The Queen's College Donor Impact Report

THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE
DONOR IMPACT
REPORT
1 August 2021 – 31 July 2022
Access All Areas: Phase Two

Thank you for
supporting Queen’s

CONTENTS
From the Provost 2
From the Director of Development 3
Development Committee 3
Access All Areas: Phase Two – 2021 – Ongoing 4
Endowment Overview 6
Income vs. Expenditure: Financial Year, 2021 – 2022 6
Academic Excellence: The Tutorial System 7
Endowed Tutorial Fellowships at Queen’s 7
The Queen’s College in Numbers 8
Giving in Numbers 8
The Queen’s Society 9
Student Support 10
Access and Outreach 12
The Queen’s College Translation Exchange 13
Legacy Giving 14
Meet the Team 16
Giving Circles 16
Benefactors 17
Photo: Magda Adamska
Photo: John Cairns
Photo: John Cairns
At Queen’s, students are pushed to
reach our full academic potential,
but we’re also encouraged to enjoy our work and
to appreciate the pleasure of being able to study
in this unique environment surrounded by such
amazing minds.
JCR President Róisín Quinn
(Literae Humaniores, 2020)
Photo: Amanda Sharp
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FROM THE PROVOST
Dr Claire Craig
It is a pleasure to share our 2021-22 Donor Impact
Report with you.
As we start communicating with Old Members
and Friends about the second phase of Access All
Areas, we have renamed the annual Development
Report. We did this to reflect and highlight more
clearly what each of our donors’ gifts to Queen’s do:
they make a visible and positive impact on the entire
College community.
Last academic year was an interesting time in the
College’s long history but also a time in which
Queen’s was at its best. The values and culture
shaped by previous generations were there to draw
on when things were at their most challenging.
Determination, resilience, and kindness – all
recognisable hallmarks of our historic northern roots –
were on full display. As was tenacity: the College’s
Governing Body decided early on to keep education
front and centre, even if it meant straining every sinew
to keep the magic of the in-person tutorial alive.
It was also a year in which generosity was front and
centre. Queen’s relied on the financial support of
its Old Members and Friends perhaps more than
ever and in this year’s Impact Report you will see
just that. Because of our values, culture, and our
donors’ willingness to help, the College did not just
survive but thrived during this challenging period.
Because of our values,
culture, and our donors’
willingness to help, the
College did not just survive
but thrived during this
challenging period.
You will see clear evidence of our donors’ impact
in the Bursar’s report (page 6). Last year the
College’s combined income from student tuition and
accommodation, research, and conferencing totalled
around £6M. Over that same period, our donors
contributed an additional £2.3M in philanthropic
income through their support of Access All Areas.
This represents 27% of the College’s total income;
a significant sum directed towards supporting our
students, tutorial Fellowships, the Chapel and Choir,
the College’s beautiful buildings and our growing
access and outreach programme in the northwest.
Each year the gifts we receive are placed in the
College’s endowment and carefully stewarded so
that they will always support Queen’s. The gifts
received in 2021-22 have thus joined the original gifts
made to the College by Queen Philippa and Robert
Eglesfield and countless others. They will grow
collectively and each one will play a part in securing
the College community both now and in the future.
All of us recognise what a privilege it is to be at
Queen’s: we remain a dynamic and enriching
community for our students and researchers. We are
one of the top colleges in the world’s top-ranked
university, and the Queen’s experience is what gives
our students the confidence and ability to go and
make a positive impact on the world after graduation.
Our community is committed and curious
and continues to shine the light of inquiry across
the academic spectrum – from the ancient to the
futuristic, and the sub-atomic to the universal.
Thanks to our donors, the impact of your gifts on the
Queen’s community will continue to be felt for many
years to come.
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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Dr Justin B. Jacobs
In 2021-22 Queen’s launched the second phase
of Access All Areas. The College’s Old Members
and Friends continued to build upon the strong
foundations laid during the first phase, contributing
£2.3M to Academic Excellence, Student Support,
and Access and Outreach.
In this second phase, Access All Areas continues to
remain focused on the people who make Queen’s
the inspiring place that it is, and our first set of
fundraising priorities reflects this.
with our PPE students.
The academic focus of the
Centenary Visiting Professor
will rotate each year between the
three subjects and between Queen’s and University
College, with whom we are partnering.
Photo: John Cairns
The source of our academic excellence has always
been the Tutorial System and this year’s Impact
Report details our continued efforts to endow and
secure tutorial Fellowships across some of the key
subject areas.
The Provost and Andy Connell (Modern History, 1965) at
the TAP launch in October 2022.
In 2021-22, donors supported the public
launch of the Peter Neumann Fellowship
in Mathematics – our first-ever Mathsfocused
fundraising initiative – and they
continue to help us complete the John
Prestwich Fellowship in History, the second
of our two Fellowships in Modern History.
