Baroness Amos visits Model UN at local school
On 6 October, Baroness Valerie Amos visited Wood Farm Primary School in Oxford to take part in a Model UN session during which students debated the protection of the world’s oceans. Read more here.

UCBC row from Oxford to London
Dr Nick Kanellakis, Stipendiary Lecturer in Pathology and co-treasurer of UCBC has kindly provided an account of the club’s recent Oxford to London rowing challenge and subsequent training camp in Gloucester. Read the report here.

Milestones Anniversary Reunion
Andrew Moore (1964, History) has written a report of the Milestones Anniversary Reunion, during which Old Members who matriculated in 1954, 1955, 1964, 1965, 1974 and 1975 and their guests were invited back to College to celebrate 50, 60 and 70 years respectively since their matriculation. Read more here.

Welfare at Univ
In support of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, we highlighted welfare provision for students at Univ and shared useful links relating to support available for all students within the College and the University. Read more here.

Team Univ Charity Cycle Ride 2025
A number of students and staff members from the College took part in a six-hour Cyclathon to raise funds in support of The Oxford University Sport and Community Partnership. Read more here.

Welcome letters from the presidents 2025
JCR President Robert Mylne (2024. History) and WCR President Ben Willis (2023, DPhil History) welcome students to the College and share their hopes for coming academic year. Read more here.

Recognition of Distinction 2025
Univ Fellow Dr Marina Rucsandra Filip, Tutorial Fellow in Physics, has been awarded the title of Professor of Physics in the University’s latest Recognition of Distinction exercise. Read more here.

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Univ North Docuseries Episode One
The College has launched an original docuseries to showcase the work involved in the conception and evolution of the Univ North development. Read more and watch episode one of the docuseries here.

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Profile: Ben Willis
Learn more about WCR President Ben Willis (2023, DPhil History), a second-year DPhil History student and previously completed a BA and MPhil at Cambridge. You can read Ben’s profile here.

Profile: Robert Mylne
Read a profile of JCR President Robert Mylne(2024. History), who is in his second year studying History at Univ. You can read Robert’s profile here.

Profile: Angie Carter
Learn more about Angie Carter, Resident Caretaker/Porter at the Staverton Road Annexe and Univ North, who has worked at the College for over 20 years both at the College’s High Street site and the Staverton Road Annexe in North Oxford. You can read Angie’s profile here.

Profile: Gareth Capner OBE
Gareth Capner OBE is a friend of Univ and worked at Barton Willmore, which he developed into a planning and design practice for nearly thirty years, retiring as Senior Partner in 2008. Gareth was involved in initiating the Univ North Development and provided expert planning advice. You can read Gareth’s profile here.

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Attending the ICML in Vancouver
Stefano Cortinovis (2022, Modern Statistics and Statistical Machine Learning) has written about attending the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) in Vancouver. This trip was funded by the Old Members’ Graduate Conference and Academic Travel Fund. Read the full travel report here.

Immersion trip with Oxford Latinas
Nathaniel Hodson (2024, DPhil Theology and Religion) has provided an account and reflections following a Latin Immersion Trip with Oxford Latinitas at Jesus College, Oxford. This trip was funded by the Graduate Research Training Fund. Read the full travel report here.

Plasma Kinetics Theory Meeting
Leonard Turica (2022, DPhil Theoretical Physics) has written about participating in the 16th Plasma Kinetics Theory Meeting, hosted at the Wolfgang Pauli Institute in Vienna. This trip was funded by the Old Members’ Graduate Conference and Academic Travel Fund. Read the full travel report here.

Accessing Archives in New Delhi
Shubhankar Kashyap (2024, DPhil International Relations) has provided an account of exploring India’s national archives and The Prime Minister’s Museum and Library as part of a project examining the role of international intellectual exchanges in the formation of Indian anticolonial thought in early twentieth century. 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

• Mx Alex Benn, Senior Lecturer in Law, talks about class, gender and being a barrister in a new video in the Off the Beaten Track series, a project founded by the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Oxford. Watch the full video here.

• Professor Sarah Harper, Supernumerary Fellow in Gerontology, Director and Clore Professor of Gerontology at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, commented on people living longer and healthier lives in an article titled “Where is all the housing for older people?” in the Financial Times. You can read the article here.

• Professor Tamsin Mather, Supernumerary Fellow in Earth Sciences and Professor of Earth Sciences, has been featured in three videos sharing her knowledge on “The power of volcanoes”, “Humans and volcanoes”, and “Volcanoes and the origins of life.” The videos form part of the The Philip Leverhulme Prize Collection on EXPeditions, an open-access digital platform created to bridge the gap between scholars and members of the public.

• Professor Patrick Rebeschini, Tutorial Fellow in Statistics and Professor of Statistics and Machine Learning, will host a workshop on Game-Theoretic Statistics and Online Learning in Oxford at Jesus College on 28 November 2025.

• Professor Tian Yuan Tan 陳靝沅, Univ Professorial Fellow, Chair and Shaw Professor of Chinese, is to deliver a talk on “Digitising and Unlocking Early Modern Chinese Court Drama” at the Weston Library (Bodleian Libraries) at 1pm on Wednesday 12 November. This talk introduces the “TEXTCOURT” research project, of which Professor Tian Yuan Tan is Principal Investigator, which uses digital methods to explore the rich and interconnected textual worlds of early modern Chinese court drama. Further details.

• Dr Laura Varnam, Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature, will be taking part in “Reweaving the Poem, an afternoon of poetry performance and conversation” 16 November at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford. You can find out more here.

Old Members

• Andrew Dyson (1991, Ancient and Modern History) was recently appointed as Managing Partner for the UK, at global law firm DLA Piper, having previously led the firm’s international Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice.

• Rebecca Kuang (2019, Contemporary Chinese Studies), writing as R.F. Kuang, published Katabasis (HarperVoyager, August 2025) and has since signed a new four-book deal with HarperCollins.

• Skye McAlpine (2003, Classics) published The Christmas Companion: Recipes, crafts and inspiration for a magical festive season (Bloomsbury Publishing, October 2025).

• Tom Mayne (1997, Modern Languages) published his first book along with co-writers John Heathershaw and Tena Prelec, Indulging Kleptocracy (OUP, February 2025).