September 2022
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‘As ever at Balliol, the summer rarely means rest and relaxation for the College and its staff! Our Housekeeping Team are always moving at full speed; when they’re not helping to deliver the busy conferencing business, they are working to deep clean and improve the bedrooms at our three sites - Broad Street, Holywell Manor and the Dervorguilla site. It’s always so pleasing to have everything looking shiny and inviting for our Freshers and returning students, and our Scouts take real pride in that. Often flying under the radar, this busy team is vital to Balliol being able to function so smoothly and to the standard we, our students, Fellows, Old Members and guests can all be proud of – thank you!’
Keeley Mortimer (Deputy Domestic Bursar)
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Balliol joined the rest of the University of Oxford, led by the Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH (1962), in mourning Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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Oliver Franklin (1967 and Honorary Fellow) has been appointed Honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE), for services to UK/US relations.
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Nada Al-Nashif (1984 and Honorary Fellow) has been designated Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations.
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The first cohort of school students have completed Balliol's new science-based access programme, launched last October.
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Professor Coralia Cartis (Fellow and Tutor in Mathematics) has published a research monograph described as the ‘go-to book for anyone interested in solving nonconvex optimization problems’.
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Professor Amit Chaudhuri (1987 and Honorary Fellow) has won a James Tait Black award for his book Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.
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Dr Vicky Neale (Whitehead Lecturer in Mathematics and Supernumerary Fellow) is to become President of the Mathematical Association in 2024.
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David Nadlinger (2017, DPhil Atomic and Laser Physics) is the lead author of a paper on an experiment that proves a stronger form of security than is currently attainable using classical computers.
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Alan Tadiello 1948-2022
The College was saddened to learn of the death of Alan Tadiello, who worked in Balliol Library from 1977 until he retired as Deputy Librarian in 1996.
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During the summer Balliol hosted an outdoor play session run by Peeple, a charity that supports parents and children in learning together.
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The British Academy has awarded Professor T.P. Wiseman FBA (1957) its Kenyon Medal for work in the fields of classical studies and archaeology.
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As Oxford University launches its Race Equality Strategy, Professor Tim Soutphommasane (2004) is to be the University’s first Chief Diversity Officer.
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Hollie Booth (2019) has received the European Early Career Conservation Award from the SCB Europe Section at the 21st European Conference on Computational Biology, for her work on the conservation of sharks and rays.
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Professor James Maynard (2009) has been awarded a 2023 New Horizons Prize for Early-Career Achievements in Mathematics, in recognition of his multiple contributions to analytic number theory.
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ON THE WEB
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Obituaries:
· Professor Roger Lonsdale (Andrew Bradley Junior Research Fellow 1960–1963, Tutorial Fellow in English 1963–2000, Emeritus Fellow 2000–2022), The Times
· Godfrey Fowler (College Doctor, 1974–1991, Professorial Fellow, Balliol, and Clinical Reader in General Practice, Oxford University 1978–1998 and Emeritus Fellow 1998-2021), BMJ
· John (Jo) Carey (1953), Guardian
- Ian Goldin (Professor of Globalisation and Development and Special Supernumerary Fellow): ‘Demography is not destiny’, Financial Times
- James Forder (Andrew Graham Fellow and Tutor in Political Economy): ‘What has the Bank of England’s independence actually achieved?’, The Times
- Professor Richard Dawkins (1959 and Honorary Fellow): The Age interview
- Nick Bevan (1960): a biography
- John Ralfe (1975): ‘Unaffordable public sector pensions can be ignored no longer’, Daily Telegraph
- Professor Simon Lee (1976) on Canon Henry Scott Holland (1866): ‘Death is something, after all’, blogpost
- Professor Ngaire Woods (1987): Oxford profile
- Rory Stewart (1992): Guardian interview
- Natalina Popat (2019, Modern Languages): Liber Lives interview
- ‘Oxford University tops The Times Good University Guide 2023 rankings’
- Keith Rae (1907), Hon Billy Grenfell (1909) and others: Into Battle (play in which they are protagonists) to be streamed in US
- Hannah Brackenbury (major donor in 19th century): subject of Buzzprout podcast
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BALLIOL CONTACTS
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PUBLICATIONS
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Hannah Ryley (Lecturer in Old English), Re-Using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England (Boydell and Brewer, 2022)
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Richard Grassby (1954), Aesop Redux: Fifty Fables of the Modern Era (independently published, 2021); The Future Never Speaks: The Search for Meaning in History (independently published, 2022)
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Stephen Spencer (1979), Archbishop William Temple: A Study of Servant Leadership (SCM Press, 2022)
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Crispin Rogers (1985), Faith and Fortitude: Life and Times of John Rogers, Martyr (Grosvenor House Publishing, 2022)
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Trevor Stack (1988), ed.: Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022); Breaching the Civil Order: Radicalism and the Civil Sphere (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
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Keon West (2006) and Caryn Franklin MBE, Skewed: Decoding Media Bias (audiobook, WFH Original, 2022)
If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please send details to Anne Askwith. Previously submitted publications are listed on the alumni publications page.
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