Somerville Choir releases advent calendar
Following a highly successful recording of Duruflé’s Requiem and Milford’s Mass for Five Voices, the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford, has released its second commercial CD on the Stone Records......
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Pioneer India scholars begin life at Somerville
Somerville College’s first three Indira Gandhi scholars have arrived from India to begin their academic year at the University of Oxford. Sumanas Koulagi, Shriman Narayan Sai Raman and Shahana Munazir......
Rugby Resurrection at Somerville – men beat Magdalen 120-5
Just two years ago, Somerville College’s men’s rugby team was demoted to Division Five of the University’s inter-collegiate competition, the lowest division in the contest. Since then, however, the men......
Somerville’s restored library opens for study – publication of Breaking New Ground to follow
Somerville’s 1903 library has been reopened this term after a summer refurbishment in which the Upper Library was re-carpeted, the stonework and brickwork cleaned and repaired, and new stone tiles......
Sam Gyimah tells Independent how Somerville supported him as an undergrad
In an interview published on 9 September, Sam Gyimah MP (1995, PPE) has told the Independent that Somerville College offered him vital support during his undergraduate years, enabling him to......
Frank Prochaska to speak at Charity Commission Annual Public Meeting in Westminster
Dr Franklyn Prochaska, member of the Senior Common Room of Somerville College, will speak at the Annual Public Meeting of the Charity Commission on 17 September. The meeting, scheduled to......
Choir CD chosen for British Airways Christmas playlist
Advent Calendar, the Christmas anthology CD released by Somerville College Choir in November 2013, has been chosen by British Airways to be included on its Christmas Classical playlist. The list......
SOMERVILLE ALUMNI ON THE SCOTTISH REFERENDUM
On 18 September some hundred Somerville alumni will vote on whether Scotland should become an independent country. There is a range of opinions among College alumni over whether Scotland should......
Frank Prochaska questions coopting of charitable sector by the state in lecture to Charity Commission
Dr Frank Prochaska, historian and member of Somerville College, has delivered a lecture entitled ‘The State of Charity’ to the Annual General Meeting of the Charity Commission. The lecture, which......
Somerville TELETHON 2014 begins
The 2014 Somerville College Telethon has begun! Student callers began phoning alumni on 22 September at the start of a two-week campaign that will seek to support the running costs......