some of the
- [Memorial For Barbara Harvey](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/memorial-for-barbara-harvey/) - On Sunday 22 March 2026, Somerville College will hold a memorial to celebrate the life of Barbara Harvey CBE FBA. All former students, colleagues, and friends are welcome to join us in Chapel at 2.30pm, and for tea afterwards. Please sign up below if you plan to join us. Booking is now closed - For
- [History Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/history-day/) - We are pleased to invite all History alumni back to College to find out more about Somerville's current research and to celebrate the endowment of the Liz Cooke Fellowship in the subject. The following programme gives the structure of the afternoon and evening. From 1.30 Arrival in Brittain-Williams Room with coffee/biscuits 2pm Research Session 1 in
- [Somerville College of Sanctuary Concert](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sanctuary-concert/) - Since becoming one of the UK’s first Colleges of Sanctuary in 2021, Somerville has continued its long-standing commitment, dating back to the 1930s, to supporting sanctuary-seeking students and academics. Through the Sanctuary Scholarship Programme, the College has welcomed twenty-nine scholars from regions including Ukraine, Sudan, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The programme offers fully funded postgraduate places,
- [Spring Meeting 2026: How Russia Sees the World](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/spring-meeting-2026/) - The Somerville Association AGM and Spring Meeting will take place on Saturday 14th March and we are particularly delighted to announce our guest speakers this year are former Chief Historian of the FCOGill Bennett OBE (1969, History) and Sir John Scarlett KCMG, Former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service of the United Kingdom. They will
- [Medics' Day 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/medics-day-4/) - Through the Crystal Ball: The Three Shifts Reshaping Our NHS? Hospital to Community, Analogue to Digital and Treatment to Prevention Our annual Medics’ Day will be held on Saturday 7th March 2026. Hospital->Community, Analogue->Digital, Treatment->Prevention These three shifts sit at the heart of the UK Government’s NHS 10 Year Health Plan for England. But what
- ['Behind the Lines' Live: The Sanctuary Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/behind-the-lines-live-the-sanctuary-scholars/) - The Principal of Somerville College is delighted to invite members of Somerville College and the wider University to a live recording of Arthur Snell’s geopolitics podcast Behind the Lines. This special episode of the podcast will feature members of the Somerville College sanctuary community whose lives and work have been shaped by conflict and its
- [Supporters' Lunch 2026](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/supporters-lunch-2026/) - We look forward to hosting our annual Supporters' Lunch to thank donors to Somerville on Saturday, 7th February 2026. The programme for the day is as follows: 11:00am Four of our Junior Research Fellows and an Early Career Researcher in English will showcase their research in Flora Anderson Hall. To view their profiles, please click
- [Somerville College Choir: St John Passion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-college-choir-st-john-passion/) - Somerville College Choir's biennial performance of this extraordinary work is always performed to a full house, rightly gaining attention for the high quality of music making, and the opportunity for members of the choir to sing the solo roles. Do join us for our first concert with the Oxford Bach Soloists and this highlight for
- [Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture 2026: Georgina Ferry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dorothy-hodgkin-memorial-lecture-2026-georgina-ferry/) - Join Principal Catherine Royle on Tuesday 10th March 2026, as she welcomes alumni, students and friends to the annual Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture. This year, we are privileged to welcome for the event the noted science writer Georgina Ferry for her lecture entitled 'An exemplary life: the scientific and humanitarian legacy of Dorothy Crowfoot
- [Anna Beer and The Death of an Englishman](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sundays-at-somerville-8-june-anna-beer/) - We are very pleased to welcome Dr Anna Beer to Somerville. A Fellow, and formerly Director of the Creative Writing MSt at Kellogg College in Oxford, Anna has recently brought out her first book of detective fiction, set in the city: Death of an Englishman: An Oxford Mystery. Her protagonist, literary detective Eve Brook, is clearly destined to
- [Somerville Alumni Carol Concert 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-alumni-carol-concert-2/) - Our annual alumni carol concert will take place in the college chapel on 8 December. There is no charge, and all are welcome. The concert will be followed by a festive drinks reception with mulled wine and mince pies for attendees. Everyone coming to the carol concert is also welcome to attend the talk by
- [Thanksgiving conversation with the Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/37663/) - Join us for an exclusive Thanksgiving conversation with our new Principal, Catherine Royle, as she shares her journey, leadership philosophy, and vision for Somerville’s future. This event is for our valued alumni in the US. Time: 5pm (GMT), 12pm (EST), 9am (PDT) Location: Online via Zoom (link will be shared after registration) We hope you’ll
- [Vera Brittain's Early Life: Foundations of a Feminist Wife, Mother and Grandmother](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/vera-brittains-early-life-the-shaping-of-a-feminist-wife-mother-and-grandmother/) - On Saturday 15 November, you are invited to find out more about one of Somerville's best-known early alumnae, Vera Brittain. Best known for her ground-breaking First World War memoir, Testament of Youth, published in 1933, the feminist and pacifist campaigner Vera Brittain is one of the twentieth century’s most significant literary and political figures. In
- [Cities at the Forefront: Solutions to Address Identity-Based Mass Violence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cities-at-the-forefront-solutions-to-address-identity-based-mass-violence/) - Somerville College's British Academy Research Fellow Dr Ammar Azzouz is organising a special panel event to celebrate the launch of Identity-Based Mass Violence in Urban Contexts: Uncovered, an exciting new, multi-authored volume addressing global trends in mass urban-based violence and how to confront them. The Book Across the United Kingdom and around the world, people
- [Jane Austen and Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/jane-austen-and-somerville/) - Bookings for this event have now closed. We are delighted to welcome a range of writers and academics to our own celebration of Jane Austen's 250th anniversary, and to invite you to join us! Many of you will have read the interview with our keynote speaker, Professor Kathryn Sutherland, in the recent Somerville Magazine, and will
- [Art History Network visit to Sainsbury Wing](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/art-history-network-visit-to-sainsbury-wing/) - After the launch of our alumni Art History Network in July, we are delighted to invite Somervillians to join us for a private tour of the newly hung Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery. The event will begin at 11:30am Wednesday 5th November. There are only 13 places available for this event so please make sure
- [Cedar Circle - Meet The New Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cedar-circle-meet-the-new-principal/) - We are delighted to invite our regular supporters to the annual Cedar Circle event, an exclusive opportunity to recognise and celebrate your valued support of Somerville. This year's event will be held virtually on Monday, 17th November from 5:15pm – 6:15pm. This year's event will be an opportunity to hear from the new
- [Alumni Talk at the Sir John Moore Foundation Museum in Leicestershire](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-talk-at-the-sir-john-moore-foundation-museum-in-derbyshire/) - On Sunday 23rd November, we are delighted to invite Somerville alumni to join us for a special visit to the Sir John Moore Foundation Museum in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire. Find out more about this special building from Sally Lowe (English, 1997), the Museum's Manager. On Sunday 23rd November, at 2pm, she will give a talk
- [Archive of the Laura Liswood Council of Women World Leaders: Official Opening](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/archive-of-the-council-of-women-world-leaders-official-opening/) - We are excited to share with you an invitation to the launch event on Friday 17th October 2025 of a new archive that will reside at Somerville College. The Laura Liswood Archive of Women World Leaders is an important resource documenting the evolution of the world’s only organisation dedicated solely to elevating the experiences and
- [Sundays at Somerville: Jane Robinson and Trailblazer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sundays-at-somerville-jane-robinson-and-trailblazer/) - We are delighted to welcome Jane Robinson (English, 1978) to talk about her most recent book, Trailblazer, a life of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, the first feminist to change our world. Professional artist Barbara Bodichon fought for equal opportunity in the workplace, the law, the polling booth, at home, and in the world beyond
- [Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture 2025: Building Mental Health Systems for Generation Alpha with Professor Mina Fazel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/monica-fooks-memorial-lecture-2025-building-mental-health-systems-for-generation-alpha-with-professor-mina-fazel/) - Join us on Tuesday 4th November for the latest of our annual lectures on mental health, featuring guest speaker Professor Mina Fazel, by completing the sign up form below. The Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture was established in 2002 at Somerville College, in memory of Monica, the daughter and sister, respectively, of Jean
- [The Shadow Scholars: A Screening for Black History Month](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-shadow-scholars-a-screening-for-black-history-month/) - How would you feel knowing the person sitting next to you bought their degree? That’s the incendiary question our Senior Research Fellow Professor Patricia Kingori asks in new documentary “The Shadow Scholars”. And we are delighted to announce that, for Black History Month 2025, Somerville College will welcome Professor Kingori and award-winning filmmaker Eloise King
- [Drayton and Mackenzie: Alex Starritt in conversation with Rebecca Jones](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/drayton-and-mackenzie-alex-starritt-in-conversation-with-rebecca-jones/) - This year's informal networking event for recent Somerville graduates and new alumni will feature Alex Starritt (History and Mod. Langs.) and Rebecca Jones (History) Please join us on Tuesday 23rd September from 6.30pm for what promises to be a lively discussion about Alex's new book Drayton and Mackenzie. We will be hosted, once again, by Dan Mobley (1994,
- [Marian Dawkins Celebration](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/marian-dawkins/) - Join us for lunch and an afternoon of lively discussion in celebration of Marian Dawkins's 80th Birthday. If you would like to come to this event but need help with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the Senior Members Fund for financial assistance (applications to Lisa Gygax: lisa.gygax@some.ox.ac.uk) Programme: 12.30pm Drinks Reception
- [1985 Ruby Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1985-ruby-reunion/) - 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of your arrival as freshers at Somerville and we would be delighted if you could join us for a buffet lunch on Saturday 20th September to celebrate this milestone. Many of you may also book to join us for the Alumni Formal Hall on the evening of 20th and we hope you might
- [Alumni Formal Hall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-formal-hall/) - This year's Alumni Formal Hall will be a celebration of the arrival of our new Principal, Catherine Royle (1982, PPE) 6.45pm Drinks Reception in Flora Anderson Hall or the College gardens (weather permitting) 7.30pm Formal Hall From 9.30pm Bop in Flora Anderson Hall 12.00am Event concludes The Dinner is open to Somervillians and guests.B&B is available and bookable using the code
- [Jan's Farewell Gaudy Saturday 6th September](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/jans-farewell-gaudy-saturday-6th-september/) - Alumni who matriculated from 2014 onwards are warmly invited to return to College to celebrate Jan's Principalship of Somerville. 3.00pm Refreshments available in MSR 6.45pm Drinks Reception in Flora Anderson Hall or the College gardens (weather permitting) 7.30pm Formal Hall From 9.30pm Bop in Flora Anderson Hall 12.00am Event concludes Booking is now closed The Formal Gaudy Dinner is
- [1965 Diamond Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1965-diamond-reunion/) - We are looking forward to welcoming you back for your Reunion! B&B is available and bookable using the code SOME1965. Please note: you will need to input this code before checking availability. If you would like to come to the reunion but need help with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the Senior Members
- [1975 Golden Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1975-golden-reunion/) - Autumn 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of your arrival as Freshers at Somerville in 1975. We are celebrating this milestone with a Golden Reunion in College and we would love to see you. Please spread the word to any of your contemporaries who may not be on email, or not in touch with the College at
- [A summer afternoon tea in Newcastle](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/a-summer-afternoon-tea-in-newcastle/) - Bookings for this event have now closed On Sunday 20 July, Jackie Watson invites Somervillians and their guests to join her for afternoon tea at Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle. We will meet at 2pm in the John Dobson Room so that you can meet other alumni from the North East informally. The room has its
- [Edinburgh Event - Women's history walking tour and afternoon tea](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/edinburgh-event-womens-history-walking-tour-and-afternoon-tea/) - Bookings for this event have now closed. On Saturday 19th July, Somervillians are invited to join us in Edinburgh. We will meet at 12pm with Ruth Boreham, who will guide us through Scotland's capital showing us the city's alternative - female - history. An Edinburgh resident, experienced tour guide, and fount of local knowledge, Ruth
- [Teachers' Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/teachers-day/) - We are very pleased to invite all Somervillian alumni who work in teaching or wider education to our Teachers’ Day on 1st July. We’re delighted that Somerville alumna Barbara Bleiman has agreed to be our keynote speaker. Barbara is an author, an education adviser and Co-Director of the English and Media Centre, a development centre
- [Commemoration Service 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/commemoration-service-2/) - On 14th June Somerville’s annual Commemoration Service was held in the College Chapel, during which we remembered all those alumni who died during the past year. The link to watch the recording of the service is here. You can also view the Order of Service here 2025 Commemorations The alumnae below, along with two
- [Yorkshire Alumni - Lunch and gallery tour](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/yorkshire-alumni-lunch-and-gallery-tour/) - On Sunday 22 June, Jackie Watson invites Somervillians and their guests to join her at the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. We will meet at 2pm for a wine reception and you can meet other Yorkshire alumni informally. Then at 3pm there will be a tour of the galleries looking at the life and
- [Jaipur Literature Festival - Special Oxford Session](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/jaipur-literature-festival-special-oxford-session/) - The Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) comes to Oxford for the very first time, with a special session hosted by the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development. We are pleased to welcome Malvika Singh, publisher of Seminar and author of “Saris of Memory”, for a conversation that weaves together questions of aesthetics, identity, and politics through
- [Lyme Regis: Fiona Stafford on Jane Austen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/lyme-regis-fiona-stafford-on-jane-austen/) - We are very pleased to announce a very special event to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, as we visit the beautiful Lyme Regis, on the Dorset coast - a setting used famously by Austen in Persuasion. Somerville English Fellow Fiona Stafford is a world expert on Austen and her work, and
- [Penrose Society Concert & Lunch 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/penrose-society-lunch-2025/) - Penrose Society Concert & Lunch 2025 Event Start Date: 24 May 2025. Join us for the concert from 12:00 – 16:00 followed by tea. Members of the Penrose Society are warmly invited to our annual Penrose Society event in College. The event will include a guest lecture on Mary Somerville, a musical performance on our
- [Sundays at Somerville: Daniel Yon and A Trick of the Mind](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sundays-at-somerville-25-may-daniel-yon/) - Bookings for this event have now closed. We are delighted to help Daniel Yon (Experimental Psychology, 2010) celebrate the publication of his first book! Daniel Yon and A Trick of The Mind How does your brain decide what it’s seeing, from the physical world to other people? For decades, scientists have tried to understand
- [OICSD Book Talk: Women and the Sikh Diaspora: Music and Mobility Across the Seven Seas](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/oicsd-book-talk-women-and-the-sikh-diaspora-music-and-mobility-across-the-seven-seas/) - OICSD BOOK TALK "Women and the Sikh Diaspora: Music and Mobility Across the Seven Seas" Dr Nicole Ranganath in conversation with Dr Priya Atwal Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with Prof. Nicole Ranganath as she discusses her acclaimed new book, Women and the Sikh Diaspora: Music and Mobility Across the Seven Seas, with Dr
- [Somerville Gardening Network](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-gardening-network-2/) - Somerville's new Alumni Gardening Network was launched with Timothy Walker's well-attended, hybrid talk in February. Lots of Somervillians love gardening - and we'll be organising more talks and visits as time goes on. If you would like to be connected with Clare Latham (PPE 1985), who chairs the network, if you have ideas or expertise
- [Rights in Crisis: A Theatre of Death: Assessing the Death Penalty in India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/rights-in-crisis-a-theatre-of-death-assessing-the-death-penalty-in-india/) - Rights in Crisis: A Theatre of Death: Assessing the Death Penalty in India (in collaboration with the Oxford Human Rights Hub) In our second conversation for the Rights in Crisis, we will be hosting Prof. Anup Surendranath and Prof. Jon Yorke to discuss the death penalty in India. Professor Anup Surendranath is the Executive Director
- [Khushwant Singh Literature Festival](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/khushwant-singh-literature-festival/) - Khushwant Singh Literature Festival Matt Ridley on “Birds, Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin’s Strangest Idea” (2025) Keshava Guha on “The Tiger’s Share” (2025) The OICSD is hosting a special evening as a part of the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival (KSLF). The KSLF began in the mountains of Kasauli, India 13 years ago, where the iconoclast