On page eight you can see how these
efforts, when complete, will combine with
earlier fundraising successes to strengthen
our academic excellence.
Our donors also continued to help us
build upon the initial endowment for the
unique Centenary Visiting Professorship
in PPE. This post was publicly unveiled
last November to celebrate the storied
degree’s 100th anniversary. We look
forward to seeing world-class academic
talent coming to Oxford annually to work
Dr Peter Neumann
(Maths, 1959)
Prof. Christina Davis
(incoming
Centenary Visiting
Professor, Politics)
Finally, our donors continued to cultivate
the seeds sown in phase one of Access All
Areas by enhancing the College’s access
and outreach work in the northwest. Our
partnership with The Access Project (TAP)
launched in October 2022, with over
£500,000 raised to support the initial three
years of the programme in 2021-22. This
partnership embeds Queen’s and Oxford
directly into four secondary schools: two
in Cumbria and two in Blackburn with
Darwen. This is part of the Governing
Body’s commitment to reinvigorate and
enhance the College’s historical links to
the north.
None of these exciting steps forward would
be possible without the financial support of
our Old Members and Friends. Thank you
for helping Queen’s take them.
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
We would like to thank those Old Members who served on the Development Committee in 2021–2022:
Mr Desmond Cecil (PPE, 1961)
Mr Paul Newton (Chemistry, 1975)
Mrs Rachel Lawson (Modern Languages, 1984)
Mr John Turner (PPE, 1984)
Mr John Hull (Chemistry, 1994)
Mrs Anna Hull (Mathematics, 1995)
Ms Maude Tham (Modern Languages, 2009)
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access all areas
Phase Two: 2021 – Ongoing
Impact in the financial year 1 August 2021 – 31 July 2022
Academic Excellence
Student Support
In the summer of 2022, the College publicly
launched the Peter Neumann Fellowship
in Mathematics, raising, to date, just over
£500,000 in cash and pledges.
We continued to raise support for the Prestwich
Fellowship in History, last year raising an additional
£37,241. The value of the endowment at the end
of July 2022 was £2,023,782 of the £3 million
needed for full endowment.
We had the public launch for the endowment of
the Centenary Visiting Professorship in PPE, to
date and raised an additional £200,000 towards
this new post (p. 7).
Oxford Acheson-Hill Graduate Scholarship in
Chemistry established – raising £429,714
from 3 Old Members, along with a match from
the University.
The Tony Honoré Scholarship and the Ewald
Scholarship, both to support graduate students
reading for the BCL or MJur in Law continued to
receive funds. Last year an additional £10,000
was secured for these Scholarships.
Thanks to the legacy gift of Celia Gould, the
Cyril Vysove Scholarship was established to
support graduate students reading for a degree
in modern languages (p. 14).

Access and Outreach
Library
The new partnership between Queen’s and
The Access Project (p. 12) launched in the
autumn of 2022. To date, just over £508,000,
has been raised from Old Members
towards this programme.
The Translation Exchange received £18,588
from a number of Trusts, Foundations, and other
institutions to further the Exchange’s mission and
work with schools (p. 13).
In 2021-22, Queen’s received £78,203 from
a legacy gift to support the Library Special
Collections (p. 15).
College also received one legacy gift and one
donation totaling £4,125 to support the Library’s
Digitisation Project (p. 14).

Photo: John Cairns
ENDOWMENT
OVERVIEW
The Bursar
Dr Andrew Timms
The most recent financial year was notably more
difficult than the previous one: our budgeting
process had to be interrupted twice to take account
of changing inflation expectations, and the general
level of pressure on financial decisions has increased
markedly. Energy costs are a particular concern: they
are expected to more than double if we compare this
year (2022–23) with last year (2021–22), and forecasts
for next year suggest further significant increases.
To put this into context, in more normal times the
College would have expected to be spending a
little under £500k on energy in a year; the budget
this year is over £900k and forecasts for next year
have varied wildly, at times reaching numbers well
in excess of £1.5 million. This is a significant fraction
of our core unrestricted educational and operational
expenditure (which is around £10 million per annum).
A notable constraint is that, realistically, we cannot
expect simply to pass these costs on to students,
so the College ends up increasing its subsidisation
of accommodation. We can absorb this for a year or
two, but if higher energy costs persist then we will
have to reconsider our charges more fundamentally.
