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Oxford University Society of Belgium

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Abbreviation
  
OUS Belgium

Type
  
Alumni organisation

Headquarters
  
Brussels

Formation
  
1993

Purpose
  
Education

Location
  
Belgium

The Oxford University Society of Belgium was launched in 1993 at the Brussels Residence of Britain’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard, in the presence of the University’s Chancellor, Baron Jenkins. Its object is the advancement of the purposes and interests of the University of Oxford, and it enables Oxford alumni living in Belgium to maintain contact with the University and with each other.

Membership of the Society comprises those with a degree from Oxford University or who have studied and taught there.

Notable activities

Since its creation in 1993, the Society has hosted a number of events. Notable previous speakers include:

  • Juliette Bird
  • William Legge, 10th Earl of Dartmouth
  • Professor Paul L. Davies
  • Jacqueline Foster MEP
  • Baroness Susan Greenfield
  • Clare Moody MEP
  • Professor Philippe van Parijs
  • Jamie Shea
  • Catherine Stihler MEP
  • Sir Brian Unwin
  • Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield
  • It regularly organises debates as well as mixers with other universities, such as King’s College London, the École Nationale d’Administration, and Harvard.

    References

    Oxford University Society of Belgium Wikipedia