The Brasenose Alumni Society

Helping its members to maintain a strong connection with the College Community and each other.

The Brasenose Society is BNC’s alumni association.

Activities

The Society’s formal Object is set out in its Rules, and cannot be changed.  In February 2021, the Committee resolved that the Society should give effect to the Object by adopting the following agreed list of activities:

1. Fostering closer relationships between BNC alumni and between alumni and the College Community (whether students, fellows, staff, the Alumni Office or the institution itself)

2. Holding a President’s Summer Party and Society Dinner annually

3. Professional networking with past and present members of the College

4. Social networking with past and present members of the College and encouraging special interest groups and societies

5. Encouraging (but not financing) alumni attendance at or participation in College events

6. Bringing less-connected alumni and their ideas and skills closer to the College

7. Recognising the Development Office’s primary role in these, and with their support and guidance, the Committee and Year Reps should be involved in:

- Supporting the College’s reputation, helping to spread pride-building news about the College via social media and beyond

- Building a better understanding of the College’s strategic aims and needs

8. The Society no longer sees its role as keeping members of the Society informed of events in the College but to encourage their attendance and participation.

Members

All matriculated BNC members automatically become members of the Brasenose Alumni Society when they go down, together with certain former employees/academics of the College (for details see the Rules).  There is no membership fee.

Committee Members

Elected Officers*

President – Jane Johnson (English, 1987)

Vice President – Will Palin (English, 1990)

Treasurer – Amanda Pullinger (Modern History, 1984)

Secretary – Penny Andrews (Mathematics, 1979)

Ex-officio Officers

Principal of the College – John Bowers QC

Bursar – Philip Parker

Director of Development – Julia Diamantis

Academic Representative – Anne Davies

Other Members**

Nigel Bird (Physics, 1969)

David Bradbury (Ancient & Modern History, 1981)

David Clark (PPE, 1970)

Paul Dawson-Bowling (Classics, 1961)

Rosie Duthie (Jurisprudence, 2016)

Drusilla Gabbott (English, 1982)

Penny Gilbert (Biochemistry, 1978)

Amanda Holland (PPE, 1988)

Sarah Jackson OBE (Classics and Modern Languages, 1977)

Jane Johnson (English, 1987)

Alexandra Marks CBE (Jurisprudence, 1977)

Chengaki Xie (PPE, 2018)

Former Presidents***

Past President 22/23 – Narmada Thiranagama (Modern History, 1996)

Past President 23/24 - Dan Chambers (PPP, 1988)

* The President/Vice President are elected at each AGM; the Treasurer and Secretary are elected from time to time at the AGM

** Other Members are elected/re-elected at each AGM

*** Former Presidents remain on the Committee for three years 

Rules

A copy of the Society’s Rules is attached here as a PDF

Accounts

A copy of the most recent set of the Society’s accounts is attached here

AGM

The Society’s AGM is generally held in September, in College, on the same day as the Society’s Annual Dinner. Copies of the minutes of the AGM may be found here for 2023, and here, in draft, for 2024 (to be approved at the September 2025 AGM).