Pembroke College Annual Report 2005-06

PembrokeAnnual Report

2005-06

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Thanks to donor and artist Jeremy Sutton (Pembroke, 1979) Reproduction of ‘Portrait of Giles Henderson, Master of Pembroke College’.Original: mixed media on canvas; painted and donated to the College this year by artist and alumnus Jeremy Sutton © 2006 www.jeremysutton.com


INTRODUCTION FROM THE MASTER

Welcome to the Pembroke College Annual Report for 2005-06. The purpose of this report is twofold: fi rstly, to acknowledge the support of our many donors and to account for how we are putting their money to work, and secondly, to report progress with the implementation of our Strategic Plan for 2004-14 (which I am pleased to say is signifi cant). In 2005 I wrote to all of our alumni and friends outlining our plans as we embarked on this journey and this document will bring you up to date on developments since then.

This year I have once again had the privilege of watching our students achieve in many different ways. Pembroke is a place where everyone, from fresher to fi nalist to graduate student, makes their own mark as they spend time studying, being involved in College and University sport, music, drama and a multitude of other activities, and helping in the running of our community. Our academic staff who guide them continue themselves to excel in their areas of study and research, and our many committed support staff ensure the smooth running of the College.

Pembroke continues to fulfi l its special role in the University. Through the implementation of our Strategic Plan we aim to consolidate and improve in all subjects and also to develop our specialist subject areas, and in so doing contribute to the scholarship of the University as a whole. We are committed to safeguarding the tutorial system and to working with the Collegiate University to consolidate our international reputation for education and research.

The College is in sound fi nancial health. We have been continuing to operate at a small surplus, and to see growth of our permanent Endowment. The progress we are making with implementing our buildings refurbishment and small works is encouraging. However, the need for donations remains. We have had many generous contributions over the past year, but we have a long way to go to reach our Strategic Plan requirement.

It has been a busy and exciting year for all of us at Pembroke and I hope that as you read through this report you will get a sense of the energy and enthusiasm that exists both within Pembroke’s walls and in its wider community around the world.

GIHDecember 2006


PEMBROKE AIMS TO:

Provide highest quality educationby sustaining our cherished tutorial system within a supportive environment

Promote scholarship and researchby attracting and retaining highest quality academic staff and graduate students

Encourage other interestsby ensuring that the College experience encompasses more than academic study

Promote a sense of communityby encouraging all of our constituents to be involved in the life of the College

Be accountable to our donorsby providing information on how we use donations and ensuring that our donors

Manage our resources with careby practising good husbandry, investing in our infrastructure and building our End


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Endowment


PROVIDE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION

“by sustaining our cherished tutorial system within a supportive environment”

STUDENT NUMBERS

Between 1991 and 2003, undergraduate numbers in the whole University increased by some 10%. In Pembroke, they increased by 20%, or 30% if the visiting students (students from American universities who spend the third year of their course at Pembroke) are included. This took place with no signifi cant increase in teaching resources.

It is therefore planned to reduce undergraduate numbers by 50-60 by 2010, but to retain our special eminence in Economics and Management, Oriental Studies, Psychology, Theology and certain Joint Schools.

If achieved, and all other Colleges remained constant, Pembroke would drop from the 12th largest at present to the 19th largest of the 30 undergraduate Colleges, but remain either the largest or within the top 5 largest in our special subjects. To date we have already achieved half the decrease in undergraduate numbers, i.e. by about 30.

The planned fall in numbers of visiting students is more modest: from a norm of about 45 to a norm of 35. This has already been achieved.

The College has actively sought to re-invigorate its graduate community. In line with University policy, the numbers have grown from about 70 to 90 over the past few years. The projections for the future are currently under discussion.

TEACHING PROVISION

The ratio of teaching staff to students is expressed in a fi gure which represents the number and nature of teaching posts serving a given number of ‘Full Time Equivalent’ (FTE) students. The resultant ‘FTE’ load gives a rough guide to staff-student ratios in specifi c subjects.

The University norm is about 16. In 2003 the average for Pembroke was 19. By means of new appointments and reduction of students, this has begun to fall towards the norm and stood at 18 in 2006. It is planned to reach the norm by 2010 or earlier.

Three major new appointments are planned for the near future: a second Tutorial Fellow in Economics, a Tutorial Fellow in Chinese History and a second Tutorial Fellow in Management.

INTRODUCTIONThe academic section of the College’s Strategic Plan is based around our belief that the value of the Oxford College tutorial system of educating undergraduate students cannot be overestimated. The College is committed to continuing to teach our students in this manner and to safeguard it for the future. The plan identifi ed three main areas to be addressed, specifi cally:-

the need to reduce undergraduate student numbers to a level more appropriate for our teaching capabilities and infrastructure the need to increase teaching provision the need to increase student support.

Key subject areas where Pembroke intends to specialise were also identifi ed.

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PEMBROKE AND CHINA

Oxford University has a longstanding commitment to teaching and researching all aspects of China, modern and ancient. As China continues to develop at such a remarkable pace, a more focused understanding of the country and its culture is even more appropriate.

Pembroke aims to become a focus in Oxford for studies related to China. Two related Tutorial Fellowships at the College, both combined with University appointments, are proposed as part of Pembroke’s Strategic Plan.

Pembroke is one of the few Colleges already admitting students for Chinese Studies and is also one of the few to have had Tutorial Fellows in Japanese and Arabic for many years. Hence, Pembroke is already a leader in Oriental Studies within the University.

The College has recently added to its strengths in this area by appointing a Leverhulme-funded Research Fellow in the study of Contemporary China, and by securing an association with a short-term University Lectureship in Modern Chinese History.

However, as yet, Pembroke has no permanent Fellowship in Chinese Studies. A Tutorial Fellowship in this fi eld would enable Pembroke to provide pastoral care, academic supervision and teaching for students of Chinese within the College. We hope to be able to appoint a Fellow in Chinese History in the near future.

In addition, Pembroke wishes to fund a Fellowship in Management, with special interest in Chinese Business. This post builds on Pembroke’s existing strong position in the Economics and Management course. This is an area which the College helped to pioneer in 1994 and examination results in this subject outstrip the University average.

This post will be combined with a University appointment based at the Saϊd Business School – now ranked as number one in the UK for both its one year MBA programme and its business education for undergraduates. The holder will be involved in teaching in Pembroke and the Business School and in research in the area of Chinese business.

These two proposed posts would provide a focus for the growing community of people at Pembroke who are interested in all aspects of China, together with the many Chinese nationals who are welcomed to the College.


PROVIDE HIGHEST QUALITY EDUCATION

STUDENT SUPPORT

The College has seen an improvement in its student support provision since the launch of its Strategic Plan in 2004. Scholarships have been increased from £200 to £300, and Exhibitions from £25 to £50. The Hansell Travel Fund, which provides grants for students travelling abroad in relation to their studies, has risen from £450 to £2k. A recent donation of US $15k has led to the creation of the Michael Lomax Music Bursary, which will provide the College Music Society with additional funds. Picot Prizes, worth £5k annually, are now distributed to students, allowing them to pursue worthy academic-related interests.

