Univ and Devas Club summer internship
Laura Fulton (2021, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies – Chinese) reports on her experience of completing a summer internship working on grant applications with the Devas Club. Read more here.

Univ Fellow Director of new MRC CoRE
Professor Peter Magill, Supernumerary Fellow in Neurobiology at Univ, is the founding Director of a new Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Restorative Neural Dynamics which opens in November 2025. Read more here.

She before Sherlock
Dr Sara Lodge’s (1994, English) new book unveils the surprising truth about female detectives in the Victorian era. Read more here.

What’s in a name
Dr Maren Schentuleit, Lady Wallis Budge Fellow at Univ, considers the linguistic features and religious roots of cross-gender names as well as exploring naming traditions in Roman Egypt. Read more here.

Univ Alumni Edinburgh Drinks 2025
Old Members from the College gathered at Bar Prince in Edinburgh on 8 September to connect with other alumni and hear news from Univ. Read a report about the event by Andrew Butler KC (1982, Classics) here.

Announcing Oxford Open Doors 2025
On 13 September, the College took part in Oxford Open Doors in collaboration with the Oxford Preservation Trust. Read more here.

Body movements as biomarkers
Dr Connor Keating, Scott Family Junior Research Fellow in Autism, details how observing differences in physical movement led to a new approach to autism screening. Read more here.

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Meeting Minds Oxford 2025
Professor Jon Blundy (1980, Geology), Univ Supernumerary Fellow in Earth Sciences, spoke at the Introducing Oxford EARTH event, part of Meeting Minds Oxford 2025. Read more here.

Andrew Norman installed as Bishop in Europe
Following a varied career within the Church, the Revd Canon Andrew Norman (1981, PPE) was officially installed as Suffragan Bishop in Europe at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gibraltar on 2 March 2025. Read more here.

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Profile: Ben Wicks OBE
Formerly a civil servant and fund manager at Schroder Investment Management, Ben Wicks OBE (1995, History and Modern Languages) now devotes his time to teaching chess in prisons and raising funds for Chess in Schools and Communities. You can read Ben’s profile here.

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Leiden Oxford Transplantation Summer School 2025
Naeem Abdul Ghafoor (2024, DPhil in Surgical Sciences) has written about attending the Leiden Oxford Transplantation Summer School 2025. This trip was funded by the Graduate Research Training Fund. Read the full travel report here.

Cargèse Summer School 2025
Ethan Carragher (2022, DPhil in Theoretical Physics) has provided an account of his trip to Corsica to take part in the Cargèse summer school. This trip was funded by the Old Members’ Graduate Conference and Academic Travel Fund. Read the full travel report here.

NCCR Automation Fellowship in Zurich
Keyan Miao (2021, DPhil Engineering Science) has written a report about a five-month fellowship at the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Automation at ETH Zurich, during which Keyan focused on questions at the intersection of automation and AI. This trip was funded by the Graduate Research Training Fund. Read the full travel report here.

Visit to Denmark and Germany
Adenike Adekanmbi (2024, Law and Finance) has written about her visit to Denmark and Germany in May 2025, during which she explored a number of cultural and historical sites. This trip was funded by the Old Members’ Graduate Conference and Academic Travel Fund. Read the full travel report here.

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Fellows and other academics

•Baroness Valerie Amos has been appointed President of Chatham House and will take up her post in May 2026. You can read more here.

Old Members

•Dr Peter Slinn (1960, History) has been made an Honorary Life Member of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association in recognition of his contribution to the work of the Association in promoting the rule of law in the Commonwealth. You can read more here.