- [In Between Climate Chaos and War](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/in-between-climate-chaos-and-war/) - In Between Climate Chaos and War (part of the “Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit” hosted by the University of Oxford and United Nations Human Rights) The Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit will be held by The University of Oxford and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- [India in Focus : OICSD Research Showcase on Education, Health, Labour and Biodiversity](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/india-in-focus-oicsd-research-showcase-on-education-health-labour-and-biodiversity/) - In this edition of the OICSD Research Showcase, we will feature presentations from a wider OICSD network of students working on issues of sustainable development with a focus on India. Full set of presentations will be announced a week before the event. Watch this space for updates. REGISTER HERE
- [Space for the Future: Navigating Sustainability in Outer Space](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/space-for-the-future-navigating-sustainability-in-outer-space/) - As satellite technologies and space exploration expand, the need for sustainable practices has never been more urgent. Join us for an engaging discussion on the United Nations’ Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, a landmark framework shaping how we use and govern space responsibly. This conversation brings together leading voices in the
- [VIIIs Dinner 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/viiis-dinner-2025/) - We are delighted to invite our rowing alumni to the annual Somerville VIIIs Dinner, a special event for Somerville College Boat Club alumni to reconnect, reminisce, and celebrate with our current students! Event Details: Date: Saturday, 31st May 2025 Time: Drinks Reception 7:30pm, Dinner 8pm Location: Somerville College Dress code: Formal, red and black encouraged!
- [Book Launch: Erased – A History of International Thought Without Men](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/book-launch-erased-a-history-of-international-thought-without-men/) - Somervillians are warmly invited to join Professor Patricia Owens for the launch of her new book Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. In Erased, Professor Owens tells readers how International Relations, a field built on the intellectual labour and expertise of women, nonetheless sought to erase women from its history. Examining the roles
- [Sundays at Somerville: Jackie Watson and the Murder of a Middle Templar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sundays-at-somerville-murder-of-a-middle-templar/) - You are warmly invited to join us for the first in a new series of talks at College: Somerville on Sunday. Jackie Watson (English, 1986), our Alumni Relations Officer, will repeat for Oxford alumni the talk, held in London last July, entitled Murder of a Middle Templar: why did Sir Thomas Overbury die? Jackie gained her PhD
- [Sundays at Somerville: Susan Owens and the launch of the Alumni Art History Network](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-art-history-network/) - We are delighted to be launching a Somerville Art History Network for alumni (similar in form to the Somerville Gardening Network, launched in February), and who better to launch this than Dr Susan Owens (English, 1990). Her talk will be entitled 'A Year with Constable'. Susan Owens spent January to December of 2024 writing a book
- [Multidisciplinary Mill(s) Conference](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/multidisciplinary-mills-conference/) - 2025 Multidisciplinary Mill(s) Conference We invite you to join us at Somerville College for this one-day conference dedicated to the ideas and influence of all the Mills: John Stuart Mill, James Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill and Helen Taylor. The conference builds upon the success of the John Stuart Mill annual lecture hosted by Somerville College
- [Lightroom London Networking Evening](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/vogue-inventing-the-runway/) - Lightroom London is the home of immersive story-telling and working hand-in-hand with artistic talents across art, music, film, fashion, science and more, it has reimagined what an immersive experience can look like. With thanks to historian and curator Tommy Wide (2003, Classics and Oriental Studies), alumni are invited to a private viewing of the latest
- [1984 Ruby Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1984-ruby-reunion/) - Bookings for this event has now closed. Please email the Alumni Office if you have any queries. Autumn 2024 marked the 40th anniversary of your arrival as Freshers at Somerville in 1984. We are celebrating this milestone with a Ruby Reunion in College and we would love to see you! There will be afternoon tea
- [Spring Meeting 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/spring-meeting-3/) - Bookings for this event have now closed. For any queries, please email the Alumni Office. The Somerville Association AGM and Spring Meeting will take place on Saturday 15th March and this is a particularly special occasion as it is the last time when Jan Royall, who retires as Principal in the autumn, will preside over
- [Medics' Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/medics-day-3/) - Booking for this event has now closed. Please contact the Alumni Office if you have any queries. Thank you Trans-millennial Medicine: reflecting on change and looking to the future Our annual Medics' Day will be held on Saturday 8th March 2025. The theme of this year will be change. Using the example of the speciality
- [The 2025 John Stuart Mill Lecture: Professor Michele Moody-Adams](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-2025-john-stuart-mill-lecture-professor-michele-moody-adams/) - "Mill on the Complementarity of Permanence and Change" Prof. Michele Moody-Adams Joseph L. Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory, Department of Philosophy at Columbia University and Honorary Fellow of Somerville College Professor Moody-Adams’ paper will explore Mill’s claim that Jeremy Bentham and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were the two great “half-men” of
- [Celebration of Dame Janet Vaughan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/celebration-of-dame-janet-vaughan/) - As well as being an influential and much loved Principal of Somerville, Dame Janet was also an esteemed scientist and national figure. Following the publication of a biography in 2024, Bloomsbury, Belsen, Oxford: Janet Vaughan - Medical Pioneer, we are delighted to welcome the author, Sheena Evans. She will speak alongside writer, actress and alumna,
- [Supporters' Lunch 2025](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/supporters-lunch-2025/) - We have reached capacity for the Hall therefore bookings have now closed. If you would like to be put on a waiting list please email: alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk We are looking forward to hosting our annual Supporters’ Lunch to thank donors to Somerville on Saturday 8rd February 2025. The programme for the day is as follows: 11:00am A
- [Somerville Gardening Network](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-gardening-network/) - We are delighted to launch a new alumni project, that we hope will appeal to all those out there who love gardening, or enjoy admiring the gardening work of others! The Somerville gardening network is to connect gardeners (and would-be gardeners) of all ages and expertise through garden visits, talks, and the occasional masterclass. We envisage
- [Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture 2025: Dr Areej Abuhammad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dorothy-hodgkin-memorial-lecture-2025-professor-areej-abuhammad/) - Join us on 4th March 2025, when Dr Areej Abuhammad will deliver Somerville College’s annual Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture: Building Bridges in Science: A Journey Inspired by Dorothy Hodgkin’s Legacy. This lecture commemorates 80 years since Dorothy Hodgkin's groundbreaking determination of Penicillin's structure. Dr. Abuhammad is a Jordanian structural biologist dedicated to advancing global
- [Somerville City Group ONLINE: Kit Yates (2003, Maths) How to Expect the Unexpected](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/how-to-expect-the-unexpected/) - How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To Please join us for what promises to be a lively talk and Q&A with Kit Yates (2003, Maths) Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we have been trying to make predictions about what's in store for
- [Somerville London Group Carol Concert – All Saints, Margaret Street](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-carol-concert-all-saints-margaret-street/) - On a cold December evening Somervillians and guests gathered in, and filled, the magnificent high gothic church of All Saints, Margaret Street in the West End for the London Group’s annual carol concert. To start, the music of JS Bach and John Ireland played by the college’s Organ Scholars, and then the carols. The choir,
- [Alumni and Friends Carol Concert in College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-carol-concert-in-the-chapel/) - We are looking forward to hosting our annual Alumni and Friends Carol concert in the Chapel on Monday 9th December at 7.00pm There will be readings and music performed by the Somerville Choir and will be held in Somerville's chapel. The concert will be followed by light refreshments and the evening should finish by approximately
- [Sundays at Somerville: The Semi-Attached Life of Emily Eden (1797-1869)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sundays-at-somerville-the-semi-attached-life-of-emily-eden-1797-1869/) - The speaker for this Sundays at Somerville talk is Brigid Allen (1963), whose book, George and Emily Eden: Pride, Privilege, Empire and the Whigs, was published this year by Lutterworth Press. Somerville College – 2pm, Sunday 1 December In 1859 and 1860 Emily Eden published two novels: The Semi-Detached House, a contemporary comedy of manners,
- [Cedar Circle Webinar 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cedar-circle-webinar-2024/) - We are delighted to invite you to our annual Cedar Circle event, an exclusive opportunity to recognise and celebrate those who support Somerville with a regular gift. This year's event will be held virtually on Thursday, 21st November from 5:15pm – 6:15pm. We are thrilled to announce that the event will feature talks by two
- [Christmas Carols in the Chapel - College event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/christmas-carols-in-the-chapel-2/) - Join us for Christmas carols sung by the choir, as well as carols for everyone to sing. The carols will be followed by Michaelmas Dinner in Hall. This event is for members of Somerville College. Please fill in the form below to register for this event. Please note - your names will be on a
- [Christmas Carols in the Chapel - Public event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/christmas-carols-in-the-chapel/) - Join us for Christmas carols sung by the choir, as well as carols for everyone to sing. The carols will be followed by mince pies and mulled wine in the Flora Anderson Hall. This event is open to everyone including those outside of Somerville - all welcome! Please fill in the form below to register
- [Professor Iyiola Solanke's Inaugural Lecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/professor-iyiola-solankes-inaugural-lecture/) - Decolonising EU Law - Towards a Wiser and Wider European Union Professor Iyiola Solanke Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College Friday 29 November 2024 17:00 – 18:30 Abstract: A decolonial approach offers an exciting opportunity to highlight and disrupt euro-centrism in EU law in the past, present, and future. As well as excavating the life and
- [Philosophy Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/philosophy-day/) - From post-war Oxford moral philosophy to twenty-first century Ethics Join us for lunch and an afternoon of lively discussion in celebration of Lesley Brown's 80th Birthday. If you would like to come to this event but need help with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the Senior Members Fund for financial assistance
- [College Fireworks Night (inc. families)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/college-fireworks-night-inc-families-3/) - On Monday 4th November, students, fellows, and staff are invited to our annual fireworks night. Families are very welcome to attend, and a selection of snacks will be served.
- [Sexual Violence in India: The State of Legal Reforms](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/sexual-violence-in-india-the-state-of-legal-reforms/) - For the last few months, there has been a renewed focus on cases of sexual violence against women in India. The United Nations has designated 25th November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Mr Gopal Subramaniam, former Solicitor General of India and Somerville College’s Foundation Fellow will be in conversation
- [Mary Somerville Lecture 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/mary-somerville-lecture-2024/) - Join us for the Mary Somerville Lecture on Friday October 18th 2024 to help celebrate a very special year at Somerville. 2024 marks not only 30 years since the College went mixed, but also the beginning of our five-year countdown to Somerville’s 150th anniversary and our Principal Jan Royall’s last year in the role. To
- ['The Black Hunger' Book Launch with Nick Pullen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-black-hunger-book-launch-with-nick-pullen/) - Somerville Historian Nick Pullen (2008) returns to College to launch his debut novel, The Black Hunger. Please join us in the Mary Somerville room at 6pm, where Nick will be giving a short reading from his book, and refreshments will be available. This event is free and open to all. It is 1921. John Sackville,
- [OICSD Research Showcase - Michaelmas 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/oicsd-research-showcase-michaelmas-2024/) - The termly OICSD Research Showcase for Michaelmas Term 2024 will be on 15th November, Friday starting at 17:15. The full list of presenters will be announced on 1st November. Please follow this space for more details. Register to attend OICSD Research Showcase For any queries, write to us on oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk.
- [Sir Simon Russell Beale and Professor Emma Smith in conversation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/emma-smith-and-simon-russell-beale-in-conversation/) - Sir Simon Russell Beale and Professor Emma Smith A Piece of Work: Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories 3pm Afternoon Tea 3.45pm Event starts 5pm Drinks Reception Book Here Sir Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain’s most recognisable and well-loved actors and is the most recent recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from Somerville. He has played
- [Young Alumni Drinks at Diageo](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/28101/) - Please join us on Wednesday 2nd October from 6.30pm for an informal networking event for recent Somerville graduates and young alumni. We will be hosted by Dan Mobley (1994, PPE) at Diageo's Soho office, 16 Great Marlborough St, London W1F 7HS. This is an excellent opportunity to tap into the wealth of knowledge and experience
- [Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture 2024: Understanding Psychosis with Professor Belinda Lennox](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/monica-fooks-memorial-lecture-2024-understanding-psychosis-with-professor-belinda-lennox/) - Join us on Thursday 7th November for the latest of our annual lectures on mental health, featuring guest speaker Professor Belinda Lennox, by completing the sign up form below. The Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture was established in 2002 at Somerville College, in memory of Monica, the daughter and sister, respectively, of Jean and Carolyn
- [Spies, Lies & Deception](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/spies-lies-deception/) - Spies, Lies and Deception at the Imperial War Museum In April the Group was joined byGill Bennett (1969, History), Senior Associate Fellow of RUSI, former Chief Historian of The Foreign Office and a specialist in the history of secret intelligence, for a tour of the Spies, Lies and Deception exhibition at The Imperial War Museum.
- [Murder of a Middle Templar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/murder-of-a-middle-templar/) - Murder of a Middle Templar: Why Did Sir Thomas Overbury Die? On a hot July evening Somervillians and their guests gathered at Middle Temple for an evening that took us back to early seventeenth century legal London and the rise and fall and murder of lawyer and courtier Sir Thomas Overbury. First came a tour
- [1994 Matriculation Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1994-matriculation-lunch/) - 1994 Matriculation Lunch 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of your arrival as freshers at Somerville and we would be delighted if you could join us for a buffet lunch on Saturday 21st September to celebrate this milestone. Many of you have already booked to join us for the Alumni Formal Hall on the evening of
- [Alumni Formal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-formal/) - On Saturday 21st September we will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of coeducation at Somerville and we hope you can join us! Booking is now open for this special Alumni Formal Hall in College which is open to Somervillians only. The evening will begin with a drinks reception from 6.30pm and conclude with a BOP
- [One Life Screening and Q&A](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/one-life-screening-and-qa/) - Join us for a special screening of the 2023 film One Life to commemorate the monumental impact of Doreen Warriner, a Mary Somerville Research Fellow in the 1930s whose role in saving 15,000 Czechs from Nazi persecution is depicted in the film. This event is being hosted to mark Refugee Week at Somerville College, as
- [Gaudy: Matric 2000-2007](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/gaudy-2000-2007/) - We are looking forward to welcoming you back for your Gaudy! The Formal Gaudy Dinner is open to Somervillians only; B&B is available and bookable using the code GAUDY0007. Please note: you will need to input this code before checking availability. Brunch is included in the B&B rate and will be served in Hall on
- [1964 Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1964-reunion/) - We are looking forward to welcoming you back for your Reunion! B&B is available and bookable using the code SOME1964. Please note: you will need to input this code before checking availability. If you would like to come to the reunion but need help with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the
- [Oxford Open Doors](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/oxford-open-doors/) - On Sunday 15th September, in support of Oxford Open Doors, we invite you to visit Somerville College and to explore the many connections made by Somervillians since the college’s foundation in 1879. Come and find out what connects a female travel scholar, Edward Lear and pioneers of plastic surgery, mustard with Dante’s Divine Comedy and
- [1963 Reunion Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1963-reunion-lunch/) - We're very aware that we missed a major 1963 matric milestone this past academic year and we'd like to make up for it by inviting you to lunch in College to celebrate your Diamond Reunion! We hope you can join Lesley Brown (Wallace, 1963) and your Somervillian friends for a relaxed catch up over lunch
