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......
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......
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.......
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. This outstanding distinction is held by......
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......
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). The news story was broadcast......
Professor Alex David Rogers, Ernest Cook Fellow Operation Wallacea (OpWall) is an education and conservation organisation providing rich learning experiences for school and university students whilst also working to conserve......
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. The meeting, scheduled to......
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......
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......