New research resulting from a collaboration between teams the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton, where the team was led by Supernumerary Fellow and Orielensis Professor Max Crispin, has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the SARS-CoV-19 coronavirus.
Oriel has partnered with the Yalda Hakim Foundation to offer a fully-funded scholarship, awarded on the basis of academic merit and potential, for a woman from Afghanistan to complete a one-year Master’s course in any subject at the University of Oxford.
College Lecturer and Orielensis Professor Suzanne Rab (Jurisprudence, 1990) has been appointed as one of four Expert Panel members by the UK Regulators Network (UKRN).
PPE undergraduate Ben Hyman signed up for the Tutor the Nation initiative last year and is now helping to give an A Level student additional academic support during lockdown.
Francesca Hearing, who graduated from Oriel last year, has won the 2020 R. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize for her piece on Francophone writers and the Mediterranean Sea.
Oriel Fellow and Tutor in Biochemistry Professor Lynne Cox supplied written and oral evidence that contributed to a report into healthy ageing published in January this year.
Following a generous gift from an Orielensis and his wife, Oriel College is offering a new scholarship to support one Home/ROI postgraduate student undertake a DPhil in any subject offered at the College.
Following a generous benefaction in honour of Emeritus Professor Keith Hawkins, Oriel College is offering a new scholarship to support one postgraduate student to undertake research into English or American legal history. It is hoped that the first scholar will join Oriel in October 2021.
