Welcome to the third edition of the Wykeham Journal
And a warm welcome to Dr Tim Hands, our Headmaster from September, and to his wife Jane.
In the short period since 2014, the WJ has become a much enjoyed and appreciated window on life at Win Coll and its wider community. Its predecessor, the Annual Report, though always interesting, inevitably suffered the fate of any publication with such a dry title. The WJ still addresses the management and finances of Win Coll, but now in a lighter and more approachable manner, and it celebrates the vitally important contribution our donors make to the life of the school. The WJ has also become known for the quality and interest of its feature essays. We hope you enjoy them and, indeed, the WJ as a whole. There is every chance you will. Our guest editor is M Ali F Khan( F, 2000-05), a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies, who, despite his youth, is already a seasoned editor, having edited
SOAS Spirit, founded SOAS News, and helped set up and edit Syria’ s first English language daily paper. As you would expect, he provides us with a diversity of viewpoints: from a Wykehamist family, from one of Her Majesty’ s Ambassadors, from a French don, from a senior gardener and from a Nigerian enterprise. We have been told that Wykehamists are noted for their open-minded approach to learning and their consideration for others. We hope this is true, and you may find within some reasons why it could be so. Wykehamists know that their education, in the broadest sense of that word, is dependent on a strong community of parents, dons, staff and donors. It is for that wide Win Coll community that the WJ is put together.
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