- [St Paul's Nursery Tea Party](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/st-pauls-nursery-tea-party/) - In February, we launched our appeal to refurbish the outdoor space at St Paul's Nursery to celebrate the 60 years since Dorothy Hodgkin won her Nobel Prize in Science. Using some of her prize money, she helped establish this provision so that no female academic at the time had to choose between work and childcare.
- [Commemoration service 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/commemoration-lunch/) - On 8th June Somerville’s annual Commemoration Service will be held in the College Chapel, during which we shall be remembering all those alumni who have died during the past year. The service in Chapel will start 2:30pm. If you are unable to attend but would like to watch the livestream, please follow the link here.
- [21st Century Industry, Commerce and Science: the Age of Intelligent Algorithms](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/where-are-we-with-ai/) - Join the Somerville City Group for a talk by Professor Steve Roberts, Somerville's Professorial Fellow and the Man Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Oxford as he considers the future of AI. 6.30pm (talk at 7pm) Monday 3rd June, The Court Room, St. Andrew's Holborn. We live in an era dominated by data
- [Violence and the City: Perspectives from India and Syria](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/violence-and-the-city-perspectives-from-india-and-syria/) - The destruction of home during an active conflict is much more than the physical destruction. It is an act to marginalise and destroy people - an act rooted in power politics. Dr Ammar Azzouz and Fahad Zuberi are exploring the concept of "Domicide" through their research from Syria and India respectively. Both speakers are architects
- [Guided Walk Around the City of London](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/guided-walk-around-the-city-of-london/) - A lovely, mild summer´s evening for another walk with Marilyn Collis! The group assembled at Trinity Square Gardens under the gaze of Old Father Thames on the old Port of London Authority building: amazing to learn that London was the largest port in the world at one time. We learned of the Romans - and
- [1974 Golden Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1974-reunion/) - Autumn 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of our arrival as Freshers at Somerville in 1974. We are celebrating this milestone with a Golden Reunion in College and we would love to see you. Please spread the word to any of your contemporaries who may not be on email, or not in touch with the College at all,
- [Education and Inequity: Perspectives from South Asia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/education-and-inequity-perspectives-from-south-asia/) - Education is simultaneously produced by, and reproduces, inequities in the context of South Asia. Educational policy and practice are not only imbricated with broader structural inequalities, such as those of caste and gender, but also shape newer registers of marginality and discrimination through the unequal adoption of technology or normative pedagogies in contemporary times. ‘Education
- [The 2024 John Stuart Mill Lecture: Professor Catherine Hall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-2024-john-stuart-mill-lecture-professor-catherine-hall/) - 'Wrongs not righted: Mill, Morant Bay and the Limits of Liberalism' Prof. Catherine Hall Emerita Professor of History, Chair of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, Department of History, University College London Professor Catherine Hall, Emerita Professor of History, Chair of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of
- [Inaugural Lecture by Professor Colin Phillips](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/inaugural-lecture-by-professor-colin-phillips/) - The Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics and Somerville College Invite you to an inaugural lecture by Professor Colin Phillips Now you say it, now you don't Tuesday June 4th (Week Seven) @ 5pm, reception to follow Venue: Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College Professor Colin Phillips is Professor of Linguistics at the University of
- [Celebrating 50 years of Shabana Azmi in film](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/tonguesonfireatoxford/) - Booking for this event has now closed. Please email oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk for further information The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development is collaborating with Tongues on Fire's UK Asian Festival to celebrate Shabana Azmi, one of Indian cinema’s most acclaimed and distinguished actresses. Join us at Somerville College on 7th May at 18:30. Celebrating 50 years
- [Together for Gaza: Advice and Insights from Save the Children](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/together-for-gaza-an-evening-of-practical-advice-and-front-line-insights-from-save-the-children/) - Students, alumni and colleagues are warmly invited to join us at Somerville College on May 2nd 2024 for a special evening in support of Gaza. The evening will provide practical advice in humanitarian fundraising as well as front-line insights on Gaza from several leading experts at Save the Children and the University of Oxford. Speaking
- [Carol Concert at Temple Church](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/carol-concert-at-temple-church-2/) - At the beginning of December Somervillians and their guests gathered at Temple Church in the heart of legal London for a Christmas Carol Concert. The college choir, conducted by William Dawes, Director of Chapel Music, led the singing of carols familiar and new (Once in Royal David’s City, Silent Night, A Tender Shoot, Lux Arumque
- [Carol Concert at Temple Church](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/carol-concert-at-temple-church/) - The first Friday of December saw an audience of 200 Somervillians and their guests gather at the beautiful Temple Church in the heart of London for a Christmas Carol Concert featuring the sublime voices of the Somerville Choir, conducted by William Dawes, Director of Chapel Music. The organist was Alfred Kelsey (2023, Music), Organ Scholar.
- [Penrose Society Lunch 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/penrose-society-lunch-2024/) - 12:00 – 3:30pm Members of the Penrose Society, and this year also supporters of the Shirley Williams Fellowship, are invited to our annual Penrose Society event in College. The event will include a short concert featuring Vera Brittain’s piano, a two course lunch in College and a tour of the College gardens. Programme for the
- [Liz Cooke Memorial Service](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/liz-cooke-memorial-service/) - Booking for this event has now closed. However, please contact the Alumni Office if you would like to attend. We will be celebrating the inimitable Liz Cooke’s life and her extraordinary and immeasurable contribution to the Somerville community at a memorial service in College at 2pm on Saturday 27th April. You are warmly invited to
- [Good Things Come in Small Boxes: The Story of British Tea Chests and Caddies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/26477/) - Sunday 12th May 3pm with Kate Richenburg (1966, DPhil, Physical Sciences) Following the introduction of tea to Britain in the 1650s, some British craftsmen progressively turned their attention to producing tea-related objects, such as teapots, which contributed to the ritualisation of tea drinking. Among these pieces were small lockable boxes for storing the expensive dry tea
- [Medics' Day 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/medics-day-2/) - Our annual Medics' Day will be held on the 16th March 2024. This year, we are delighted to welcome Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE (née Ibrahim, 1978, Medicine), Chair of the Royal College of GPs, as our keynote speaker. Programme: From 10.00am Coffee and registration in the Margaret Thatcher Centre 10.30 Dame June Raine (1971), Chair
- [Spring Meeting 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/spring-meeting-2/) - Booking for this event is now closed, if you have any enquiries please contact alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk The Somerville Association AGM and Spring Meeting* will take place on Saturday 16th March and we are particularly delighted to announce our guest speaker this year is Honorary Fellow Professor Dame Angela Mclean (1979, Maths), the first woman to be appointed
- [Spring Meeting](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/springmeeting/) - Somerville Association Spring Meeting We are delighted to be able to host our Somerville Association AGM and Spring Meeting* in person this year, with fantastic guest speakers, Dr Dame June Raine and Dame Kate Bingham. Programme: 12.30pm Drinks Reception in the Mary Somerville Room 1.00pm Lunch in Hall In Flora Anderson Hall: 2.15pm AGM (agenda
- [South East Asia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/south-east-asia/) - The Principal, the Rt Hon. the Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, would be delighted if you would join her for a Reception during her visit to Singapore next month. This is an exciting year for Somerville as it is the 30th anniversary of becoming co-educational, the 60th anniversary of Dorothy Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize, and the start
- [Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture 2024: Professor Irene Tracey, Oxford University Vice-Chancellor](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dorothy-hodgkin-lecture/) - Join us on March 8th 2024 as Professor Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, delivers Somerville College's annual Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture. 2024 marks 60 years since the renowned crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin won her Nobel Prize for Science, becoming the only British woman ever to do so. We could not be more proud
- [Cambridge Alumni Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cambridge-alumni-reunion/) - The Principal will be hosting a drinks (and canapés) reception at Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College, Cambridge on Friday 1st March from 6pm-8pm. You are welcome to bring a guest and you can book your place(s) and complete dietary requirements (by 18th February) please. Booking for this event has now closed if you would like to
- [Debating the Difficult](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/debating-the-difficult/) - How do we ensure conversations on 'difficult' issues take place in a respectful and courteous manner? Five colleges (Balliol, Mansfield, Regent's Park, Somerville and Worcester) will seek to answer that question through a series of debates whose challenging subject matter will illustrate the exercise of freedom of speech in conjunction with respectful discourse. The first
- [Supporters' Lunch 2024](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/supporters-lunch-2/) - We have reached capacity for the Hall therefore bookings have now closed. If you would like to be put on a waiting list please email: alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk We are looking forward to hosting our annual Supporters' Lunch to thank donors to Somerville on Saturday 3rd February 2024. The programme for the day is as follows: 11:00am
- [Somerville Literary Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-literary-lunch/) - Bookings have now closed for this event Booking is now open for our 2023 Literary Lunch taking place on Saturday 18th November and featuring Suzanne Heywood (Zoology)in conversation with Rebecca Jones (History). Suzanne will be talking about her best-selling memoir Wavewalker which documents her intense and challenging childhood and the sometimes harrowing realities of 10 years of life
- [Alumni and Friends Carol Concert in College](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-and-friends-carol-concert-in-college/) - We are looking forward to hosting our annual Alumni and Friends Carol concert in the Chapel on Monday 4th December at 7.00pm There will be readings and music performed by the Somerville Choir and will be held in Somerville's chapel. The concert will be followed by light refreshments and the evening should finish by approximately
- [Alumni Carol Concert at Temple Church](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-carol-concert-at-temple/) - We have reached capcity for this event. If you would like to be put on a waiting list, please email: alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk The Somerville choir will be performing a Carol Concert at Temple Church* on Friday 1st December at 7.00pm, entry from 6.30pm. The concert will run from 7.00pm - 8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception.
- [Cedar Circle Webinar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cedar-circle-webinar/) - On Thursday 30th November, 5:15pm - 6pm we will be holding our annual Cedar Circle event online to thank all those who support Somerville with a regular gift. Join our Principal, Baroness Jan Royall, who will be speaking to a current Somervillian about how donations toward the Somerville Fund has supported their studies. The event
- [Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture 2023: Professor Sir Simon Wessely](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/monica-fooks-lecture-2023-professor-sir-simon-wessely/) - Join us on Thursday 9th November for the latest of our annual lectures on mental health, featuring guest speaker Professor Sir Simon Wessely, by completing the sign up form below. The Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture was established in 2002 at Somerville College, in memory of Monica, the daughter and sister, respectively, of Jean and Carolyn
- [Young Alumni Careers Event at Diageo HQ](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/young-alumni-event-diageo/) - The Somerville City Committee are thrilled to invite you to join them for an evening for young Somerville alumni at Diageo's London headquarters. Our panel for the evening features, Sarah Glenister (2006, Chemistry - Head of Wholesale Distributors & Private Brands, amazonfresh), Anna Matei (2009, History - Director, Commercial Operations, Movemeon), Kaj Thuraaisingham (2001, Maths and
- [Adrianne Tooke Memorial](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/adrianne-tooke-memorial/) - On Saturday 21st October there will be a Memorial for Adrianne Tooke in the Somerville Chapel at 2.30pm; entry to the Chapel from 2.15pm. The Memorial will be followed by tea in Flora Anderson Hall. All are welcome, but we especially hope to see as many of Adrianne's former students as possible. In order to help
- [Somerville Association Formal Hall and Bop](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/inaugural-somerville-association-formal-hall-and-bop/) - On Saturday 23rd September, the Principal, Baroness Royall, and Somerville Association President, Nermeen Varawalla (1989, Clinical Medicine) will host the annual Somerville Alumni Association Formal Hall in College. Bookings have now closed for this event. If you would like to come to the event but need assistance with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the
- [Meeting Minds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/meeting-minds/) - The 2023 edition of the University's fantastic 'Meeting Minds' alumni weekends is taking place from the 22nd-24th of September - and we are offering two events - including one available remotely on Zoom - to add a Somerville thread to your experience. On the 22nd of September at 1 PM, our Principal Jan Royall will
- [1973 Golden Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1973-fiftieth-reunion/) - Please save the date for the Class of 1973 Golden Anniversary Reunion, 21st-22nd September. Click here to book The programme for the reunion will be as follows: Thursday 21 September From 11.00am Coffee in the Mary Somerville room (old JCR) 11.45am
- [Somerville Alumni Association Formal Hall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-alumni-association-formal-hall/) - Inaugural Somerville Association Formal Hall Saturday 17th September 2022 On Saturday 17th September, the Principal, Baroness Royall, and Somerville Association President, Nermeen Varawalla (1989, Clinical Medicine) will host the inaugural Somerville Alumni Association Formal Hall in College. We are delighted that our guest speaker on this occasion will be Susie Dent (1983, Modern Languages). After
- [Gaudy (Matric 1992-99)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/gaudy-matric-1992-99/) - The Formal Gaudy Dinner is open to Somervillians only; B&B is available and bookable using the code GAUDY9299 and brunch is included and will be served in Hall on Sunday from 10-12. If you would like to come to the Gaudy but need help with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the Senior Members Fund for financial assistance (applications to
- [Family Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/family-day/) - Bookings for this event are now closed We are looking forward to welcoming you and your family back to Somerville on Saturday 9th September for an afternoon of interactive games and workshops! From bouncy castles to climbing walls, and even a Helter Skelter, we’re pretty sure there will be something for everyone. The day will run from
- [Alumni in the South West](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-in-the-south-west/) - If you would like to come to these events but need help with the booking costs, you are welcome to apply to the Senior Members Fund for financial assistance (applications to Liz Cooke elizabeth.cooke@some.ox.ac.uk) Bookings for these two events have now closed. On Saturday 8th July the Principal will host a drinks reception in the Peacock Room at The Cosy Club, Bristol from 6pm - 8pm. On Sunday 9th July the Principal will host afternoon tea from 3pm -
- [Rhodes 120th Anniversary Dinner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/rhodes-120th-anniversary-dinner/) - We hope you are planning to come to Oxford in June 2023 to join in the celebrations for the 120th Anniversary of the Rhodes Scholarships. To mark the occasion the Principal will be hosting a drinks reception and dinner in College on Thursday 29th June and we hope you can join us. The drinks reception
- [Somervillians in Berlin Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somervillians-in-berlin-reunion/) - Please save the date for a Berlin Reunion event this summer. The Principal will be hosting a drinks reception and dinner, and the programme for the weekend will include a recital from our Choir Director, Will Dawes and a small group of our students. We will also be joined by our Fellow and Tutor in
- [Commemoration Service 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/commemoration-service/) - It is Somerville tradition to hold a Service of Commemoration each Trinity Term, in which we try to remember all those Somervillians who have died during the last year. This year, the Service will begin at 2.30 in the College Chapel on Saturday 10 June. Watch the service live List of those to be commemorated If you
- [Lots More Joy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/lots-more-joy/) - Save the date for our auction event this May. Bid for signed books, a Working Title Films preview screening, holidays, a night at the opera and much more! Click here to view our lots The bidding opens on Thursday May 18th, leading up to an evening of virtual entertainment on Saturday 25th May at 7pm.
- [Heritage Route Walk](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/heritage-route-walk/) - Walking through London’s Heritage – a guided walk with Marilyn Collis This event is now fully booked. We are delighted that Marilyn Collis has agreed to lead another fascinating walk for Somerville London Group on Wednesday 28th June at 5.30pm. Many people will be familiar with the highly convenient #15 bus which links the City of London