For graduate students, we have created four new scholarships, each worth £3k per annum, to take effect in 2007, and there will be one more from 2008. In addition, the Graduate Fund has been increased from £4k to £5k in 2006, and will increase further to £6k in 2007.

Alongside the fi nancial assistance offered to students, the College aims to provide a supportive environment for all our students. The College Welfare Committee, which consists of staff and students with specifi c responsibilities regarding student welfare, meets termly to discuss any issues which could impact upon the well-being of the student body. In addition, Governing Body appoints Senior Advisors to help students if they encounter a problem they feel would

be inappropriate to discuss with a Tutor or other College Offi cer. The JCR Committee contains two Welfare Offi cers, whom students can approach to discuss any academic or personal problem they may be experiencing. The College Chaplain (Andrew Teal) provides pastoral care to all students regardless of faith. Finally the College Nurse is available on-site during term-time, and it is a requirement that all students are registered with the College doctors.

TUITION FEES AND OXFORD OPPORTUNITY BURSARIES

The 2005-06 academic year was the last before the introduction of top-up fees for students starting university in 2006-07. All UK students coming up to Oxford must now pay £3k per annum in tuition fees. The Higher Education Act 2004 requires universities charging this maximum amount to provide bursaries of at least £300 per annum for students from poorer backgrounds. Oxford University has exceeded this requirement more than tenfold through the introduction of the Oxford Opportunity Bursary Scheme which provides bursaries of £4k in year one and £3k in subsequent years for students from the poorest backgrounds, with amounts reducing on a sliding scale based on residual household income. The funds are paid to Pembroke by the University for distribution to eligible students. However, if the College raises funds for these bursaries from donors we will still be given this allocation of funds from the University, so gifts to provide fi nancial support to students through this scheme will also benefi t the College in other ways. Pembroke will distribute approximately 20 such bursaries to our fi rst year students in 2006-07 and the cost to endow permanently each one is £110k. The College has already received a pledge for one full bursary for which we are very grateful.


ADMISSIONS - THE COMMON FRAMEWORK

The Common Framework for Admissions was agreed by Colleges in order to improve co-ordination between them in the admissions process, while retaining fi nal decisions for admission with College tutors. It takes effect in the 2007 admissions round, and incorporates a number of developments that had already occurred in a few subject areas. The two main ones are:

The nature of the means of assessment, while varying as appropriate between subjects, will be essentially the same between Colleges. So, for example, applicants for Chemistry, while tested in a different way from, say, an applicant for English, will be treated in much the same way whichever College to which they apply.

Improved methods of sharing information electronically will enable more subject tutors to view the assessments for all applicants in that subject across the University, rather than the assessments of only the applicants to their own College or a small number of Colleges. This will make it easier for stronger candidates to be redirected to Colleges which have a weaker fi eld of applicants, thus improving the chances of stronger candidates being selected, and reducing the disadvantage that some candidates may experience by applying to a College which has an unexpectedly high number of applicants in that subject in that year.

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ACADEMIC SUCCESSES

Academic standards and achievements continue to rise in College. At undergraduate level, in 2006 fi nals we were very proud to have the best College results in History across the University with no less than eight Firsts (including Joint Schools), while in Biology four of our eight fi nalists achieved Firsts and a fi fth missed doing so by the narrowest of margins. Overall, 90% of our fi nalists achieved a First or an Upper Second, and we were delighted that this year no Pembroke fi nalist was awarded a Third Class degree.In Prelims and Mods, 19 of our students achieved a Distinction or First. The new Scholars, along with the new Exhibitioners, attended the now annual black tie dinner held in their honour in October 2006. This began with a short ceremony in Latin admitting them as Scholars or Exhibitioners, followed by the dinner which existing Scholars and Exhibitioners, and many of our Fellows, also attended.Specifi c examples of academic success include an undergraduate who gained a First in Human Sciences after having changed course at the end of her fi rst year, and a former visiting student who returned to Pembroke to pursue graduate studies achieving a Distinction this year.


PROMOTE SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH

“by attracting and retaining highest quality academic staff and graduates”

PEMBROKE’S FELLOWS

The senior academic community at Pembroke includes not only our Governing Body, Teaching and Research Fellows, but also our Associates, and Stipendiary and Retained Lecturers. Recently three of our Fellows, Ben Davis, Lynda Mugglestone and Stephen Whitefi eld were appointed University Professors, and another, Raphael Hauser, a University Reader.

All told we have more than 80 academic staff. Inevitably this means that research interests are extremely diverse, ranging from the infl uence of national systems of industrial relations to the causes of lymphoid neoplasms. It is important both to Pembroke and the University that academic research is encouraged and facilitated. One of the ways in which this happens is through the one term of sabbatical for every six terms service to which all our Fellows are entitled. However, much research and writing is happening all the time among Pembroke’s academic community. The following are just a few examples of a much larger range of activities and research projects which our Fellows are involved in.

Dr Janet Efstathiou (Engineering Science) recently went on a two week study tour of China, supported

INTRODUCTIONThe Pembroke College statutes state that the College is dedicated to serving the common good through the provision of education and the promotion of scholarship and research. In practice the promotion of scholarship and research takes a multitude of forms and occurs at all levels of the Pembroke community. The following pages focus on how this is manifest among our academic staff and graduate students, as well as highlighting the support services that are vital to achieving this aim.


by money from the Damon Wells Travel Fund. She visited universities, factories and research institutes in Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Wuhan, visiting former research students and research visitors.

Dr Gabriel Uzquiano (Philosophy) has a particular interest in the problem of absolute generality – is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is? Or must all of our quantifi ers range over a less-than-all-inclusive domain? He has recently co-edited a book on this problem with Agustin Rayo (of MIT), as well as contributing a chapter entitled “Unrestricted unrestricted quantifi cation: the cardinal problem of absolute generality”.

John Eekelaar (Academic Director) was previously Fellow in Law at Pembroke for 40 years. He continues to pursue his legal interests, and to extend his already considerable infl uence in this fi eld. John is co-director of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy, and his latest book has recently been published: “Family Law and Personal Life”.

Prof Ben Davis (Organic Chemistry) was awarded the 2005 Royal Society Mullard Award in recognition of his pioneering work on carbohydrate and enzyme proteins and in acknowledgement of the commercial potential of this work. Ben’s work centres on carbohydrate and protein chemical biology. By understanding the processes revealed through the probing of key biochemical mechanisms: synthesis, manipulation and redesign of naturally occurring carbohydrate-containing structures, he seeks to develop potential therapeutic strategies.

