Fifth Week of Trinity term can only mean one thing... the annual Summer Eights rowing competition, the most quintessential of Oxford events. Building on a staggeringly impressive Boat Club history, this year's six crews brought in some excellent results - did someone say blades?

On 14th May 2024, Pembroke College welcomed 26 Year 10 and 12 students and their teachers from Dartford Grammar School (DGS) for a Japanese Studies taster day. DGS is renowned for producing one of the highest numbers of Japanese language learners in Britain, thanks to its unique curriculum where all students study either Japanese or Mandarin from Year 7.

Oxford life isn’t just about the libraries – our students do all sorts of interesting things in between lectures and tutorials, including climbing three mountains in one go! Last month, two medical students took on the Three Peaks Challenge, climbing the three tallest peaks in the UK within 24 hours in order to raise money for two local charities.

We are delighted to announce that Lord John Alderdice has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his distinguished political and academic career.

Believe in Him, created by Utah artist Tom Holdman in collaboration with the Roots of Humanity Foundation, is a 32-foot long stained glass exhibit which has travelled between Rome, Paris and London. During the recent vacation, the travelling exhibition spent a week in Pembroke's Hall and Chapel, where it was enjoyed by students, staff and visitors.

We are delighted to announce that renowned poet and novelist Patience Agbabi (1983) has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of her distinguished writing career.

For our 400 Hours series, Lodge Porter Adam Berry undertakes a behind-the-scenes investigation at Pembroke. Hear from Lodge Porter Spencer Solomon, long-serving Scout Mrs Singh and Deputy Butler Jamie Tricker about life behind-the-scenes.

We are delighted to share that Pembroke has been awarded a grant of £726,710 from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, marking a second major milestone in our journey to Net Zero. The grant will fund a project to decarbonise heating in the Rokos Quad, following similar works successfully carried out in the Hall and GAB in summer 2023. Once complete, a total of 45% of the College estate will have decarbonised heating.

Since graduating from Pembroke in 2006, Verity Harding’s career has been nothing short of impressive – from working as a special adviser to Nick Clegg, to being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI in September last year. Now, she has shared her knowledge in her recently published book AI Needs You: How We Can Change AI’s Future and Save Our Own, designed to explain why you should get involved in one of the most rapidly changing industries in the world.