Charles Barclay leads UK team to best result yet at 13th annual IOAA in Hungary
Green Templeton Associate Fellow Charles Barclay has led another UK team to success at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA).
Competing at the 13th annual IOAA in Hungary, the team of five students, aged 17 and 18 years old, won one gold medal, three silver medals, and one bronze medal.
The UK finished in fifth place out of 47 countries, coming behind Russia, China, United States, and Romania.
It marked the UK team’s best result yet across all five competitions entered so far.
Charles, who organizes the annual Astronomy For All Lectures at Green Templeton, also led teams to Indonesia in 2015, India in 2016, and China in 2018.
Started in 2006, the IOAA is an annual competition at the highest level for secondary school students around the world, who have to be under 20 years at the start of the competition.
Countries enter teams of five students and two team leaders. Selection for the UK team – the British Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad (BAAO) team – takes place via competition papers, sat in schools, in the preceding year, until the final team of five students (and one reserve) are chosen at a training camp in Oxford.
The questions are aimed at years 12 and 13, but the timing of each Olympiad tends to affect which year group can actually compete.
Alumni in Switzerland came together in Geneva on Swiss National Day for the first in-person gathering of our college`s Switzerland Alumni Group.
After the group’s inaugural online meeting earlier in the year, the gathering was a chance to finally put faces to names, reconnect over memories of Green Templeton and Oxford and hear where life has taken everyone since.
Conversation ranged from career paths and professional exchanges to life in Switzerland and ideas for the growing alumni group.
Josephine Agyeman-Duah (DPhil Women’s and Reproductive Health, 2018), Chair of the Alumni Group, said:
‘It was splendid to reconnect with GTC alumni from different periods and to celebrate Swiss National Day together in Geneva. Our first in-person gathering was a wonderful opportunity to strengthen connections and our GTC alumni community in Switzerland.’
The group is now looking to establish a committee and hopes to connect with other Oxford and Cambridge alumni groups in Switzerland.
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Happy International Cat Day! 🐾
It’s been quite the year for Vincent!
After several years of making the college his home, we are delighted to say that we have officially adopted him. A familiar and much-loved face around the college grounds, he has a special way of bringing smiles to everyone he meets.
We’re so proud to officially call him ours!
Happy International Cat Day, Vincent! 💚🐈⬛
✨ Come behind the scaffolding with us.
We were given rare access to the Radcliffe Observatory restoration project, climbing onto the roof to see the incredible conservation work taking place behind the scenes.
From spectacular views across Oxford to the Observatory`s intricate zodiac carvings, we discovered details that are normally hidden from view.
Join us as we explore one of Oxford`s most iconic landmarks!
Earlier this summer, we were delighted to welcome audiences to our inaugural Garden Play, with a series of sold-out performances of Shakespeare`s `As You Like It` set in our beautiful college grounds.
Our gardens became the Forest of Arden as students, staff, alumni and the wider Oxford community came together to enjoy open-air theatre in a truly unique setting. Even better, the production has received fantastic reviews from Oxford`s student press.
A huge thank you to everyone who performed in and supported this wonderful initiative.
These peaceful moments around college were captured by work experience student Izzie.
They celebrate the beauty of the college gardens and the simple joy of taking a closer look!
Thank you Izzie for sharing your perspective with us 🌸