Dr Christopher Melchert (Arabic) is a specialist in Islamic religious movements and institutions of the eighth to tenth centuries. His doctoral dissertation and fi rst book were devoted to the history of Islamic

law. He is currently working on a project relating to Sufi sm and other renunciant movements before the Junaydi synthesis, recently publishing an article entitled ‘Basran origins of classical Sufi sm’. His latest book (just out) is a biography of Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

Prof Stephen Whitefi eld (Politics) has recently received a grant of €1.2m for the Eurequal project which he is co-ordinating. This project will be a three year study of social inequality and its social and political consequences in post-Communist eastern Europe. Based in Oxford University’s Department of Politics and International Relations it brings together a broad variety of perspectives, research techniques and a large team of collaborators from across Europe. The stated aim of the project is to create and disseminate knowledge that will facilitate the achievement of greater social equality between individuals, social cohesiveness in societies, democratic and market development, and the broader integration of Europe. For more information please see: http://eurequal.politics.ox.ac.uk

Prof Lynda Mugglestone (English) has an interest in the social and cultural history of the English language from the 18th century to the present day, and her most recent book, ‘The Oxford History of English’, came out in 2006. While her current work is on the language of the First World War, she is also interested in the life and works of Pembroke alumnus Samuel Johnson. She was convenor of ‘Celebrating Johnson, 1755-2005’, a three day conference held at Pembroke to mark the 250th anniversary of the publication of his famous dictionary, at which she also delivered a paper. Lynda is continuing this interest by her involvement in further Johnson events to be held in 2007 and 2009.

FELLOWS’ ALLOWANCE FUND

The new Fellows’ Allowance Fund has been established to provide money to our Fellows for academic-related expenses. It will work alongside the existing Damon Wells Travel Fund, which was set up to assist with travel expenses incurred by Fellows in the course of their research and academic work. This is a way in which Pembroke is providing better fi nancial assistance for its academic staff. It is vital that our Fellows be able to keep up to date with work going on in their area of interest and to make contributions to that scholarship. Pembroke is pleased to be able to provide some assistance with the inevitable expenses that arise from this, and we hope to continue to provide additional incentives to help us achieve our aim of attracting and retaining the highest quality academic staff.


PROMOTE SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH

PROMOTING ACADEMIC DEBATE

The College aims to promote academic debate and learning to the wider community. The Blackstone Lecture is held annually in May. This eminent lecture series in the law was established in the early 1970s. The Blackstone Lecture has provided audiences with the distilled thoughts of the most distinguished legal minds of the last quarter of a century. The topics covered have been extremely diverse; as have the speakers. Recent speakers have included Lord Justice Sedley, The Lord Roger of Earlsferry and Lord Hoffmann. The lecture is followed by a luncheon in College to which distinguished guests from both the practising and teaching sides of the profession are invited. We are grateful to an alumnus who covers the cost of this event.

During the 2005-06 academic year, Senator Richard Lugar visited the College and gave a speech to invited guests to mark the 100th Anniversary of the birth of our alumnus Senator William Fulbright. Senator Lugar had himself been a Fulbright Scholar at Pembroke. His speech was subsequently published in the United States Congressional Record.

The College held a conference celebrating the 250th anniversary of the publication of Samuel Johnson’s

Dictionary in 2005. Samuel Johnson is arguably Pembroke’s most famous alumnus. The three-day event ‘Celebrating Johnson: 1755-2005’ was enjoyed by a wide range of delegates from as far away as Australia, Japan and the US. The success of the event has led the College to plan regular conferences around the central theme of Samuel Johnson, to be held every two years. In 2007, the theme of the three-day conference will be “Samuel Johnson and the Theatre”, whilst in September 2009 the College will hold a conference as part of a programme of events across Britain and the world to mark the tercentenary of Johnson’s birth.

MCGOWIN LIBRARY

The library is a focal point for all Pembroke students during their time in College. It is rarely empty despite being open 24 hours a day in term time. It currently holds a teaching collection of 32,000 books plus a large number of periodicals, and 9,000 rare books. 35,000 loans are made from the teaching collection in an average year. With such a high volume of movement within the collection it has unfortunately become the norm that, when stocktaking is undertaken, many books are found to be missing. This has been a problem for some years - and shared indeed with other Colleges - and puts a considerable cost burden on the library.

So, when the library benefi ted from a legacy gift of £20k in 2005-06 the decision was made to use these funds to install a new security system. This took quite some time and was very expensive (total cost was £30k) as all the books in the teaching collection had to be individually tagged, before security gates and cameras were fi tted to complete the system. As part of this project a new and up to date self-check-out system was introduced to allow students easy access to books at any time.

Without the legacy gift arriving when it did it is unlikely that we would have been able to afford to install these systems at this time and they have already improved the effi ciency of our library facilities.

Looking forward to the coming year, we are pleased that funds have been made available to employ a part-time College archivist.


I.T. AT PEMBROKEThe Computers 2000 Appeal that the College ran several years ago raised a signifi cant amount of money thanks to the generosity of our alumni and friends so that the objective of the campaign – to network all student rooms (only 50 had internet access when the campaign was launched) – was achieved with some money to spare. It was decided that the surplus should be set aside to create a fund that would provide for the next signifi cant IT development that would need to be implemented for the benefi t of our students. In 2005-06 we judged it wise to use this money to update our technology by facilitating wireless internet access to communal areas of the College. Thus the MCR, JCR, McGowin Library, Broadgates Hall and Old Quad all now benefi t from secure wireless networking. In the coming year, the Chapel Quad, Forte Room, Hall, GAB Common Room and outside areas of the GAB will all be similarly equipped. The total cost will be £20k. This work would simply not have been possible within our normal operating budget, but is providing a signifi cant added extra to our students and staff (and conference guests). We are conscious that it is important to keep our technology up to date, and thanks to past generosity it has been achieved with regard to wireless networking. In the coming year we are planning to redesign the College website which will include new and exciting features for our alumni.

PEMBROKE’S GRADUATE STUDENTS

Pembroke’s graduate community continues to lead the way for Oxford Middle Common Rooms (MCR). The typically international fl avour of the MCR was bolstered this year by an intake of 60 new graduates of 26 different nationalities, whose academic interests include disciplines from all faculties of the University.Despite its small size, Pembroke’s graduate community continues to punch above its weight in terms of academic achievement, and the 2005-2006 session was no exception. At Masters level 12 of our members were awarded distinctions. Less than ten percent of any given year receive distinctions, which puts this year’s Pembroke contingent well above average.At D.Phil level – a research based degree assessed on the basis of a 100,000-word dissertation and an accompanying viva – Pembroke’s MCR members took similarly impressive honours. Both Fraser Thompson (D.Phil Economics) and Chris Watkins (D.Phil Modern History) survived their vivas; Nanor Kenderian presented at the UCLA Armenian Studies Graduate Students’ Conference, and was awarded a Pembroke Picot prize – as was Danielle Ivory; David Sergeant won a Library of Congress scholarship for 2007; Ross Nicolson won a Griffi n Fellowship to the University of Virginia; and Omar Alshehabi was awarded an internship at the International Monetary Fund. In sport Jonathan Fennell, Marcel Du Toit, Emily Cadei, Simon Rabinovitch, Steph Topp, Kaleen Love and Caroline Cobb were all selected to compete

in Varsity sports teams.

The MCR organises termly MCR-SCR seminars, at which prominent speakers are invited to present on a particular topic to MCR and SCR members. The presentation is followed by an often lively debate. Recent speakers include Sir Jeremy Greenstock, a former British Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.The MCR awards two prizes of its own in recognition of achievement and dedication. This year’s R.G. Collingwood Prize for academic excellence was awarded to Ramandeep Kaur, and the W.H. Pembroke Prize to Caroline Cobb for her outstanding contributions to the MCR over her two years at College.


