Over the month of July, 260 secondary school students from around the world experienced undergraduate life at Pembroke. This year, following a partnership formed with Rochdale Development Agency, a number of pupils from across Rochdale and Bury were invited to attend the summer school - an opportunity to engage with new academic ideas, to be challenged in their subjects, and to immerse themselves in the Oxbridge experience.

Congratulations to Pembroke’s Stanley Ho Fellow and Tutor in Chinese, Professor Henrietta Harrison, whose book ‘The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire’ has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2023.

Dr Peter Claus, Pembroke Access Fellow and Director of OxNet and CredOx, has recently published the third edition of his book titled ‘History: An Introduction to Theory and Method’. Co-authored with Professor John Marriott, this book is an essential resource for students of historical theory and method, and can be used at both introductory and advanced levels.

Pembroke undergraduate linguists Cassie Lloyd-Watson (2021, Spanish and Portuguese) and Olivia Walsh (2021, Spanish and Portuguese) were eager to spend their first Oxford vacation bringing their studies to life in a ‘real world’ context. In September 2022, with financial support from Pembroke, Cassie and Olivia took a trip to Lisbon to improve their language skills and experience Portuguese culture first-hand.

At the start of August we opened our doors to OxNet’s 2023 cohort for the annual Access Week. 130 year 12 pupils were welcomed to Pembroke for a residential summer school designed to replicate ‘a week in the life of an Oxford Undergraduate’.

Pembroke College Lecturer in Engineering, Dr Nicole Miranda, is the first author and co-lead of an important research paper with fellow Oxford academics titled ‘Change in cooling degree days with global mean temperature increasing from 1.5 °C to 2.0 °C’.

Though watches are worn by millions worldwide, few will truly understand the art and intricacies of the industry. For one Pembroke alumnus, Stephen McDonnell (1993, Theology), mechanical watches have been a lifelong fascination that have led him on an extraordinary journey of innovation. Stephen's recent new watch design saw him win the top accolade in the field of Watchmaking last November at the GPHG.

Congratulations to Pembroke alumni Dr Meghan Campbell and Dr Geoffrey Swenson for being awarded Mid-Career Fellowships by the British Academy earlier this year! The awards are given to researchers who are recognised as excellent communicators and ‘champions’ in their field.

We continue our 2023 celebrating success series with Pembroke student Magnus Eldrup (2022, MSc Economics for Development). Magnus has been awarded the Luca D’Agliano Prize for Best Dissertation by the MSc in Economics for Development Exam Board.