Oxford University Bristol & Bath Alumni

Talks and discussion

2022

Oxford Conversations Brunches

We held some relaxed brunches at the Clifton Lido with a guest speaker. Speakers were Oxonians living locally who lead some very interesting projects!

  • Using plants and microalgae to clean our rivers (Ana Castro-Castellon, LMH, Chemical Engineering)
  • Maverick poetry for children and adults including a few readings (Jonathan Hope, ChCh, English Studies)
  • How I became a translator and other (ad)ventures (Lynn Urch, St Anne’s, PGCE Modern Languages)
  • How I got involved in running a hospitality venue for the Glastonbury Festival (Matthew McKaig, ChCh, Anthropology)
  • Building collaboration and communities from choirs to politics (Nic Pillow, Oriel, DPhil Engineering and Computer Science)
  • Transformational power of mentoring to help school students progress (Hetty Brown, St Edmund Hall, English Literature and Language)
  • Sea Turtle Conservation: Veterinary rescue, rehabilitation and social science research (Claire Petros, Pembroke, current DPhil student, Veterinary Medicine and Conservation)
  • The ongoing impact of Covid on primary school education (Joanna Hodnett, ChCh, Education)
  • Digital Humanities – where the arts and sciences meet (Virginia Knight, Merton, Classics) Clutter – a modern disease? My career in decluttering (Alison Parry, St Catherine’s, French and German)

An Introduction to Translation – for Monoglots and Polyglots!

20 February – Some people say there are things you can only say in one language and not in others, making the work of a translator both challenging and indispensable. But translation is also needed within a single ‘language’ – because our ability to misunderstand what our closest friends and allies have said is considerable.

So how do you even start translating a text from one language to another? What are the main tools at a translator’s disposal? Is the source text more important than the reader of your translation?  Christophe Fricker offered a hands-on workshop on these questions for both beginners and language connoisseurs.

2016

The EU Referendum Debate

8 June – The Bristol & Bath branch of the University of Oxford Alumni Network in association with the Royal High School Bath arranged a debate on the reasons for and against leaving the EU.

Students of the Royal High School joined advocates for both sides in this stimulating debate.