The College’s endowment has also endured some
quite challenging years. As I have outlined previously,
the impact of the pandemic on rent collection from
commercial properties has been considerable, and
in 2022 the difficulties experienced by most stock
markets also took a small toll on the College’s
wealth. However, the College is very underweight
in the US market so we were shielded to a certain
extent from the correction in the technology market,
but most other markets have also seen losses
in light of the more febrile financial climate (and of
course geopolitical events). A bright spot on an
otherwise bleak horizon has been the College’s
agricultural land, where the painstakingly slow
process of bringing forward farmland for residential
development has moved us much closer to the point
at which we will receive some substantial and longawaited
receipts. The overall total investment return
in 2021–22 was around 3.4%, which comprises small
losses on commercial properties and equities, offset
by a significant revaluation of land outside Coventry
which we plan to sell for residential development in
the near future. In more normal times this would be
only a modest return, but given the wider challenges
INCOME VS EXPENDITURE
Financial Year, 2021 – 2022
Total: £8,495 (000s)
£2,319
£451
Teaching and research
£2,690
Residential and catering
£3,014
Excludes investment income
and investment management costs.
£394
£179
INCOME
Philanthropic income
Trading
EXPENDITURE
£667
£1,294
Total: £14,715 (000s)
£1,752
£4,104
Teaching and research
Residential and catering
Maintenance
Fundraising and
Old Member Relations
£6,325
Trading
Other
Student support
Other
(pension deficit
movement)
(and the performance of many benchmarks) we feel
it was a pretty successful year: our performance
was better (indeed much better in some cases) than
that of the US university endowments that many
people admire. The challenge is to maintain this
performance in good years as well as bad.
Amidst all of this uncertainty and challenge, the
unstinting level of financial support of Old Members
has been of particular value to the College. We are
very grateful to you.
Other
Trading
Philanthropic inc
Residential and c
Teaching and Re
Other
Student support
Trading
Fundraising
Maintenance
Residential and
Teaching and Re
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
The Tutorial System
The tutorial system is the hallmark of an Oxford
education. It’s what famously makes Oxford ‘Oxford’;
it’s the gold standard of teaching that is envied, and
copied, all over the world. While our commitment to
its preservation is steadfast, our ability to protect this
form of learning is constantly under threat. This is why
we ask our Old Members – who know better than
anyone the value of what we are trying to preserve –
for their help to ensure that the tutorial system’s
unique ability to foster the greatest opportunities for
learning remains available to future generations of
Queen’s students.
On behalf of the Governing Body, I would like to thank
those of you who supported Academic Excellence
last year as well as our specific Fellowship appeals.
Your support makes a direct and tangible difference
to the College’s ability to plan for the future and
to safeguard the highest standard of teaching
and learning.
Queen’s is committed to endowing all of its tutorial
fellowships, to protect the teaching of those subjects
in perpetuity.
Mathematics
Last summer, we announced the creation of the
Peter Neumann Fellowship in Mathematics, named
to commemorate Dr Neumann’s longstanding
relationship with Queen’s, first as a student, then
tutor, and then Emeritus Fellow. Of the £2 million
needed to permanently endow this Fellowship, we
have now raised over £500,000 in cash and pledges,
for which we are enormously grateful to these early
Old Member supporters.
History
We continue to fundraise for the
Prestwich Fellowship in History and last year received
additional donations towards this endowment. Named
after former History professor and eminent historian,
John Prestwich, the current funding position for the
Fellowship in cash, pledges, and investment income
(as of 31 July 2022) was £2,023,782 of the £3 million
needed for full endowment. Once the Prestwich
Fellowship has been fully endowed, both History
Fellowships at Queen’s will be permanently endowed,
following the creation of the Brittenden Fellowship in
History in 2020, thanks to the Legacy gift of Frederick
(Fred) H. Brittenden (Modern History, 1946).
Centenary Visiting Professorship in PPE
Last year the creation of a Centenary Visiting
Professorship in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
(PPE) was announced, thanks to the generous seed
endowment of £1.5million by an anonymous Old
Member. This new Visiting Professor is shared with
University College to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the establishment of PPE at Oxford. Queen’s
was tasked with raising an additional £500,000 to
enhance the Visiting Fellowship and as of the end
2021–22 we have raised over £200,000 of this total.
We look forward to welcoming the second Centenary
Visiting Professor in PPE, Professor Christina L.
Davis (who will be a Supernumerary Fellow in the
College) in 2024‐25. Professor Davis is the Edwin
O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics in the
Department of Government at Harvard University.
