Alumni

Jared Martin looks back, amidst large scale celebrations to be held in Oxford in May

A poem by an eye-witness to the sub-four-minute mile, Roger Shakeshaft

Eye-witness Roger Shakeshaft remembers in glorious detail how Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile

Abidine Sakande looks back at his time at Oxford

Benedict Pollard recounts how he is harvesting specimen acorns from special oak trees, to turn them into great oak trees of the future.

Building towards a career through Oxford's Promentor scheme, top advice from a recent participant

We talk to current students and recent leavers about their career moves

Building towards a career through Oxford's Promentor scheme, top advice from a recent participant

Her journey as a lockdown student and what she plans to do next

Bella Forristal (Magdalen, 2017) shares her journey from studying Classics to a career at 80,000 Hours

Jen O'Neill (Keble, 1993), Editor of Women's Football Magazine She Kicks gives tips for a career in sports journalism

Asha de Vos (Lincoln, 2003) on whale conservation and her time at Oxford

Author Thomas Mogford (St Catherine's College, 1996) gives his tips for writing your first novel

Hannah Gould (St Anthony's, 2014) talks about having a continued connection with Oxford by volunteering with Oxford University Society in Victoria.

Emma Yandle (St Anne’s, 2010) talks going from corporate marketing to museum curation

OxCAN volunteer Trustee Ben Tuppen (Balliol, 1998) talks about leading community and sustainability charity projects.

Fiona Tokple (St Anne's, 2016), OxCAN volunteer Global Climate Action Director, talks about her commitment to solving the ‘energy dilemma’

Zainab Mahmood (St Anne’s, 2014) shares her journey from studying Arabic and Farsi to founding a sustainable fashion community for South Asians in the UK

Lucy Lyons (Regent's Park, 2021) shares her journey to co-founding Kestrix and transforming energy efficiency with drones

Explore the Oxford journey, career, and aspirations of Catherine White (St Edmund Hall, 2016): actress, author, filmmaker, UN gender advisor and founder of Kusini Productions; a platform for empowering black women through film

Montana Butsch (St Edmund Hall, 2002) on his time at Oxford, his career as an entrepreneur, and his new app spotivity

Professor EJ Milner-Gulland (New College, 1985) shares the latest cutting-edge developments in zoology and her hopes for COP26

Winner of the 2021 Comedy Women in Print prize, author Jesse Sutanto (Kellogg, 2007) shares how she sources comedy in everyday life

Dan Laurin (Oriel, 2018) talks to us about his time at Oxford, being indigenous, transgender and queer plus working as a Community Curator with the Pitt Rivers

Tilly Rose (Jesus, 2011) on studying at Oxford whilst battling health issues, plus launching That Oxford Girl.

Oxford Blue Boat champion and Olympian Angus Groom (St Catherine's, 2021) shares his journey from international athlete to blending academia with rowing

A former Trinity student and soon-to-be lawyer speaks about her local involvement in an Oxford start-up that is revolutionising parcel delivery through cargo bikes.

Rachel Weiss (Hertford, 1985) talks about what inspired her to set up the Menopause Cafe charity

Alumna Nicky Bull (LMH, 1972) on studying Biochemistry at Oxford, her career since, and her continued connection with the university

Evie Dunmore (St Antony’s, 2008) talks about becoming a published novelist

Dr Franziska Kohlt (Brasnose, 2013) discusses how 19th c. science influenced children's literature like Lewis Carroll, and how she didn't think Oxford was 'a place for someone like me'

Katie Myint (Jesus, 2009) talks about mental health, studying medicine at Oxford and the joy of a Sunday fry-up

We spoke to Jasmine Richards (LMH, 1999) about getting BAME representation into children's books. To celebrate Black History Month 2019, Jasmine spoke to us again about inclusivity at Oxford and what BHM means to her.

