Merton News

It is with great sadness that the College has learned of the death of Patrick Wright (1951), Lord Wright of Richmond GCMG, an Honorary Fellow of the College.

Merton postgraduate student Helen Craske has won the R Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize - the major prize for graduate work in French studies in the UK, awarded by the Society for French Studies.

A team from Merton have triumphed in the UK & Ireland preliminary round of an international physics competition, PLANCKS - The Physics League Across Numerous Countries for Kick-ass Students.

Former Merton DPhil student Dr Archie Bott (2015) has been awarded the EPS Plasma Physics Division PhD Research Award 2020. Archie receives the award for his thesis, ‘Magnetic-field amplification in turbulent laser-plasmas’.

Merton has become the latest Oxford organisation to sign up to the Movement's Rough Sleeping Charter, as well as committing to make an annual donation for the next five years in support of the Movement's efforts.

Third-year undergraduate Sam Gibbs has been accepted onto the Frontline Leadership Development Programme, an intensive two-year programme that gives graduates the necessary training and opportunities to develop the skills needed to be a social worker.

A project led by Merton's Dr Jennifer Altehenger has created a new website exploring the social, cultural, economic and political history of China's Mao Era through 24 objects, some famous, others more obscure.

The College looks forward to hosting the upcoming 2020 Equality Conversation on Monday 3 February.

The recording of Gabriel Jackson’s 'The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ' has been shortlisted in the Choral Category of the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2020.

It is with great sadness that the College announces the death of Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo FRS, Supernumerary Fellow, at the age of 60.