LINACRE COLLEGE

Report of the Governing Body

Year ended 31 July 2019

Activities and Achievements of the College

The College’s activities are focused on achieving its objectives and thereby its aim of advancing knowledge and understanding for public benefit. Performance during the reporting year against each of these activities is described.

1. Recruitment of academically outstanding students and Fellows from across the world Student Numbers. The College admitted 210 new students in October 2018. A break-down of student admissions statistics is given in the table below. In total the College had 568 registered students in October 2018, of whom 19 were studying part time.

Of the whole student body 85 different nations were represented. 43.9% of Linacre's students identified as black or minority ethnic compared with a University average of 29.1%. 45.3% of students were female compared with a University average of 46.7%.

183 students had their post-graduate degrees conferred on them during the year.

In July 2019 the College had 28 Official Fellows, 11 Professorial Fellows, 6 Senior Research Fellows and 23 Junior Research Fellows (of which 9 were newly appointed in October 2018).

The high cost of study at Oxford University continues to be a barrier to many students who are offered places. The College has prioritised raising funds for new scholarships in order to ensure that those who are offered a place are able to come regardless of their financial circumstances. The College offered one new scholarship to students enrolling in October 2018:

• The Dapo Olagunju Scholarship for an African student studying for an MBA

In total the College supported 43 students with a Linacre scholarship.

2. Promoting academic activity, including hosting high profile public lectures on the themes of ‘Human Values’ and ‘The Environment’ and regular research seminars by members; hosting academic meetings and workshops and fostering peer support of members through subject related groupings

The 2019 Tanner Lecture on Human Values was given by The Hon. Strobe Talbott, Distinguished Fellowin-Residence at The Brookings Institution, Washington and former US Deputy Secretary of State. The title of the lecture was “A President for Dark Times: the Age of Reason Meets the Age of Trump”, and it was attended by over 200 people – Linacre and University members as well as members of the public. A podcast of the lecture is available online at http://www.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/president-dark-times-agereason-meets-age-trump. Talbott also gave a seminar for Linacre members on the day after the event.