Headline Wadham, December 2019 - January 2020
• As record numbers of state school pupils are offered Oxford places, Wadham’s innovative outreach and widening participation work is cited. The Guardian
• Nicholas Woodhouse, Wadham Emeritus Professor of Mathematics is appointed CBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to mathematics. Times Higher Education | Oxford Student
• Wadham is ranked 17/33 in the vegetarian Norrington Table, with Mansfield voted as having the best and Christ Church having the worst veggie food. EIN News
• Giles Coren writes about not getting into Wadham College. The Times
• Wadham alumna Diana Darke (German and Philosophy/Arabic, 1974) writes about climate change and the difference between talking and acting in the Middle East. Middle Eastern Eye
• LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic launched at Harvard Law School by Alex Chen (English, 2006). Harvard Law Today
• Roger Mosey (History and German, 1976) on seizing the opportunity to appear on University Challenge for the second time – after being on the 1978 Wadham team. Daily Mail
• Anne McElvoy (Philosophy & Modern Languages, 1984) writes on what Jeremy Paxman said when I swore on University Challenge. Daily Mail
• Theories to explain the origin and nature of the universe includes comment from Emeritus Fellow, Roger Penrose. BBC News
• Amelia Gentleman (Russian and History, 1991) reviews The Windermere Children on BBC2. The Guardian
• Wadham student David Linsey (Economics and Management, 2016) raises £350,000 in memory of Sri Lanka attack siblings. The Times
• Mark Logan (MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies, 2016) wins Bolton North East for the Conservative Party, ousting Sir David Crausby from a traditional Labour stronghold. Manchester Evening News
• Labour's James Murray (PPE, 2001) has held Ealing North for Labour and will now fill the shoes of his predecessor Stephen Pound. My London News
• Alumna Catherine Flood (Ancient and Modern History, 1996), curator at the V&A talks about consumption in an item about sustainability. Spotify
• Report of the Disabilitity Moot organised by Wadham’s Dr Marie Tidball. Oxford Mail | Global Legal Post
• Professor Tarun Khaitan, Wadham Fellow, comments on India’s new Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Al Jazeera International, Newshour
• Wadham Fellow Tarunabh Khaitan explains the circumstances under which the preamble to the Indian Constitution was written. The Wire
• Alumnus Michael Rosen (English, 1965) is mentioned in an article about his previous nursery school, now a derelict site. My London News
• A fleeting appearance of Jeremy Paxman as Widow Twanky in the Christmas University Challenge featuring Wadham College, Daily Mail
• Gilbert-Ash appointed main contractor for a £17m construction project in the courtyard of Trinity College following its building of Wadham’s student accommodation at Iffley Road Construction Index | Construction News