A College of Sanctuary
In 2021, Somerville College became one of the UK’s first Colleges of Sanctuary. Our commitment to supporting the millions of people who today find themselves displaced by war, persecution and......
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Booking the Chapel
The College Chapel is a versatile space which can host religious meetings, concerts, rehearsals, talks, fashion shows, recordings, and all sorts of other events. Members of College If you are......
Wellbeing & Faith-Specific Consultations
The Chapel is a centre of the college’s wellbeing activities, which include sessions of Meditation for Wellbeing in Movement and Stillness, and Yoga. These activities are open not merely to......
Choral Contemplations
Being an ‘undenominational’ chapel (open to all denominations and religious beliefs), we do not hold a weekly religious service nor have a Chaplain. Instead, we host a Choral Contemplation programme......
Choir Tours
Tours are a major part of Somerville College Choir’s identity. The choir has previously conducted tours to locations including Germany, Italy, and the United States. In December 2018, the choir......
Choral and Organ Scholarships
Our choral and organ scholarships are a fantastic way to develop your skills through high-level performance and, in the case of our organ scholarships, they represent a genuine means of......
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......
Join the Choir
If you want to be part of the only non-denominational chapel choir in Oxford and join a friendly, supportive and professionally-directed group of singers, Somerville Choir is the place for......
Farhana Yamin
Lawyer, public speaker and climate activist 1 Farhana Yamin grew up in London and came to Somerville in 1983 to study PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). After graduation, Yamin qualified......
Dorothy L. Sayers
(1893-1957) – Writer and Dante scholar 1 Born in Oxford, Sayers grew up in Huntingdonshire, in a village where her father was the rector (she later took several of her......