Constantine Louloudis (Trinity, 2010), two time Olympic medallist, talks rowing and start-ups

Bethany Ehlmann (Keble, 2004) talks research and Lunar Trailblazer

Jeetendr Sehdev (Wolfson, 2001) about his career as a bestselling author and ‘celebrity branding expert’, and his work with the UN to end modern slavery

Dr Johnny Drain (St Anne's, 2009), discusses his career from a PhD to cooking in the world's most lauded bars and restaurants

We spoke to alumnus Ashleigh Ainsley (St Catherine’s, 2011) about co-founding colorintech, supporting racial diversity in the tech industry.

Dr Lorna Robinson (LMH, 1996) shares her story from studying Classics at Oxford to setting up the Rumble Museum, the first accredited museum in a UK school

Alexis McGivern (Wolfson, 2019) reflects on her Oxford journey, navigating a joint degree programme and emerging as a leader in global climate solutions

Masud Husain (New, 1981), gives us an insight into the biology behind 'laziness'

Zoe de Toledo (St Catz, 2010) and Alex Woods (St John’s, 2002) on their true (dark blue) Oxford romance

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Jonathan Tan (Exeter, 2014) talks about his Oxford journey and his inspiration behind building his enterprise, Greater Change

Filmmakers Cat Haigh (Keble, 2014) and Hannah Congdon (Pembroke, 2014) spoke to us about 'Women Behind the Wheel' - a road trip documentary exploring women's issues in Central Asia

Oxford DPhil candidate (Pembroke) and Co-President of the Oxford Alumni Club of Japan, Warren Stanislaus (St Antony’s, 2011) talks to us about working in Japan, increasing outreach and his studies

Brian Briggs (Worcester, 1998) shares his story from studying Biological Sciences, to fronting Oxford band Stornoway

Zahra Husain (Exeter, 2007) talks about her social enterprise Humans in Finance

CEO of Stemettes, Anne-Marie Imafidon (Keble, 2006), talks entrepreneurship and being a woman in STEM

Steve Smith (Lincoln, 1999) Executive Director Oxford Net Zero Initiative talks about his love of science, and his climate discussions with young people

Tarek Cheniti (Keble, 2005) on his time studying Management Studies at Oxford and his career in Human Rights

Greg Scannell (St Benet’s Hall, 2005) talks about coming to Oxford from a working class background

Entrepreneur Paula Skokowski (St Edmund Hall, 1980) shares how joining an alumni group can make a positive contribution to the world

Our interview with Aron Gelbard (Jesus, 2000), Bloom & Wild's CEO, where he talks entrepeneurship in flowers

Jason Arora (St John's, 2005) on studying medicine at Oxford, and working for a new system for value-based healthcare

Alumnus Brett Yuskiewicz (Brasenose, 2016) on returning to education aged 48, his time in Oxford studying for his MBA, and his plans for the future

Rory Irwin (St.Anne's, 2013) talks about his family-run lavender farm

Des Oliver (Worcester, 2009) talks classical composing and how he thinks the industry needs to change

Eric Clement (Hertford, 2013) discusses his strategy work within the NYC government and how this changed alongside COVID-19

Sustainability superhero Janice Lao (St Catherine’s, 2004) talks about solving some of the world's biggest problems

David Thomas (Exeter, 2008) shares his story of how he was awarded O.B.E. in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his contribution to education during COVID-19

Joe Seddon (Mansfield, 2015) recently received The Diana Award for his work through his company Zero Gravity

Director Lena Karbe (LMH, 2011) talks about working in the film industry, her time at Oxford and her new award-winning documentary

Martin Tweedie (St Edmund Hall, 2010) and Cameron (Cam) Brookhouse (St Edmund Hall, 2010) created QUELL for a brand new way for people to combine gaming and exercise

Andrew Garrad, engineering alum of Oxford University has been awarded the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for pioneering work designing and optimising wind turbines.

