LINACRE COLLEGE

Report of the Governing Body

Year ended 31 July 2022

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

The College admitted 221 new students in October 2021 which took the total number of registered students at Linacre to 587.

Reflecting the international and inclusive ethos of Linacre, 93 nationalities were represented within the student body with only 31% of the College community registered as UK students. In comparison to the University-wide average of 34% of black and minority students, 44% of Linacre students identified as black or minority ethnic. In October 2021, 48% of registered students at College were female; broadly in line with the University average of 50%.

The high cost of study at Oxford University remains a barrier to many students. College continues to priorotise the establishment of new scholarships to ensure that those offered a place at Linacre are able to access the University, regardless of financial circumstance. The College awarded a total of 36 scholarships during 2021/22 and Linacre continues to play a central role in UNIQ+, the University Graduate Access Programme, and also in the establishment of access scholarships through the development of the Academic Futures scholarship programme.

In July 2022, the Linacre community included 23 Official Fellows, 11 Professorial Fellows, 6 Senior Research Fellows and 49 Junior Research Fellows.