Summer 2010 - St Antony's College - University of Oxford

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New New Governing Governing Body Body Fellow Fellow Paola Mattei is a new Governing Body fellow at the ESC. She specialises in European welfare states, social inequalities and education policy. Her work has developed a comparative framework to understand the changing forms of welfare democracy in Europe. From 2006 to 2009, she held the T.H. Marshall Fellowship in European Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (Department of Social Policy), funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung. Most recently she was teaching on education policy and public governance at the LSE (2009-2010). She was research fellow at the “Transformations of the State” Collaborative Research Centre, Bremen, Germany (2006-2008), where she completed her empirical research project on the transformations of welfare democracy and social citizenship. Her recent books include Restructuring Welfare Organizations in Europe (Palgrave 2009) and Welfare Governance Reforms and Effects in the Post-Golden Age (Routledge 2010), edited with K. Verhoest. She has published recently on local welfare systems, health care reforms, education policy in West European Politics, Public Administration, Journal of Legislative Studies, Regional and Federal Studies, International Review of Administrative Sciences, and edited books. Her current research focuses on decentralised social policy and federalism. She is also Principal Investigator of an international European project on welfare democracy, accountability and management in Norway, Denmark and Germany. She is currently writing a new monograph under contract on educational inequalities. GCR President’s Report Although warned about the mad rush of Trinity Term at Oxford University, I didn’t expect the air around College to be literally buzzing with talk of theses and exam revision. Nonetheless, Antonians I meet in Hilda Besse or on the green still wave, smile and commiserate, often accompanied by an invitation to dinner or tea in the CCR. It reminds me that we’re a close community, and as President of the GCR this year I’m proud to be a part of an incredible network of St Antony’s students that will only grow over the years to come. Perhaps people in my position tend to look too uncritically into the past when assessing successes and failures of student government. Though there were undoubtedly slip-ups along the way, the last two terms have been very positive for the GCR. I don’t have space to thank each member of our 23-person committee individually, but I’ll mention a few highlights. First up, our VP Academic Teodora has been busy liaising with Jane Chanaa at Careers Service to schedule Drop-in Advising sessions, as well as organising two Exam Preparation sessions to help ease students’ anxiety about one of Oxford’s most terrifying experiences. Marina has undoubtedly been one of the most active VP Welfares in GCR History, supported by a dedicated Welfare Team. Her Welfare Teas have been very well attended, providing students with a relaxing study break atmosphere. She has also organized welfare training, and as of next year six St Antony’s students will join the University’s Peer Support Training in order to expand our welfare network in College. St Antony’s is obviously proud to be known as one of the most social Colleges at Oxford, and this atmosphere has been well fostered by the social team, led by VP for Social Events Vidhya. With BOP themes ranging from Revolutionary to the 80s, our students have been well entertained in compensation for the hard work they do in the library, Gulbenkian and computer lab (often leaving in the wee hours of the morning). Vedica has added to the agenda with several successful formal and exchange dinners, http://www.stantonysball.com/ complete with exciting entertainment. This year’s ‘Paradise Lost’ Ball, chaired by Rucker, featured the musical talent of St Antony’s very own band as well as a star appearance by British band The Cheek. Amidst a flurry of fancy dresses, dashing bowties and delicious cocktails, Antonians were given a night to remember. This year’s Environmental Officer Chris has been wonderfully enthused about taking on the complacency in all of us, in order to decrease the College’s energy usage and costs. Sonia Andolz has literally transformed the Attic into a usable space, discovering some unique treasures along the way. Milos and Saagarika, two very Publications by Current Members familiar faces at St Antony’s, have kept the Late Bar and Cafe running smoothly, providing students with the fuel they need to study and relax. One of the biggest changes we’ve made is to the new and improved GCR website, which has benefitted immensely from the technical expertise of our Webmaster Florian. Though these skills undoubtedly come naturally to him, they never fail to impress and I imagine Florian is tired of receiving wide-eyed compliments from the technologically challenged President. (Check out the website at: http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/gcr/) Of course, students outside of the GCR committee have been just as busy. Clubs such as STAIR, the European Film Society, Alex J’s Poker, Wine Tasting Society (to name a few) have added spice to Antonian life, and our Sports teams have been training hard to bring glory to our red and yellow. Blades in Rowing feel particularly imminent! Though it always seems inadequate, I would like to say a big thank you to all those who have helped the GCR with their initiatives since the beginning of the year. And on behalf of the students, I’d like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the College administration and support staff who work to make our lives as smooth as possible. I look forward to welcoming our new students in Michelmas and I sincerely hope they find their first year at St Antony’s as satisfying as I have. Alexandra Martins O I i i C R B a p i c C T f t H f O a t C p a e a
St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) STAIR Journal Launch (Photo: Sitara Thobani) On 23 February, the St Antony’s International Review (STAIR) celebrated its fifth anniversary and the publication of its tenth issue, “New Directions in Climate Change Politics.” To mark the occasion, the Review held a panel discussion at Blackwell’s Bookshop followed by a drinks reception at the St Antony’s College Late Bar. The panel discussion centred on whether there is a future for the international climate change regime in the aftermath of the Copenhagen summit in December 2009. The diverse group of invited panelists featured Tom Burke, Founding Director of the environmental think tank E3G; Fiona Harvey, Environmental Correspondent for the Financial Times; Phil Bloomer, Oxfam’s Campaigns and Policy Director; and Hannah Ryder, Senior Economist at the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. After presenting their individual perspectives on climate change politics and the Copenhagen summit, the panelists engaged in a valuable exchange with the audience on the role of nongovernmental organizations in multilateral negotiations on climate change and a range of other topics. Following the debate, the Review hosted a reception at the College, attended by the panelists, the Warden, and current and past members of STAIR, including the journal’s founding editors Dr Alexander Betts and Dr Matthew Eagleton-Pierce. At the reception, the journal’s outgoing Managing Director, Henning Tamm, took the opportunity to reflect on the cumulative achievements of STAIR members since the establishment of the Review in 2005, as well as to announce a set of initiatives for opening up the journal to new contributors and readers. He announced that from 2011 STAIR will expand on its tradition of publishing themed issues by also including a new general section, open to authors writing on various topics of contemporary interest, in each issue. He also highlighted the journal’s new partnership with IngentaConnect, a market leader in online publishing, via which individual and institutional subscribers are now able to access all past and future issues. This is a major milestone for STAIR and will help to significantly expand its readership beyond Oxford. See http://www.ingentaconnect. com/content/stair/stair for details. The forthcoming issue of STAIR, to be launched in May 2010, will focus on sovereignty and secession, while the themed sections for 2011 will examine the rise of China (Feb 2011) and the response of international financial institutions to economic crises (May 2011). The calls for papers for both these themed sections and the general section are available at: http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/ext/stair/ contributors.html Sitara Thobani
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