Prof Seth Whidden
Senior Tutor and Roger Pearson Fellow in French
Photo: David Olds
ENDOWED TUTORIAL FELLOWSHIPS AT QUEEN’S
Tutorial Fellowship (current number of Tutorial Fellows)
Key
Fully endowed
Partially endowed
Classics (1) 1
History (2)
1 (Brittenden Fellowship in History)
1 (Prestwich Fellowship in History)
Modern Languages (3)* 1 (Pearson Fellowship in French) 2
Medical Sciences (2)
2 (Kingsland Fellowships)
Chemistry (2)
2 (Linnett Fellowships in Chemistry)
Physics (2) 1 (Moffatt Fellowship) 1
Mathematics Fellowship (2) 1 (Neumann Fellowship in Mathematics)
*The Laming Fellowship Trust makes a
significant contribution to the salaries of the
Modern Language Tutorial Fellows
To find out more about the Fellowships,
or if you would like to support one of these
Fellowships or other projects, please
contact development@queens.ox.ac.uk
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THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE
IN NUMBERS
6,891 Old Members
In the academic year 2021–22 the College
admitted 106 new undergraduate
students and 75 postgraduate students
(including 5 PGCE students)
Approximately 3,000 people (prospective
students and their families) visited Queen’s
during the two summer 2022 Open Days
In the academic year 2021–22:
39 undergraduates passed final
examinations with first class honours
40 graduates completed doctoral
research degrees
73 choral services were held in Chapel
The number of bursaries made to
Queen’s students was 68, the total value
of which was £194,204
85 students were awarded book grants
98 external readers consulted 194
items from the Queen’s Library Special
Collections
The College awarded:
23 Scholarships, each with a value of £450
35 Junior Scholarships, each with a
value of £300,
and
34 Exhibitions, each with a value of £150,
to undergraduates on academic merit
GIVING IN NUMBERS
ACCESS ALL AREAS,
NEW FUNDS RAISED
Phase Two (year one)
(01/08/2021–31/07/2022)
£2,338,400
Phase One (01/08/16–31/07/21)
£23,032,135
ANNUAL GIVING
(01/08/21–31/07/22)
43 donors gave for the first time this year
626 donors supported Queen’s last year
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THE QUEEN’S SOCIETY
How Regular Gifts Make an Impact
Since its foundation, there has been a culture of
philanthropy and giving back at Queen’s for which
the College is very grateful — and very proud! Giving
at all levels makes a tangible difference in the lives of
our students and academics now and in the future.
We are especially grateful to those Old Members
and Friends who give regularly to Queen’s. Regular
gifts via annual, quarterly, or monthly direct debit or
standing order allows the College to plan ahead with
confidence. Donors who give in this way become
members of The Queen’s Society, and each year
their gifts join together to enhance the Queen’s Fund
in support of College priorities.
Last year, the Queen’s Fund (which excludes
legacies and gifts over £25,000) received gifts to a
value of over £194,000 from 521 Queen’s Society
members. The impact of the Queen’s Fund is felt
across all aspects of the student experience, from
providing student bursaries and book grants, to
safeguarding the tutorial system, to encouraging
the best and brightest students, regardless of
background or means, to come to Queen’s.
We would be delighted to see more Old Members
join in this collective effort to help fulfil the College’s
ambitious goals in the second phase of Access
Unendowed
Fellowships
Junior
Research
Fellowships
(JRFs)
Endowed
Fellowships
Queen’s visits
to schools
Teaching
resources
Academic
Excellence
School visits
to Queen’s
Access and
Outreach
Scholarships
Student
Support
College Open
Days
Student
Hardship
Bursaries
Residential visits
to Queen’s
Book
Grant
Programme
Long
Distance
Travel
Grants
All Areas. Around 8.5% of Old Members made a
gift last year (and of those Old Members in the US
around 5% made a donation).
As part of this very special giving community,
Queen’s Society members are recognised in the
College Record and invited to special College
events, including the annual drinks reception held
prior to the Old Members’ Garden Party, next on
1 July 2023. We can’t wait to see you there!
Amanda Sharp, Regular Giving Officer
Why I joined the Queen’s Society
“Having my own children, seeing them grow and
imagining them going to university one day, made
me reflect on how lucky I was to attend Queen’s and
my gratitude for all the opportunities and the lifelong
friends that it gave me. It’s a small way of saying
thank you, and also helping others along their way.”
Queen’s Society Member
To join the Queen’s Society by making a regular
gift to Queen’s, please complete the accompanying
donation form, or visit
www.queens.ox.ac.uk/give-online
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STUDENT SUPPORT
Graduate
Scholarship Scheme
for Ukrainian refugees
Ewald Scholarship
in Law
Since 2017-18, an Old
Member has funded a Graduate
Scholarship in conjunction with the Law
Faculty for a Queen’s Law student reading
for a BCL or MJur degree. The annual
award for 2021-2022 has been taken up by
Samuel Grimley (2021).
“The Ewald Scholarship has
made it possible for me to take
up my place at Oxford, and
Queen’s has provided such
a warm welcome. I cannot
imagine a better environment in
which to pursue my intellectual
growth. Already I have had
the opportunity to study
with the world’s foremost
legal academics, and been
inspired and challenged by my
fellow students.”
