Support Staff

Clare manages the day-to-day operations of the Development and Alumni Relations team, orchestrating high-level campaign events and overseeing Somerville’s stewardship programme for donors..

Hello! I am Mohini, a DPhil student at the Faculty of Oriental Studies. My research work is on the politics of language in South Asia. I worked with a higher education institute for women in India before joining Oxford and have a Master’s in Cultural Studies from SOAS University of London. I am excited to start my journey at Somerville College as Junior Dean and can’t wait to meet the diverse community of students at the College!

I have undertaken the following training for my role as Junior Dean:

• First Aid Training offer by St John’s Ambulance
• Junior Deans Training offered by the University Counselling Service
• Sexual Violence Awareness and Disclosures offered by the Oxfordshire Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre
• Health and Safety Training – Somerville Lodge Porters
• Defibrillator Training – Somerville Lodge Porters
• Fire Evacuation Training – Somerville Lodge Porters
• Data Protection and Security Awareness Training – Information Services
• Welfare Policy and Procedures – Student Welfare Lead
• College Rules and Procedures – Decanal Officer

Lisa Gygax (1987, PPE) has been Liz Cooke’s ‘apprentice’ since 2014. In her role as joint Secretary to the Alumni Association she shares Liz’s keen interest in the myriad of pursuits that Somervillians get up to after leaving Oxford. Her role extends to stewarding our various alumni networks.

Anna’s first career was in infrastructure and security, where she acted as a freelance project manager for multiple government bodies and FTSE 500 companies. Thirteen years ago, she decided to turn her lifelong passion for gardening into a second career, retraining at Jesus College, Oxford.

Anna has since worked in several large estate gardens, including Dorney Court and Denham Place, as well as offering freelance garden design and consultancy. At Somerville, she looks forward to supporting Head Gardener Alistair Malick in bringing the Somerville gardens into the 21st century, whilst delivering a beautiful and sustainable garden (featuring as many alpine plants and clipped shrubs as possible in order to fulfil her passion for niwaki/bonsai and mountain plants).

I have a passion for alpines and niwaki / bonsai training of plants (topiary to the uninitiated)

Prior to retraining –

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Salome manages all aspects of HR for academic and support staff including policies, reporting, recruitment, appointments and compliance. Any HR queries can be directed to human.resources@some.ox.ac.uk

HR hours are Monday – Friday 8.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. and either Salome or her colleague, Sarah, will be happy to help with any HR questions you have.