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Access Week 2025: From Local to Global

Designed to emulate 'a week in the life of an Oxford undergraduate', Access Week is an annual summer residential at Pembroke College. Select pupils from our target regions who have participated in our Access and Outreach programmes were invited to attend the residential, which took place this summer. We welcomed 120 pupils who participated in tutorials, seminars, mock interviews, academic trips, and much more.

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Reflections of a Recent Pembroke Graduate

Michaelmas term is fast approaching, which can only mean one thing – an onslaught of Freshers will be imminently arriving to Oxford and Pembroke. Starting university can be a big transition for anyone. We thought we’d ask one of our fresh graduates, Rohit Ghosh, to reflect on his time at Pembroke, looking all the way back to his own Freshers’ week.

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The Lord-Lieutenant’s Awards Ceremony, 2016

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This week Pembroke College served as the venue for the annual Awards Ceremony presented by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, which took place on Tuesday 8th November.

Oxfordshire’s current Lord-Lieutenant, Mr Tim Stevenson OBE, awarded ‘British Empire Medals’, which recognise commendable civilian service, to Ronald Green, Edward Short, and Charles Williams. Other awards included the ‘HM Lord-Lieutenant’s Meritorious Service Certificates’ and ‘The Fuller, Smith and Turner Best Reservist Award’, for the greatest contributor to the Reserve Service, which was received this year by Second Lieutenant Raquel Murray. Individuals who have achieved outstanding service to their Cadet movement this year were appointed ‘Lord-Lieutenant’s Cadets 2016’.

After the awards presentation, the Lord-Lieutenant delivered a closing address, which was followed by a reception. Throughout the year Pembroke College hosts a variety of academic and corporate events, and is delighted to have served as the venue for the Lord-Lieutenant’s Awards Ceremony for three years thus far. This article is accompanied by a selection of images from the ceremony; to view a complete set of images please click here.

Lord-Lieutenants are voluntary representatives of the Crown for each county across the United Kingdom; appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. They are responsible for organising all official Royal visits to their county and on behalf of the Queen they present decorations (such as the British Empire Medal). Aside from these formal duties, Lord-Lieutenants also work across county life—supporting the voluntary sector and building relationships across other fields; including the police, the military, the magistracy, schools and other academic institutions; the civic authorities and business.