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Contents
Principal’s Message 3
News & People 4
Commemoration 5
1959 Golden Anniversary Reunion 6
Somerville London Group Chair 7
A year in the life of
the Lord Mayor of Oxford 7
Four generations and an FRS:
Angela Mclean 8
Fellow Profile: Professor Fiona Stafford 9
Somerville ‘Formal in London’ 10
Gaudy 1986 – 1995 10
Val Malone: 31 years of
Somerville service 11
Of witchcraft and war crimes 12
Fighting China’s grim reaper 14
Powers of observation 16
A quick step in Ethiopia’s slow lane 17
Helicopters over the
Turquoise Mountains 18
Earning from history: Noah Bulkin 21
From Somerville to Columbia:
Michele Moody-Adams 22
The invisible film star: Tessa Ross 24
A creative corner that is forever
Somerville: Francesca Kay 26
There is nothing like a Dame Fiona 28
The Caldicott Appeal 31
Rooms with a view: Niall McLaughlin 32
Campaigning for Somerville 34
The gift of education:
Lord Harris of Peckham 35
Alumni events 2010 36
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Meeting the World’s Great
Challenges – together
The Food Animal Initiative (FAI), a tenant of Oxford University
based at The Field Station Wytham, continues to undertake
groundbreaking research into food production systems. Its
aim is to deliver better animal welfare, improved farmland
environments and higher quality food, whilst still allowing the
farmer to make a reasonable return.
This work, in collaboration with Professor Marian Dawkins of
Somerville College, is particularly significant in the context of
the debate around food security and the need to find sustainable
ways to increase production to feed a growing population.
Research and development are of vital importance in delivering
the agricultural systems which are needed to meet the
challenges of food security and climate change.
Tesco is involved in a number of research initiatives across
agriculture, including being a founding sponsor of FAI.
Recently our research efforts have broadened, with a greater
focus on climate change in the UK and internationally. The
company now has over 60 per cent of its space overseas
and operates in 13 countries, including China, India and
the United States. This means we can play a part in work on
climate change beyond our shores.
As a business we are dealing with the challenge in three ways.
First, we are reducing our own emissions. We are building
low-carbon stores. Two of the first such stores were in Bangkok
and Seoul and our first zero-carbon store has recently opened
in Ramsey near Cambridge. It is made of wood, makes optimal
use of natural light and energy, and has its own combined heat
and power plant. We are using trains, barges and doubledecker
trucks to reduce the number of road journeys, and we
are also trialling trucks powered by gas from waste.
Second, we are helping customers to cut their own carbon
footprints and live more sustainable lifestyles. We are carbon
labelling products and introducing other products and
services to help customers cut their energy use. We are also
introducing “buy one get one later” promotions on some
perishable goods, helping to reduce waste.
Third, we are bringing down emissions all the way through
the supply chain. We are working with some of the world’s
largest suppliers to achieve a 30 percent reduction by 2020
in the carbon impact of the products in our supply chain,
working together to tackle hotspots quickly.
In our own business we will halve emissions against a 2006
baseline by 2020 and become a zero-carbon business by
2050. This programme is supported by research and development
across our Group and in a number of universities.
Such collaboration between academic institutions and industry
can play a useful part in identifying improvements that
benefit consumers, the supply base and the environment.
We are proud that Somerville plays a part in that network.
Magazine Committee: Julie Hage (Head of Development), Liz Cooke
(Secretary to the Somerville Association), Antonia Kasunic (Annual Fund
& Alumni Relations Officer). Freelance Copy Writer: Elin Williams.
We would like to thank Tesco for their generous support
of Somerville Magazine since 2005.