A gift from the Waverley Fund has
allowed the College to participate in the new
Oxford University Graduate Scholarships for
Ukraine scheme, offering financial support
to graduate applicants displaced by the
war in Ukraine. Thanks to the generosity of
Old Members, we are pleased to welcome
Olena Didenko, who is studying for the MSc
in Neuroscience in 2022-2023.
“I am very thankful to Queen’s
and The University of Oxford for
sponsoring my scholarship. This
financial support has allowed
me to continue my education,
and covered all my needs so
I can focus on research. I am
using this opportunity to develop
myself not only professionally,
but personally, and thanks to
Queen’s I have expanded my
network with interesting people of
different backgrounds.”
Olena Didenko (MSc Neuroscience, 2022)
Samuel Grimley (BCL, 2021)
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Student Support,
The Queen’s Fund
Alongside named
scholarships and bursaries, gifts
to the Student Support area of the Queen’s
Fund enhance the student at experience
Queen’s in numerous ways. Thanks to a
research travel grant, student Charlotte
Forrest (History, 2019) undertook an
archive project in Dublin that proved
invaluable for her undergraduate thesis,
which earned first class marks.
Cyril Vysove
Scholarship in
Modern Languages
The Cyril Vysove Scholarship in
Modern Languages was endowed in 2021,
thanks to a legacy gift in memory of Cyril
Vysove (Modern Languages, 1941) whose
life – and study at Queen’s – was cut short
by WWII (see p. 14).
“This generous scholarship has
enabled me to pursue my interest
in medieval French literature and
enriched my studies through the
countless opportunities on offer
at Oxford. Already during my first
year, I have enjoyed exploring
the Bodleian Libraries’ amazing
manuscript collections, attending
Latin palaeography classes,
and presenting my research at
international conferences.”
“My visit to the archives was of
endless value to me academically
and really ignited my love for
historical research. I was able to
access sources that turned out
to be hugely beneficial, such as a
pamphlet that I had never heard
of before, but was directly related
to my topic of research.
Without the funding I received
from Queen’s, this trip simply
would not have been possible.”
Charlotte Forrest (History, 2019)
Ramani Chandramohan (DPhil Medieval
and Modern Languages, 2022)
Photo: John Cairns
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ACCESS AND OUTREACH
I am delighted to be at Queen’s, having taken over the
role of Schools Liaison Officer from Katharine Wiggell
in September 2022. Coming from a disadvantaged
background in the North West myself, I am excited to
continue developing our support for students from a
similar demographic.
Emerging from the pandemic, our outreach
programmes have finally been able to be delivered
in-person again. Katharine was able to visit parts of
our link regions she hadn’t been to before, including
Burnley and Colne and different parts of Cumbria.
The first in-person school
visits to Queen’s began in
September 2021 following
the height of the pandemic,
and it has been non-stop
since.
The first in-person school visits to Queen’s began
in September 2021. Multiple schools have visited
us each month, most of whom are just embarking
on their university applications, although our
youngest visitors were just five years old from a local
primary school.
The North West Consortium and the Lewisham
Challenge Programme have flourished this year.
We hosted two Visit Days for Year 12 students across
Lewisham, as well as in-reach events for first-year
Our Schools Liaison, Outreach & Recruitment Officer
delivering an in-school presentation
undergraduates from
the North West. We
have also strengthened
links with the Queen’s
Translation Exchange,
supporting their International Book
Clubs (p. 13).
The academic year ended with the return of inperson
Open Days, welcoming thousands of
prospective applicants into Queen’s. With this came
our Open Days Plus programme, during which we
welcomed 100 Year 12 students to stay with us. We
are looking forward to the return of the North West
Science Residential in April 2023.
Our new partnership with The Access Project
launched in the autumn of 2022, offering targeted
tutoring and mentoring to disadvantaged students
in four North West schools. We cannot thank our
Old Members and Friends who have supported this
partnership enough, and we are excited to show you
the impact the programme is having on the students
next year.
Regular updates on the access work at Queen’s can
be found on Instagram – @queensoxaccess.
Lauren Shields
Schools Liaison, Outreach &
Recruitment Officer
Professor Lindsay Turnbull
Fellow in Plant Sciences
and Michel Fellow; Tutor for
Outreach and Access
I would like to extend heartfelt thanks on behalf
of the Governing Body to those Old Members
who supported, with their time and financially,
the new College partnership with The Access
Project. We are excited to be working with four
schools in the North West to inspire and prepare
students to apply to universities they might
otherwise not consider, including (we hope) to
Queen’s. It is also wonderful to see the work
undertaken by our Schools Liaison Officer in our
link regions move from strength to strength.
Photo: David Olds
Photo: David Olds
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THE QUEEN’S COLLEGE
TRANSLATION EXCHANGE
Photo: David Fisher
Language learning in schools across the UK has
been in major decline for years, and this is having
a profound impact on applicant numbers here at
Oxford. At Queen’s we believe that this results from
an increasingly limited school curriculum, where
culture and creativity are scarce and the focus rests
on function and exam skills.
