Sam Gyimah
Politician 1 Sam Gyimah was born in Beaconsfield in 1976. After his family returned to Ghana he was educated at Achimota Secondary School, before coming back to England for the......
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Indira Gandhi
(1917-1984) – Prime Minister of India 1966-1977 and 1980-1984 1 Educated in Indira Gandhi came to Somerville in 1937 to read Modern History. She was only able to stay for......
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......
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......
Lucy Banda Sichone
(1954-1998) – Human rights activist and educator 1 Lucy Banda Sichone grew up in Zambia (then known as Northern Rhodesia) and came to Somerville in 1978 as Zambia’s first female......
Somerville Gives Royal Welcome to HRH Prince Charles
Climate change, women’s rights and Oxford’s partnership with India were all on the agenda during a visit by His Royal Highness Prince Charles to Somerville today – the first public......
Will Dawes
Director of Chapel Music Will Dawes(ARAM, PGDip (RAM), BMus (Hons) has been Director of Chapel Music of Somerville College since 2017. He has also been Director of Music at the......
The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust
The Margaret Thatcher Scholarship Trust (MTST) was established in 2013 to promote and advance education at the University of Oxford, and Somerville College in particular. Our goal is to support......
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......