- [The Savitribai Phule Scholarship launch event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-savitribai-phule-scholarship-launch-event/) - Date: Friday, May 12 | 5:30-7 pm BST | In-person event Venue: Margaret Thatcher Centre, Somerville College Register: https://forms.office.com/e/DbWtNwmYrh To celebrate ten years since its launch in 2013, the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) at Somerville College, has established a new scholarship for Indian students from Dalit Bahujan and Adivasi backgrounds and/or first-generation students
- [Legacy Society Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/willpower-lunch/) - The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College cordially invite you and a guest to our annual Legacy Society Lunch on Saturday 20th May, 12:00 – 3:30pm. The programme for the day will start with a concert in the Chapel featuring the Somerville Music Society. Read more about the musicians and programme here. The lunch will
- [Katherine Duncan-Jones Memorial](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/katherine-duncan-jones-memorial/) - Our Senior Research Fellow, the eminent Shakespearean scholar Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones, died on Sunday 16th October 2022. In recognition of the great affection and respect she commanded from generations of Somerville English students and the wider Somerville and academic community, we are holding a memorial service for her in college, beginning at 2:30pm in Chapel
- [The 2023 John Stuart Mill Lecture: Professor Duncan Bell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/john-stuart-mill-lecture-2023/) - 'John Stuart Mill on Federation, Nationality, and Empire' Prof. Duncan Bell Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge Professor Duncan Bell FBA is Professor of Political Thought and International Relations at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ’s College. His research and teaching stand at the intersection of political theory, intellectual
- [1953 70th Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1953-70th-reunion/) - Save the date for your 70th Anniversary Reunion this 11th May. Book here The program is as follows: 12:30pm - Reception hosted by the Principal 1pm - Lunch in the SCR Private Dining Room (Somervillians only) Followed by a college tour or screening of Women of the Century film on Dame Janet. 4pm - Tea
- [Somerville College Boat Club Dinner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-college-boat-club-dinner/) - The Presidents of Somerville College Boat Club kindly ask alumni to save the date for the Annual Eights Dinner. The Dinner will take place on Saturday 27th May to celebrate the end of Summer Eights, and will be attended by current crew members of SCBC fresh off the river! Informal riverside drinks will take place
- [Spring Meeting](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/spring-meeting/) - Our Spring Meeting was held on Saturday 18 March 2023 and was preceded by the AGM of the Somerville Association, including brief updates from the Principal and from the President of the Somerville Association, Dr Nermeen Varawalla. (2022 AGM minutes here) View the event recording here Spring Meeting - The War in Ukraine and the
- [Parents' Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/parents-lunch/) - Bookings for this event have now closed. Please contact alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk for more information. The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College are delighted to invite you to our Parents’ Lunch, Saturday 11th March. 12pm – Drinks reception 1pm – Lunch in Hall, followed by musical entertainment
- [Somerville Parents' Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-parents-lunch/) - Booking for this event have now closed. Please email alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk if you have a query. The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College are delighted to invite you to our Parents’ Lunch, Saturday 12th March 2022 12pm – Drinks Reception 1pm – Lunch in Hall, followed by Musical Entertainment This will be a wonderful opportunity to explore Somerville and
- [Somerville Medics' Day 2023](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-medics-day-2023/) - Somerville College Oxford Medics’ Day Saturday 4 March 2023 From 10.30am: Coffee and registration in the Margaret Thatcher Centre Bookings Have now Closed for this event 11.00am Welcome: The Principal and the President of the Somerville Medics Group, Dr June Raine (1971, Physiology) Panel discussion chaired by Dr June Raine The Current and Future State
- [John Stuart Mill Annual Seminar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/john-stuart-mill-annual-seminar/) - We cordially invite you to this year’s John Stuart Mill annual seminar on Thursday 16th March 2023, between 3.30pm and 6.00pm. The series of short talks celebrates the ideas of Mill and provides us with an opportunity to explore their relevance to the past and present. This year we offer talks on the concept of
- [Traditional Music of Afghanistan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/afghan-concert/) - Bookings for this event have now closed as we have reached capacity. This event is free and open to all. Donations can be made to Afghan Aid. 6:30pm - Concert with John Baily, Veronica Doubleday and Sulaiman Haqpana 7:30pm - Drinks reception Performed by: John Baily rubab and dutar (types of Afghan lute), Veronica Doubleday
- [1962 60th Anniversary Reunion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1962-60th-anniversary-reunion/) - Book here On Monday 27 March this year there will be a reunion luncheon in College for matric 1962 - a significant anniversary year . The reunion programme is : 12.30pm - Reception 1.00pm - Lunch 3.30pm - Tea (families welcome free) Price : £30 This luncheon is for members of the year only but
- [Somerville College Choir sings 'Howells: Love and Loss'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-college-choir-sings-howells-love-and-loss/) - The Somerville College Choir and their director, Will Dawes, warmly invite you to their forthcoming celebration of the music of Herbert Howells at the Chiltern Arts Festival this March. The programme, entitled 'Howells: Life and Loss', will feature a range of music exploring the influences, works and enduring legacy of Herbert Howells. The first half of
- [Somerville College Competes in BBC R4's 'The 3rd Degree'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-college-competes-in-bbc-r4s-the-3rd-degree/) - Members of the Somerville College community are warmly invited to join us for a live recording of BBC Radio 4's academic quiz show 'The 3rd Degree' in Somerville College on Thursday 2nd March 2023. Now in its thirteenth series, 'The 3rd Degree' is a quiz show that pits three undergraduates against three academics in a general
- [Supporters' Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/supporters-lunch/) - Bookings have now closed for this event. Please contact the Alumni Office if you have a query on: alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk To thank you for your support, please join us on Saturday 4th February for our Supporters’ Lunch. Our informal Q&A session is an opportunity to ask anything about Somerville today. Our panel, which includes the
- [Somerville City Group: How to Thrive in Today’s World](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-city-group-how-to-thrive-in-todays-world/) - Click here to book We are delighted to announce that the Somerville City Group will be hosting an event with experts from Pure Sports Medicine to discuss how to thrive and be resilient physically and mentally in today’s world, in particular with the new hybrid work environment we are faced with. The event will be
- [Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture 2023: Professor Julia Yeomans](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dorothy-hodgkin-memorial-lecture-2023-professor-julia-yeomans/) - 'Nature’s engines: Powering life' Prof. Julia M Yeomans The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics Professor Julia Yeomans is a British theoretical physicist active in the fields of soft condensed matter and biological physics. She has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford since 2002. Julia Yeomans is distinguished for her development
- [Somerville Alumni Carol Concert](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-alumni-carol-concert/) - Our annual alumni carol concert will take place in the college chapel on 8 December. There is no charge, and all are welcome. The carol concert will feature music from The Dawn of Grace, the Choir's first album in 10 years, featuring women composers. The concert will be followed by a festive drinks reception with mulled
- [Temple Church Carol Concert](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/temple-church-carol-concert/) - We have reached capacity for this event therefore bookings have now closed. Please email alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk if you would like to be put on a waiting list We are delighted to announce that the Somerville choir will be performing a Carol Concert at Temple Church on Friday 9 December at 7.00pm, entry from 6.30pm. The concert
- [A Celebration of Sanctuary](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/a-celebration-of-sanctuary/) - click here to watch the event We are delighted to be hosting a Somerville-Mansfield Celebration of Sanctuary to mark our joint status as the University’s first Colleges of Sanctuary. We are extremely proud that our commitment to supporting the rights and education of refugee students and academics over the past century has been marked in
- [Somerville Literary Tea](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-literary-tea/) - click here to watch the event We are looking forward to welcoming Sir Simon Russell Beale and Professor Emma Smith (1988, English) to Somerville for this year’s literary tea. Simon and Emma will be discussing all things Shakespeare to mark the forthcoming 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio. The event starts at
- [College Fireworks Night (inc. families)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/college-fireworks-night-inc-families-2/) - On Thursday 4th November, students, fellows, and staff are invited to our annual fireworks night. Families are very welcome to attend, and a selection of snacks will be served. Please note, Diwali drinks will also be served following the event. If you would like to attend the Diwali drinks, please contact the Principal's EA.
- [The Ramsden Sermon 2022 with Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/the-ramsden-sermon-2022-with-bishop-lusa-nsenga-ngoy/) - Somerville College is delighted to host the Ramsden Lecture 2022 featuring the newly appointed Bishop of Willesden Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy. Bishop Lusa was previously the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Mission and Ministry Enabler in the Diocese of Leicester 2017-2021. A passionate advocate for inclusivity in the church, Bishop Lusa’s selection was partly decided by students
- [Monica Fooks Lecture 2022: Racism and Mental Health with Professor Kamaldeep Bhui](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/monica-fooks-lecture-2022-racism-and-mental-health-with-professor-kamaldeep-bui/) - This year's Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture welcomes Professor Kamaldeep Bhui CBE to Somerville for his lecture "Racism and Mental Health: researching mechanisms, preventive practice and policy". Professor Bhui is Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at East London NHS FT and Oxford Health NHS FT. He currently leads the CHIMES Collaborative at the
- [Durable Derangements: The Climate of Mumbai’s Coastal Road](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/durable-derangements-the-climate-of-mumbais-coastal-road/) - Speaker: Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Hannah Knox, Professor of Anthropology, UCL Date: Nov 1 Time: 5:30-7 pm GMT Venue: Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College This is an in-person lecture, followed by a reception. In this talk, Prof Nikhil Anand will examine the making of Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project. How
- [Rebellion Screening and Panel Discussion feat. Maia Kenworthy and Farhana Yamin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/rebellion-screening-and-panel-discussion-feat-maia-kenworthy-and-farhana-yamin/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development at Somerville is pleased to present a screening and panel discussion of Rebellion, the 2021 documentary telling the inside story of Extinction Rebellion from its grassroots origins to international impact. The film also follows Somerville alumna and co-author of the Paris Climate Accords Farhana Yamin (1983, PPE) as
- [Professor Rajesh Thakker Valedictory Lecture: Serendipity and Academic Careers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/professor-rajesh-thakker-valedictory-lecture-serendipity-and-academic-careers/) - Join us on Tuesday October 25th for Professor Rajesh Thakker's Valedictory Lecture. Please RSVP using the form below:
- [Should I Stay or Should I Go: Navigating careers in good times and bad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-navigating-careers-in-good-times-and-bad/) - Should I Stay or Should I Go: Navigating careers in good times and bad Thursday 13th October 2022 - 6.30pm Booking for this event has now closed. Please email alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk if you have any queries. The Somerville City Committee are hosting a panel discussion for Young Alumni with Rebecca Bainsfair (2008, Law - HR Business
- [Jane Hands Memorial Service](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/jane-hands-memorial-service/) - On Saturday 15 October at 2.30pm there will be a Memorial Service in the College Chapel for Jane Hands, who was Treasurer of Somerville for more than 30 years and died on 13 December 2020. The Service will include readings, tributes , congregational hymns and music provided by Dame Emma Kirkby and the College Choir.
- [How can we improve cooling sustainability for factory workers? Learning from the case of Bangladesh's ready-made garment industry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/how-can-we-improve-cooling-sustainability-for-factory-workers-learning-from-the-case-of-bangladeshs-ready-made-garment-industry/) - Registration link: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/sustainable-cooling Speaker: Jean Palutikof, Professor and Founder of the National Climate Change Adaptation Research facility, Griffith University, Australia The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh is a mainstay of the economy, a strong driver of economic growth and a major contributor to GDP and export earnings. The industry accounts for 82% of exports
- [Rajesh Thakker Valedictory Lecture: 'Serendipity and Academic Careers'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/rajesh-thakker-valedictory-lecture-serendipity-and-academic-careers/) - Join us for our Professorial Fellow Rajesh Thakker's valedictory lecture, 'Serendipity and Academic Careers'. Register using the form below:
- [Professor Richard Stone Retirement Celebration](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/professor-richard-stone-retirement-celebration/) - Bookings for this event have now closed. If you have any queries please email alumni.events@some.ox.ac.uk CELEBRATION for PROFESSOR RICHARD STONE SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2022 Professor Richard Stone retires this year from his Somerville Tutorial Fellowship, which he has held since 1993. On Saturday 24 September we shall be holding a celebration to say thank
- [1972 50th Reunion Event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1972-50th-reunion-event/) - BOOK NOW 1972 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY REUNION 14-15 September 2022 PROGRAMME Wednesday 14 September From 11.00am: Coffee in the Mary Somerville room (old JCR) 11.45: Tours of the College (if possible guided by current students) 12.30pm: Reception 1.00– 2.00pm: Buffet lunch in Hall/Reading Room In Brittain-Williams Room (Bottom Floor, Wolfson Building) 2.30pm -3.30pm: A two-part informal,
- [Cedar Circle Garden Party](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cedar-circle-garden-party/) - CEDAR CIRCLE GARDEN PARTY Saturday 3rd September 2022 To thank you for your loyal commitment, we have created the Cedar Circle. This new group, of which you are a founding member, will provide us with more opportunities to thank you for your support and offer you the chance to see and hear first-hand how you
- [Cindy Oswin's 'Cell': Performance and Livestream for New Visions of Julian of Norwich Conference](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/cindy-oswins-cell-performance-and-livestream-for-new-visions-of-julian-of-norwich/) - Cindy Oswin's dark comedy 'Cell' will be performed in the Chapel and streamed live around the world on July 16th as part of the conclusion of the New Visions of Julian of Norwich conference. The darkly humorous play examines the impact of ageing on Julian's theological vision, with an immersive medieval soundscape recreating what Julian may
- [Somerville London Group: The Women Are Up to Something - Professor Benjamin Lipscomb](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-the-women-are-up-to-something/) - The Princess Marie-Louise Room at the Oxford & Cambridge Club was standing room only when Professor Benjamin Lipscomb of Houghton College, New York, spoke to the Somerville London Group on Tuesday 7th June. Benjamin is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Honours Programs at Houghton College, New York. His scholarship is focussed on the intersection
- [Gaudy: 1980-1991](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/gaudy-1980-1991/) - During the last weekend of June we shall be celebrating with matric years 1980-91 and we hope you can join us. The Gaudy weekend will feature afternoon tea, the formal Gaudy dinner, and an informal brunch (if you are staying in college accommodation this is included in that charge) on the Sunday. Also, this year,
- [OpenAg Symposium 2022: Food Futures in a Changing Climate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/openag-symposium-2022-food-futures-in-a-changing-climate/) - Join us in reimagining the role of global agriculture on the path to Net Zero emissions Around the world, hunger is rising at an alarming rate. Recent global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic alongside violent conflict and erratic weather in various parts of the world have hiked food prices and deepened food insecurity especially
- [New Music For A New Musician: Somerville Choir perform for New Visions of Julian of Norwich](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/new-music-for-a-new-musician-somerville-choir-perform-for-new-visions-of-julian-of-norwich/) - Join us on Thursday 14th July for a recital of new works based on the writing of Julian of Norwich, performed by members of the Somerville College Choir, as the opening of the New Visions of Julian of Norwich conference. The recently commissioned cycle of anthems is based on selections from Julian's Revelations of Divine
- [POSTPONED: Somerville City Group: Whiskey Tasting Event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-city-group-whiskey-tasting-event/) - POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBC Somerville City Group will be hosting a Bourbon whiskey tasting event with Susan Reigler (1977, Zoology). For more information on the Art of Bourbon, see Susan's website, here
- [Piano Rededication Ceremony in memory of Rafa Baptista Ochoa](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/piano-rededication-ceremony-in-memory-of-rafa-baptista-ochoa/) - The Somerville College MCR will host a rededication event for its new digital baby grand piano in the Middle Common Room on Saturday 21st May. The piano will be dedicated in memory of an alumnus of the MCR and keen musician, Rafa Baptista Ochoa, who completed his Masters at Somerville and very sadly took his
