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Will Hutton, journalist and the current Principal of Hertford College, has had a long and dynamic career. Beginning in investment banking, Hutton’s life took a dramatic turn when he moved into journalism. From here he made his name as a prominent economist working for the BBC’s Newsnight, as editor-in-chief of The Observer, and as director […]
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St Edmund Hall’s Governing Body today announced the election of their new Principal, Professor Katherine Willis. Willis has been the Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, south-west London, for the last 5 years. In this capacity, she oversaw over 370 scientists, the team’s research efforts and the garden’s collections. She was […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Irene Tracey, head of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, has been chosen as Merton’s new warden, the college has announced. Professor Tracey will be Merton’s second female warden after Dame Jessica Rawson, who held the position from 1994 until 2010. She will succeed Sir Martin Taylor in September 2018. An alumna of the […]
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St Anne’s College has elected Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Helen King as its new Principal. She becomes the first police officer to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. The appointment comes after Tim Gardam, former director of programmes at Channel 4, stepped down last Trinity after 12 years at the college. Acting Principal Robert […]
Continue ReadingThe Principal of Somerville College, Dr Alice Prochaska, will step down in September 2017 after seven years of dedicated service. Despite gaining the popularity of her undergraduates, Dr Prochaska is forced to retire because Somerville’s statutes state that the maximum age the serving president can reach is 70; she will be celebrating that milestone next […]
Continue ReadingThe Principal of Lady Margaret Hall has announced that she will step down in 2015. Frances Lannon, who has been in office since 2002, said holding the position “has been a great privilege”. “I look forward to continuing to work with Fellows, staff, alumni, friends, and students for the last phase of my Principalship,” she […]
Continue ReadingA senior Oxford staff member took to the airwaves this weekend as a guest on the hit Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs. Dame Elish Angiolini, Principal of St Hugh’s College and a former Solicitor General for Scotland, appeared on the show on Sunday morning. When asked what the response to the show had been […]
Continue ReadingExtraordinarily high figures of state school students admitted to Mansfield this year. Kennedy attacks other colleges for being “easily suckered” by “the veneer and the polish that can be produced by a certain kind of education”.
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