Earlier this term, Pembroke joined in with university-wide efforts to encourage sustainability practices among staff and students. Oxford’s 2025 ‘Green Action Week’ saw numerous events held across different Colleges which promoted the ‘actions’ we can take as a community to secure a greener future.

Earlier this month, our Master the Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder delivered the annual High Sheriff’s Law Lecture in the University of Oxford’s Examination Schools.

Beth Kume-Holland (2013, History), alumna and award-winning disability advocate, returned to Pembroke earlier this week to unveil a new plaque celebrating her achievements.

New photographic portraits have been hung in Hall for the new year. Since 2017, six alumni are selected annually to have their portraits hung in our Dining Hall as a way of celebrating their varied career paths and achievements.

The new year has brought in a host of new Honorary Fellows. Four former Pembroke students were appointed as Honorary Fellows by Governing Body just before Christmas to celebrate their prolific careers and achievements. We are pleased to welcome Radoslaw Sikorski, Professor Mark Thomson, Dr Michael Hwang, and Sebastian Raduletu as our new Honorary Fellows!

Congratulations to Paralympic Gold medallist and Pembroke alumna Erin Kennedy MBE who has been recognised on the King’s 2025 New Year Honours List.

Over the course of 2024, thousands of Pembrokians past and present have celebrated 400 years of Pembroke College. From the story of our foundation in 1624 and the events that preceded it, to the research, impact and community that epitomises Pembroke today; this year has been about celebrating everything, and everyone, that makes Pembroke who we are. 

In November 2024 we were delighted to welcome The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, to deliver the fortieth Blackstone Society Lecture.

This term, the JCR Art Gallery held an exhibition which spanned five decades of poet and visual artist Krikor Momdjian's career. Having lived in Lebanon, Jerusalem, Paris, Florence, and the Netherlands, Krikor knows a thing or two about what it means to be transcultural; it is no wonder the exhibition was titled ‘Life Map of a Wanderer – Transcultural Relations.’