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......
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. Each of......
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.......
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......
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......
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......
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......
Tessa Ross (1980, Oriental Studies) has been appointed Chief Executive of the National Theatre in London. Ross has been Controller of Film & Drama at Channel 4 and was responsible......
Janet Soskice will become the third Somervillian in eight days to feature on Melvyn Bragg’s popular Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’. Soskice, Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University......
Two Somerville alumnae have featured in a BBC Radio 4 programme about Spartacus, aired on 6 March. The programme, which forms an episode in Melvyn Bragg’s ‘In Our Time’ series,......