In 2018 we set out to address this crisis by founding
the Translation Exchange (QTE), an ambitious
project that inspires young language-learners to
continue with their studies through their schooling
and beyond. We were met with an explosion of
interest and enthusiasm from Modern Languages
teachers and pupils right across the UK. Over 1,000
teachers have registered to involve their pupils in
our programmes, and last year over 14,000 young
people aged 11-18 took part in our new Anthea Bell
Prize for Young Translators, translating poetry and
prose with their teachers.
Teachers report that our initiatives for languagelearners
are making a real difference to motivation
and uptake of languages at their schools. Having
proved the concept
of our work, we are
now building capacity to
meet the growing demand
from young people and to
strengthen Queen’s as the place where
ambitious young linguists thrive.
“The Translation Exchange ended up being the
main reason why I decided to apply to Queen’s.
After participating in the International Book Club
and the Anthea Bell Prize, I became sure that
the Queen’s community would be for me. They
were incredibly enriching – and yet inclusive and
welcoming – projects, and I would encourage
any potential applicants to get involved.”
— Eva Bailey (French and English, 2021)
The Translation Exchange has been a grateful
recipient of seed-funding from the College, an
Eglesfield Benefactor, and trusts, foundations, and
language-focused institutions. Over the next three
years we plan to embed our creative programmes
in schools by developing a training programme
for teachers, increasing access to the Anthea Bell
Prize, and founding an advocacy arm to influence
Modern Languages education policy. We look
forward to building on College’s strong tradition of
Modern Language teaching and research, and will
be sharing our plans with the wider Old Member
community soon.
“When I joined Queen’s as an undergraduate in
2018 I immediately volunteered as a Translation
Exchange Ambassador, keen to contribute
to ensuring that every state school student
had, as I did, a rich and creative experience of
language-learning. I was convinced by QTE’s
approach, and even exported the model to
the Marseille school in which I taught during
my year abroad. Now, a few months after
graduation, I am back at Queen’s as QTE’s new
Programme Coordinator, ever more determined
to work towards equitable access to education
and to forge a community of creative linguists.”
— Jack Franco (French and Philosophy, 2018)
Dr Charlotte Ryland
Director of the Translation Exchange
Photo: John Cairns
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LEGACY GIVING
SUPPORTING THE FUTURE IN MEMORY OF
THE PAST
Legacy and planned gifts have transformed
Queen’s over the centuries. Starting with Robert
de Eglesfield and continuing through the following
seven centuries, these deeply personal gifts have
enriched our students’ experience, developed our
excellence in teaching and research, and enhanced
our iconic buildings.
In this financial year, the College received over £1.25
million in legacy gifts. Each gift received makes an
important contribution to the College.
concerned to further the
teaching of, and research into,
world historical studies. This year we gratefully
received a legacy gift from Anthony which will
support the John Prestwich Fellowship in History.
Each legacy gift has a story to tell and is a tribute
to the life and memory of the person who gave it.
Perhaps the most surprising legacy gift we received
in 2021 was from the late Revd George Clark Vincent
(Lit. Hum), who matriculated in 1904.
Photo: John Cairns
Every legacy gift is an
investment in the future
of Queen’s and the next
generation of students and
researchers. We all are
most grateful.
George was born in 1884 at Ligonier, state of
Pennsylvania, USA. After gaining a second degree
in theology at Queen’s, he spent his life serving as
a church minister in the States and died in 1971.
It was very moving to receive a legacy gift from an
Old Member who had experienced College life at
the beginning of the 20th Century but whose gift will
benefit students 117 years later.
Dr Claire Craig, The Provost
Most legacy donors to the College give unrestricted
gifts so that they can be used to support the area of
greatest need at Queen’s. Sometimes donors may
wish to support a specific area of College life that
is particularly important to them. The late Anthony
Gwilliam (Modern History, 1948) was particularly
LEGACY GIVING AT QUEEN’S
(Financial Year, 2021-2022)
£1,250,998 was given as legacy gifts from
twelve Old Members and friends.
256 members of the Taberdars’ Society have
pledged to leave a gift in their wills.
Student Support
Celia Gould and the Cyril
Vysove Scholarships in
Modern Languages
Cyril Vysove (Modern
Languages, 1941) matriculated at the beginning
of WWII. His studies were quickly interrupted
as he left to serve in the Royal Signals. He later
died returning from the War.
His niece, Celia Gould, wanted to honour Cyril's
memory and talents as an Oxford prize-winning
linguist by leaving a legacy gift to support the
study of Modern Languages. When Celia died in
2021, the Cyril Vysove Scholarships in Modern
Languages was endowed and in 2022, Queen’s
welcomed the first Vysove Scholar, Ramani
Chandramohan (p. 11).
