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Alumni Stories: Aimee Smith Wins Prestigious Essay Competition - on 20th November 2024 in Alumni Interview, Life after SCIO

Welcome to the SCIO Alumni Stories blog! We are delighted to announce that Aimee Smith, an alumna of SCIO from Hilary Term 2024, has won an essay competition hosted by the New York C. S. Lewis Society. The competition, which... Read More >

Alumni Stories: Featuring Jessica Brown - on 21st September 2024 in Alumni Interview, Life after SCIO

Welcome to the SCIO Alumni Stories blog! As we celebrate the respective journeys of our alumni, we are excited to share their inspiring stories, reflecting on their experiences at Oxford and how those moments have shaped their personal and professional... Read More >

SCIO Alum Publishes Article in Comment Magazine - on 12th July 2023 in Life after SCIO

Dontay Givens, Hilary Term 2022 graduate, recently published an article on Comment Magazine, a Christian-based publication that observes all aspects of what they call “social architecture.” Givens’ article focuses on the black magus’ function within late medieval church history. Sometimes... Read More >

Oxford and Empire: A Word from SCIO Alumna and History Faculty Research Assistant Haley Drolet - on 8th March 2021 in Life after SCIO, News

“In spite of decolonisation empire is still with us, in terms of both mindsets and structures.  Its pervasiveness and significance have constantly to be rethought.” – Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, author of ​Empires... Read More >

Emiko Bell

Alumna accepted for MSc at Oxford - on 9th July 2020 in Life after SCIO

SCIO congratulates alumna Emiko Bell for her acceptance into Oxford’s Master of Science (MSc) programme in Psychological Research. Emiko grew up in Kawasaki, Japan and completed a Bachelor of Psychology at Biola University. She completed SCIO’s Scholars’ Semester in Michaelmas... Read More >

Erinn Campbell

Alumna accepted for MPhil at Cambridge - on 9th July 2020 in Life after SCIO

SCIO is pleased to announce that alumna Erinn Campbell has recently been accepted into an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Darwin College, Cambridge. Erinn is from San Clemente, California and graduated summa cum laude... Read More >