ENCOURAGE OTHER INTERESTS

“by ensuring that the College experience encompasses more than academic study”

INTRODUCTIONPembroke students are encouraged to get involved in a wide variety of activities and to pursue a multitude of interests. These range from opportunities to be involved in student politics via the JCR and MCR Committees, to sport of many types and levels, to music and drama, to art, to subject-related activities, and so on. An education is about more than just academic learning and it is vital that our students are given opportunities to explore endeavours outside their studies. These outside interests, as well as being enjoyable for our students, allow them to develop transferable skills, such as leadership and team-work, which are valued by employers.

THE JCR & MCR

All undergraduates at Pembroke are automatically members of the Junior Common Room (JCR). The JCR is led by a committee of students who act on behalf of the undergraduate community and represent its interests to both College authorities and in the University student union. The committee includes welfare representatives to offer advice and support, and entertainment representatives who organise parties and events. The level of JCR participation at Pembroke is unusual in Oxford, and the fact that students regularly give up time to contribute to the running of their College is testament to the pride which they take in being part of Pembroke.The Middle Common Room (MCR) plays a central role in the life of our graduate students. The MCR is run by a committee of graduate students and has representative roles which are similar to those of the JCR. The MCR also organises socials and outings which make the most of what Oxford has to offer, including termly rambles, banquets, academic seminars and bi-monthly Sunday brunches. Both the JCR and the MCR offer our students the chance to become involved in student politics and to develop skills in budgeting, representation and organisation.


JCR ART FUND COLLECTION

The JCR Art Fund Collection was established in 1947 when a Pembroke undergraduate, Anthony Emery, had the idea of setting up an optional JCR Art Fund subscription of £1 per term. Emery felt that an art collection could not only provide the JCR with good modern pictures, but also provide patronage for modern British artists. By 1950, Kenneth Clark had become the JCR’s voluntary buyer and works became available for students to hire and display in their rooms, a scheme which continues today. In 1953, Francis Bacon’s ‘Man in a Chair’ was acquired. In 1997 this painting was sold for a sum in the region of £500k, which was invested and the Pembroke College Oxford JCR Art Fund Collection Charity was set up. The interest earned from the sale of Bacon’s work is evenly divided to provide funds for students in fi nancial hardship, student travel and for the purchase and maintenance of art.In 2006 it was decided to create a new permanent display for the collection and to employ the services of a part-time curator to look after it. Thus the Emery Gallery was constructed in the space formerly occupied by the Upper Reading Room in the Alms House. The collection was re-hung in the new gallery with the enthusiastic help of members of the Art Fund Committee in May and was open for viewings by visitors to the Garden Party.

ACADEMIC-RELATED SOCIETIES

Pembroke provides opportunities for students to become involved in societies related to their subject of study, as well as more general academic interests. The College has its own Law society, the Blackstone Society, and Management and History societies. The College is one of the fortunate institutions from the UK, US and New Zealand invited by the Tanaka Ikueikai Educational Trust, the Tanaka Memorial Foundation and Technos College, Tokyo, to send a contingent of four students and one Fellow each year to participate in a fully-paid, two-week trip to Japan. The purpose of the trip is to introduce the international participants to Japanese life, history and culture and to provide a framework in which Japanese and international students meet and interact culturally, linguistically and academically.Thanks to a recent benefaction Picot Prizes are now awarded annually to students to pursue academic-related interests. The 2006 recipients used their awards to fi nance a range of activities, including an unpaid internship at the Economist Intelligence Unit in London, the production of a documentary fi lm, tree climbing in Trinidad and an Armenian language course in Istanbul.


ENCOURAGE OTHER INTERESTS

SPORT AT PEMBROKE

Pembroke has a very strong sporting tradition. At College level many sports are played with tremendous energy and enthusiasm. Participation is encouraged by everyone, regardless of ability, and the College is extremely proud to have had 10 crews competing on the river during Summer Eights 2006, the largest number of any College. Indeed most of Pembroke’s students get involved in sport during their time at College, even if it is simply watching and supporting friends playing for the various College teams. The JCR Committee has a Sports Representative, which is a full committee position. The Sports Representative is responsible for the promotion of sport throughout the College community.Pembroke enjoys regular sporting success. In 2004-05 its strength was recognised when the College was awarded the Cuppers Trophy, as the most successful College across the range of Cuppers competitions held in different sports. During the 2005-06 academic year, the Women’s Basketball team won Cuppers for the third year in a row. The Men’s Rugby team were losing fi nalists in Cuppers, as were the Table Football team. A traditional Pembroke strength lies on the river, with the College regarded as one of the top rowing Colleges in both the men’s and women’s competitions. In 2003, the College achieved the fi rst ever ‘Double Headship’ when both the men’s and women’s 1st VIII crews fi nished ‘Head of the River’. Looking ahead to next year’s Eights Week, the College is once more in good shape, with the men lying in 2nd position and

the women in 3rd place on the river. It is not only Pembroke’s current students who are involved in sport in College, but also our alumni. Many of our alumni cheer on the crews on the river during Eights Week and are involved in the ‘Friends of the Boat Club’. Also, following the success of last year’s Old Pembrokians vs current Pembrokians rugby match, this November saw the fi xture played for the second time. This year it became known as the White Horse Brewery Challenge Cup thanks to sponsorship received to provide a trophy. The Old Boys once again scraped a win against the current team.During Michaelmas Term 2006, the College sports ground has been completely refurbished. One of the tennis courts has been replaced and another two have been resurfaced. The changing rooms at the pavilion have been upgraded, with separate facilities added for women. The new facilities are ready for use by students from Hilary Term 2007.


OUR OXFORD

‘Capturing the Oxford Moment’ was a photographic competition organised by Oxford students, three out of four of whom study at Pembroke. It was open to all students of Oxford University and the objective was to put together a series of photos that would refl ect the real student life, in contrast to existing collections on Oxford which tend to be based around buildings and scenery. The competition was judged by Adam Hart-Davis, and the winning image was used on the cover of the book in which the fi nal collection has been published. All of the photos are accompanied by captions written by those who took them, and the book has a foreword written by Lord Heseltine, also a Pembrokian. The book is being sold in bookshops in Oxford and is proving very popular. All proceeds are being divided between fi ve Oxford-based charities. More information is available on the project’s website, www.oxfordmoment.com. The book contains many pictures taken by and featuring Pembrokians, including one which captures our victorious Cricket Cuppers Team in action. This very worthwhile project has culminated in an excellent publication which all who are or have been students at Oxford are sure to enjoy.

