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30th January @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.
Our 2024 programme consisted of:
- Talks:
- Fiona Chesterton on bringing family history to life (March, Wolfson College)
- Elizabeth Stazicker telling the story of Etheldreda, Fen Princess (July, Little St Mary Church)
- Miles Dodd on misericords in England and France (September, Selwyn College)
- Professor Dame Clare Grey on what (battery) science can do for the environment (November, Pembroke College)
- Visits
- Chris Shennan’s garden in Saffron Walden (May)
- The Parker Library in Corpus Christi College (September)
- Other
- Demonstration of the Citipod by Sean Moroney (June)
- Drop-ins on first Thursday of the month at the Robin Hood
- Lunches on the third Saturday of the month in John Lewis
There was also a get together at the Eagle in late September for new Oxford students about to go up to Oxford for the first time, enabling them to make some contacts and hear from current undergraduates about their early experiences of Oxford.
For more details of these events, see ‘News’.
In 2025, we plan some talks:
- Saturday 29th March, afternoon: talk from OUSC member Roger Lilley (Christ Church, Theology) about the Museum of Cambridge
- Monday 12th May, evening: talk by Oxford alumna Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Mistress of Girton College – read about her field of expertise here Dr Elisabeth Kendall | Girton College
- Tuesday 22nd July, evening: talk by OUSC member Jacquie Watts (Somerville, English) on ‘A writing life’ J.S.Watts: About J.S.Watts
We are also hoping to organise some visits:
- Outwell church in the spring
- a guided tour of the Botanic Gardens, in spring/early summer
- a tour of the Churchill College art collection in the summer
- a day trip to Oxford.
Looking further ahead to the autumn, we have hopes of a talk on medical technology, and of a visit to RAF Wyton. Mike Lynch, OUSC committee member, has offered to talk about Hereward the Wake.
And we aim to continue our regular social events:
- drop-ins at 4pm at the Robin Hood pub on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 6th March
- lunches at 12.20pm at the John Lewis restaurant on the third Saturday of each month, starting on 16th February.