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Christ Church Cathedral's Shrine of St Frideswide has reached the final stage of a competition to determine Britain’s favourite Cathedral treasure.

Richard has been Sub Organist at Guildford Cathedral since 2017, and before that held posts as Assistant Organist at Winchester Cathedral, and at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. He is a former organ scholar of St Paul’s Cathedral, and St John’s College, Oxford, where he read music.

The garden team and Catriona Bass, together with volunteers from the Long Mead Thames Valley Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project planted nearly 1,000 rare and slow-growing floodplain meadow wildflowers in the Meadow.

Tatiana Quintavalle and Marianne Doherty have won the undergraduate 2022 W.H. Auden Poetry Prize for a piece of creative writing in English.

Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Senior Research Fellow in Classics Education at Christ Church, and research assistant Katrina Kelly have published a report for the Department for Education.

Over 36 hours from 9am on Tuesday 29 November to 9pm on Wednesday 30 November, Christ Church will be holding its first-ever Giving Day, raising money for a Refugee Academic Futures Scholarship. 

Purcell’s conservation of the Grade I listed Chapter House at Oxford’s Christ Church Cathedral has won a prestigious Oxford Preservation Trust Award for building conservation.

Judith Valerie Engel to play Chopin and Liszt in Christ Church Cathedral as part of a Giving Day piano recital. Judith Valerie Engel is an Austrian concert pianist and musicologist.

Colleagues, old Members and friends will be deeply saddened to learn of the death of Peter Parsons, aged 86. 

Christ Church made up much of a winning team at the Varsity Roman Law Moot Court Competition, held in person for the first time since Covid.

Congratulations to Koushikk Ayyappan, Serene Singh and Sophie Westhorpe – the winners of our TT22 Student Video Competition.

Geophysicist Dr Ben Fernando has appeared in print and broadcast media outlets providing analysis of Mars meteorite impacts.

Dr Kaibo Hu, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Christ Church, has been awarded the SIAM Early Career Prize in Computational Science and Engineering.

The young poet who writes the best single poem on the theme of ‘The Planets’ will receive a first prize of £5,000.

Christ Church, Oxford, is exhibiting 13 new portraits of women as part of the Oxford University college’s commitment to better represent its diverse community. 

Oxford University’s Policy Engagement team followed Dr Holmes-Henderson to Parliament, interviewing the policy colleagues she works with and the impact her research and engagement is making in real world educational decision-making circles.

The Sub Dean of Christ Church, Revd Richard Peers, has been appointed Dean of Llandaff Cathedral and will be installed in his new position on 20 November.

'I heard with great sadness the news this evening of the death of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, who was Visitor of Christ Church.'

Professor Stephen Smartt CBE FRS follows Professor Roger Davies, who has held the Chair since 2002.

Christ Church Junior Research Fellow Dr Leah Broad has been interviewed on BBC Radio 3 about the composer Ethel Smyth.

Dr Marc-André Cormier, Research Fellow in Biological Sciences at Christ Church, will lead a session on the role of marine mixotrophy in the global carbon cycle at the 2022 Challenger Society Conference.

Martin Gorick was the Archdeacon of Oxford between 2013–2020, in January 2020 he left Christ Church to take on a new role as Bishop of Dudley.

Earlier this month the Cathedral hosted the British Society of Master Glass Painters Centenary Exhibition, as part of the Oxford Festival of the Arts.

Christ Church Fellow Professor Matthias Holweg has co-authored a topical report exploring the impact of unethical applications of artificial intelligence (AI), and how organisations can avoid them.

Geoffrey Rhoades Commemorative Bursary winner Peng Yao's work explores the world of children's imagination and childhood memories.

The American Friends (the association of Christ Church Old Members resident in the US) have generously established a scholarship fund to provide financial assistance for postgraduate students who are currently enrolled at Christ Church.

Keta’s Journey – The 47 Peaks is a new fundraising challenge to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association in memory of Christ Church alumna Keta Hansen (1989, Chemistry).

Christ Church, Oxford has appointed the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC to lead an independent review into the governance of the Foundation.

Professor Laurence Brassart will investigate the mechanical and degradation behaviour of biodegradable polymers in load-bearing applications. Dr Neil Hart is working to develop the predictions of rainfall season characteristics necessary to managing a growing climate risk.