Recent news from College

Going for Gold: Duke of Edinburgh's Award expedition

A group of our IB students spent a few action-packed days in Wales on their first practice expedition for their Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award - read more ...

Weekend trip to Valencia in Spain

Our adult students took a trip to Valencia in Spain to sample the food, enjoy the sites and experience the start of the Las Fallas Festival - read more ...

Theatre production of Heimann's 100

Our first year IB Theatre students put on a top performance in the opening night of their production of Christopher Heimann's play 100, a one-act play about life and death - read more ...

New Understandings of Cuban Culture and Society lecture

We welcomed two eminent visitors from Cuba, Julia Calzadilla and Jose Alberto Negrín, who came in to talk to our Pre-IB and IB students about economic, social and political developments in Cuba in recent times - read more ...

Record number of applicants attend Scholarship Day

We had a very successful Scholarship Day for IB Diploma applicants hoping to attend St. Clare's in August - read more ...

St. Clare's 36 D'Overbroecks College 58

On paper this looked like a simple game, St Clare's played D'Overbroecks during a pre-season friendly and took an easy victory - read more ...

St. Clare's teacher publishes scholarly journal

Congratulations to Dr Keith Hopper, who teaches Literature and Film Studies at St Clare's, has recently co-edited a special issue of Litteraria Pragensia (Prague) on the theme of ‘Neglected Irish Fiction' - read more ...

New Student Council representatives

Our recently-elected Student Council have taken up their posts with great enthusiasm - read more ...

Boys Football; St. Clare's 1 OCVC 'B' 3

St. Clare's played their fifth and final game of this year's league against OCVC ‘B'. The boys were defeated 3 – 1 - read more ...

The Student World Fair is coming to St. Clare's!

Around 20 universities from all over the world will be at St. Clare's this week to advise students about overseas options for higher education as part of The Student World Fair - read more ...

International College of Further Education "exceeds expectations" again!

We are delighted to announce that the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) has awarded us top marks gain - read more ...

Liberal Arts students visit Neasden Temple

Our Liberal Arts students went on a study visit to London to visit BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, popularly known as the 'Neasden Temple', Europe's first and largest traditional Hindu temple - read more ...

IB Courses Open Day

Our International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses Open Day was a roaring success and even attracted visitors from as far away as South Africa and Bermuda! - read more ...

Careers trip to medical conference

Three aspiring medics, currently studying their first year of the IB Diploma, went to a medical conference to learn about this demanding career from real medical students and medical school admissions officers - read more ...

St. Clare's annual Education Business Partnership Day

We welcomed a variety of local businesses to St. Clare's for our annual Education Business Partnership Day, an event aimed at giving our Pre-IB students a glimpse into the world of work - read more ...

Conservation work on the Chiltern Hills

Nine of our IB students put down their text books and picked up a spade to join the Oxford Conservation Volunteers - read more ...

Animals, art and culture

A group of our adult students at our International College of Further Education had a day of animals, art and culture enjoying their free time on a day excursion trip to the Cotswold Wildlife Park and London! - read more ...

Pitt Rivers Museum study trip

Our University Foundation Course students visited the Pitt Rivers Museum, home to the University of Oxford's collection of anthropology and world archaeology - read more ...

IB Teacher Workshops

The TOK and CAS Coordination workshop for IB teachers from around the world was a resounding success - read more ...

Feature in The Independent

St. Clare's was featured in The Independent's school supplement in an article about the IB - read more ...

Visit to the Cotswolds and Wales

Students currently studying at our International College of Further Education went on a couple of excursions recently to the Cotswolds and Wales - read more ...

Banksy in Bristol

Ten IB students involved in the British Culture Club visited Bristol to learn about the city - read more ...

Bodleian Library study visit

As part of a blended learning sequence of lessons on digital literacy, our University Foundation Course students went on a study visit to the Bodleian Library - read more ...

Boys' football match result

St. Clare's boys' football team took on Magdalen College School and played an entertaining 0 – 0 draw - read more ...

History trip to the war museum

Our University Foundation Course History students went on an educational visit to the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (SofO) in Woodstock to visit two exhibitions: Winston Churchill, Oxfordshire Hussar, 1901-1965 and Children and War - read more ...

Student is Waltz champion

Second year IB student, Taisija Sifrina, has won first place in the Novice Waltz in an university dance competition! - read more ...

Seminar series explores High Culture in America

Karen Heath, History teacher at St. Clare's, and DPhil student at St. Anne's College, Oxford, spoke on the topic of High Culture in America: The Other Side of the Sixties as part of the International College of Further Education Seminar Series - read more ...

Carnival mask-making

In a burst of creativity, students from our adult courses made and designed colourful carnival masks as part of the college Differences and Similarities theme - read more ...

Philosophy and Ethic in Education

Professor A C Grayling, founder and first Master of the New College of the Humanities (NCH), visited St. Clare's to talk to students and teachers about Ethics in Education - read more ...

IB student wins ARTiculate heat at Ashmolean Museum

Ieva Matulaityte, a second year IB student, was chosen from a strong field of seven candidates to progress to the next round of the ARTiculate competition at Clare College, Cambridge - read more ...

A bon weekend in Paris

The best way to improve your French is total immersion - a few days in Paris was the perfect opportunity - read more ...

Student's book published in Portugal

Cassia do Carmo's book, The Two Friends, has recently been published in Portugal after being translated into Portuguese - read more ...