A prestigious Purple Plaque has been awarded to alumna Dr Katerina Spranger

The CEO and Founder of STEMettes (a charity designed to get more women into STEM careers) talks Oxford, being a woman in tech and what she sees for the future

The CEO and Co-Founder of letterbox flower delivery company Bloom & Wild talks about his transition into entrepreneurship, growing the business and keeping the values

Asta Diabate looks back at her time at Oxford

Benson Egwuonwu looks back at his time at Oxford

One of the last living Oxford alumnae of World War Two code breaking efforts visited her college LMH

A shell pink shrub rose to celebrate their 400th anniversary

Brian Christian is an acclaimed American author, now at Oxford as a DPhil candidate to grapple with the challenge of designing AI programs better aligned to humans

Former diplomat Arthur Snell (Magdalen, 1994) discusses his book, 'How Britain Broke the World: War, Greed and Blunders from Kosovo to Afghanistan, 1997-2022'

Brown’s Café in the Covered Market is now one hundred years old, or maybe a little bit more, writes researcher Sarah Eddie.

An alumnus of St Cross has designed and built a car from scratch

A Mansfield alum argues the case for more quiet time and a spiritual approach to the climate crisis

AI investor and entrepreneur James Dancer (Keble, 1994) asks what next, following the London AI Summit

Everything’s to play for where the post-COVID world is concerned, says a leading author and philanthropy executive

A determination to serve and to help others defines much of what Péter Juhász (Pembroke, 2018), group leader of OxCam Hungary alumni group leader, does

The new Responsible Technology special interest alumni group aims to build better

South African and Oxford alumna Michelle Rorich (St Antony's, 2017) puts theory into practice with an epic bike ride

South African and Oxford alumna Michelle Rorich (St Antony's, 2017) puts theory into practice with an epic bike ride

Cyprian Njamma looks back at his time at Oxford

The renowned founder of the world’s largest university venture fund talks to QUAD

Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC recounts a remarkable legal career and discusses his collection of radical literature

The first of a termly, Vice-Chancellor-inspired series discussing big topics of note

We talk to the celebrated International Editor of the Washington Post

A tribute to the oldest living Oxonian at the time of his death in 2020

A leading lawyer discusses her new pro bono role, working in New York and helping Ukraine to pursue justice for Russian war crimes

Sohara Mehroze Shachi discusses her Oxford degree, her role at the UN and how her native Bangladesh is adapting to climate change

Alumnus Jonathan Duke-Evans has written an extensive history of a cultural idea, but what exactly does it mean?

In a farewell interview the Chancellor shares some memories and extols Oxford as a force for good in the world

Consultant clinical psychologist and alumna Dr Lucy Maddox has published a wonderfully smart but accessible book to help us all

Five candidates go through to the final round of the University’s Chancellor election

Oxford alumni founders of It Gets Brighter launch a campaign for Mental Health Week

Annabel Eyres is at the heart of the 2024 cultural Olympics, the revival of an older tradition

Vee Kativhu returns to Oxford and updates QUAD on her organisation Empowered by Vee

Economist and best-selling author Dr Dambisa Moyo (St Antony’s, 1997) discusses the world we’re in and how to negotiate it

Colin Ridler recounts how his father took part in the Oxford making of the movie Heaven’s Gate, now the subject of a book

Dr Kim Polgreen talks about an exciting new pollinator venture between Wytham Woods and Oxford communities

Oxford historian Yasmin Khan discusses her debut novel, Edgware Road

The amazing life of Oxford's oldest alumnus

A marathon walk honours a brave Christ Church alumna

How to become a successful cyber tech entrepreneur

The student charity that tutors English to local kids has chalked up an enviable record in Oxford

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako paid a special visit to the University of Oxford.

The author, editor, publisher and founder of Storymix spoke to us about getting more diversity in children's books, being a black woman first and her advice for aspiring authors

Recently in Oxford to receive an honorary degree at Encaenia, the novelist Jeanette Winterson (St Catherine’s, 1978) talks to QUAD about her memories of Oxford and current affairs

Oxford is unpicking climate and the jet stream

An alumni group bursary helped Joe Double explore the further reaches of mathematics during the long vacation

A programme of University events and activities will celebrate the literary works and enduring global legacy of Franz Kafka.

