Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Principal Jan Royall is Somerville's Principal. She has had a distinguished career in politics, notably serving as Chief Whip in the House of Lords and then as Leader of the......
Principal Jan Royall is Somerville's Principal. She has had a distinguished career in politics, notably serving as Chief Whip in the House of Lords and then as Leader of the......
Fellow & Tutor in Medicine; Professor of Experimental Neuropathology My work centres on inflammatory diseases, and I lead the Experimental Neuropathology Laboratory at the University of Oxford in the Department......
“The goals of the Middle Common Room are to provide a mutually supportive environment for its members, to represent their academic and social interests, to recognise and welcome the multi-cultural......
Fellow & Tutor in International Relations; Professor of International Relations Patricia went to a comprehensive school in London and, as the first in her family to go to university, did......
Historian of late antiquity and Byzantium 1 Averil Cameron grew up in North Staffordshire and came to Somerville in 1958 to study Literae Humaniores (Classics). She went on to do......
Professorial Fellow; Professor of Theoretical and Condensed Matter Physics Professor Simon is a physicist interested in quantum effects and how they are manifested in phases of matter. He has recently......
(1941-2021) – Psychiatrist and health policy expert, Principal of Somerville 1996-2010 1 Educated in London, Fiona Caldicott studied medicine and physiology at St Hilda’s College, Oxford before going on to......
(1893-1970) – Writer and campaigner 1 Vera Brittain was born in Staffordshire. She won an exhibition to read English at Somerville. In 1915, after just one year, she left the......
Fellow & Tutor in Biochemistry; Professor in Molecular Biology Elena joined the Oxford University Biochemistry Department in 2014 as an independent group leader to study the structure and function of......
Senior Tutor, Tutor for Graduates and Tutor for Admissions Steve Rayner oversees the College’s academic activities, including admissions and outreach, and supports Fellows and Students in their teaching and learning.......