- [Dame Emma Kirkby DBE (Soprano) and Jakob Lindberg (Lute) In Concert](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dame-emma-kirkby-dbe-soprano-and-jakob-lindberg-lute-in-concert/) - Somerville College Chapel is thrilled to announce that that the soprano, Dame Emma Kirkby (possibly the most renowned contributor to the early-music world over the last 50 years, and an Honorary Fellow of the college) will soon be returning to Somerville to give a recital in the Chapel. Her career is something that any musician would envy,
- [Somerville College Boat Club Centenary Dinner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-college-boat-club-centenary-dinner/) - Book Now We are delighted to announce that, having postponed celebrations due to Covid, we will be marking the centenary of SCBC at this year’s Boat Club dinner. We hope to serve Pimm's and other refreshments during the afternoon of the final day of Summer VIIIs, cheering on this year's cohort of rowers from the
- [Fiona Caldicott Memorial](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/fiona-caldicott-memorial-service/) - We are pleased to invite friends and former colleagues of Dame Fiona Caldicott, Principal of Somerville College from 1996-2010, to a memorial service. Please join us at 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM in college to commemorate Fiona's life, work and extraordinary contribution to Somerville and to the University by RSVPing using the form below. There
- [Gardens Live with Head Gardener Sophie Walwin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/gardens-live-with-head-gardener-sophie-walwin/) - Our Head Gardener Sophie Walwin will once again invite you to step (virtually) into the Somerville gardens with her this Friday 13th May at 13:00. On the 15 minute live broadcast, Sophie will share the spring finery of the borders and discuss her plans for the summer. She will also give you a behind-the-scenes look
- [Save the Date: Professor Aditi Lahiri Valedictory Lecture](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/save-the-date-professor-aditi-lahiri-valedictory-lecture-and-dinner/) - Professor Lahiri’s valedictory lecture will occur at the Mathematical Institute. At 4:30 PM on Monday 13th June, she will lecture on the topic of the 'Pertinacity of Phonological Systems' in the Andrew Wiles Building. The Vice Chancellor Louise Richardson will be in attendance, and academic gowns may be worn. There will be a drinks reception
- [John Stuart Mill Lecture: Professor John Skorupski](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/john-stuart-mill-lecture-professor-john-skorupski/) - You are warmly invited to join us for this year's John Stuart Mill Lecture. We are thrilled to welcome John Skorupski, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, as our guest lecturer, who has chosen to speak on 'Democracy as an Ideal'. Afterwards, refreshments will be served. This event will be
- [Capable Women, Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/capable-women-incapable-states-negotiating-violence-and-rights-in-india/) - Date: Thursday, May 5 Time: 4-5 pm UK time | 8:30-9:30 pm India time | Online event Author: Poulami Roychowdhury, Assistant Professor, McGill University Discussants: Akshay Mangla, Associate Professor, University of Oxford, and Aradhana CV, DPhil candidate in Law, University of Oxford Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/capable-women How do women claim rights against violence in India and with what consequences? In
- [Dust and Smoke: Air Pollution and Colonial Urbanism in India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dust-and-smoke-air-pollution-and-colonial-urbanism-in-india/) - Date: Thursday, April 28 Time: 12:00-13:00 pm BST | 4:30-5:30 pm IST | Online event Speaker: Awadhendra Sharan, Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/dust-and-smoke Air pollution is now the world’s leading environmental risk factor. It reportedly causes 5 million deaths globally, India and China alone contributing 1.2 million deaths each. With
- [No More Living with Fear: A Conversation for National Stalker Awareness Week](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/no-more-living-with-fear-a-conversation-for-national-stalker-awareness-week/) - 25th-29th April is National Stalking Awareness Week. To raise awareness of this issue, please join our Principal Jan Royall for a discussion with Zoe Dronfield, a survivor of domestic abuse and now the author of an inspiring book that tells her story and shares red flags for identifying, avoiding and stopping abusers. Jan and Zoe
- [USA Somerville Reunions 2022](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/usa-trip-2022/) - BOOK HERe We are delighted to invite you to join us for a Somervillian reunion during our forthcoming visit to North America. It has been a very long time since we have visited your part of the world and the Principal is looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible. Baroness Royall will
- [Cancellation Notice: Metaphysical Animals - Book Signing and Author Talk](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/metaphysical-animals-book-signing-and-author-talk/) - -***Please note, this event has been cancelled for personal reasons. We hope to reschedule it in due course.*** Join the authors Claire Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman for an evening of wine and philosophical discussion with a Somerville twist, as they introduce their new book, Metaphysical Animals. Featured as Radio 4’s Book of the Week in
- [Meet the Principal - College Update and Q&A](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/meet-the-principal-college-update-and-qa/) - Meet the Principal - College Update and Q&A: On Thursday 7th April, the Principal, Baroness Royall, will give a brief College update and host a Q&A session on Zoom at 2pm BST (9am EST; 9pm HKT). If you would like to join us please register your interest below and we will send the Zoom meeting
- [Somerville Will Power Lunch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-will-power-lunch/) - The Somerville Will Power Lunch will take place on Saturday 7th May, 12:00-3:30pm. The programme for the day will start with a concerto in the chapel from Somerville Music Society. The concert will open with a chamber music ensemble followed by Clara Schumann's piano concerto in A minor op.7. Musicians: Ben Giblin (Music, 2021). Conductor. Mar
- [Medics Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/medics-day/) - Somerville College Oxford Medics’ Day Saturday 5 March 2022 Covid - A Catalyst for Change? Booking for this event has now closed. Please email alumnievents@some.ox.ac.uk if you have any queries. Programme: From 10.00am: Coffee and registration in the Margaret Thatcher Centre 10.30 Welcome by Dr Dame June Raine (1971), Chair of the Somerville Medics. Professor
- [Somerville London Group: Alison Wolf](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-london-group-alison-wolf/) - SOMERVILLE LONDON GROUP Oxford and Cambridge Club 6.30-8.30pm Professor Baroness Alison Wolf Booking for this event has now closed. After two years of ‘virtual’ meetings the Somerville London Group is really delighted to host a proper live meeting at the Oxford and Cambridge Club on 28 February. It seems especially appropriate to welcome for this
- [Foundation Day Lecture - Professor Brenda Stevenson, the inaugural Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women's History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/foundation-dinner/) - Please register here
- [Somerville Lawyers Group Event and Dinner](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-lawyers-group-with-free-men-art-and-love-on-death-row/) - The Somerville Lawyers Group and JCR Law Society presents Free Men: Art and Love on Death Row Book here. Saturday 26th February 4.30pm, Margaret Thatcher Centre. There will be a screening of Free Men, a docu-film about Kennneth Reams by Anne-Frederique Widmann. Sam Knights QC (1990, History) will host a Q&A with Kenneth after the film. The Free Men event
- [Women, Power, and Property: The Paradox of Gender Equality Laws in India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/women-power-and-property-the-paradox-of-gender-equality-laws-in-india/) - This is an online event, cohosted by the Blavatnik School of Government. Date: Thursday, February 3 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm GMT Event link: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/women-power-and-property Speakers: Rachel E. Brulé, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy, Boston University's Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies Akshay Mangla, Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University
- [2022 Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture with Dr Pippa Wells](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/dorothy-hodgkin-memorial-lecture-2022-with-dr-pippa-wells/) - On March 1st, we welcome Dr Pippa Wells, Deputy Director for Research and Computing at CERN, to Somerville to give our annual Dorothy Hodgkin Memorial Lecture. Dr Wells will delve into her specialist field, particle physics, and talk about some of the ways it has affected our daily lives. To register to attend this in-person
- [Somerville-Jesus Ball](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-jesus-ball/) - We are pleased to invite Somerville alumni to the 2022 Somerville-Jesus Ball: Dreaming Spires or Spiralling Dreams! Expect mind-bending entertainment, first-class DJs, and copious amounts of delicious food and drink, as we transform the grounds of Somerville into a dreamworld. Tickets There will be a limited number of tickets reserved for alumni that will be
- [Carol Concert Broadcast](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/carol-concert-broadcast/) - Please join us this Sunday at 17:30 for a Youtube broadcast of our annual Carol Service, here. After the success of last years online carol service, we are delighted to be able to bring into you again this year. We hope you can tune in with us for an evening of music to start the
- [Alumni and Friends Carol Concert](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/alumni-and-friends-carol-concert/) - This year we are delighted to host our annual carol concert back in the College chapel. The concert will start at 7pm with readings, and music performed by Somerville College Choir, followed by refreshments in the Brittain Williams Room. All alumni are warmly invited to join us and there is no charge. If you would
- [Moral Philosophy Book Event - Date TBC](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/moral-philosophy-book-event-date-tbc/)
- [Seeing Mumbai and India through its detritus](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/seeing-mumbai-and-india-through-its-detritus/) - Venue: Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College, Oxford Speakers: Saumya Roy, journalist and activist based in Mumbai, author of Mountain Tales Keshava Guha, writer of fiction and literary and political journalism Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/C97Dg3r5sM Mountain Tales looks at India’s dizzying growth, its rising inequality and widening social rifts through its biggest landfill — Mumbai’s Deonar Dumping
- [Public Policy Group Event: Can Compassion Transform Politics?](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/public-policy-event/) - To book for this event, click here. Matt Hawkins (2007, History) and Jennifer Nadel co-edited the forthcoming book: How Compassion Can Transform our Politics, Economy, and Society (Routledge) The book is a collection of essays by academics and draws together experts across disciplines – ranging from psychology to climate science, philosophy to economics, history to business –
- [Institutional Activism and Girls' Education in Rural India](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/institutional-activism-and-girls-education-in-rural-india/) - In collaboration with Wolfson South Asia Research Cluster (SARC) This is an in-person event. Date: Friday, December 3 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm GMT Venue: Margaret Thatcher Centre, Somerville College, Oxford Speakers: Akshay Mangla, Associate Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, University of Oxford Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/36zyZSz7fE
- [Forest restoration and nature-based climate solutions frequently fail because they are not grounded in social science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/forest-restoration-and-nature-based-climate-solutions-frequently-fail-because-they-are-not-grounded-in-social-science/) - Speaker: Forrest Fleischman, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Chaired by Prof Yadvinder Malhi, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford Event link: https://bookwhen.com/octf#focus=ev-s2ty-20211126160000 A wide variety of global initiatives now advocate for increasing carbon storage through changing land management. The focus of these initiatives is often on planting trees or otherwise restoring forests.
- [Water Security in South Asia: Lecture and Exhibition](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/water-security-in-south-asia-lecture-and-exhibition/) - Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 5- 6 pm Venue: Flora Anderson Hall, Somerville College, Oxford Register for the talk here: https://forms.office.com/r/Uc6EUYz8xd Water security has risen as a policy priority as the climate crisis and global health pandemic have converged. Understanding risks and trade-offs to meet policy goals will be discussed in the context of irrigated
- [Somerville City Group Entrepreneurs Event](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-city-group-entrepreneurs-event/) - Somerville City Group is hosting an online event to help you 'Go your own way' and become an entrepreneur. The event features four successful Somervillian entrepreneurs with a wide variety of start-ups between them. Register Now Neeta Patel CBE (1980, Chemistry) - Centre for Entrepreneurs: Neeta has led CFE since the start of the
- [Conference: 'Traces, Memory, and Identity in Antiquity'](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/traces-memory-and-identity-in-antiquity/) - Somerville College has established a new association with the Maison Française d’Oxford to support academic collaboration and exchange between French scholars and students of the ancient world and our college community. We welcome this term as Academic Visitor to the College the new Ancient World appointment at the MfO, Professor Stéphane Benoist of the University of Lille. Together with our
- [Shirley Williams Memorial](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/shirley-williams-memorial/) - We are pleased to invite friends and former colleagues of Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, to a memorial service on Friday 26th November 2021. The service will feature prayers, music and readings from family and friends, followed by refreshments in Somerville's Hall. Please note, places at the memorial are limited and admission for guests
- [Somerville Development Programme + IF Festival: Every Drop Matters](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/every-drop-matters/) - In this interdisciplinary collaboration between the Somerville Development Programme and the Oxford Festival of Ideas, Somerville academics past and present will come together in a multi-disciplinary, multi-sensory exploration of the world’s water challenges. Music, sound and film blend with the science of water in this multi-sensory event. From shrinking seas and water scarcity to protecting shared
- [India's Energy Challenge in an Unequal and Warming World](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/indias-energy-challenge-in-an-unequal-and-warming-world/) - Speaker: Tejal Kanitkar, Associate Professor, School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Date: Tuesday, 19th October at 4.30pm (BST) Register to attend this online event here Abstract: Despite relatively low historical emissions, India has set itself ambitious green energy targets to be achieved in the near term. However,
- [College Fireworks Night (inc. families)](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/college-fireworks-night-inc-families/) - On Thursday 4th November, students, fellows, and staff will be invited to our annual fireworks night. Following last years cancellation, we are very excited to relaunch what is usually a fantastic evening for college members. Save the date.
- [2021 Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture: Professor John Geddes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/fooks-lecture/) - John Geddes is WA Handley Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and, Director of the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre. At the 2021 Monica Fooks Memorial Lecture, Professor Geddes will speak on the subject of 'How can we provide high quality, expert and equitable care for mood disorders?' This topic speaks directly to
- [Climate Change Symposium](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/climate-change-symposium/) - In June 2021, Somerville hosted a climate change symposium online, The Climate Change Emergency: Can Somerville Make a Difference. There were 2 sessions broadly covering the science of climate change (session 1) and the policy response (session 2). Session 1 • Professor Joanna Haigh, Emeritus Professor of atmospheric physics at Imperial College London • Dr
- [Protect Afghan Musicians: Round Table Discussion](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/protect-afghan-musicians-round-table-discussion/) - Please join us on Wednesday 29th September from 6:30pm for this specially convened round table discussion, which will explore the unique heritage of Afghan music, why its practitioners are targeted by the Taliban and how we can support their urgent resettlement needs. The United Kingdom stands proud as a global champion of freedom of expression, especially
- [1970 & 1971 50th Reunion – 22–23 September 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/1970-1970-50th-reunion/) - A shared reunion for Somervillians who matriculated in either 1970 or 1971. 1970 matriculates: please click here for the letter from your committee. 1971 matriculates: please click here for the letter from your committee. The draft programme for the reunion is as follows: Wednesday 22nd September From 11.00 am Coffee in the Mary Somerville
- [Virtual Open Day](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/virtual-open-day/) - Join us on 17th September for Oxford's final Virtual Open Day of the year! Somerville is offering the opportunity to ask questions of various subject tutors and student ambassadors, who will be answering questions live on video. The video will be visible on Somerville's page of the Virtual Open Days site. Livestream schedule [table id=11
- [Choir 20th Anniversary Reunion and dinner - 2nd October 2021](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/choir-20th-anniversary-reunion-and-dinner/) - We are very excited to mark the 20th anniversary of the Somerville College Choir in its current form this year, and, with the help of Josh Grubb and Aidan Quinn, we are still planning a celebratory reunion, to be held in college. Time: from 3.30pm. Full details are: Saturday October 2nd 3pm-3.30pm: Arrival 3.45-5.15pm: Rehearsal
- [Food Futures in a Changing Climate by the OpenAg Symposium Series](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/food-futures-in-a-changing-climate-by-the-openag-symposium-series/) - The Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development and UPL Limited present Food Futures in a Changing Climate by the OpenAg Symposium Series Global food systems are tasked with the complex challenge of satisfying the growing food demand while encouraging environmentally sustainable farming practices. On September 3rd, the OICSD will host the inaugural OpenAg Symposium in
- [Somerville Leavers' Weekend](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/event/somerville-leavers-weekend/) - For the Leavers’ in 2020 who had their final months severely disrupted Somerville is hosting a belated leavers weekend from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th September. Thanks to donations from a number of generous alumni there will be no charge for the weekend’s events. We will be arranging a BBQ on Friday evening, a formal

