Alumni Q&A

Natasha at Jacari

Jul 25, 2022
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Susanna Pressel

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? It was when I was an undergraduate way back in the 1960s. 2. Tell us about the activities you were...

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Natasha at Jacari

May 17, 2022
1 min

Alumni Q&A with Richard Sides

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I was Oriel's representative to Jacari in 1957-58. 2. What activities were you involved in as a...

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Natasha at Jacari

Apr 12, 2022
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Rebecca Middleton

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? Between 2003 / 2004 and 2006 - I’m not sure exactly when I started but I think it was during the...

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Natasha at Jacari

Mar 22, 2022
2 min

Alumni pupil Q&A

We've been in touch with one of our former Jacari pupils who received tuition from a Jacari volunteer in the mid 1990s. He told us about...

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Natasha at Jacari

Mar 18, 2022
1 min

Alumni Q&A with Elke McKay

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? In 1982 very soon after starting at St Hugh’s College Oxford. 2. Who was your pupil? He was a...

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Natasha at Jacari

Jan 28, 2022
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Thomas Acton

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I joined JACARI at Freshers' Fair in 1966. I was chair in 1968. This was before it became so...

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Natasha at Jacari

Jan 11, 2022
2 min

Former volunteer and pupil reconnect

Catherine Howarth volunteered for Jacari and tutored Sukhwinder Dhirej in the mid 1990s. They recently reconnected on LinkedIn and are in...

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Natasha at Jacari

Dec 14, 2021
1 min

Alumni Q&A with Bridget Anderson

Our latest Alumni Q&A is with Bridget Anderson, Director of Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship at the University of...

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Natasha at Jacari

Nov 18, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Christopher Hall

1. When were you involved with Jacari? I was a member of the first meetings convened by Bill Brogden in Trinity Term 1956, attended by...

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Louise Sykes

Nov 2, 2021
2 min

Trustees' Week: Q&A with Louise Sykes

Louise Sykes joined Jacari’s board of trustees earlier this year. She originally volunteered with Jacari in the 1980s as a tutor. We...

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Natasha at Jacari

Oct 19, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Tom Pugh

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I tutored from 2002 to 2005. 2. Who was your pupil? Are you still in contact with them? My pupil...

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Natasha at Jacari

Oct 12, 2021
4 min

Sophie and Madeeha's Story

Sophie Dear volunteered as a tutor with Jacari in 2004 and was matched to a primary school pupil, Madeeha, and tutored her for nearly 4...

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Natasha at Jacari

Sep 16, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Graeme Cooper

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I volunteered from 1981 to 1983. The pupils in my college were almost exclusively white, middle or...

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Natasha at Jacari

Aug 17, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A: Roger Gibbs

We're really pleased to share this fascinating Alumni Q&A with Roger Gibbs, who was involved with Jacari in the late 1950s and early...

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Natasha at Jacari

Jul 22, 2021
3 min

Jane and Sofia - 30 years of friendship

We wanted to share this wonderful story about Jane and Sofia, a former Jacari volunteer and her pupil, who are still in touch today, over...

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Pedro Aparicio's memories of volunteering with Jacari

Natasha at Jacari

Jul 1, 2021
2 min

Pedro Aparicio's memories of volunteering with Jacari

Pedro Aparicio volunteered as a Jacari tutor in 2013/14 and told us about his experience. Pedro was a postgraduate student at Oxford from...

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Natasha at Jacari

Jun 22, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Chris Winchester

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I volunteered for Jacari from 1990 to 1997, was on the committee in 1992–4 and Chair 1993–4. 2....

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Natasha at Jacari

Jun 10, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Catherine Gater

1. When did you volunteer with Jacari? I volunteered with Jacari from around 1991 to 1994, first as a teacher for a local student...

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Natasha at Jacari

May 13, 2021
3 min

Volunteering with Jacari in the 1970s

Jane Shillaker (Jesus, 1978-81) shares her reflections on her time at Oxford and experience volunteering with Jacari in the late 1970s:...

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Natasha at Jacari

Apr 22, 2021
2 min

Alumni Q&A with Denis Rixson

Every month we interview one of our alumni and hear their memories of Jacari. This month we've been talking to Denis Rixson who was a...

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