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Kepler Energy has been spun out from Oxford University to develop a second-generation tidal turbine, Isis Innovation has announced. Its developers claim the turbine has the potential to harness tidal energy more efficiently and economically as it is simpler, more robust and more scalable than current designs.

Christ Church recently acted as host to the International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue. This commission, which met from 31 August to 6 September, explored aspects of Christian anthropology: ‘what is a human being?’; ‘the freedom and growth of the human being with particular reference to the understanding of image and likeness’; and ‘human responsibility for the creation; a critical overview of recent statements by our churches’. Participants included the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, who celebrated the Eucharist and preached in the cathedral on Sunday morning. Dr Williams is an Honorary Student and former Canon of Christ Church.

A recent recording made by the Christ Church Cathedral Choir has been shortlisted for this year's prestigious Gramophone Early Music Award.

Does your son enjoy singing?

Be a chorister - on Saturday 6th November 2.45pm – 7.00 pm

An informal visit, fun, games and the chance to sing Evensong in the Cathedral.

For more information please contact Miss Diane Price, Admissions’ Secretary.

A-level results have been released to students across the country today. Congratulations to all those who have met the terms of their conditional offers for an undergraduate place at Christ Church! We look forward very much to welcoming you here. 

Christ Church tutor Dr Richard Wade Martins (left) and his research team are developing a new stem cell technique which uses skin tissue to grow the type of brain cells thought to be responsible for the onset of Parkinson's Disease.

Over twenty children took part in 'Alice Day' activities at Christ Church cathedral on Saturday. The event, part of the Story Museum's Alice day activities throughout Oxford, began with Alice games, and was followed by tea with 'Eat Me' cake and an experience of the story of Alice from the gardens where she played as a child. Cathedral staff led the events, dressed as Alice, the Red Queen and the Mad Hatter.

Other children had the opportunity to make Victoriangames, and the morning concluded with a fancy dress competition, judged by the Archdeacon of Oxford, who declared (in keeping with the Alice story) that everyone was a winner and that everybody should have a prize. For more information about Alice Day, go to http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/the-story-museum/familyevents/alice

Forty four men and women were ordained as Deacons at Christ Church on Saturday 3rd of July. The cathedral was filled for three services at which those who will serve full-time or part-time in the Church of England's Oxford Diocese were set apart and commissioned for their new role by the Bishop of Oxford. We congratulate those who were ordained and wish them well in their new ministries.

Tess Somervell, a second year undergraduate studying English at Christ Church, has been awarded the Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize 2010 with her poem 'From Mary Spencer to George Stubbs.' Tess has edited poetry for Cherwell (the independent student newspaper of Oxford University) and acted as President of the Oxford University Poetry Society. She was a winner of the Foyle Young Poet Award in 2006  and afterwards co-founded the poetry e-zine Pomegranate, for which she is now Art Editor. As a student in the 2009 Tower Poetry Summer School three of her poems will be available in August in the published collection. Her prizewinning poem 'From Mary Spencer to George Stubbs.' can be read on the Tower Poetry website http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/poetry-matters/poetry.