Jesus College Oxford Saturday 28 June 2025 from 10:15 to 15:00
£30 for 3 talks & Hall lunch; add £15 for Cellar wine tour/tasting
***Closing date forTicket payment is Saturday 14 June 2025***
Our annual OMD is open to all Jesus Old Members and guests. This year’s outline is:
Our College Archivist Dr. Robin Darwall-Smith will speak on Ernest Hardy, Principal of Jesus College Oxford who died a century ago. An eminent historian of ancient Rome, he guided the College through the difficult days of the First World War and its recovery, and yet he achieved all this having lost his eyesight in earlier life.
Then two speakers from Wales will chime with current significant efforts by the College to raise the number of applicants from Wales. The speakers will talk about their experience in significantly raising the aspirations and success of able students in Wales in terms of exam outcomes and top university entrance.
Elisabeth Jones (Somerville, 1978) is former Chief Legal Adviser to Senedd Cymru, the Welsh Parliament, and served as interim Counsel General for Wales. In retirement, Elisabeth runs a Summer Scheme in Cardiff for Year 12 students interested in a legal career.
Leo Ball (Wadham, 1988) is a Cardiff freelance physics educator who works closely with the Welsh Government’s Seren programme for gifted state school students. As well as workshops and interview preparation, Leo’s physics Olympiad programme has dramatically increased successful Oxbridge applications. JOM has supported some of this work.
We will have lunch in Hall, with an opportunity to chat and catch up with friends.
After lunch, Philip Burrows, Senior Research Fellow in Physics at Jesus and Steward of the Senior Common Room will talk on wine at the College with a tasting of several wines from the cellar and a rare chance to go down into the cellar! There is an additional charge of
£15.00 for this item on our agenda.
Our schedule for Saturday 28th June 2025:
10.15 Coffee and tea in Ship Street
10.40 Robin Darwall-Smith ‘Ernest Hardy: Jesus’s Blind Principal’
11.35 Leo Ball and Elisabeth Jones ‘Turning Up the Aspirational Wick’
12.35 Pre-lunch drink in the Bastion in Ship Street
13.00 Lunch in Hall
It’s £30.00 per person up to this point, and if you would like to stay on for the extra special wine item, please add £15.00 for a total of £45.00 per person.
14.15 Wine tasting and College Cellar Tour with Philip Burrows
Please book as soon as possible using the Booking Form below.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday 28 June 2025 for a most enjoyable day!
Peter May (Chair JOM)
