Alumni Society
Founded in 1963, the Wadham Alumni Society is a community made up of all alumni of Wadham College.
Alumni
A very warm welcome to the alumni pages of the Wadham website and we wish all our alumni and friends a very happy and healthy new year. Listen to the end of year message from Warden, Robert Hannigan with highlights from the year, and hope for the future.
We hope to see many of you at our upcoming events in the UK and overseas. Our next alumni events include a reunion for Reading Party alumni celebrating over 50 years of the first Lennard Bequest Cornwall Reading Party on 20 March and the Wadham Alumni Society Dinner for all on 21 March.
1610 Society
Membership of the 1610 Society is open to those who pledge to remember the College in their wills.
Boat Club Society
Wadham rowers past and present are a thriving community both on and off the water.
Law Society
Founded in 1980, the Wadham College Law Society provides a network for Wadham lawyers.
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Our ambition for future generations
With the support of our alumni and friends, our ambition is to safeguard this life-changing educational model for generations to come.
Giving Circles
Those alumni who are part of our Giving Circles are at the heart Wadham's academic mission.
News
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The Digital Lives of Care-experienced Children
Researchers will investigate how care-experienced young people develop critical digital skills.
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Wadcast 17: Water, Conflict, and Wadham
We interview Master's student, Alexandria Procter, as part of our campaign on sustainability.
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The Definitive Collection of Seamus Heaney's poetry
Discussing the journey of bringing the collection to life, Wadham Fellow Prof Jane Griffiths spoke with two of its editors, Bernard O'Donoghue (Wadham Emeritus Fellow) and poet Matthew Hollis.
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Chris and Denise Mitchell receive the British Citizen Award
Our alumnus and his wife are honoured for their outstanding contributions to society.
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Formative Coincidences (A Donor Report Story)
For Izzy Carey-Young, Wadham's access programmes helped her feel welcome at Oxford, giving her the confidence to apply and succeed.
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Wadham Alumna's COP28 Prize included in Oxford History of Science Museum
Maral Bayaraa (DPhil Engineering Science, 2020) was also invited to contribute a holographic artwork to represent her research.
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Alumni Events Online
Watch discussions with academics, alumni, musicians, poets and more.
Wadham Experience: A residential intellectual retreat for leaders
Wadham Experience
Thinking Clearly: 6-11 September 2026
Attention in a Cacophonous World
Thinking Critically: 13-18 September 2026
Civilisation on the Edge
Further Information: Wadham Experience