the brick

the newsletter for the keble community • issue 81 • hilary term 2025

FEATURE

The Visiting Fellowship Programme

Keble’s Visiting Fellowship programme is entering its fifth year. Since its launch in 2020, the College has hosted thirteen visitors from academia, business, and the arts, with each individual adding their own wealth of experience to Keble’s intellectual life.

College News

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Portraits of Keble III

This term saw the launch of the third installation of our Portraits of Keble exhibition, celebrating diverse and inspiring individuals with 28 new portrait photographs hung in Keble’s Dining Hall.

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Keble Choir on Tour

Our Choir spent a packed eight days bringing their musical talents to Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore, exploring the region and reconnecting with alumni across the world. Follow the account of Graduate Choral Assistant Jemima Kinley to find out what they got up to.

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Sustainability Officer | Jilly Mowbray

Jilly Mowbray is Keble’s Sustainability Officer, advising on environmental issues and helping minimise our carbon footprint. She talks to us about sustainability within Oxford’s colleges and what inspired her to be in this role.

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Harris Society Dinner

We had the pleasure of welcoming students and alumni at the triennial Harris Society Dinner, where we celebrated our College’s vibrant legal community, and heard from alumnus and Honorary Fellow Kannon Shanmugam, one of the USA’s leading Supreme Court advocates.

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College News in Brief...
College News in Brief...

35 years of Gardens and Grounds Manager Ade at Keble; Chancellor’s Lunch; Crisp Hollamby Lecture Theatre; H G Wells Additions.

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Student Life

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MCR Art Exhibition

MCR President Amaury Genovese reflects on the individual efforts and collective successes of the MCR’s recent art exhibition, encouraging creativity within the graduate cohort and connection with the wider Keble community.

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KA Report: International Meeting for Young Beekeepers

Following a life-long passion for beekeeping, Keble Association grant recipient Natalie Phillips (2023 MBiol Biology) recounts her time at the International Meeting for Young Beekeepers in Dubai.

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Varsity Victory

This term’s rugby Varsity matches saw both women’s teams victorious, with two Keble students at the helm and two more Keblites rounding out a strong College presence.

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Keble Access Society | Jafar Bin-Faisal

Jafar Bin-Faisal (2023 History), President of the Keble Access Society, talks to us about his passion for outreach, the society’s mission here at College and the impact they’ve been making.

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From BUCS to Business | Jared Ward

Starting his next chapter after a career in running, Olympic athlete Jared Ward (2024 EMBA) discusses coming to study at Oxford and his recent successes in University cross-country competitions.

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Student Life in Brief...
Student Life in Brief...

All-Innovate Keble Winners; Economics and Management Prize; Mathematics Prize; Football Cuppers.

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VIDEO

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Manuscript 30

Keble Librarian Fiona Wilson talks about Manuscript 30 — one of the most ornate examples in our Special Collections — which has recently been digitised thanks to a generous donation from alumnus Alistair Tucker (1955 Jurisprudence). The images are now freely available online, alongside a handful of other previously digitised manuscripts, so that they can be studied and enjoyed by everyone.

Alumni News

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From Kabul to Keble and Back | Selai Mangal

Selai Mangal shares how her time at Oxford equipped her with the tools to create lasting change in Afghanistan, driving forward empowerment, sustainability and innovation through strategy and business.

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Telethon 2025

During this year’s telephone fundraising campaign, our student callers talked to hundreds of alumni, raising over £96,000. Alumni shared stories and advice, inspiring the students and fostering community.

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Bind Research | Drugging the ‘Undruggable’

Former MCR President Gogulan Karunanithy talks about establishing Bind Research, the UK’s first not-for-profit Focused Research Organisation dedicated to making disordered proteins druggable.

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Dr Thomas Barns | The Douglas Price Society

Dr Barns was the oldest Member of the College’s Douglas Price Society, our group for generous supporters who have included a gift to Keble in their Wills. We celebrate the life and career of an extraordinary alumnus.

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Alumni News in Brief…
Alumni News in Brief…

New Year Honours for Andy Street (1982), Catherine Vaughan (1992), Stephen Woodard (1984) and Mark Boyling (1971); Justin White (1989) Merton Chaplaincy; Honours for John Inge (1978); Keble Association London Dinner.

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Upcoming events

We warmly invite alumni and friends of the College to join us at our events. A full list of our upcoming events can be found on the Keble website. We look forward to seeing you soon!