It was with a touch of sadness that all the SCIO staff said a final farewell last Friday to this term’s group of BestSemester students, all Registered Visiting Students at the University of Oxford. While they were here, these Michaelmas term students submitted almost 800 papers: an impressive achievement! Everyone at SCIO wishes them all the very best for their future, and trusts that their time at Oxford has helped shape whatever is to come.