MUSIC AND DRAMA AT PEMBROKE

The College offers many opportunities for students to become involved in music and drama. Pembroke has a mixed Chapel choir, as well as two superb musical instruments – the Chapel organ and a Steinway concert grand piano at the Geoffrey Arthur Building. £300 annually is offered as an organ scholarship, and the Organ Scholar, along with all music students, is offered up to £200 per term for music tuition. Pembroke students may also benefi t from professional vocal coach training, thanks to an alumna who provides two singing scholarships each year as a donation to the College. The College would like to acquire a good second-hand piano for the Chapel to allow musical performances to take place there.The Master’s Recitals have been a feature on the Pembroke calendar for three years now. These informal concerts held twice a term in the Master’s Lodgings are great opportunities for Pembroke students to take time out from their academic studies and enjoy the talent of their peers. During the 2005-06 academic year a Pembroke orchestra was formed and a concert was performed in Hall in Hilary Term.The undoubted highlight of the year was the ambitious, grand-scale production of Grease in Trinity Term. The production team auditioned an impressive 95 students, trained 35 actors and rehearsed 11 musicians within nine weeks and put on three fantastic evening performances and two matinees. The Pembroke College Music Society was given a small grant from the Annual Fund towards the cost of producing the show which was kindly acknowledged in the production’s programmes.

The increasing importance attached to music and drama within College was recognised by the JCR’s decision to create a new full committee position with responsibility for promoting Pembrokians’ artistic endeavours. Thus Danielle Orchard began as Music and Drama Rep during Michaelmas Term 2006. That term a pantomime was staged at the College, the Master’s Music Recitals continued, a concert was held at the Geoffrey Arthur Building and a dinner was held by the Music Society. Looking ahead, the Society is to host a jazz cabaret evening in Hilary Term. Called ‘All That Jazz’, it is to feature a live jazz band, tap dancing and jazz vocalists. The line-up will include songs from shows such as Chicago, Copacabana and South Pacifi c and other jazz works by vocalists such as Etta James, Peggy Lee, Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra.


PROMOTE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

“by encouraging all of our constituents to be involved in the life of the College”

INTRODUCTIONPembroke has a diverse and dynamic international community of current students, alumni, academic and non-academic staff, parents, donors and friends. Pembrokians come from a multitude of different backgrounds and countries and all have a vital part to play in the life and future of the College.The College has a longstanding tradition of representative governance and members of the graduate and undergraduate communities participate in the running of the College through their representatives on Governing Body and its committees. Governing Body also benefi ts from the participation of our four Advisory Fellows. These are alumni who contribute the benefi t of their experience in business and commerce to discussions.Throughout Pembroke’s history many of our alumni have gone on to make signifi cant contributions to their countries and professions. The spirit of combining intellectual rigour with active leadership remains a guiding force in the College and Pembroke remains committed to opening this opportunity to all.

PARENTS

Although the Pembroke experience is enjoyed by our current students themselves, we recognise that many of them depend on the support they receive from their parents while at College. There are a number of events in the College calendar which parents are invited to attend, including Christmas events and the Garden Party in May when many parents join us to support the rowing crews on the last day of Summer Eights. In Michaelmas Term 2006 we held our fi rst Parents’ Day at which we introduced the College and our plans for the future. Some members of the JCR Committee contributed, and after lunch in Hall those present had the opportunity to experience lectures by two of our Fellows. We also have a signifi cant number of parents who support the College fi nancially, for which we are very grateful.


VISITING STUDENT PROGRAMME

Pembroke operates one of the largest and most vibrant visiting student programmes in the University of Oxford. This programme gives high-calibre students from select US universities the chance to spend their Junior Year in Oxford. The size of Pembroke’s visiting student programme gives the College a distinct atmosphere compared with many other Oxford Colleges, of which Pembroke is justifi ably proud.

All visiting students studying at Pembroke enjoy the full ‘Oxford experience’. They are accommodated on the main College site and receive the same academic experience, including tutorials, as all other undergraduates. Our visiting students also participate fully in the range of sporting and other activities and social life of the College. During the 2005-06 academic year Sam Kaplan, a visiting student, played the lead role of Danny Zuko in the College’s highly acclaimed production of the musical Grease. A signifi cant number of our visiting students enjoy their time at Pembroke so much that they return to pursue graduates studies here. One such Pembroke visiting student, who returned to College to follow graduate studies, is now a Fellow at another Oxford College.

The College also appreciates the opportunity provided by the visiting student programme to extend its long-standing links with the US.

STAFF LONG SERVICE AWARDS

Pembroke is fortunate to have many employees with long service records and this year the College introduced a policy to recognise their loyalty. Staff members now receive an engraved gift, presented by the Master, once they have completed 10, 15 and 25 years at College at a special ceremony held every May in Broadgates Hall.

At this year’s ceremony 26 staff members qualifi ed for a Long Service Award. Amongst them was former Head Chef, Derrick Cox. Derrick retired in the summer after 50 years service to the College, a truly incredible achievement.


PROMOTE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

PEMBROKE’S ALUMNI

The alumni of Pembroke College form a diverse international community. They are based in many different countries throughout the world, belong to a wide range of professions and industries and come from very distinct backgrounds. Despite these differences they are often united by the same remarkable affection for, and genuine feeling of attachment to, Pembroke.

The College is delighted that many alumni contribute to Pembroke’s future. A signifi cant number are fi nancial donors to the College, either contributing regularly to the Annual Fund or through capital gifts to support endowment appeals (bursaries, Fellowships and buildings). Some leave a legacy to Pembroke in their will. Some support the College by donating their time and expertise in various ways. The College’s Advisory Fellows are all alumni, as are three of the members of the Investment Committee, which determines how the College manages its Endowment. All of the YGLs (Year Group Leaders) in the UK and US-based Regional Captains are alumni.

Other more unique examples include a professional vocal coach alumna, who has donated singing scholarships for students and an artist alumnus, who has painted and donated a portrait of the Master.

THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

The Development Offi ce is the main point of contact in College for alumni, and works hard to build and maintain relationships with the College’s former students.

All alumni for whom the Development Offi ce has a current postal address receive a range of publications produced by the Offi ce. These currently include the College Record, the Pembrokian magazine and the Annual Report. A monthly e-mail update of College and alumni news is sent to all alumni for whom we have a current e-mail address.

The Development Offi ce also runs a programme of alumni events. Last year’s included: Gaudies (reunions arranged by matriculation years) for 1997 & 1998 and 1979-1984, the London Dinner at Clothworkers’ Hall, the Garden Party and the Pembroke Society Dinner and Activity Day.

In November 2006 the College hosted a London Reception at the Oxford and Cambridge Club. This new event was a great success, proving especially popular with our younger alumni. The London Reception will now become an annual fi xture on the alumni calendar.

Another new event introduced during 2006 was the Leavers’ Dinner. This formal dinner, held at the end of Trinity Term, was for all undergraduates who were leaving. It was an opportunity for the whole of the leaving year to come together for a farewell dinner and to celebrate their transition from students to alumni.


PEMBROKIANS IN THE USA

Pembroke has a signifi cant number of alumni based in the US, including former graduate, undergraduate and visiting students. In order to help facilitate and increase contact between these Pembrokians and the College, Pembroke has a Regional Captain structure. The Regional Captains are the College’s alumni volunteers based in the USA. They fulfi l a similar role to the UK Year Group Leaders (see below), with the difference being that Regional Captains are arranged by area of the USA, rather than by matriculation year. The New York Regional Captains have organised and hosted cocktail parties in the autumn for the last two years, and others have plans for the coming months. A list of Regional Captains is available on the College website and the Development Offi ce would love to hear from anyone interested in joining this group.