## Blog Articles

- [Nepal's No Objection Certificate Policy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/the-no-objection-certificate-policy-in-nepal/) - The OICSD collaborated with Education South Asia to host a one-day symposium on "Education and Inequity: Perspectives from South Asia" at Somerville College in May 2024. This article was part of the presentations at the symposium. The author, Harsh Mahaseth is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global
- [Access to Higher Education for Muslim Women in West Bengal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/access-to-higher-education-for-muslim-women-in-westbengal/) - The OICSD collaborated with Education South Asia to host a one-day symposium on "Education and Inequity: Perspectives from South Asia" at Somerville College in May 2024. This article was part of the presentations at the symposium. The author, Papia Khatun is a Research Scholar at the Advanced Centre for Women’s Studies, Tata Institute of Social
- [Left in the Dark: Night Schools in Mumbai](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/left-in-the-dark-night-schools-in-mumbai/) - The OICSD collaborated with Education South Asia to host a one-day symposium on "Education and Inequity: Perspectives from South Asia" at Somerville College in May 2024. This article was part of the presentations at the symposium. The author, Cheta Sheth is an alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. In the Evening Standard, I
- [Bridging Ideas for Disaster Resilience](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/bridging-ideas-for-disaster-resilience/) - As extreme climate events intensify, addressing their impact on the populations and built environment has never been more critical. We collaborated with the ZERO Institute to host a panel, “Energy and Climate conversations: Bridging Ideas for Disaster Resilience,” on 20th February 2025 at Somerville College. Nethmi J. Kariyawasam, DPhil candidate in Geography and the Environment
- [Monitoring Mental Health in Pakistani Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/socio-emotional-inclusion-index-monitoring-mental-health-in-pakistani-schools/) - The OICSD collaborated with Education South Asia to host a one-day symposium on “Education and Inequity: Perspectives from South Asia” at Somerville College in May 2024. This article was part of the presentations at the symposium. The authors, Danya Haseeb and Usama Javed Mirza are researchers at Saving 9. Usama is also a candidate for PhD in
- [Four key messages for effective research-to-policy communication](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/four-key-messages-for-effective-research-to-policy-communication/) - How to cater to different types of audiences? How to communicate on social media? What’s the impact of AI in science communication? How to work effectively with policy and communication-focused professionals in universities? These were some of the questions discussed at a packed research-policy communication event at Somerville College, hosted by OICSD, ZERO Institute and
- [Empowering Women Through Fiber Art in Rural Uttarakhand](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/empowering-women-through-fiber-art-in-rural-uttarakhand/) - In the heart of Uttarakhand, amidst the serene beauty of the Himalayas, a visionary woman entrepreneur has woven a tapestry of change that is as vibrant and resilient as the community she serves. Ridhi, an aspiring entrepreneur from Nainital, aims to create livelihood opportunities for women in rural Uttarakhand through fiber art. Ridhi’s journey began
- [Neelima's Journey: Turning waste to money](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/neelimasjourney/) - (The views expressed in the article below belong to the author and not the OICSD) In June 2019, Neelima Mishra embarked on a transformative expedition that would change the course of her life and the lives of many in her community. Aanchal Saxena documents her journey as a part of her "Voices of Resilience: Supporting
- [Voices of Resilience: Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Environmental Stewardship](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/blog/voices-of-resilience-supporting-women-entrepreneurs-in-environmental-stewardship/) - The OICSD Development Award supports scholars at the centre to work on an independent project. Scholars have taken up diverse projects alongside their programme that contributes to our core objectives of the centre. Aanchal Saxena joined the OICSD as the inaugural Elizabeth Moir scholar reading for a Master's in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School

