Oriel News

Summer 2017 Edition

Highlights include:

• A report on W1’s recent Torpids victory.
• Patrick Duhig (2005) gives an account of crossing the Greenland polar ice cap unsupported.
• Sarah Wright (2014) goes into detail about the preparations involved in taking her new musical, Doctor Faustus, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

The Next Industry Focus – Entrepreneurship

Our next industry focus will be focussing on Orielenses who are entrepreneurs. We will be contacting some Orielenses who we know to be entrepreneurs, but if you would like to be considered for inclusion then please do contact development.office@oriel.ox.ac.uk

Autumn 2016 Edition

Highlights include:

• A report on the OUWBC’s Boat Race victory from Women’s Blue Boat Cox and Oriel Musculoskeletal Sciences Student Morgan Baynham-Williams (2015).
• Robin Harland (1951) gives his account of The Queen’s 90th birthday street party at The Mall.
• Jon Bentley’s (1979) account of representing Oriel on University Challenge.

The Next Industry Focus – Charity and Third Sector

Our next industry focus will look at those Orielenses who work in the Charity and Third Sector. We will be contacting some Orielenses who we know work in this sector, but if you would like to be considered for inclusion then please do contact development.office@oriel.ox.ac.uk.

Spring 2016 Edition

Highlights include:

• Celebrating Women at Oriel Day: Alumna and guest, Laura Ashley-Timms (1985) recounts her experience of the day
• Industry Focus: Orielenses speak about their experiences working in the education sector
• Zambian Journey: Notes of the Oriel Tour 2015

Summer 2015 Edition

Highlights include:

• Back to the Future: Jon Bentley (1979, Geography) chats to Eve Finnie (2014, Physics) about the changes to the Rhodes Building and a career in television since Oriel.
• Industry Focus: Orielenses speak about their experiences working in the medical sector.
• A Medical Pioneer: a profile of former Oriel tutor Prof Geoffrey Raisman and his work towards restoring movement to paraplegic patients

Winter 2014 Edition

Highlights include:

• Back to the Future: we invited Laura Dosanjh (1986) to meet the current student living in her old room
• Industry Focus: the experience of Orielenses with a career in TV or Film
• Oriel and the Great War: stories of some of the Orielenses on the roll of honour