College Record 2022/23
The 2023/24 edition of the College Record, the formal record of the academic year at Wolfson College, Oxford. As well as recording the fellowship and membership of the College as it stood in 2023/24, the Record is a chance for members to look back on the previous academic year and take stock of the activities of our many research clusters and societies, to celebrate the achievements of our students, researchers and alumni, and to share news of interest with the whole Wolfson community. This year, alongside updates from members across the world, readers can find reflections on the life of Anders Celsius, Byzantine art, the legal fight for clean rivers in the UK, and Wolfson’s own mysterious Second World War bunker. The Record is edited by Dr Roger Tomlin.
The 2023/24 edition of the College Record, the formal record of the academic year at Wolfson College, Oxford.
As well as recording the fellowship and membership of the College as it stood in 2023/24, the Record is a chance for members to look back on the previous academic year and take stock of the activities of our many research clusters and societies, to celebrate the achievements of our students, researchers and alumni, and to share news of interest with the whole Wolfson community. This year, alongside updates from members across the world, readers can find reflections on the life of Anders Celsius, Byzantine art, the legal fight for clean rivers in the UK, and Wolfson’s own mysterious Second World War bunker. The Record is edited by Dr Roger Tomlin.
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As the heavy engineering of the decarbonisation project comes to a close, I am grateful<br />
to all those who, in a variety of ways, continue both to drive our legacy fossil fuel use<br />
down and to build our biodiversity: the arrival of our electric minibus this autumn, our<br />
collaboration with Oxbikes to encourage more cycling around, the arrival of electric<br />
scooters. To reduce the use of fossil fuels<br />
by vans who deliver to us we’ve pioneered<br />
the Pedal and Post initiative which is rolling<br />
out to other colleges this autumn. We’ll be<br />
paying for that from the fund we’ve now<br />
established to offset our small amount<br />
of remaining Scope 3 carbon emissions.<br />
Thanks to the volunteers who have tended<br />
the <strong>College</strong> kitchen garden, and all those<br />
who this year and over many years have<br />
done such wonderful work to support<br />
and nurture our natural environment,<br />
from those volunteers working to increase<br />
the species which populate our meads<br />
and marshes, to those in the kitchens<br />
ensuring that the food we eat is local and<br />
sustainable. Our nature and our climate are<br />
two sides of the same coin.<br />
A Pedal and Post delivery arriving in the Lodge<br />
Photo: Femke Gow<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Other personal highlights of the last year have been the annual May Day music concert<br />
in this Hall, marking my five years since becoming President, with music from Brazil, India,<br />
China, and the Beatles; and taking part in January’s life drawing classes in the Haldane<br />
Room, where I was very relieved for the model’s sake that the heating was so good. I’m<br />
delighted that these classes will be a regular fixture this coming year. I was also very pleased<br />
to take part in the very first graduate college Christmas carol service in the University<br />
Church, a tradition I hope will become annual. The <strong>College</strong> was also sad to see the end of<br />
Photo: George Mather<br />
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