News and updates from Balliol College

December 2018


'The Middle Common Room Christmas Dinner was otherworldly. Imagine being with friends from all around the world at Christmas time, and you’ve all been brought together by the most intense passion for your individual subject area. I’m certain that years down the track, I’ll still remember the laughter I shared with everyone else that night. Truly, nothing is more special than a Balliol Christmas Dinner.'
John de Bhal (2018), MPhil International Relations
 


COLLEGE NEWS


Oxford is global No. 1 again 

Oxford is the first UK institution to top the Times HE rankings in Computer Science and Engineering. READ MORE

A Christmas quiz from the Library

Try your hand at some festive questions from Balliol College Library's annual quizREAD MORE

Targeting disadvantaged areas

Supported by Balliol, the expanded UNIQ Summer School aims to recruit students from disadvantaged areas. READ MORE

Balliol writers of the First World War

A new blog post celebrates some of the poetry, drawings, reportage and letters in Balliol's collections. READ MORE

BALLIOL ON THE WEB


Memorial service for Julia Hore (Fellow Commoner), College Secretary 1980-2007

Obituaries:

Article about Irish entrepreneur Mark Cummins (2001), founder of Pointy

David Hooper (1967) is The Times's lawyer of the week

'Being Master of Balliol was the job I enjoyed most': interview with Anthony Kenny 

 


ALUMNI NEWS


Royal Society Fellowship

Professor of Law David Williams (1969) has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. READ MORE

STUDENT NEWS


Best Therapeutics Project

An Oxford team including a Balliol EngSci student won an international competition with a novel treatment for bowel diseaseREAD MORE

YOUR MEMORIES


Remember your Freshers' Week?

We'd love to hear your memories of Freshers' Week, for an article in Floreat Domus 2019. READ MORE

UPCOMING EVENTS


Saturday 2 February
NOSTOI

Saturday 23 February 2019
Snell Dinner

Friday 8 March 2019
Greville Smith Society

Friday 8 March 2019
Women's Network Reception

Friday-Sunday 22-24 March 2019
Meeting Minds in Asia: Alumni Weekend

Friday 12 April 2019
Gaudy for the Years 2006-2009

Friday 12 April 2019
Intercollegiate Golf Tournament

Friday 5 July 2019
Gaudy for the Years 1980-1983

Saturday 21 September 2019
Balliol Society Dinner

Friday-Saturday 27-28 September 2019
Balliol Women: 40 Years On


PUBLICATIONS BY OLD MEMBERS


  • Iain Mackenzie-Blair (aka Ian Mertling-Blake, 1965), Guardians (Amolibros, 2018)

If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please contact Anne Askwith.


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