## Courses

- [Philosophy, Politics and Economics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/philosophy-politics-and-economics/) - The joint degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) brings together some of the most important approaches to understanding human societies. It appeals to both those who want a broad grounding in all three subjects and to those who want to specialise (up to six out of the eight finals papers may be in one
- [Physics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/physics/) - With the wide-ranging expertise of our tutors, their high quality teaching and the extra study support we provide, you will have all the help and guidance you need to excel here. Teaching We have several dedicated tutors and teaching is tailored to individual students wherever possible. Associate Professor Tad Komacek is an astro/geophysicist who specialises
- [Modern Languages and Joint Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/modern-languages-and-joint-schools/) - The study of modern foreign languages was pioneered in Oxford by women’s colleges like Somerville. While Somerville is now a college for both men and women, we have maintained our focus on modern languages as one of our most important academic subjects. Teaching The aim of the course is to make you fluent in speaking
- [English](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/english/) - The English School at Somerville is a thriving community of lively, thoughtful and enthusiastic readers and writers. Somerville has a long history of brilliant authors and scholars. Many famous novelists and poets studied English here, including Penelope Fitzgerald, Iris Murdoch, AS Byatt, Frances Hardinge and Susan Cooper. Our tutors are, and have always been, influential
- [Experimental Psychology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/experimental-psychology/) - Oxford's department is widely regarded as one of the leading Psychology departments in the UK, hosting research groups in fields as diverse as neuroscience, language, and psychological disorders. Teaching Somerville’s Tutor in Psychology is Professor Charles Spence, the head of the University’s Crossmodal Research Group, which investigates the integration of information across different sensory modalities.
- [Engineering Science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/engineering-science/) - Engineering is one of the larger subjects, or ‘schools’ offered at Somerville. The course is centrally organized and the college has the great advantage of being only just across the road from the Engineering Department where all the lectures and practicals take place. Teaching Engineering is one of the broadest sciences at Oxford. At Oxford,
- [Economics and Joint Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/economics-and-joint-schools/) - Oxford University hosts one of the top economics departments in the world and there is a wide range of lecture courses available from distinguished economists. Teaching It is not necessary to have studied Politics, Economics or Philosophy at A-level to be successful in PPE. Somerville welcomes applications with any combination of A-level subjects, whether Arts,
- [Classical Archaeology and Ancient History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/classical-archaeology-and-ancient-history/) - Somerville was instrumental in the foundation of this joint school, which seeks to bring together the study of the material culture and of the history of the ancient world. You don't need to have studied Classics at A level to apply, although many of our students do choose this path and find it very helpful.
- [Chemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/chemistry/) - Chemists discover new life saving drugs, help to build a greener future and investigate the fundamental physical properties of life itself. You will graduate from Somerville at the end of this 4-year course with investigative skills and a deep and experimental understanding of the world around you. Teaching Chemistry teaching at Somerville is led by
- [Biology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/biology/) - Biology at Oxford is a very broad-based course that reflects the ubiquitous importance of Biology is every aspect of our lives and futures. This enables our students to make an informed decision about which areas interest them most as they move through this 4-year integrated master’s degree (MBiol). Teaching Biology teaching at Somerville is led
- [History and Joint Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/history/) - How do we know about the past and how does it inform the present? Historians at Somerville grapple with evidence and scholarship to answer these questions and more. Teaching We are strongly and proudly committed to excellent teaching. Our tutors place real emphasis on helping students develop the intellectual and study skills they need to
- [Law and Law with Law Studies in Europe](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/law-and-law-with-law-studies-in-europe/) - The Law School at Somerville provides students with challenging courses of legal study in a friendly and supportive environment. We encourage talented students from all backgrounds to apply, and do not have a preference for any particular A-level subjects. Students can study for the three year BA degree, or the four year BA Law with
- [Biochemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/biochemistry/) - Somerville has been at the cutting edge of Biochemistry for almost a century. For decades, the college was the home of the only British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Science, Dorothy Hodgkin, who first studied and then taught here as a Tutorial Fellow. The combination of inspiring teaching and generous support that helped
- [Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/mathematics-computer-science-and-statistics/) - Our college was named after the Scottish mathematician Mary Somerville, and we maintain a strong a record in the subject. Most undergraduates who come up to read Mathematics or one of the joint subjects will have done two Mathematics A-levels, but a few of our students have done only one. Any other A-level subjects can
- [Ancient and Modern History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/ancient-and-modern-history/) - Ancient and Modern History students at Somerville investigate connections between the ancient world and our more recent past as part of a vibrant community spanning several subject courses. When selecting our students, we look for active curiosity about the past, and the ability to analyse information, to argue logically, and to think creatively. You don’t
- [Philosophy and Joint Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/philosophy-and-joint-schools/) - Philosophy is the systematic study of the most general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, truth, morality, the mind, and language. Teaching Somerville has a strong and proud tradition of excellent teaching. Our tutors place a real emphasis on helping you develop the creative and analytical intellect needed to study a
- [Music](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/music/) - Musicians at Somerville benefit from an active musical community, excellent facilities and world class teaching. Oxford’s music degree enables you to pursue a vast range of interests, from ethnomusicology, music theory and analysis, popular music studies, composition and orchestration to performance, conducting, recording and production, music education, opera and music theatre, historical musicology, medieval music
- [Linguistics and Joint Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/linguistics-and-joint-schools/) - Linguistics is the systematic, scientific study of human language, its structure, and its uses. Linguists study many different aspects of language including sounds, words, sentence structure, and meaning. A linguist’s work may be concerned with language in general or the features of a particular language or group of languages. The Course At the undergraduate level,
- [Medicine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/medicine/) - Medicine students at Somerville join a thriving academic community committed to excellence in research and clinical care. Somerville strongly wishes to encourage applicants from the widest range of social, ethnic and geographic backgrounds: candidates are selected solely on the basis of academic excellence and future academic potential. Teaching There are some particular advantages to studying
- [Classics and Joint Schools](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/course/classics-and-joint-schools/) - Classics (Literae Humaniores) at Somerville is a large and flourishing subject, with students from a wide variety of backgrounds and schools reading for all the different degrees involving Classics, including students who have not studied Latin or Greek before. Teaching Somerville is very fortunate in having four tutors (Classics, Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy and Classical

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- [Sacha Romanovitch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sacha-romanovitch/)
- [John Hawkins](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/john-hawkins/)
- [Dr Markos Koumaditis](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dr-markos-koumaditis/)
- [Philip West](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/philip-west/)
- [Apoorva Kulkarni](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/apoorva-kulkarni/)
- [Professor Clair Wills](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-clair-wills/)
- [Jasper Theodor Kauth](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/jasper-theodor-kauth/)
- [Hannah Pack](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/hannah-pack/)
- [Rajesh Thakker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/rajesh-thakker/)
- [Alonso Gurmendi](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/alonso-gurmendi/)
- [Gauri Chandra](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/gauri-chandra/)
- [Kankana Chatterjee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/kankana-chatterjee/)
- [Meghmala Mukherjee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/meghmala-mukherjee/)
- [Ritheka Sundar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/ritheka-sundar/)
- [Helen Ashdown](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/helen-ashdown/)
- [Sarah Talbot](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sarah-talbot/)
- [Norma MacManaway](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/norma-mcmanaway/)
- [Farhana Yamin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/farhana-yamin/)
- [Alfie Brazier](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/alfie-brazier/)
- [Amina Zarzi](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/amina-zarzi/)
- [Alice Barron](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/alice-barron/)
- [The Hon Victoria Glendinning](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/the-hon-victoria-glendenning/)
- [John Traill](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/john-traill/)
- [Sam Warburton](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sam-warburton/)
- [George Ward](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/george-ward/)
- [Katherine English](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/katherine-english/)
- [Elizabeth Morris](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/elizabeth-morris/)
- [Dr Michael Ashdown](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dr-michael-ashdown/)
- [Damian Tyler](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/damian-tyler/)
- [Charles Spence](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/charles-spence/)
- [Stephen Roberts](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/stephen-roberts/)
- [Charlotte Potts](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/charlotte-potts/)
- [Luke Pitcher](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/luke-pitcher/)
- [Andrew Parker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/andrew-parker/)
- [Victoria Stokes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/victoria-stokes/)
- [Graeme Smith](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/graeme-smith/)
- [Nisha Singh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/nisha-singh/)
- [Dean Sheppard](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dean-sheppard/)
- [Naomi Petela](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/naomi-petela/)
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- [Ole Hinz](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/ole-hinz/)
- [Eleanor Grant](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/eleanor-grant/)
- [Kezia Gaitskell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/kezia-gaitskell/)
- [Rachel Exley](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/rachel-exley/)
- [Hanne Eckhoff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/hanne-eckhoff/)
- [Vilma de Gasperin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/vilma-de-gasperin/)
- [Ruth Corrigan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/ruth-corrigan/)
- [Ana Sofia Cerdeira](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/ana-sofia-cerdeira/)
- [Orna Ni Bhroin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/orna-ni-bhroin/)
- [Grace Barnes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/grace-barnes/)
- [Richard Ashdowne](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/richard-ashdowne/)
- [Susan Anthony](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/susan-anthony/)
- [Gitalee Sarker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/gitalee-sarker/)
- [Huiqi (Yvonne) Lu](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/huiqi-yvonne-lu/)
- [Jennifer Welsh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/jennifer-welsh/)
- [Roman Walczak](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/roman-walczak/)
- [Tessa Rajak](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/tessa-rajak/)
- [Manuele Gragnolati](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/manuele-gragnolati/)
- [Professor Sir Marc Feldmann FRS](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-sir-marc-feldmann-frs/)
- [Anthony Bell FRS](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/anthony-bell-frs/)
- [Professor Baroness Wolf of Dulwich CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-baroness-wolf-of-dulwich-cbe/)
- [Baroness Vadera of Holland Park](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/baroness-vadera-of-holland-park/)
- [Frances Stewart](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/frances-stewart/)
- [Dame Kiri Te Kanawa](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dame-kiri-te-kanawa/)
- [Hilary Spurling CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/hilary-spurling-cbe/)
- [Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-dame-nancy-rothwell/)
- [Tessa Ross](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/tessa-ross/)
- [Dame Esther Rantzen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dame-esther-rantzen/)
- [Professor Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-sir-venkatraman-ramakrishnan/)
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- [Josephine Peach](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/josephine-peach/)
- [The Honourable Dame Judith Parker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/the-honourable-dame-judith-parker/)
- [Hilary Ockendon](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/hilary-ockendon/)
- [Professor Ann Oakley](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-ann-oakley/)
- [Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/baroness-oneill-of-bengarve/)
- [Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/baroness-lucy-neville-rolfe/)
- [Helen Morton](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/helen-morton/)
- [Professor Dame Angela McLean](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-dame-angela-mclean/)
- [Harriet Maunsell OBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/harriet-maunsell-obe/)
- [Professor Anna Laura Lepschy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-anna-laura-lepschy/)
- [Dame Emma Kirkby](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dame-emma-kirkby/)
- [Mrs Margaret Kenyon](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/mrs-margaret-kenyon/)
- [Dame Mary Keegan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dame-mary-keegan/)
- [Baroness Margaret Jay](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/baroness-margaret-jay/)
- [Professor Judith Howard CBE FRS](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-judith-howard-cbe-frs/)
- [Professor Dame Julia Higgins](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-dame-julia-higgins/)
- [Judith Heyer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/judith-heyer/)
- [Professor Joanna Haigh CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-joanna-haigh-cbe/)
- [Professor Jenny Glusker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-jenny-glusker/)
- [Karin Erdmann](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/karin-erdmann/)
- [Professor Dame Kay Davies](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/professor-dame-kay-daves/)
- [Dame Elan Closs Stephens](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dame-elan-closs-stephens/)
- [Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/margaret-casely-hayford-cbe/)
- [Dr Paula Pimlott Brownlee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/paula-pimlott-brownlee/)
- [Lesley Brown](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/lesley-brown/)
- [Dr Doreen Boyce](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/doreen-boyce/)
- [Professor Janet Bately CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/janet-bately-cbe/)
- [Margaret Adams](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/margaret-adams/)
- [Her Excellency Judge Akua Kuenyehia](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/her-excellency-judge-akua-kuenyehia/)
- [Gopal Subramanium](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/gopal-subramanium/)
- [Mr Wafic Said](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/mr-wafic-said/)
- [Gavin Ralston](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/gavin-ralston/)
- [Lord Powell of Bayswater](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/lord-powell-of-bayswater/)
- [Robert Ng](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/robert-ng/)
- [Sir Geoffrey Leigh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sir-geoffrey-leigh/)
- [Clare Finch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/clare-finch-2/)
- [Salome Hughes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/salome-hughes/)
- [Abdur Razzak](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/abdur-razzak/)
- [Chris Bamber](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/chris-bamber/)
- [Matthew Roper](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/matthew-roper/)
- [Jane Robinson](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/jane-robinson/)
- [Susan Purver](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/susan-purver/)
- [Julian Smith](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/julian-smith/)
- [Aga Rzad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/aga-rzad/)
- [John Franklin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/john-franklin/)
- [John Forrester](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/john-forrester/)
- [Mark Ealey](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/mark-ealey/)
- [Safa Fanaian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/safa-fanaian/)
- [Navya Jannu](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/navya-jannu/)
- [Shivani Malik](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/shivani-malik/)
- [Vanshaj Jain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/vanshaj-jain/)
- [Sanghamitra Mukherjee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sanghamitra-mukherjee/)
- [Avani Agarwal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/avani-agarwal/)
- [Sarvatrajit Singh Jajmann](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/sarvatrajit-singh-jajmann/)
- [Mrinalini Mitra](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/mrinalini-mitra/)
- [Gaurav Dubey](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/gaurav-dubey/)
- [Paul Fraemohs](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/paul-fraemohs/)
- [Deepa Kurup](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/deepa-kurup/)
- [Teresa Walsh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/teresa-walsh/)
- [Alice Tattersall](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/alice-tattersall/)
- [Richard Vowell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/richard-vowell/)
- [John Frazer](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/john-frazer/)
- [Dave Simpson](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/our-people/dave-simpson/)

