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June: Birthday Honours for Balliol people
Balliol Fellows and alumni have been recognised by the Queen; alumna becomes a Permanent Secretary; Balliol makes more offers to women for the first time; speakers announced for September alumnae celebration; students' and Fellows' awards and other activities; Floreat Domus and News and Notes available online
Students move into newly finished rooms at the Master's Field; JCR is refurbished; London reception for launch of 1263 Circle; alumni give talk on Balliol historians; alumni win Only Connect; undergraduate presents at CERN; two new Oxford access initiatives.
PPE Taster Day for female prospective applicants only; thanks to those who gave generously in the telethon; the Chapel's East Window is restored; new Library exhibition about Europe.
Professor Marnette is admitted as Junior Proctor; visit from England Rugby; Impact Report 2019 is published; research on planthoppers; prizes and awards for students and alumni; Hilary Term sporting achievements; alumna contributes to release of film of Maurice.
43% success rate in Oxbridge applications for students on access programme; honours for former Fellow and an Old Member; Junior Deans explain how they provide welfare support; progress on the Master's Field building project.
Honours for Old Members; death of Professor Paul Streeten; new date for sending in Old Members' News and Notes; successes for alumni - diplomacy, engineering, fellowship appointments; awards for former Fellows and a DPhil student.
Oxford tops THE rankings in Computer Science and Engineering; Christmas quiz from the Library; Balliol WWI writers; news from UNIQ summer school; alumnus elected Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand; EngSci student in Oxford win for best therapeutics project; invitation to send memories of Freshers' Week.
Commemorations for Remembrance Sunday; two Royal Society appointments; awards for Old Members; All Souls Fellowship for grad student; celebrations at the Master's Field; new events dates for the diary.
Balliol begins pilot project with teachers; Fellow wins Suffrage Science award; student wins programming prize; Annual Record 2018 arrives; Balliol Christmas card goes on sale.
Oxford University keeps top spot in THE rankings; Balliol is in Norrington top ten again; alumnus' Genomics company gets £25m funding; first new accommodation block at Master's Field is up; a reminder about benefits available to Old Members.
Balliol's ten-year refurbishment programme; one alumnus wins medals in the British Transplant Games, another does a show at the Edinburgh fringe; two students have made an Oxplore video; Recognition of Distinction awards for Balliol Fellows; Floreat access programme news; death of a Foundation Fellow.
Two Old Members become FBAs; Former history tutor John Prest dies; former RF David Clifton receives Innovation Award; former lecturer Chas Bountra is appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research); update on the Master's Field Project; plus news of forthcoming events, alumni publications and news of Balliol online
A new edition of the College magazine; Emeritus Fellow wins Tang Prize; awards for alumni; Ballio''s new Improv Group; DPhil student reports discoveries in evolution; Balliol joins Facebook.
Oxford admissions report; teaching awards for Balliol tutors; Supreme Court appointment for the Visitor; summer eights and other sporting news; Royal Society elections; return of the Brackenbury lion.
New undergraduate admissions video; female undergraduate of the year; Holywell Manor festival; benefactors' names unveiled; Royal Society appointment; ground broken at Master's Field.
Professor Sir Drummond Bone sends alumni a farewell video message; the Annual Report 2018 is published; snow hits Torpids, and other sporting news; JRF gets award for his work on evolutionary biology; alumnus gets fellowship at world-leading US neutron science facility.
Honorary Fellow Sir Henry Brooke dies; Balliol leads colleges in making gift to the Jewish community; one student wins a prize for a photo of a single atom, another is elected to the presidence of the Model European Parliament; three alumni take silk and another contributes to British Library project.
Interview with the new Master; visit from Tsinghua University; student reaches world finals of programming competition; alumni variously receive honours, Legion d'Honneur, selection as first female warden of Rhodes House.
The Library holds a Christmas quiz; Balliol acquires A.C. Bradley manusript; major EU grant for engineering project; student performs in Out of the Blue Christmas single.