All male Shakespeare

Mark Rylance's all-male production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was an unusual but fascinating experience for our IB students - read more ...

No. 1 school for third year

St. Clare's is officially the no. one sixth form school in Oxfordshire and 8th in England - read more ...

Award for excellent advice

Liz Reece, Careers and University Education Advisor, has been awarded the first Christine Thomas Award - read more ...

A decisive win

Our boys' football team scored a resounding result against their rival school in the Oxfordshire League - read more ...

Raising funds for Helen and Douglas

Cathy Pearl, Schools Fundraiser at Helen and Douglas House, visited our students to thank them for all their donations - read more ...

A new book for Jos Vos

"Mount Yoshino is reputed to be one of the most beautiful places in Japan" - read more ...

Girls' basketball league

Individual performances and team improvements were the main outcome of the first match of the season - read more ...

Ancient history and the modern world

A visit to the British Museum to see its magnificent collections and a walk around Georgian London - read more ...

Sad news

It is with sadness that we have to announce that David Staton, history teacher at St. Clare's, has passed away - read more ...

Pop culture, social and political change

This semester the Seminar Series is focussed on 'The 1960s and Pop Culture' - read more ...

Badminton results

Our badminton team faced a challenging fixture against Magdalen College School - read more ...

Formal Hall for new students

New students enrolled on our adult courses were welcomed to college with a celebration dinner at Pembroke College, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford - read more ...

Lectures, tours and pickled animals

First year biology students spent the day at the museum listing to lectures given by professors from the University departments and studying superb specimens in the basement - read more ...

Fiesta Finale

Physics, chemistry, biology and astronomy students presented a fantastic finale to their science projects and were even able to buy a couple of goats! - read more ...

Exotic Marakech

A wonderful weekend of exotic spices, vibrant colours and exciting adventures for our adult course students - read more ...

Links to university in Almaty

We are proud to announce official links with the top university in Almaty, Kazakhstan - read more ...

A tour de farce

Hilarious performances, a complicated farce and even facial hair provided the perfect end to the term - read more ...

Comprehensive victory

Our boys' basketball team proved to be too tough for local Thame school - read more ...

Hogwarts and Harry

Shopping at Camden Market and visiting Harry's Hogwarts were all part of a great day out in London - read more ...

Shoeboxes for Christmas

As part of Operation Christmas Child our students sent 15 shoeboxes to children around the world - read more ...

Salsa and Christmas Lights

The Oxford Light Night set the stage for a fabulous display from the College Salsa Group - read more ...

Thanksgiving

Our American university students were happy to share their National celebration with students from around the world - read more ...

Skills required

Fun trips in Oxford require skills in concentration and balance - read more ...

Trip to Northern Ireland

IB students were immersed in the dramatic history, political background and stunning scenery of Northern Ireland as part of their CAS programme - read more ...

Student Council Elections

The race to win the roles of Student Council President and Vice-President was very competitive with 9 students passionately putting forward their pitch - read more ...

Brecon Beacons Ultra 2012 races

A 70 km race across glorious Welsh hills in 8 hours 33 minutes - surely that can't be true? - read more ...

Eager basketball team but did they succeed?

A first league match against probably the best team in Oxfordshire was bound to test our boys' team - read more ...

British artists and the Creative Process

Visual Arts IB students were able to meet and ask questions of celebrated artists Grayson Perry, Cornelia Parker, Barton Hargreaves and Paul Slater - read more ...

Irish reviews

Congratulations once again to Keith Hopper, lecturer in Literature and Film Studies, on the publication of his most recent book reviews - read more ...

Third place Chess team result

Our Chess team made an impressive start to the season and are now placed 3rd in the all Oxfordshire Chess league - read more ...

A second round defeat by Oxford Spires Academy

It was a disappointing defeat for our Boys' Football team in the Oxfordshire Schools league - read more ...

Model United Nations

IB students took part in an impressive event at Oxford Town Hall debating the issues of the day from nations around the world - read more ...

Cambridge Schools Debating Competition

The passion, conviction and cool logic of our three IB students impressed the judges and audience alike - read more ...

Past news

To get a feel for student life at St. Clare's, as well as reading other articles about college
achievements, you might be interested in looking at previous news stories - read more ...

St. Clare's, Oxford - Litteraria Pragensia
St. Clare's, Oxford - BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
St. Clare's, Oxford - Conservation Work in the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty
St. Clare's, Oxford - London Eye
St. Clare's, Oxford - visit to castles of Wales
St. Clare's, Oxford - study visit to Bristol
St. Clare's, Oxford - study visit to Bodleian Library
St. Clare's, Oxford - Inter Varsity Dance Association
St. Clare's, Oxford - Karen Heath, History teacher
St. Clare's, Oxford - carnival mask making
St. Clare's, Oxford - A C Grayling
St. Clare's, Oxford - Hesiod and the Muse
St. Clare's, Oxford - Cassia do Carmo's book, The Two Friends
St. Clare's Oxford - Twelfth Night - Stephen Fry
St. Clare's Oxford - David Staton
St. Clare's Oxford - formal hall welcome dinner at Pembroke College
St. Clare's Oxford - Marakech
St. Clare's Oxford - Basketball
St. Clare's Oxford - Thanksgiving
St. Clare's Oxford - Golf practice
St. Clare's Oxford - Northern Ireland
St. Clare's Oxford - Beacons Ultra
St. Clare's Oxford - Model United Nations
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