Alumnus Ed Ley-Wilson heads out into the Scottish Highlands on a kayak…here’s what he learned.

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2023 King's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2024 King's Honours list

An enterprising medic sets up the world’s first African Instagram archive

The Ashmolean’s first exhibition in 2023 runs 10 Feb to 30 July and is already a ‘must-visit’ in 2023

Lindsay Johns, (Lincoln, 1994) is a successful writer and broadcaster who has carved out a reputation for making ‘erudite but accessible’ radio and TV arts documentaries

Oxford University spin-out company Perspectum predicts a global healthcare policy challenge as millions of former patients now suffer multi-organ damage from Long-COVID

The Guardian newspaper’s foreign correspondent discusses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

A prizewinning debut book reflects on black identity within an idyllic English village garden

A great writer discusses the Baltics, World War One poets and Europe’s current security quandary

Freelance Assistant Producer Esme talks about her top tips for a career in broadcasting, the greatest challenges in the industry, and how she stands out from the crowd

Global Editor Jane talks about the ever-changing world of media, switching her career plans and her top tips for starting in the industry

From sustainable futures to the Russo-Ukraine war, and alternative history to French drama – this autumn has something for everyone

From vegan cookery to galaxy evolution, and doodling for relaxation to the etymology of Oxford slang; Meeting Minds Global has something for everyone

A leading conservation biologist discusses the challenges of lion ecology in Zimbabwe

Naomi Kellman considers her time at Oxford

New bursary to enhance the experience of visually impaired students at Oxford

Thousands turned out to celebrate 70 years since Bannister’s record-breaking run, and a new record was set

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2019 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2020 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2021 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford members included on the 2022 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni and academics included on the 2023 New Year Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni and academics included on the 2024 New Year Honours list

Exeter College undergraduates have an illustrious tradition of taking children with deprived backgrounds on holiday at Easter. The scheme is called ExVac.

A remarkable new book brings Oxford between the two world wars back to life again

Climate science pioneer dies aged 88

Books in August

This month sees British identity and the ‘special relationship’ with the US under the spotlight, and a new history of the CIA

Artificial Intelligence, ancient world geography, Nazi hunting and a Chinese Jesuit emigre

Nature for adults and for kids, a history of the heart and Haitian magical realism

This month a meditation on geese, a gritty crime thriller set in Oxford, and appraisals of the moon and empire

Neuroscience unravels populism this month, plus hijacking to kayaking and much more besides

This month Shakespeare, cyber threat, the idea of the Hollywood blockbuster, books as gifts and the musician Rebecca Burstein-Arber

English myths debunked, Oxford memories, Havana politics, ambition and clinical excellence

Glorious Oxford books this month, lots of history, a dab of protons and a spot of God

Hong Kong diaries, women in tech, espionage, Ukraine, and the biggest bank fraud in Dutch history

This month, the collapse in British public standards, a Buddhist thinker, Whig biography, brilliant Oxford women and Hanif Kureishi

This month, a classic spy yarn, a chilling thriller, some sparkling travel writing and a magisterial analysis of the Pope and the Jews in World War Two.

This month, Warsaw, Wales, murder, sailing in Japan, Conservatism in WW2 and how to turn around a healthcare company

Ten ventures from the Oxford Foundry pitched to an audience of high-profile guests and investors

Metronome Technologies wins Shell TopTen Innovators competition

75 years of Oxford & Cambridge Club of Geneva

Terry Slesinski-Wykowski talks about time spent at Oxford

A group of entrepreneurial alumni in San Francisco are investing in future Oxford talent

The CEO of Oxford Science Enterprises Alexis Dormandy talks about his tenure at the company that commercializes University IP

'Capitalism and Slavery' by Eric Williams hits the best seller list in 2022; a lesson in history

Oxford Nightline was founded in 1972 by Bridget Day, and celebrates its half-century birthday in April, a special conference taking place at St Hilda’s College on April 30.

