Almut Suerbaum
Fellow & Tutor in German; Professor of German Since arriving at Somerville from Germany, I have come to appreciate what a unique form the tutorial is for tutors as well......
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Margery Fry
(1874-1958) – Social reformer, Principal of Somerville 1926-1931 1 Born in London into a Quaker family, and home schooled until she was 17, Margery Fry came to Somerville in 1892......
Penelope Fitzgerald
(1916-2000) – Booker Prize-winning writer 1 Penelope Fitzgerald was born into a literary family where ‘everyone was publishing, or about to publish something’, and her mother was a Somervillian. In......
Esther Rantzen
Journalist and television presenter 1 Esther Rantzen went to school in the US and London before coming to Somerville in 1959 to study English. At Oxford she performed with the......
Joyce Reynolds
Classicist 1 Born in London, Joyce Reynolds came to Somerville in 1937 to study Literae Humaniores (Classics). She took her Finals in 1941 and went on to work for the......
Kamel El Omari
Senior Beamline Scientist at Diamond Light Source; Stipendiary Lecturer I am Somerville's Lecturer in Biochemistry. I am a virologist and crystallographer based at Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchotron.......
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......
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......
Social Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives
As one of Oxford’s leading institutions for social responsibility, with a long history of commitment to social inclusion, we are well-positioned to tackle the social inequalities, prejudices and barriers that......