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Wolfson College. The process of
building up a core of UTOs being a major task for a small, under-
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Prize for Education, and will be much missed.
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hard-working staff. Our students know that in the Library they can count on the willingness of the
resourced College. We have
Honorary Fellows
Librarians to search out particular
University Teaching Officers
On a happier note, our special
Bursar and her team will ensure the
Lecturer in Veterinary Anaesthesia
Fellow Claire Tomalin on her
admitted to the Fellowship two (UTOs): Jackie Brearley, Senior and Sabine Bahn, Reader in
Psychology; and in October 2007 Lucy Cavendish attracted a
Professorial Fellow – Professor Christine Howe of the Faculty of Education.
The year has alas also seen sadness among the Emeritus and Honorary Fellows on whom we rely so much for loyal support and inspiration.
congratulations go to Honorary induction as an Honorary
Graduand of the University: the joint dinner with Newnham to
celebrate this was a memorable
event. And we are grateful to our two newest Honorary Fellows,
Anne Owers and Anna Ford, who
gave stimulating talks on the work
volumes for them; the Domestic
best possible accommodation, while the kitchen staff will listen carefully to requests, providing comfort food when necessary; that Scarlet Wang, the IT Manager who arrived in the summer following the departure
after the many years service of Bill
Nelson and Tim Flood, will strive to provide up-to-date communications
So much depends too on every member of our loyal and hard-working staff...
Eileen Clifford died in May, after an
the willingness of the Librarians ... the best possible accommodation, while the
spanning almost 50 years. She
security and a beautiful environment in which to relax
as Steward, and was for a period
of the Chief Inspector of Prisons,
systems; the Porters will look after
missed for her wisdom, kindness
respectively. These are two areas
a beautiful environment in which
involvement with the College
served in many capacities, notably acting President. She will be much and abiding interest in the College, but her legacy will live on, for she has generously remembered us in
kitchen staff will listen carefully to requests; up-to-date communications,
and freedom of expression
that are much in the news at
present, and many of our Honorary Fellows are prominent in national
security, and the gardeners provide to relax – building on the work of Helen Seal, who has left us to take up a position in the
debates across such a wide range of
Botanical Gardens.
respected geneticist who was one of
I am certain that central to our self
The Bursar
November 2007, Joan Simms,
community that has always been a
possible without sound finances.
her Will. Sadly I have to note too
the death in July of Professor Anne McLaren, the internationally our Honorary Fellows. In
Emeritus Fellow, died aged 89.
She had been a generous benefactor and friend to the College, with the establishment of the Simms Schoolmistress Fellowship
– later converted into a College
pressing issues.
confidence is the sense of
None of this of course would be
feature of Lucy Cavendish. Of
On these, following the completion
course the academic success of our students depends critically on the special support they receive from their Directors of Studies and
Tutors, so ably led by the Senior
Tutor; but so much depends too on every member of our loyal and
of the Oldham Hall project and the
arrival of our new Bursar, there has been much hard work. The first
concern, however, was to improve the College’s organisational structures and channels of
communication by ensuring a better Annual Newsletter 07 | Page 5