A 2024 national student spending survey shows some pronounced trends

Working with the Seychelles Islands Foundation, a group of students will clean up an island

October is a special month

Oxford University Chancellor appointed Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

A new book unexpectedly sheds a huge amount of creative light on Oxford

On 25 Sept, Oxford Foundry barnstormed a magnificent pitch party…

The cautionary tale of Robert Peters

Cider was years ahead of champagne for its bubbles, argues James Crowden (Magdalen, 1977)

Parkwalk’s latest fund will invest in science and tech spinouts from the University

Oxford graduates are filling senior leadership roles in the new US government

Alumna Anna Turns has paddleboarded the entire Salcombe-Kingsbridge estuary in south Devon, raising awareness about ocean pollution

Oxford zoologist who began to ‘rewild’ Southern Scotland before the term was known.

PIONEERING BLACK WOMEN SHAPING HISTORY AT OXFORD

Poet Paul Gittins (Exeter, 1964) considers the return of rhyme and meter to poetry to Oxford, in the recent appointment of A.E. Stallings as Professor of Poetry

James Meade Professor of Economics Hamish Low talks about the UK’s legal commitment to reach net-zero climate emissions by 2050

Emeritus Fellow and economist John Kay talks about his new book 'Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism'

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2019 Queen's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2020 Queen's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2021 Queen's Honours list

A list of Oxford alumni included on the 2022 Queen's Honours list

Professor Louise Richardson becomes Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) alongside awards for other academics

Alumna Alexandra Wilson (Univ, 2013) shares her experiences at the Bar

Alumnus Will Coleman has managed to hoist into existence a massive piece landscape art, no mean feat

Phil Hewitt (Hertford, 1982) was stabbed and left for dead...here's his story

Eye-witness to the Four Minute Mile Roger Shakeshaft considers the discipline of mile running in the post-war years

Saba's debut film about street children empowered by football is a hit

Teddy Hall alumnus and sculptor Rodney Munday reflects on his art

Ex-Queen’s artist Emma Thomas wants your creative help…

An alumni initiative that is inclusive, successful and brings together all age groups.

A world leader in fusion discusses global energy futures, assumes the Chair of the Faraday Institution

Dynamic film director and producer takes on the industry: How to Rob a Bank, Oxford, and what’s next…

Recent Oxford alumna Beverly Leon on being a pro-footballer

A moving memoir of his mother by a former Rhodes Scholar speaks to the world we find ourselves in late in 2023

Two Balliol alums are achieving startling success tackling HIV in South Africa and beyond

Marian Bruce explains her vision for a new sort of Scottish botanical spirit

One term into her tenure as Oxford’s new Vice-Chancellor, Irene Tracey updates alumni on progress so far.

Emerging global leader Tara Shirvani discusses Oxford, green transport and technology

A new Oxford Artificial Intelligence Network will give alumni a cross-disciplinary platform to engage with fellow professionals

Team presentations and other details, ahead of race day on Easter Saturday, March 30

For the first time a woman will umpire the men’s race, come April 13

Oxford Mutual Aid sprang up with COVID but the needs it has addressed in the city show no signs of abating

Historian Pamela Roberts has uncovered a most remarkable life, Antiguan and Oxford alumnus James Arthur Harley, once a student at two Oxford colleges simultaneously

Oxford Moral Philosopher Derek Parfit is now the subject of a major biography

The first Oxford Amnesty Lectures were staged in Oxford 30 years ago. Stephen Shute remembers what happened

Elizabeth Clarke writes about a relative who left a deep stamp on Israel

The western half of Broad Street has been transformed

Recent Oxford Post-Doc Romeo Orsolino discusses the role of robotics in manufacturing and his new employer, technology company, and electric vehicle maker Arrival

