Two New Honorary Fellows
We welcome two new individuals into the Honorary Fellowship following their recent election: Dame Sue Carr, Lady Chief Justice, and author Alan Petty (1972), pen name, Alan Judd.
Keble Runs the Town (and Gown)
This spring, Keble entered its first team into Oxford’s four-decade-old 10k race, the Town & Gown. Made up of staff, students and alumni alike, the team donned a specially designed Keble kit and tackled the warm and winding route whilst raising money for Child Bereavement UK.
The Emmy Network
The Emmy Network, based at Keble, brings together distinguished scholars and students in fields of interdisciplinary research, and supports and directs global collaboration. Emmy Network Executive Director Alex Sheppard recaps recent events.
Green Impact Gold
Keble has been awarded Gold by the University for its sustainability work across College in this year’s Green Impact Awards, advancing on from last year’s Silver.
Festival of Sports
The Festival of Sport returned to our Sports Grounds and University Parks at the start of Trinity Term, with student and alumni teams in football, tennis, netball and rugby going head-to-head against one another to secure victory.
College News in Brief...
Three long-serving Fellows retire; New Poetry Internship launches at Keble; Nabila Walji Photography Competition returns for Trinity; Librarian’s end of chapter; Keble Manuscript goes to France.
KA Report | Tolu Duckworth-Essilfie
Final year medicine student and Keble Association grant recipient Tolu Duckworth-Essilfie reflects on her impactful ten-week elective spent in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, gaining first-hand experience.
Touring Northern Britannia
Peter Haarer, Lecturer in Ancient History, took a group of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History students on a tour of northern Roman Britain, visiting Trimontium, Ardoch, Kaims Castle and the hard-to-get-to Inchtuthil, along with Piercebridge and Vindolanda.
Jonathan and Amanda Phillips Awards
Having gone above and beyond for the College community, six students were awarded this year’s Jonathan and Amanda Phillips Awards for outstanding contributions in areas such as access and outreach, environment, leadership and services to sports and societies.
Summer VIIIs
KCBC President Niamh Walker recaps the four demanding days spent on the Isis during this year’s Summer VIIIs. From tense moments to row overs and from setbacks to blades, find out how our five Keble crews got on.
The Keble Association Arts Leadership Awards
Six Keble students were presented with Keble Association Arts Leadership Awards at the annual St Mark’s Day dinner for their recognised artistic excellence and leadership, spanning several disciplines such as theatre, poetry, stand-up comedy, publicity, classical music, photography and dance.
Student Life in Brief...
Sporting awards for Eleanor Warrington and Ben Futcher; TEDx talk on machine-learning delivered by Kelsey Doerksen; Professional Practice Medicine award for Geena Capps; Symposium’s Genome Poster Prize awarded to Xinran Huang; Sustainability Society contributes to online game-based research.
Volunteering with StandOut | Andrew Hughes
Andrew Hughes (1981 PPE) is a Trustee at the prisoner rehabilitation charity StandOut. He discusses the rewarding experience he’s had, and how the charity prepares prisoners for their release, providing training in important life skills and support post-release.
Staying Connected | What’s New
Our Alumni Engagement team is making some changes. From team role tweaks, to more reunions and a new annual gathering, we hope these amendments will make it easier than ever for alumni to connect with Keble and with each other, wherever they are.
Alumni in Print
Recent publications from the Keble alumni community. Authors include Richard Duggins (1989 Pure and Applied Biology), Suzanna Fitzpatrick (1994 English), Alan Petty (1972 Philosophy and Theology, Honorary Fellow), Deryck J Solomon (1972 History) and Max Telford (1986 Zoology).
Entrepreneurs Evening
Alumni and friends gathered for the return of the Keble Entrepreneurs’ Evening in London, featuring three presentations from Zoe Flood (2002 Modern History and Politics), Fizel Nejabat (2008 Jurisprudence) and Varun Sarna (2009 Jurisprudence).
What Keble Taught Me | Trevor Norwitz
Trevor Norwitz (1987 Jurisprudence), recently retired from working as a partner at a leading New York law firm, reminisces back to his years studying Law within Keble’s red brick walls.
Name Your Room | A Lasting Link to Keble
Keble’s room naming initiative has had over 300 participants since its launch. Use our room finder to locate your student rooms and find out how to add your name to a meaningful place from your time spent here.
Remembering a Vagabond
Friends remember Michael Burns (1976 PPE), Keble cricketer and ‘Vagabond’.