Access and outreach

Hall together again

After working hard throughout the pandemic to keep Aularians connected online, last year we were excited to welcome back our Teddy Hall community in-person.

The alumni event schedule kicked off with the 60th Anniversary Lunch, swiftly followed by the 40th and 50th Anniversary Dinners. The Principal then took the opportunity to meet with alumni in the USA and to attend the 36th Annual New York Dinner, before returning to hear the Choir of St Edmund Hall in our annual Carols in the Quad.

2022 kicked off with the St Edmund Hall Association London Lunch in February. In the spring we held the inaugural Afternoon of Music and this summer, we were delighted to reinstate the Alumni Summer Dinner, encouraging alumni of all ages to revisit the Hall. We had over 150 alumni, guests and Fellows join us for the occasion. These photos give you a small glimpse at all the events that have taken place over the last year.

As well as meeting in-person, we took the opportunity to keep plenty of events online, allowing us to reach a global audience. Highlights included the continuation of the Fellowship Lunchtime Lectures, Teddy Talks and Aularian Author series.

Aularian Connect, the Hall’s networking and mentoring platform continued to grow and we now have 1,383 alumni registered on the platform from over 47 different countries and 135 industries. Join today at www. aularianconnect.com to connect with contemporaries, friends and fellow Aularians. In 2022/2023 we plan to offer alumni and friends even more opportunities to reconnect, network and hear of developments at the Hall. Please do visit the website to see what events we have coming in the next year.

To book an event or to share photos of an event you have hosted please contact aularianconnect@seh.ox.ac.uk or +44 (0)1865 279070.

Alumni and guests at the 60th Anniversary Lunch for the matriculands of 1961.

2,000

Over 2,000 members of the Aularian Community have attended one of the Hall’s events in the last year.

1,383

1,383 Aularians are registered on the Hall’s networking and mentoring site, Aularian Connect.

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114 Aularians attended the Alumni Summer Dinner in June where the Principal invited alumni, guests and Fellows to the College.

Alumni and guests at the Alumni Summer Dinner 2022. The first of the Hall’s ‘In Conversation’ series, with Professor Barbara Savage.

Students and their parents at the Freshers’ Parents’ Dinner held for all undergraduates.

Students celebrating Chinese New Year at Formal Hall in the Wolfson Hall. Law alumni and guests enjoyed an informal lunch at the Hall to celebrate the retirement of Professor Adrian Briggs.

Alumni attending the 50th Anniversary dinner for the matriculands of 1972.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy gave this year’s Geddes Lecture at the Examinations School.

Spirit of the Hall Podcast

The St Edmund Hall Association’s podcast, Spirit of the Hall, is now in its third season and continues to feature engaging conversations with some of St Edmund Hall’s most fascinating alumni, Fellows and staff.

Hosted by Olly Belcher (1999, Geography), President of the St Edmund Hall Association for alumni, this podcast provides a special opportunity for current and past members of Teddy Hall to share how that unique spirit has shaped their insights and experiences in politics, academia, business, entertainment, technology and more. Join us as we lead the way and shine a light on some of those who make Teddy Hall—and other Oxford colleges—the great institutions that they are.

Listen and subscribe online: anchor.fm/spiritofthehall

Julien Kress 2019, History

Former JCR President Julien Kress came up to the Hall from France in 2019 to read History. After only two terms at Teddy Hall, the Covid pandemic struck, the country went into lockdown the day before Hilary term ended and Julien returned to France where he was to stay until Michaelmas term of his second year. As JCR President, Julien led the JCR body through much of the Pandemic but assures us that the ‘spirit of the Hall’ is still very much alive!

Manisha Tank

1994, PPE

Manisha Tank came up to the Hall in 1994 to read PPE. During Manisha’s time at Teddy Hall she had premonitions and déjà vus which made her feel that she really was meant to be there. After the Hall, Manisha joined the competitive world of broadcasting and has worked all over the world for the likes of Reuters Television, the BBC and CNN. She took a break and went to volunteer for an orphanage in the Dominican Republic which changed her perspective on life forever.

Paisley Kadison

2005, Visiting Student

Paisley Kadison, came to the Hall in 2005 as a one year visiting student from the States. Paisley was just seventeen when she came over to Oxford and tells us aboout her journey getting here, as well as what it was like visiting for just one year. Today, Paisley is General Counsel at Accel-KKR and is involved with the St Edmund Hall Association in the States.

Dr Bill Cogar

1976, DPhil Modern History

Dr Bill Cogar came up to the Hall in 1976 from the States to read Modern History. Bill loved the friendly nature of Teddy Hall and became the Junior Dean in 1979, the year after the College accepted women for the first time. After the Hall, Bill became a Professor at the US Naval Academy in Maryland and later on Director at the Mariner’s Museum.

Dr Tom Crawford

Early Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow

Dr Tom Crawford is the Hall’s Early Career Teaching and Outreach Fellow in Mathematics and is also known as the Naked Mathematician. Tom believes anyone can study Maths, you just need to learn in a way that suits you. His Maths tattoos and body piercings also prove that there is room in the SCR for everyone!