Autumn Newsletter

With summer (almost) behind us, we turn to events for the remainder of the year.  The new club management system is proving to be invaluable in managing the large number of events we now have scheduled over the course of the year

The new system is much more dynamic in updating the schedule of events, so I recommend that you occasionally browser www.oxbridgegeneva.org to keep yourself informed of changes.  This is of course in addition to the regular email reminders.

If you have a moment, be sure to sign-in and complete your profile in the new Club system and update your details including positively agreeing to the Club’s GDPR policy which can be found here.  This system makes it so much easier to register, pay and cancel for events and makes life enormously simpler for event organisers.

Friday 1^st September 2023 saw something of a milestone with over 60 members and their guests attending the End of Summer beach party at the UN beach, Geneva.  This is certainly the largest turnout for a Club event that we have had for some time and reinforces the popularity of causal drinks events.

With the change in weather, casual drinks will now move indoors with a social drinks scheduled for Thursday 9th November and the regular Tea4Two 1st October and 3^rd December.  The October event will be cocoa based in honour of World Cocoa day.

A speaker dinner, the annual Chase dinner and the popular Christmas meal are all also in the works, with details circulated as soon as finalised.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS

Committee members

Interview practise for local Oxbridge applicants

Mentors

Recommendations for Speakers

Our busy schedule of events is currently organised by just a handful of hardworking members, so more help would be much appreciated.

Angus Mcdonald has kindly agreed to hold an Oxbridge ‘interview’ course by Zoom on 6th November, designed to enable Members help aspiring local student with their entrance interview technique

A number of younger members have asked whether they could engage a mentor from among our community.  Please contact me if you believe you can help.  A typical mentor programme lasts 6 months with a monthly conversation in person/zoom and is enormously beneficial for both parties.

As we enter the flu and possibly a Covid season, please be aware of those around you and do not attend events if you feel unwell.  This advice will be updated as events unfold

As ever ideas and suggestions are most welcome, especially offers of local speakers.

Dear Philip, It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the University of Cambridge’s new Vice-Chancellor. I’m excited to be starting in this new role at a critical time.   I’m a psychologist with an interest in social norms. I have spent most of my academic career at Princeton, including the last few years as Provost, with responsibility for all academic, planning and budgetary matters. There is some more information about me in my bio.   I am very grateful for the warm Cambridge welcome I have received. After only a few weeks here, I already feel at home. Above all, I have enjoyed meeting alumni and supporters both in the UK and as far afield as New York and Hong Kong. You are some of the people that make Cambridge so special.   In the months ahead, I look forward to meeting many more alumni, and to working together to make sure that Cambridge continues to be a global leader in education and research.   With best wishes,   Debbie   Professor Deborah Prentice Vice-Chancellor   It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the University of Cambridge’s new Vice-Chancellor. I’m excited to be starting in this new role at a critical time.   I’m a psychologist with an interest in social norms. I have spent most of my academic career at Princeton, including the last few years as Provost, with responsibility for all academic, planning and budgetary matters. There is some more information about me in my bio.   I am very grateful for the warm Cambridge welcome I have received. After only a few weeks here, I already feel at home. Above all, I have enjoyed meeting alumni and supporters both in the UK and as far afield as New York and Hong Kong. You are some of the people that make Cambridge so special.   In the months ahead, I look forward to meeting many more alumni, and to working together to make sure that Cambridge continues to be a global leader in education and research.   With best wishes,   Debbie   Professor Deborah Prentice Vice-Chancellor

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The Oxford Alumni office has very kindly sponsored an upgrade to the Club's Membership management system.

Beginning 27th May 2023 members will receive a request to reset their password and to verify their Profile details.

In October we will be calling for volunteers to work with local Oxbridge applicants to polish their interview skills.

The main benefit is to give students exposure to different view points to improve their interview communication skills.

Angus Mcdonald will provide a briefing for those volunteering who would like to update their understanding of the selection process.

Commencing in late May 2023, the Club will further update the membership system to improve both administration of the Club but also communication in general.  The revised system will enable online payments by credit card and bank QR BVR and will support online registration and payment for those attending Club events.

With the new system, membership dues will be collected commencing 1st January each year for those members choosing to pay annually.  Alternatively a Life Membership of CHF250 is available for those who prefer to dispense with annual payments.