News

Rowing Success at Henley Town and Visitors Regatta

Tuesday 6th August 2019

Last weekend saw Linacre Boat Club achieve success at Henley Town and Visitors Regatta.

Over an 800m stretch of a choppy Thames river, boats of different categories race upstream in a head-to-head sprint.

Lord Reed Next President of UK Supreme Court

Friday 26th July 2019

We are delighted that our Visitor, The Rt Hon Lord Reed, will be the next President of the UK Supreme Court

More details here: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jul/24/lord-reed-to-be-next-preside...

Photograph: Supreme court/PA

Alumnus David Rogers awarded MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2019 for services to cyber security

Monday 8th July 2019

Congratulations to alumnus David Rogers for being awarded an MBE earlier this year. He is a mobile phone and IoT security expert who runs Copper Horse Ltd, a software and security company based in Windsor, UK. His company is currently focusing on security and privacy research for the Internet of Things.

Meeting of the Tanner Lectures Board at College

Thursday 4th July 2019

In June 2019, Linacre College had the great honour of hosting the annual meeting of the members of the Tanner Lectures Board. Members who joined the meeting were:

Max Perutz Prize to Linacre alumna

Tuesday 18th June 2019

Congratulations to Professor Elspeth Garman (1976) who has been awarded the eleventh ECA Max Perutz Prize - more information can be found here

Linacre M2 wins blades

Tuesday 4th June 2019

Well done to all the Linacre rowers who took part in Summer VIII's last week, with a massive congratulations to the M2 team who won blades after bumping every day during the tournament (first blades for Linacre since 2015!).

Alumna awarded an OAM

Monday 1st April 2019

Congratulations to Jennifer Star (2011) who has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). She is the Founder of Tara.Ed, an education NGO that promotes sustainable and quality education through teacher training. She has helped more than 18,000 children in rural, remote, and conflict areas in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and India.

Richard Blackwell Pharsalia Professorship will enable a ‘scientist surgeon’ to lead the way in treatment of colorectal disease

Friday 8th March 2019

Old Member to be appointed Queen's Counsel

Tuesday 22nd January 2019

Congratulations to Old Member Nicholas Craig (1994) who is to be appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) at the beginning of March. Mr Craig is a Barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings.

Three Fellows feature in the global list of Highly Cited Researchers 2018

Wednesday 9th January 2019

100 Years of Women Voting

Friday 14th December 2018

Fellow Awarded the Gustav Neuenschwander Prize

Tuesday 11th December 2018

Meet-up in Bangkok

Wednesday 21st November 2018

On 20th November, we had the first ever Old Member meet-up in Thailand.

Linacre African Network Visits Young Offenders Prison, London for Black History Month

Monday 12th November 2018

A picture moment: Members of the Oxford University with Isis prison volunteers and staffers

Happy Thomas Linacre Day!

Saturday 20th October 2018

Who was Thomas Linacre and why is College named after him?

Linacre Students on the MBA Student Council

Friday 19th October 2018

Congratulations to Khalida Abdulrahim for being elected Co-chair of the Oxford Global Business Network, Danny Cheung for his new appointment as Co-president of the Student Council, and to Cassandra Sullivan for being the new Oxford Union SBS Liaison.

100% biodegradable film on Linacre News

Friday 12th October 2018

We are pleased to let you know that when you receive the next issue of Linacre News, the thin film used to wrap it is biodegradable.

Obituary: Adjunct Fellow Professor Dan Robinson

Monday 8th October 2018

We are sad to announce the death of Adjunct Fellow Professor Dan Robinson on 17th September 2018.

New Junior Dean