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THE TABERDARS’ SOCIETY
The Taberdars’ Society honours and recognises
the generosity of those who want to leave a legacy
or planned gift to Queen’s. Over the past year, we
welcomed eight new members and thank every
member for their continued support.
In October 2021, Catherine House joined the Old
Members’ Office at Queen’s, as its first Legacy Giving
Officer. Previously she worked in the University of
Oxford Development Office raising support for
the University’s museums and the Oxford Botanic
Garden and Arboretum. Catherine is responsible
for the Taberdars’ Society and has enjoyed meeting
many members of the society both at College and
through visits outside of Oxford.
at College. In May 2022, we combined the lunch with
a visit to the Oxford Botanic Garden. Perfect summer
weather meant we could relax in the gardens at
Queen’s and enjoy a private tour of the University’s
historic plant collections. After the difficult years of
the pandemic, we were so pleased to welcome the
Taberdars’ Society back to College.
If you are planning on leaving a legacy gift to Queen’s,
we would be delighted to hear from you and to invite
you to join the Taberdars’ Society.
Our annual Taberdars’ Society Luncheon gives
members the opportunity to meet old and new
friends, and to learn about the latest developments
Remembering the Library
Enhancing the impact of Queen’s Library
and Archives
The Queen’s College Library has a special place
in the memory of many Old Members. This year,
two Old Members recognised its importance by
leaving legacy gifts to enhance the work of the
Library and Archives.
The late Ian Drummond (English Language and
Literature, 1973) left a legacy gift for the purchase
of books and manuscripts in English Literature
and History. This generous gift is enabling the
College to continue to maintain and develop its
rich holdings in these areas, including the recent
acquisition of Thomas Tickell (Fellow, 1710-26),
Oxford, a Poem (1707).
The generosity of Old
Members helps us to
develop and make the
most of the extraordinary
collections held by
the College.
Dr Matthew Shaw, Librarian
Colin Dunn photographing a sixteenth-century
heraldic manuscript.
A legacy gift from the late Brian Wearing (Modern
History, 1956) was given to help support the
Library’s Digitisation Project. The purpose of
this project is to make historical material in
the Queen’s Special Collections and Archives
available via the Digital Bodleian online library.
Enabling researchers and historians to access
this material without having to visit the College or
handle books in need of careful conservation.
Last summer we were delighted to work with
Colin Dunn to digitise historical material at
Queen’s. Colin specialises in high-resolution
digital photography to produce digital images
of manuscripts, early printed books, and other
artefacts from special collections. As part of this
project, the manuscript of Thomas Hardy’s final
collection of poetry, Winter Words, and Thomas
Crosfield’s diary of seventeenth-century Oxford
life, was digitised.
Photo: Colin Dunn (Scriptura Ltd).
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MEET THE TEAM
Dr Justin B. Jacobs
Director of Development and
Supernumerary Fellow
justin.jacobs@queens.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 289119
Justin oversees the Old Members’ Office and leads on
the College’s fundraising strategy and activities. Justin
also works with the College’s Eglesfield Benefactors.
Dr Christine Baro-Hone
Old Members’ Officer (maternity cover)
christine.baro@queens.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 279226
Christine is responsible for our extensive calendar of
Old Members’ events. You are welcome to contact her
to find out more about events throughout the year.
Jemma Hayward
Old Members’ Assistant
oldmembers@queens.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 279217
Jemma assists with Old Member events and is the first
port of call for your general Old Member queries.
Heather Weightman
Deputy Director of Development
heather.weightman@queens.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 279215
Heather works with donors and potential donors who
are interested in supporting the College’s mission,
vision, and priorities. Heather also stewards Philippa
Benefactors.
If you would like to learn more about our current
initiatives, or are interested in making a gift, please do
not hesitate to get in touch.
Catherine House
Legacy Giving Officer
catherine.house@queens.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 279218
Catherine is our Legacy Giving Officer and is responsible
for The Queen’s College Taberdars’ Society. If you have
any questions about leaving a gift in your will, please
contact Catherine.
Amanda Sharp
Regular Giving Officer
amanda.sharp@queens.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 279225
Amanda is our Regular Giving Officer and is responsible
for the Queen’s Society, for those who make regular
gifts (monthly, quarterly or annually) to Queen’s. Do get
in touch if you would like to find out more.
GIVING CIRCLES
Eglesfield Benefactors 2 new 31 in total
£100,000 and over lifetime giving
Philippa Benefactors 10 new 102 in total
£10,000 and over lifetime giving
Taberdars’ Society Members 8 new 256 in total
Those who plan to leave a gift to Queen’s in their will
The Queen’s Society 23 new 521 in total
Those who give to College via a Regular Gift (monthly, quarterly or
annually).
