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Talbot Fund Wins
2014 Innovation Prize
In May this year Keble was awarded 1st prize for Innovation from the University as part
of the Student Challenge Matching Fund scheme. The purpose of the matching fund
is to educate leavers about supporting the collegiate University via philanthropy and to encourage them to contribute to initiatives in their colleges. The £1,500 prize was awarded for the coveted Keble bricks introduced last year to encourage leavers and young alumni to join the Talbot Society. This has been an extra, unexpected boost to the Talbot Fund.
Talbot Society
When you give to Keble you are combining your gift with the power of thousands of Keble alumni worldwide. Two out of three donors make their gift regularly which increases our ability to plan ahead each year. The Talbot Society recognises and thanks donors who contribute every year, membership is growing and we hope will continue to do so over the coming years.
Camilla Matterson
Deputy Director of Development
camilla.matterson@keble.ox.ac.uk
Fundraising Summary
2013-14 has been a milestone year for the Alumni and Development Office. We are very proud that we can now say that the majority of Keble alumni have made a gift to College. It was a year of positive progress in many aspects with £1.345million raised in philanthropic income and £1.892million secured in pledges and new funds. This indication of a continuation of support combined with the significant increase in participation, and our highest ever cash receipts for the Talbot Fund at £808k is very encouraging indeed.
We are also celebrating the completion of our campaign to endow the senior Law Fellowship, currently held by Professor Ed Peel. The Clarendon Harris Law Fellowship, named in memory of Professor Jim Harris, has been secured by donations and pledges from 56 alumni and friends totalling £1.2million. This sum has been augmented by £800k from the University’s Clarendon Teaching Fund to reach the target of £2million required to endow the post in perpetuity.
Dr James Goudkamp joined Professor Peel in 2013 and Law is once again a two-fellow subject at Keble. The endowment will enable us to continue to provide outstanding tutorial teaching and maintain the wonderful track record of success in this subject. The College would like to thank all those who have contributed to the fund for their generous support.
The fundraising for the Acland redevelopment now exceeds
£10 million and our Advanced Studies Centre research clusters continue to flourish. Professor Paul Newman and his mobile robotics research team moved into part of the Acland site in April and as we continue to seek the rest of the funding it is very helpful to have
a fully-operational research group on site. Through donor support we currently have six Research Fellows, in Creativity, Quantum Networks, Philosophy, English, Imaging and Renaissance History. They are making a terrific contribution to the teaching, learning and collaborative research capacity of the College.
Even those students who excel in their undergraduate studies find it very difficult to obtain funding for postgraduate work. Increasing graduate funding is an important priority and we are extremely pleased to report that The Stonehouse Educational Trust agreed
to fund two graduate students per year for the two Centres for Doctoral Training with which Keble is involved, associated with Maths and Chemistry. The Trust has pledged support over the full 8 year term of the project and this gives us the capacity to recruit the very best young researchers in these areas.
The impact of the donations on individual students is covered in more detail on the following pages; I hope you will enjoy reading their comments and reflections.
Your continued support of all aspects of College life is vital if we are to continue to provide an outstanding educational experience. If you would like to know more about any of our fundraising initiatives or would like to discuss how you can help, please do get in touch.
Jenny Tudge (1986)
Director of Development
jenny.tudge@keble.ox.ac.uk
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