University College Oxford Record 2020

behalf of the College over the past 12 years (for
example notching up a 100% record of chairing
Governing Body meetings), and as a result we
have much to celebrate, as evidenced above.
It is all the more ironic, therefore, that we are
being prevented from properly recognising Ivor’s
and Jill’s departure by the chaos that COVID-19
has caused. The College community has not seen
one another for several months, other than by
Zoom or Teams, and all in-person social events
have been abandoned until later in the year.
However, we hope to more properly signal Ivor’s
and Jill’s departure with an event that is planned
for summer 2021.
Meanwhile, we wish them both a happy next
chapter, and an “au revoir.”
PROFESSOR PETER JEZZARD
Vice Master, Professorial Fellow and Herbert
Dunhill Professor of Neuroimaging
Other leaving Fellows include:
SUPERNUMERARY FELLOWS
PROFESSOR PHILIP STIER, Supernumerary
Fellow in Physics, has taken on a Fellowship at
Reuben College (formerly Parks College), a new
graduate college at the University of Oxford, with
a focus on 21st century interdisciplinary research.
We wish him all the best in his future career.
WELCOME TO
BARONESS VALERIE AMOS
We are delighted to welcome Baroness Valerie
Amos, CH, PC, as she begins her role as Master
of the College from 1 September 2020. Baroness
Amos takes up her post following the recent
retirement of Sir Ivor Crewe, who was Master of
the College for the previous 12 years.
Baroness Amos joins us from the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London,
where she was Director from 2015 to 2020. She
brings a wealth of experience from that role and
from the many others that she has held, including
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for
the United Nations, Cabinet Minister during Tony
Blair’s second and third terms of office, and also
served in the Cabinet as Leader of the House
of Lords.
While Baroness Amos joins us during a
uniquely challenging period, the College looks
forward with excitement to the fullest realisation
of its values of academic excellence, opportunity
and inclusiveness under her leadership.
PROFESSOR PETER JEZZARD
Vice Master, Professorial Fellow and Herbert
Dunhill Professor of Neuroimaging
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