College representatives visit the USA a least once a year and take the opportunity to attend alumni events and meet with individual alumni. In March 2006 Pembroke participated in the University of Oxford North American Reunion, held in New York, with both the Master and Bursar attending. In addition to the University events, the College hosted two functions exclusively for Pembroke alumni, a cocktail reception and a formal dinner. Both events were very well attended, attracting representatives from across a wide range of matriculation years.

Pembroke has its own foundation in the USA, the Pembroke College Foundation. The Foundation was established to allow the College’s US-based alumni and friends to donate in a tax-effi cient manner and is approved under section 501(c) (3) of the IRS Code. The board of the Foundation consists of six prominent US-based alumni.

ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD

Pembrokians are based in many different countries world-wide. The College is always interested in hearing news from old members, regardless of where they are based. The Development Offi ce is currently exploring new ways of reaching out to these international members of the Pembroke community.

A Pembroke alumni association in Hong Kong is to be launched in the near future. The College has also previously hosted events in Brussels. If you are a Pembrokian based outside the UK or the USA and have ideas on what the College could offer to alumni in your country of residence, please contact the Development Offi ce.

YEAR GROUP LEADERS

Pembroke’s Year Group Leaders (YGLs) are alumni volunteers based in the UK who work to improve links between the College and those in their matriculation years. This takes a variety of forms, from writing to and calling peers to re-establish contact, to organising reunion events (such as the recent 40 Years On for 1965-67 matriculands, and the cocktail party hosted by the 1977 YGLs at one of their homes in London), to attending meetings in College to give feedback, to encouraging others to support the Annual Fund. We very much appreciate the input and advice that our YGLs contribute, and the guidance provided by Ian Cormack (Chairman of the UK Fundraising Campaign and of YGLs). Currently there are representatives for 38 of the past 55 matriculation years with the main gaps remaining in the mid-1960s, early and late 1970s and late 1980s. A full list is available on the College website. If you would like to get involved by fi lling one of these spaces please contact the Development Offi ce.


MANAGE OUR RESOURCES WITH CARE

“by practising good husbandry, investing in our infrastructure and building our Endowment”

INTRODUCTIONThe fi nancial strategy of the Strategic Plan was carefully crafted to ensure that our academic and building aims could realistically be achieved. Our aims for investing in our buildings included both refurbishment of listed structures and an ongoing programme of small projects, in addition to new build plans. These ambitious targets, on top of the academic funding requirements, made careful fi nancial planning essential. The model on which we based our plans assumes that the real rate of return on our invested Endowment will be 3% per annum. With this available for draw down each year the core objective is at least to break even on our current operations. Over the past four years we have in fact registered a surplus, thus freeing up funds for other projects. However, the need remains for a signifi cant amount of donation income in order for all of our aims to be fulfi lled – the Strategic Plan specifi es that £30m will need to be raised over the 2004-14 period. The next few pages outline the continuing success of our resource management, as well as highlighting current and near-future initiatives, and the continuing need for donations.

MAJOR BUILDINGS WORK

Since the inception of the Strategic Plan we have completed three major refurbishments: Staircases 8, 16 and 18 (formerly know as 13/14 Pembroke Street). All have been completed within budget (total cost was approximately £4.2m) and on time and now boast splendidly restored communal areas and bedrooms, the vast majority of which are en-suite.

These projects were heavily supported by donations, with the balance being paid for with cash surpluses from operations. We are grateful to the Leung family for their generosity in supporting the Staircase 18 project. The Staircase 8 works were partly funded by a legacy from the estate of Viscountess Mary Eccles. She was a great admirer of Samuel Johnson, one of Pembroke’s most eminent alumni, and so we hope to rename this building the Samuel Johnson Building, subject to raising the remaining £1m of funds necessary. We are also grateful to the Wolfson Foundation for a grant received towards the costs incurred in Staircase 16.


DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT

The introduction of the Disability Discrimination Act has signifi cant implications for Pembroke as we are required to comply with the obligation to provide access for those with disabilities, while at the same time having to satisfy conservation offi cers that we are preserving the character of our listed buildings. To date we have managed to install an access ramp for Staircase 11, which now has a bedroom suitable for occupation by a disabled student. Another bedroom has been provided with a fi re safety system for a deaf student, and we have purchased two mobile stair-walkers to enable wheelchair users to access rooms above the ground fl oor. Looking forward, the next phase of this scheme will involve providing wheelchair access through the lodge and into the JCR, and the installation of a lift in the Hall. We anticipate having to spend a further £100k on this second phase and would welcome support from donors for this project.

SMALL PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE WORK

The College’s budget contains sums for on-going maintenance work and small buildings projects. Currently, the College has a budget of around £400k per annum for general maintenance work to all College buildings, including small works projects. Included in this fi gure is £20k per annum to be spent on maintaining the College’s stonework, as part of our commitment to preserve our impressive array of listed buildings.

During the 2005-06 fi nancial year the shower room in Staircase 15 was completely refi tted and the hot water system upgraded at a cost of £60k. £27k was spent on new carpets and fi ttings for the MacMillan Building on the main site. A further £100k has been spent on a complete refurbishment of the College sports ground. This project included replacing one of the tennis courts and resurfacing another two. Also the changing rooms at the pavilion have been upgraded, with separate facilities added for women.

Looking ahead, the College plans to fi t an additional shower room in every staircase at the Geoffrey Arthur Building and improve the heating system there. This work will be carried out over the 2006-07 and 2007-08 fi nancial years, with £21k set aside in each year’s budget. Also at the Geoffrey Arthur Building, a lounge-style common room is to be added, creating a much needed communal social area for students. The College anticipates that this will cost around £15k.

NEW BUILD

A feasibility study has been carried out to determine the options for a major project in Brewer Street. This is on the south side of the College, where we already own a commercial property and two houses. To be able to develop a site so close by is a rare opportunity for any Oxford College, so work continues on exploring our options, and we expect to have a proposal prepared by the end of the 2006-07 year, with details of the funding requirement.


MANAGE OUR RESOURCES WITH CARE

OPERATING PERFORMANCE

In the 2005-06 fi nancial year (1 Aug 2005 – 31 July 2006) a small operating surplus of just over £100k was achieved. Total operating income for the year was £4.3m. The proportion from different sources of funding is shown below:

Thus, only one third of our operating income came from UK government, with the balance from other fees, and residential, conference and other income. Our conference business has grown again this year, and is now 62% higher than three years ago.

Operating expenditure amounted to £4.2m. The amount expended on the different areas of operation were:

This shows that 30% of our expenditure was on academic costs (including increased academic salaries refl ecting a pay-scale review).

Net cash generated from operations was £170k.

SOURCE AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS

Source of Funds £000Net cash generated from operations 170Total donations 1,894Investment income 2,995CCC grant received 300Total source of funds 5,359

Application of FundsMajor builiding projects 2,344Small works projects 453Other 299Total application of funds 3,096

Net increase in funds 2,263

ENDOWMENT & CASH

Opening position £000 Endowment 29,086 Cash 565 Total 29,651

Closing Position £000 Endowment 32,133 Cash (219) Total 31,914

NET INCREASE 2,263

Overall, we have therefore seen a 10.5% increase in the value of the Endowment (represented by donations to the permanent Endowment, appreciation of investments and the grant received from the College Contributions Committee (CCC)), with an 8.6% total return (income plus appreciation of investments) on our opening Endowment. The College’s Investment Committee (which includes alumni with extensive investment management experience) has reviewed the strategic allocation of the different classes of investment for the Endowment and a more diversifi ed investment policy is being implemented.


