Meet the Alumni Team

Jane Reynolds

Jane joins Wolfson from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) where she worked in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, supporting engagement activity and events. This included initiatives encouraging the University’s Honorary Fellows to give their time and talent in support of students and the Roscoe Lecture series, one of the UK’s largest public lecture series. Prior to this she worked in fundraising in the arts and cultural sector for Manchester International Festival and also for Culture Liverpool, working with sponsors and donors across a wide variety of events, projects and venues.

Jane studied English and Spanish at the University of Liverpool, spending her year abroad at the University of Alcalá.

She will be working on setting up a new alumni portal, a project that has been part funded by a grant from the Universities Development Accelerator Fund and developing our alumni programmes supported by Rob Grayston, Alumni Officer, events.

Rob Grayston

Rob is Wolfson College’s Development & Alumni Relations Officer and is responsible for the delivery of Wolfson College’s calendar of alumni events.

He joined the Development Office in November 2018, and has managed events in varied fields including international publishing, cultural festivals, and charity fundraising. Rob studied history at Aberystwyth University, and previous employers have included ProQuest and a Member of Parliament.

Rob Grayston, Alumni Officer

What's on

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A dark brown vase with orange symbol on in front of a blurred background of more pottery on shelves.

Art Exhibition: Ceramics in the Bernard Leach Tradition

28/04/2024 at 10.00

A display of works from the Bradshaw-Bubier studio pottery collection.

Three skeletons depicted in a dance-like pose on a grassy field, from a historic illustration.

The Difficult Joy of Death Activism

30/04/2024 at 17.30

How we can develop ‘death activism’ – a variety of tactics and posthuman practices which celebrate death, its inevitability, its forms, from the slow to times of crisis, and how can trauma and mourning emerge as their own forms of expression, or even activism?

Photograph of Sandi Toksvig, wearing a yellow shirt and leaning against a stone entryway.

Lee Lecture: How to change the world. A quick guide.

01/05/2024 at 18.00

We are delighted to welcome Sandi Toksvig OBE as our speaker for Wolfson's prestigious Lee Lecture this year.

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Wolfson Research Event 2024

02/05/2024 at 09.00

Join us for the 2024 Wolfson Research Event: an interdisciplinary academic conference organised by students to showcase the diversity of the research carried out by Wolfson students.