If you are interested in becoming an Eglesfield
Benefactor, please contact Dr Justin B. Jacobs at
justin.jacobs@queens.ox.ac.uk
If you are interested in becoming a Philippa
Benefactor, please contact Heather Weightman at
heather.weightman@queens.ox.ac.uk
If you would like to learn more about the Taberdars’
Society, please contact Catherine House at
catherine.house@queens.ox.ac.uk
If you would like to learn more about the Queen’s
Society, please contact Amanda Sharp at amanda.
sharp@queens.ox.ac.uk
If you would like to know your lifetime giving please
contact development@queens.ox.ac.uk
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BENEFACTORS
We are delighted to acknowledge the generosity of the College’s major benefactors who donated to Queen’s
in the Financial Year 2021-22 (1 August 2021 – 31 July 2022). All care has been taken to ensure the accuracy
of this list. However, if you spot an error please accept our apologies and notify the Old Members’ Office so
that we can amend our records for future publications.
EGLESFIELD BENEFACTORS
Dr Brian Savory (1951)
Mr Michael Boyd (1958)
Mr Rodger Booth (1962)
Mr Andrew Parsons (1962)
Mr Rick Haythornthwaite (1975) qs
Dr Mel Stephens (1976)
Mr Mark Williamson (1982) qs
Mr Jacky Wong (1986)
Mr Chris Eskdale (1987)
Mrs Julia Eskdale (1987)
Mrs Barbara Stewart
PHILIPPA BENEFACTORS
Anonymous x 2
Mr John Palmer (1949) QS
Mr Andrew Joanes (1952)
Dr Ken Fisher (1955)
Dr Bill Parry (1955) qs
The Revd Canon
Hugh Wybrew (1955) qs
Mr Barrie Craythorn (1956)
Mr Tim Evans (1956) qs
Mr Walter Gilges (1956)
Mr Barry Saunders (1956) qs
Mr Martin Bowley (1957) qs
Mr Keith Dawson (1957) qs
Mr Charles Frieze (1957) qs
Dr John Hopton (1957)
Mr David Wilkinson (1957) qs
Professor Yash Ghai (1958)
Dr Roger Lowman (1959) qs
Mr John Parsloe (1959)
Dr Ray Bowden (1960) qs
Mr Gordon Dilworth (1960) qs
Mr Michael Lodge (1960) qs
Mr Martin Dillon (1961)
Mr Ron Glaister (1961) qs
Mr David Brownlee (1962)
Mr Philip Hetherington (1962)
Professor Peter Bell (1963)
Mr Clive Landa (1963)
Mr William Marsterson (1963)
District Judge Chris Beale (1964)
Professor Dr Rod Levick (1964) qs
Professor Lee Saperstein (1964) qs
Mr John Clement (1965) qs
Dr Michael Collop (1966) qs
Dr Juan Mason (1967) qs
Mr Paul Clark (1968) qs
Mr Alan Mitchell (1968) qs
Dr Howard Rosenberg (1968) qs
Mr David Seymour (1969) qs
Professor Hugh Arnold (1970)
Mr Alan Taylor (1971)
Mr Richard Geldard (1972) qs
Mr Tom Ward (1973) qs
Mr Robin Wilkinson (1973) qs
Mr Philip Middleton (1974)
Mr Stuart White (1975) qs
Mr Fred Arnold (1976)
Mr Mark Neale (1976) qs
Mr John Betteridge (1977)
Mr Gerry Hackett (1977) qs
Dr Chris Ringrose (1979) qs
Mr John Ford (1980) qs
Mrs Diana Webster (1980) qs
Mr Jonathan Webster (1981) qs
Mr Joseph Archie (1982)
Mr Alan Leigh (1982)
Mr Stefan Green (1987)
Mr Bob Burgess (1987) qs
Mrs Sia Marshall (1990) qs
Mr Cameron Marshall (1991) qs
Mr Jonathan Woolf (1991) qs
Mr John Hull (1994) qs
Mrs Anna Hull (1995) qs
Mr Chris Woolf (1995) qs
Dr Philippa Tudor
LEGACY GIFTS
The College is grateful to the following Old Members and Friends who gave legacy gifts to Queen’s:
The Revd George Vincent (1904)
Mr John Boyes-Watson (1942)
Mr Francis Ogden (1944)
Mr Eric Wetherell (1945)
Mr Anthony Gwilliam (1948)
Mr Alan Daniels (1953)
Mr Brian Wearing (1956)
Mr Ian Drummond (1973)
Father Dominic Byrne (1974)
Miss Celia Gould
Mrs Ann Henn
Mrs Daisy Voss
Giving Circles icons designed by Nadja Guggi
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