A lovely service for a wonderful person! Thank you Janet Royall & team. Liz will be much missed, but forever remembered.

WOW I WON the Listeners Choice Award..Because of you lovely lot! My listeners are THE BEST! This is for all the victims, survivors & family members whose stories I have told. Thank you so much! This means the world to me! Thank you True Crime Awards #TrueCrimeAwards #CrimeAnalyst

We had the honour of welcoming Fern Horine Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to our schools to celebrate #EnglishLanguageDay #ShakespearesBirthday & #StGeorgesDay
Students recited English language poems & the student council discussed issues with HMA especially around education & study in #Moldova 🇲🇩

Email from a member of Somerville College Choir earlier.

'Sorry I'm running late for the rehearsal - just on a train back to Oxford after running the marathon. Did it in 3hrs5mins!'

...and did she look like she'd just run a marathon? Not at all. Honestly, young people these days!

Brussels proposes return to free movement for UK and EU young people - brilliant! theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

EU in the Republic of Moldova We are very proud to see two of student leaders, Loredana and Teodor, from Heritage at this event and thank you to EU in the Republic of Moldova for the constant support of young people in #Moldova 🇲🇩 to develop the vital skills in the next generation of future leaders from our young people.

I've #justsponsored Simon Jones, who's fundraising for Wooden Spoon on JustGiving. Donate now justgiving.com/page/simon-jon…

It was 80 years ago today, on 7 April 1944, that Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler began their escape from Auschwitz to warn the world - one of the most heroic acts of the last century.

I told the story in my book, The Escape Artist, and talked about it here open.spotify.com/episode/1EzdBK…

Not sure the collective noun for Ambassadors to Paris? Ed Barnes would know.

But what a formidable group, in support of a formidable entente. Passing through, maybe, but making a vital difference.

#EC120

It’s like they know the value of nothing.

Ministers to cut funding for performing and creative arts courses in England theguardian.com/education/2024…

Good day on call so far 🚁🫀🏥 #JETS

Lovely to be out with Bath Labour Party today under blue skies. Just a month to go until election day! 🌹

The ambition for education in #Moldova 🇲🇩 was illustrated with the launch of a €10m investment in schools across the national education community. We were proud to be able to contribute with Heritage’s Tatiana Popa #Moldova moderating & our CEO, Rob Ford, discussing school leadership.

Out today. Thank you to everyone who has helped get Ambassador Ed Barnes on the road again.

We're so proud of Dr Claire Cockcroft and the Somerville Skills Hub on being shortlisted for a Vice-Chancellor's Award! 👏📚
The Skills Hub is a unique resource offering not only academic support and careers advice, but life skills and new perspectives.
👉some.ox.ac.uk/the-margaret-t…

On the 2nd anniversary of the invasion, Heritage & CEO Director, Rob Ford, reflects on two years of war in Ukraine & the global education partnerships that have emerged during the conflict #Moldova 🇲🇩

The British International School, Ukraine Council of British International Schools Global School Alliance Independent School Management Plus

schoolmanagementplus.com/international-…

I have loved my 3+ years in 🇮🇳

Here’s why….

We're so proud of our 3rd year historian and Sanctuary Scholar, Asif, on being awarded his British citizenship this week. Asif arrived in Somerville as an unaccompanied minor having left Afghanistan in 2016 and travelled alone across Europe. He is our first UG Sanctuary Scholar.

Congratulations to Somervillian Fred Roper on being selected to row in the Men’s Blue Boat at this year’s Boat Race on 30th March! Fred's an MSc student at Somerville researching sustainable energy transition who previously rowed for UC Berkeley
📸Oxford University Boat Club

State school admission targets ‘too blunt’ ⁦Helen Mountfield⁩ spot on “clever and interested people are broadly evenly spread in society - people with both aptitude + talent, interest + determination who will benefit most from higher education.” thetimes.co.uk/article/state-…