## Eminent Somervillian

- [Joyce Reynolds](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/joyce-reynolds/)
- [Lady Hazel Fox CMG](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/lady-hazel-fox-cmg/)
- [Claire Tomlinson](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/claire-tomlinson/)
- [Anthea Bell](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/anthea-bell/)
- [Daphne Park](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/daphne-park/)
- [Joyce Gutteridge CBE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/33192/)
- [Lalage Bown](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/lalage-bown-obe/)
- [Mary Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/mary-somerville/)
- [Bolanle Awe](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/bolanle-awe/)
- [Janet Dean Fodor](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/janet-dean-fodor/)
- [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/dorothy-l-sayers/)
- [Shirley Williams](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/shirley-williams/)
- [Ann Schlee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/ann-schlee/)
- [Alison Wolf](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/alison-wolf/)
- [Onora O'Neill](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/onora-oneill/)
- [Susan Cooper](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/susan-cooper/)
- [Emily Penrose](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/emily-penrose/)
- [June Raine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/june-raine-2/)
- [Alice Prochaska](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/alice-prochaska/)
- [Enid Starkie](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/enid-starkie/)
- [Farhana Yamin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/farhana-yamin/)
- [Esther Rantzen](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/esther-rantzen/)
- [Cornelia Sorabji](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/cornelia-sorabji/)
- [Elspeth Barker](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/elspeth-barker/)
- [Eleanor Rathbone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/eleanor-rathbone/)
- [Averil Cameron](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/averil-cameron-dbe/)
- [Indira Gandhi](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/indira-gandhi/)
- [Margaret Thatcher](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/margaret-thatcher-2/)
- [Sam Gyimah](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/sam-gyimah/)
- [Janet Vaughan](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/janet-vaughan/)
- [Mary Ward](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/mary-ward/)
- [Shriti Vadera](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/shriti-vadera/)
- [Xand van Tulleken](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/xand-van-tulleken/)
- [Fiona Caldicott](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/fiona-caldicott/)
- [Catherine Duleep Singh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/catherine-duleep-singh/)
- [Lucy Banda Sichone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/lucy-banda-sichone/)
- [Iris Murdoch](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/iris-murdoch/)
- [Agnes Maitland](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/agnes-maitland/)
- [Madeleine Shaw Lefevre](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/madeleine-shaw-lefevre/)
- [Kathleen Kenyon](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/kathleen-kenyon/)
- [Susie Dent](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/susie-dent/)
- [Winifred Holtby](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/winifred-holtby/)
- [Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/dorothy-crowfoot-hodgkin/)
- [Julia Higgins](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/julia-higgins/)
- [Margery Fry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/margery-fry/)
- [Penelope Fitzgerald](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/penelope-fitzgerald-2/)
- [Helen Darbishire](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/helen-darbishire-1881-1961/)
- [Margaret Casely-Hayford](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/margaret-casely-hayford/)
- [Vera Brittain](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/eminent/vera-brittain/)

## Student Stories

- [Profile: Caroline Murphy Racette](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/student-stories/profile-caroline-murphy-racette/) - Caroline is in her final year studying Classics at Somerville. She is also Captain of the Oxford University Fencing team, which is currently ranked #1 in the UK. Here she tells us more about her sporting life, her studies and volunteering at the Ashmolean (as well as the all-important Varsity match). Why did you apply
- [On Singing for Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/student-stories/on-singing-for-somerville/) - Being part of the College Choir may seem a bit strange to the majority of Somervillians. Whether it be gathering en masse in Terrace (dressed entirely in black), performing unusual contemporary music in the middle of formals, or running towards the chapel at 17:14 on a Thursday (to avoid the penalty for lateness; humiliation via
- [20 Things I learned from 2020](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/student-stories/20-things-i-learned-from-2020/) - 2020 was no ordinary year. In between finding out during the holidays that it might be a long time before we got to come back to Somerville - twice - and having to get used to all-new ways of doing even the most basic academic and social tasks, there was plenty to get to grips
- [In Defence of Downtime](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/student-stories/in-defence-of-downtime/) - When I arrived in Somerville as a fresher in 2016, I realised quickly that I was going to have to handle my work-life balance very carefully. I knew from the start that Oxford would be stressful and would push me further as a student than I had been pushed before, and so I decided from
- [Overcoming Imposter Syndrome](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/student-stories/overcoming-imposter-syndrome/) - My pre-university education was unexceptional. I attended a state secondary school and a local sixth-form college and, although I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, it’s fair to say that attending Oxford wasn’t even a consideration for most of us (myself included). So, when I found myself with a place for postgraduate study at Oxford, I

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- [Criminal Law](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/criminal-law/)
- [Students](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/students/)
- [Forests](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/forests/)
- [Restoration](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/restoration/)
- [Publication](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/publication/)
- [Conservation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/conservation/)
- [Symposium](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/symposium/)
- [education](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/education/)
- [first generation](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/first-generation/)
- [Dalit](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/dalit/)
- [Adivasi](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/adivasi/)
- [Award](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/award/)
- [Prize](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/prize/)
- [Frederick Soddy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/frederick-soddy/)
- [geography](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/geography/)
- [causes](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/causes/)
- [OICSD](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/oicsd/)
- [radhika khosla](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/tag/radhika-khosla/)

## Stats Types

- [view](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/view/)
- [Chrome](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/chrome/)
- [Macintosh](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/macintosh/)
- [Windows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/windows/)
- [Safari](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/safari/)
- [iPhone](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/iphone/)
- [iPad](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/ipad/)
- [Firefox](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/firefox/)
- [Android Browser](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/android-browser/)
- [Android](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/android/)
- [unknown](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/unknown/)
- [Samsung Browser](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/samsung-browser/)
- [Linux](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/linux/)
- [Opera](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/wpa-stats-type/opera/)

## Blog

- [Events](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?blog_taxonomy=events)
- [Articles](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?blog_taxonomy=articles)

## Department

- [Admin and Support Staff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=admin-and-support-staff)
- [Library](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=library)
- [Emeritus and Honorary Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=honorary-fellows)
- [Foundation Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=foundation-fellows)
- [ICT](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=ict)
- [Treasury](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=treasury)
- [Development Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=development-office)
- [Academic Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=academic-office)
- [Chapel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=chapel)
- [Porters' Lodge](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=porters-lodge)
- [Estates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=estates)
- [Senior Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=senior-research-fellows)
- [Lecturers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=lecturers)
- [Distinguished Friend of Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=distinguished-friend-of-somerville)
- [Deans](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=deans)
- [Health & Welfare](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=health-welfare)
- [Senior Associate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=senior-associate)
- [Research Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_department_taxonomy=research-fellow)

## Subject New

- [Mathematics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=mathematics)
- [Philosophy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=philosophy)
- [Physics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=physics)
- [Medicine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=medicine)
- [Chemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=chemistry)
- [Music](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=music)
- [Statistics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=statistics)
- [Law](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=law)
- [Classical Archaeology and Ancient History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=ancient-history)
- [Classics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=classics)
- [History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=history)
- [Biology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=biology)
- [French](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=french)
- [Economics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=economics)
- [Linguistics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=linguistics)
- [Politics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=politics)
- [International Relations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=international-relations)
- [Engineering](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=engineering)
- [Biochemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=biochemistry)
- [Italian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=italian)
- [Modern Languages](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=modern-languages)
- [Psychology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=psychology)
- [English](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=english)
- [German](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=german)
- [PPE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=ppe)
- [Computer Science](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=computer-science)
- [Geography](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=geography)
- [Sociology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=sociology)
- [Spanish](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=spanish)
- [Anthropology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=anthropology)
- [Chinese](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=chinese)
- [Pharmacology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=pharmacology)
- [Biomedical Sciences](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_subject_taxonomy=biomedical-sciences)

## Academic New

- [Treasury](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=treasury)
- [Admin and Support Staff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=admin-and-support-staff)
- [Governing Body](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=governing-body)
- [Fellows and Academics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=fellows-and-academics)
- [Porters](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=porters)
- [Library](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=library)
- [ICT](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=ict)
- [HR](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=hr)
- [Estates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=estates)
- [Development & Alumni Relations](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=development-alumni-relations)
- [Communications](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=communications)
- [Academic Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=academic-office)
- [Access and Outreach](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=access-and-outreach)
- [Foundation Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=foundation-fellow)
- [Honorary Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=honorary-fellow)
- [Emeritus Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=emeritus-fellow)
- [Senior Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=senior-research-fellow)
- [Junior Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=junior-research-fellow)
- [Lecturers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=lecturers)
- [Teaching Staff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=teaching-staff)
- [Principal](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=principal)
- [Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_academic_taxonomy=research-fellows)

## Categories

- [Governing Body](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=governing-body)
- [Senior Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=senior-research-fellows)
- [Junior Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=junior-research-fellows)
- [Lecturers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=lecturers)
- [Teaching Staff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=teaching-staff)
- [Deans](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=deans)
- [OICSD Scholars](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=oicsd-scholars)
- [Additional Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=additional-fellow)
- [Research Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=research-fellows)
- [Senior Associate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_public_taxonomy=senior-associate)

## Private Categories

- [Fellows and Academics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=fellows-and-academics)
- [Emeritus and Honorary Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=emeritus-and-honorary-fellows)
- [Admin and Support Staff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=admin-and-support-staff)
- [Classical Archaeology and Ancient History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=classical-archaeology-and-ancient-history)
- [Academic Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=academic-office)
- [Deans](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=deans)
- [Teaching staff](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=teaching-staff)
- [Governing Body](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=governing-body)
- [Medieval Research Group](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=medieval-research-group)
- [Library](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=library)
- [Chemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=chemistry)
- [Classics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=classics)
- [Ancient and Modern History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=ancient-and-modern-history)
- [History](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=history)
- [Biochemistry](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=biochemistry)
- [Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=mathematics-comp-sci-and-stats)
- [Access & Outreach](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=access-outreach)
- [Medicine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=medicine)
- [Law](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=law)
- [Music](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=music)
- [Linguistics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=linguistics)
- [Modern Languages](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=modern-languages)
- [Economics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=economics)
- [Engineering](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=engineering)
- [Biology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=biology)
- [English](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=english)
- [Psychology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=psychology)
- [Senior Research Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=senior-research-fellow)
- [Philosophy](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=philosophy)
- [PPE](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=ppe)
- [Politics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=politics)
- [physics](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=physics)
- [Welfare](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=welfare)
- [Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=margaret-thatcher-scholarship-trust)
- [Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=oxford-india-centre-for-sustainable-development)
- [Development Office](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=development-office)
- [Foundation Fellows](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=foundation-fellow)
- [Junior Research Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=junior-research-fellow)
- [Treasury](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=treasury)
- [IT](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=it)
- [Porters' Lodge](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=porters-lodge)
- [Estates](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=estates)
- [Catering and Conferences](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=catering-and-conferences)
- [housekeeping](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=housekeeping)
- [Chapel](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=chapel)
- [Medicine - Course Sidebar](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=medicine-course-sidebar)
- [Sustainability Research](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=sustainability-research)
- [Pharmacology](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=pharmacology)
- [JCR Committee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=jcr-committee)
- [Distinguished Friend of Somerville](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=distinguished-friend-of-somerville)
- [MCR Committee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=mcr-committee)
- [Health and Welfare](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=health-and-welfare)
- [Additional Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=additional-fellow)
- [Research Fellow](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=research-fellow)
- [International Development](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=international-development)
- [Senior Associate](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=senior-associate)
- [Spanish](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=spanish)
- [Somerville London Group Committee](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=somerville-london-group-committee)
- [German](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?people_cat_taxonomy=german)

## Field

- [Writers and Poets](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=writers-and-poets)
- [Educationalists](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=educationalists)
- [Activists and Reformers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=activists-and-reformers)
- [Scientists](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=scientists)
- [Health and Medicine](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=health-and-medicine)
- [Businesspeople](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=businesspeople)
- [Law](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=law)
- [Heads of House](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=heads-of-house)
- [Linguists and Literature](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=linguists-and-literature)
- [Politicians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=politicians)
- [Historians](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=historians)
- [Archaeologists](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=archaeologists)
- [Philosophers](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=philosophers)
- [Classicists](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=classicists)
- [Government and Civil Service](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=government-and-civil-service)
- [Film and TV](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=film-and-tv)
- [Humanitarian](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=humanitarian)
- [Economists](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=economists)
- [Sportspeople](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_field_taxonomy=sportspeople)

## Year

- [1946](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1946)
- [1958](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1958)
- [1914](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1914)
- [1960](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1960)
- [1980](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1980)
- [1900](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1900)
- [1983](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1983)
- [1935](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1935)
- [1892](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1892)
- [1937](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1937)
- [1995](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1995)
- [1961](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1961)
- [1917](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1917)
- [1926](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1926)
- [1879](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1879)
- [1889](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1889)
- [1938](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1938)
- [1959](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1959)
- [1940](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1940)
- [1965](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1965)
- [1971](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1971)
- [1912](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1912)
- [1978](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1978)
- [1890](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1890)
- [1916](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1916)
- [1943](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1943)
- [1996](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1996)
- [1981](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1981)
- [1919](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1919)
- [1948](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1948)
- [1967](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1967)
- [1945](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1945)
- [1956](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1956)
- [1955](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1955)
- [1925](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1925)
- [1954](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1954)
- [1963](https://www.some.ox.ac.uk/?eminent_year_taxonomy=1963)