DONATIONS RECEIVED:1 AUGUST 2005 - 31 JULY 2006

£000Legacies 541Annual Fund 168Other Restricted 711Other Unrestricted 395Gift Aid 80TOTAL 1,895

In respect of non-legacy donations, the fi nancial year 2005-06 saw cash donations of £1,353k. This represents an 84% increase on the corresponding £737k received in 2004-05 which is an excellent step forward.

LEGACIES

Legacies amounted to £541k in 2005-06. This is signifi cantly less than the total of £1,738k for the previous year. This means that total donation income also remained somewhat lower (£1,894k compared to £2,475k in 2004-05). However, following an encouraging response to the legacy brochure which was distribued in January, the Tesdale Society of notifi ed legators now has 150 members. The amount of legacy income will always be very variable from year to year, but the effort being put in to expanding our base of potential legators allows us to benefi t from income from this source continuing into the future.

ANNUAL FUND

The Annual Fund has become an important source of income. Gross Annual Fund contributions this year were close to £200k, including the gift aid earned directly from this source. We would have to raise £7m of donated capital to give this level of income.

The purpose of this regular giving scheme is to increase the guaranteed annual income from donations

to the College. This allows many much-needed projects to be undertaken and so has an immediate impact on our students. We hope to see this fund expand further over the coming year.

PARTICIPATION RATES

The proportion of alumni who made a gift to the College in 2005-06 (measured using those with whom the College is in contact with as a base) was 8% (increased from 7% in the previous year). Using the same base, the proportion of alumni giving regularly (i.e. in consecutive years) was 6% in 2005-06 (increased from 4% in the previous year).

BENCHMARKING

The latest fi gures available for benchmarking are the results of the 2004-05 fi nancial year fundraising survey conducted by the University across 25 Colleges. Although Pembroke did not participate in this survey it is interesting to see how our 2004-05 results measure up. The average for total donations received across participants was £1,253k (Pembroke 2004-05: £2,475k). Only four Colleges in the study raised more than £2m in 2004-05. However, on alumni participation rates (here measured as a proportion of all alumni, including those lost to their College) we fall well behind. The study average was 11% (Pembroke 2004-05: 6.5%), with one College reporting 24%!

PROGESS TO DATE

Over the past two fi nancial years we have raised a total of £4.4m in donations. We very much appreciate the generosity of all who have contributed. However, as the Strategic Plan specifi es a need for £30m to be raised we still have a long way to go to reach our target.


BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR DONORS

“by providing information on how we use donations and ensuring that our donors are appropriately

recognised”INTRODUCTION Pembroke could not have seen such rapid improvements and implementation of our Strategic Plan aims over the past two years without the generous support we have received from our alumni and friends. We must continue to depend on donations as we look forward to our plans for the coming years, and are conscious that we must provide information on where donated monies are put to use. This report is intended to do that, by giving an update on our progress and outlining the areas where donations have made a signifi cant impact. It is important to us that all of our supporters are recognised for their generosity. Governing Body recently passed a Donor Recognition Policy which we are working to implement. In response to substantial giving several people have recently been elected to membership of the College’s Senior Common Room, and one to the University Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors.In the fi nancial year 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2006 we received gifts from 526 individuals and organisations, including legacy gifts from 11 alumni and friends. We are pleased to have received permission to publish the names of those listed on the following pages. Thank you to all of our 2005-06 donors.

INDIVIDUALSLord Abernethy 1958Colin G Adlam 1952George Aitken-Davies 1996Gordon Aldrick 1956Richard M Andrews 1965Timothy Andrews 1998Paul C Archer 1976John Armour 1991David J Arnold 1954David J Attard 1977Noel C Bailey 1980Sir Philip Bailhache 1964Samantha P Bamert 1992Robert C Bannister 1955Thomas Barden 1945Caroline A Barker 1981James L Barlow 1962 John E Barlow 1952

David BarrattPaul BarrattMichael K Barritt 1967Geoffrey W Barrow 1948Michael E Beaumont 1953 Reginald Beaumont 1968John Beazley 1935Nigel Beevor 1960Alan W Bellringer 1954Jerome H BerkowitzMartyn Berry 2002Brian Bissell 1954Robert M Blumenfeld 1974John G Boumphrey 1994Alan E Boyle 1972 Patrick W Boyle 1990Robin A BraceyJosh Brayman 1998David G Brickell 1995


William H Brundage 1976Tiffany R Brunskill 1983Ian D Burnett 1976Anthony C Bushell 1979Vernon ButtJoshua B Butts 1999Andrew Buxton 1959Anne M Byrne 1996Michael Carlton 1959Richard M Carr 1969Lord Carswell 1952Paul B Carvosso 1970Emma Caseley 1986Peter Chamberlain 1963Albert Yu T Chan 1994John R Chapman 1969Greg Choyce 1974Colin G Clark 1960Sir Robert Clarke 1949Graham Coombs 1971Robert Cooper 1956Ian Cormack 1966Richard A Cox 1964Julian Crispin 1955Geoffrey Crookes 1956Ronan Daly 1990Jonathan D Davies 1971Peter Davis 1954Roger Dee 1952Richard Deeble 1949Brian J Dendle 1955Oliver Dickinson 1960Paul A Dillingham 1963John Dixon 1959John E Dixon 1967Helena Djurkovic 1982Stuart H Doole 1986Donald M Duggan 1973Richard J Eccles 1979Clive L Edginton 1970Douglas A Edmonds 1959Robin Ellis 1954Jonathan Emery 1995John R Ennis 1971Timothy W Evans 1974Gerald A Everett 1948Irene C Fahrenhorst 1980

David E Faris 1966Peter Farthing 1968Adam J Fein 1987Robert L Felix 1962David Fell 1972Bruce S Fetter 1960Stephen M Fields 1975John W Firth 1949Dirk O FitzHugh 1960Dick Fleming 1968Alan E Forest 1958Jacob D Frankel 1958David and Lesley FranklinGiovanni and Julia FrasconaAngus C Fraser 1963Daniel N Freudenberger 1967Simon H Frost 1970Justin Fry and Jessica Madoc-Jones 2001Walter E Fuller 1960Michael Gardner 1965James A Garner 1949Kenneth Garrod 1948Edgar C Gentle III 1977Anthony George 1965Richard A Gerberding 1977Pietrojan Gilardini 1985Tim Gilchrist 1979Joesph Gilchrist 1951Michael Godley 1946 Philip Goldenberg 1964Keith A Goldsmith 1977Antony G Gostwick 1966John Govett 1962Alan C Grant 1955Nick Grantham 1954Nicholas J Griffi n 1992Hywel Griffi ths 1975Matthew I Haar 2004Timothy Harding 1966Henry Harris 1948Michael J HarrisNicola P Harrison 1981Richard Hayes 1957Beatrice HearneColin Heath David W Heath 1957Giles and Lynne Henderson


