Associate Fellow Professor Charles Foster shortlisted for Wainwright Prize
Associate Fellow Professor Charles Foster’s book ‘The Screaming Sky’ has been shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing.
The awards are named after the nature writer Alfred Wainwright and celebrate books which inspire readers to explore the outdoors and nurture a respect for the natural world.
Charles’ book ‘The Screaming Sky’, published by Little Toller, is a study of Common Swifts. It documents Charles’ journey as he follows them across the world, exploring their movements.
The full shortlist of books can be found on the Wainwright Prize website.
This year’s Nature Writing judging panel is chaired by TV presenter Julia Bradbury. The winners’ ceremony will be held on 7 September at The London Wetlands Centre. Alongside the UK Nature Writing prize winner, the winner of the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation will also be announced.
In addition to being an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton, Charles is a Visiting Professor at the Oxford Law Faculty, Senior Research Associate at the Uehiro Institute for Practical Ethics and a Research Associate at the Ethox Centre and the Helex Centre.
He is a qualified veterinarian, practising barrister and writer of both fiction and non-fiction.
Charles’ new book, ‘Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness’ is published on 26 August. In this book, Charles sets out to understand what a human is, inhabiting the sensory worlds of humans at three pivotal points in history from hunter-gatherers to the Neolithic to the Enlightenment.
Get ready for a discussion on leadership, diplomacy, philanthropy and Olympic sport. Plus a live fencing demonstration.🤺
On 28 October, we are bringing together four extraordinary women from the United States, United Kingdom and Pan-American sporting communities for the event: Bridging Nations, Leading Change.
The conversation will explore how sport can create change across borders, from women’s leadership and philanthropy to sports diplomacy and the Olympic movement.
With a welcome from Chief Executive of @TeamGB Jon Dutton OBE , alumna Selina Kaing (MBA, 2006) will moderate the panel`s discussion featuring:
🌎 Ana Irene Delgado, Permanent Representative of Panama to the Organization of American States
🏅 Sally Munday, Chief Executive of @UKSport
🤺 Georgina Usher MBE, Chief Executive of @BritishFencing
To register, go to the link in the comments
#GreenTempletonCollege #Oxford #WomenInLeadership #SportDiplomacy #Fencing #OlympicMovement #WomenInSport #OxfordEvents
Although we can not guarantee his attendance, Vincent encourages all new students to attend the college life fairs, taking place today from 14:00 to 15:30 in the marquee and Thursday 8 October from 10:30 to 12:00!
Meet college staff and representatives from student clubs!
The college is delighted to welcome a new Oxford PharmaGenesis DPhil Scholarship in Translational Health.
The scholarship has been established through an endowment gift of £1,660,000 from Oxford PharmaGenesis, now part of the Klick family, creating a permanent fund to support doctoral students undertaking outstanding postgraduate research in the field of translational health at Nuffield Department of Primary Care @oxford_uni
Yesterday our alumni celebrated the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong alongside @st_annescollege alumni at the two societies’ first co-organised event.
The group gathered at a Michelin-starred restaurant to mark the joyful occasion, make new connections and enjoy exquisite traditional food together.
It is wonderful to see the two college alumni societies bringing the wider Oxford community together for what Nathaniel Chan (MBA, 2016), co-chair of the Green Templeton College Hong Kong Alumni Society, described as ‘a memorable occasion’.
Plans are already taking shape for a hike and karaoke event in November, following an ‘impressive impromptu a cappella performance by one alumnus’ at the lunch.
#alumni
#Oxford
#HongKong
Here’s some advice from our freshest crop of graduates to our incoming new students 🧑🎓👩🎓👨🎓
#greentempletoncollege
#oxforduniversity
#studentadvice
#oxfordgraduation