Crime fiction alumna Alis Hawkins talks to QUAD about her latest novel

Amid a furious debate about air quality, Nick Molden has buckled up his belt of truth

An interview with the alumni behind the Climate News Network

Engineering alum Oliver Montague discusses SWYTCH

Women who survived the Russian invasion of Ukraine are celebrated in Oxford

Wine specialist Marcus Rees discusses the explosion of local viticulture

The celebrated author of more than 30 crime fiction novel talks about coming to Oxford, discovering the feminist community, her writing process and how the genre is changing

Victorian churchman John Henry Newman has been declared a saint by the Vatican

John Newberry returns to The North Wall this summer with Recording Oxford, an extensive collection of small watercolours painted between 1982-1995.

February is setting records for rainfall in the UK, and Oxford is more flooded than ever

Meet our alumni couples who met and fell in love at Oxford

How to go from a history degree to the high table of corporate finance

April 5, 2023 will mark 200 years since the Oxford Union held its first debate, says its President, Charlie Mackintosh

We talk to Dave Norwood and Anoushka Rowland Payne about the re-opening of the Lamb & Flag pub on St Giles.

Kate Bernstock discusses her research of a black female criminal in 18th century London

A love of maths and computer science led Kenyan Dr Chao Mbogo (St Catherine’s, 2005) on a pathbreaking career

Miles Young talks about how he transitioned into a career in PR and advertising and was the CEO of Ogilvy & Mather

Baroness Gillian Shephard discusses the implications of Brexit and what the future might hold

Neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield discusses how the unprecedented use of digital technologies is leaving a mark on our brains

BBC foreign correspondent Bethany Bell shares her love of Vienna and talks about her experiences as a reporter

President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee talks about the unprecedented global refugee crisis, its long-term characteristics and efforts to address the challenges ahead

Author and champion of evidence-based medicine Dr Ben Goldacre dissects what is wrong with modern medicine

Stem cell regenerative medicine expert, and artist Dr Desirée Cox describes her pioneering work to establish a regulatory framework for stem cell research

Historian and trip scholar for Spectacular Ceylon contextualises contemporary Indian politics and India's role in the world

Dr Oliver Cox shares his passion for England’s greatest landscape designer, Capability Brown

The Naked Mathematician, shares his love of Maths and describes how he is dispelling stereotypes to explain Maths to teenagers

CEO and co-founder of the Impact Hub Singapore describes how disruptive technology, including virtual and augmented reality, are changing how consumers interact with products

Celebrated writer, broadcaster, performer and former politician; talks about his extraordinary career

Freelance journalist and broadcaster Henry Bonsu offers an insight into what it was like to be a black student at Oxford in the late eighties

Champion of renewable energy Juliet Davenport explains how studying physics at Oxford sparked her interest in renewables

Marshall Scholar Kathleen Sullivan shares her experiences as the former Dean of Stanford Law School, and refers to her work representing major companies in the US Supreme Court

Editor of the Financial Times discusses the changing media landscape, the impact of social media, and how the award-winning FT continues to respond to the digital age

Director and CEO of the Oxford Playhouse shares her love of the theatre

The marathon runner shares her experiences training for competitive sports

Chief Executive of Oxfam describes his distinguished career in international development

Patrick Grant, menswear designer and judge on the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee, talks about how he became an award-winning designer

Chief Executive of Stonewall offers an insight into what it was like to be a LGBT student

Ruthe Farmer talks about her award-winning work to encourage women and girls to embrace technology

Athlete and neurologist relives running the first sub-four-minute mile and talks about his research interests and varied experiences, including his pioneering work on the autonomic nervous system

The Chancellor describes his long-standing links with Oxford and his high-profile political career in this wide-ranging interview

Prize-winning economist Tim Harford shares wide-ranging economic insights

Tom McMillen describes his extraordinary life as a professional basketball player, Rhodes Scholar, politician and businessman

Olympic silver medal-winning cox shares her extraordinary experiences of coxing at the highest levels