BE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR DONORS

Martin B Henry 1954Jason N Hepple 1982James M Hester 1947William and Anna Hicks 1997Jeremy G Hill 1977Michael G Hocken 1974Gospatric Home 1954Carol J Hopper 1982Jonathan D Hulme 1973Hamish P Hume 1990Graham and Amanda HuttonMichael Hwang 1962Hugh Ibbotson 1958Chris and Alice IdleRobert J Ing 1958John D Ireland 1966Robert J Jackson 1962David E Jago 1958Glyn H James 1958David F Jeayes 1952George A Jenkin 1946Lawrence F Jindra 1994Margaret L Jones 1986Richard C Jones 1972Sandford Katz Mark Kemp-Gee 1964Lord Kerr 1960Charles E Kiamie III 1998Young Kim 2002Daniel N Knowles 1989Dolf Kohnhorst 1977Alyson Krueger 2005Philip Lader 1967David Lanch 1957Arthur D Latham 1951Michael J Lay 1949Robert Leatherdale 1941Grant Lee 1958Richard Leman 1960Peter G Letts 1954Michael K LeungChristopher G Lewis 1960Rhodri P Lewis 1970Edgar Lightfoot 1962David Lilley 1955George Lilley 1957Ronald G Limbrick 1953

Michael J Lloyd 1968Peter K Longley 1966Ronald J Lorimer 1955William R Lort 1948Peter Lovejoy 1962Richard Lugar 1954John Lyon 1955Robert Lyons 1961Jennifer Ma 2000Kenneth MacKenzie 1961Charles F MacKinnon 1973Carol C Malone Christopher J Manning 1960Karim Mattar 2000Ian G McAllister-Nevins 1988David G McAvoy 1959Graham McCallum 1944William and Judith McCartin ScheideNorman H McKinney 1951Richard J Mellor 1969Philip A Millar Michael W Miller 1987Thomas Millest David Mitchell 1958Ian A Mitchelson 1980Paul Monk 1968Philip Moor 1978Susan M Mortimer 1986The Rt Hon Sir John Mummery 1959Iain Murray-Lyon Maurice Nadin 1944James Ndegwa 1983Gregory D Neale 1999Michael Nevin 1973Peter Nicoll 1967John B Nightingale 1960Duncan and Fleur O’Kelly Piers Ouvaroff 1994Simon Palethorpe 1987Janet PaskKenneth I Paul 1971Simon M Pearce 1978Michelle Peluso 1993David A Perkin 1950John V Pether 1952Rosalind Phelps 1992Maxine L Phillips 1979


Patrick and Tamar Pichette 1987, 1986Robert M Plant 1968Jonathan M Poirrette 1981Gillian E Prescott Kent D Price 1967Philip J Price 1962Neil A Purslow 1992Simon W Quin 1977Maurizio Ragazzi 1985Peter C Rapley 1981George Rau 1993Arthur G Rigg 1955Miles A Rucklidge 1951Ian D Russell 1967Nicholas J Sayers 1973Julian Schild 1977George M Seddon 1959William D Shardlow 1960John D Shipton 1962Oliver Simon 1968Fraser Skirrow 1982Terry M Slesinski-Wykowski 1982John L Snider 1977Phillip Sorensen James S Southgate 1986Bryan Sparrow 1954David C Speller 1954Robert Stevens Tony Stirratt 1954David A Stockdale 1969Richard C Stopford 1952George Summerfi eld 1954Peter Summerfi eld 1954Jeremy Sutton 1979Charles W Swithinbank 1946Sir Keith Sykes Christopher R Tanner 1947John Tarn 1969Peter W Thacker 1945James M Thomson 1963Leighton Thomson 1938Duncan Tincello 1981Ian D Tinsley 1966Susan P Tonkin de Vries 1979Revan and Elsa Tranter 1954John Tyman 1956Rex P van Rossum 1955

Michael von Pommern-Peglow 1987Caroline D Wagstaff 1982Michael and Hilary Wagstaff 1980, 1981Bruce Wakefi eld 1960Jill M Walker 1984John R Walker 1958Kenneth Walker 1942Mary F Walker Jon and Susan Watson 1979, 1980William J Webster 1959Raymond S Weightman 1933Damon Wells 1961Iain D West 1984Peter D B West 1973Gordon H Whitham Francis J Whitworth 1943John Wilks 1956David M Williams 1973Peter Williamson 1969Kenneth Wills 1957Brian Wilson 1948Henry S Wilson 1951Andrew J Winter 1983James N Wiseman-Clarke 1996Michael Wolfe 1946Theodore Wong 1989John K Woolman 1977Anthony Zacaroli 1982

ORGANISATIONSHelen Roll CharityOxbridge Academic ProgramsSlaughter and MayTanaka Memorial FoundationWolfson Foundation

LEGACY GIFTSEdward P Calvert 1925Bromley Challenor 1937Clifford Dobson 1994Sydney M Drage 1927Christopher R Erskine-Hill 1953David J Lane 1955Boruch Lewin 1938Sydney Linton 1926Robert R MacIntosh 1937Alice MorrisonKathleen Rigg


LOOKING FORWARD

DONATION IMPACT

All donations are vital in allowing us to undertake additional projects over and above our basic operations. The generosity of alumni and friends has allowed us to undertake major building projects and has helped to underwrite our small works projects. The Annual Fund, which was launched in March 2005, is our regular

giving scheme which now provides an additional source of reliable income for the College. The money raised in this way has a direct impact on the life of the College as it helps us with the additional expenditure necessary

at the operating level if we are to achieve our Strategic Plan aims. In the coming year, 2006-07, we will have the expense of a planned reduction in undergraduate and visiting student numbers (and corresponding drop in fee income), an increase in stipendiary teaching hours and academic salary increases. In addition, we are able to increase student fi nancial support by a total of £11k, and spend an additional £52k on library and computing

services (to include a part-time archivist, increased broadband facilities and a website redesign).

HOW YOU CAN HELP

If you are in a position to give a small amount on a regular basis to support Pembroke’s Annual Fund this will have a direct impact on the

lives of our students, so please return the standing order form enclosed with this Report to the Development Offi ce. If you would like to make a

one-off donation to the College you can now do this online at www.cafonline.org.

Donations from UK tax payers can benefi t from the Gift Aid Scheme, whereby the College receives an additional 28% of the donation amount

at no extra cost to the donor. There are additional tax advantages to higher rate tax payers for giving in this way. There are alternative tax effi cient ways to give for residents of the USA, Canada and Germany.

Please contact the Development Offi ce for further details.

ANNUAL MEETING

Pembroke’s second Annual Meeting for alumni and donors will take place in College on Saturday 27 January. The morning will start with coffee from 10:30am at the Rockefeller Room in the Geoffrey Arthur Building, with the meeting itself at 11:00am. There will be a presentation and a chance for questions. Lunch will be served in

Hall on the main site following the meeting. Partners are welcome. To book please contact [email protected] or (01865) 276501.



The Development OfficePembroke CollegeOxford OX1 1DW

01865 276478

[email protected]

www.pmb.ox.ac.uk


Documents

Pembroke College Annual Report 2005-06