The new Master is presented to the Visitor; Master's Retirement Tea; repairs at the Boathouse; awards for Fellows and Old Members; student in global programming contest; alumni invited to take part in survey.
A new portrait of the Master is unveiled; Chaplain comments on JCR motion; student wins journalism competition; graduate students win teaching awards; Old Members receive British Academy award and Fulbright Scholarship.
Oxford is No. 1 in THE university rankings; prospective applicants flock to Balliol for the latest Open Day; achievements for two Fellows; major physics award for an alumnus.
Balliol holds its place in the Norrington top ten; Honorary Fellow receives prize for Eliot anthology; Fremantle murals are restored; and alumnus produces first feature film.
Graduate students organise a stimulating and innovative multi-disciplinary event at Ditchley Park, alumnus is awarded the Fulbright scholarship and Honorary Fellow celebrates his centennial birthday.
Twelve students are taking Peer Gynt to the Edinburgh Fringe, ten alumni were elected as MPs in the June election, and Fellow receives award in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Balliol Boat Club's M1 gets Blades, alumnus is nominated for a BAFTA, and Politics Fellow records a podcast on the French presidential election.
Balliol Choir goes on tour in Sicily, planning permission for more student accommodation has been granted, and student wins award for 'most proming' scientist.
Two Balliol students are competing in the Boat Race, Chapel windows are restored, and alumna is made a Fellow of the Orwell Prize.
Balliol Football Club has been promoted to the Premier Division, alumna wins a prestigious British Council Award, and alumna leads project to make Palestianian History resources more accessible.
Balliol professor leads the research on preventing and treating cancer, alumni featured in the New Year Honours List, and Emeritus Professor discusses Secular Buddhism.
Oxford women win Varsity, Balliol University Challenge team are through to the quarter finals, and new research shows threat to lion population
Balliol wins Cross-Country cuppers, Balliol alumnus appointed Vicar of the University Church, and Balliolites participate in new theatre production
Annual Record 2016 available, propaganda bots, and Balliol Old Member becomes World Masters Track Cycling Championship winner
Collegiate system contributes to Oxford's No. 1 ranking in the world, the first bictoin donation, and the first Chinese Rhodes Scholar joins Balliol
Quantum technologies, and student success in exams.
Suggested reading for year 9-10 English Literature students, Recognition of Distinction awards 2016, new men's eight for Boat Club
Success in sport and the Queen's Birthday Honours
Tilden Prize for Balliol Fellow, Floreat Domus 2016, OUSU Teaching Awards
Theatre awards, intercollegiate golf and mathematics competitions
Emeritus Fellow to be Master of Christ's College, Young Journalist of the Year, the Australian Grand Prix
Working to solve the refugee crisis, Lord Avebury, and Chemistry award for a Balliol Fellow
Honours for Balliol OMs, a Lifetime Achievement Award for Piers Nye
Meritorious Service Medal for Balliol OM, Parliament's role in voting on the Syrian Conflict
Prizes in Physics and Neurology, a look at Swinburne at Balliol
The extraordinary life of Stephanie Shirley, Denis Healey obituary and a buggy marathon record
How the French Think, September Telethon and a visual feast in the Garden Quad
Balliol back in the Norrington top 5, awards and fellowships for Balliol Old Members
Recognition of Distinction awards for Balliol Fellows, remembering Prof Martin West
Tributes to Carol Clark, Honours for Balliol Old Members
Election success for Balliol Old Members, new University Vice-Chancellor
Balliol in women's boat race win, Spring telethon raises over £185,000
Buttery refurbishment, boxing champions and cuppers triumph
Balliol research calls for new approach in tiger conservation, prizes and sporting success
New Year's Honours, brewing beer with the JCR
Balliol at the Varsity Match, the multiverse in a nutshell
Exploring 'Why are things Beautiful', the new Cherry Record Greene Archive
Four Balliol Fellows appointed Professor, new access programme at Balliol
September Telethon success, Cockatoos go to carpentry school
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