Hear from our students
Trinity women on The One Show
Late last year, The One Show came to Trinity College to film a piece about women training for ordination! The feature, which went out on 9th December, was made to mark the 30th anniversary of the vote for women to become priests in the Church of England. We were delighted to be able to show […]
Meet the new Student President
Hello! I’m Anthea, a second year ordinand and this year I’m Trinity College’s Student President. The Student Executive and President are elected each year by the student body. My role is to lead the Exec to ensure that we represent the whole student body well. I also act as a key contact with the faculty […]
Getting the support needed
Adam is a 2nd year ordinand from Oxford diocese. He was diagnosed with dyslexia in primary school. It’s not been something he’s let hold him back but when considering ordination training and the academic study involved, it was a concern. Tell us about your journey here? I was going through the discernment process and we were actually […]
Trinity Ordinand Sarah Lee Awarded British Empire Medal
On New Year’s Eve, Trinity ordinand Sarah Lee invited her parents, brother, and children to join her and her husband (Trinity ordinand Jonathan Lee) via Zoom for a surprising piece of news. Sarah had been awarded a British Empire Medal from the Queen for services to the community in Oundle, Northamptonshire. Just prior to her […]
Moving from Germany to Trinity during a pandemic
Last February, as she attended an evangelistic outreach in France, Jael Veen felt God telling her to leave the college in Germany where she had begun to study the Bible and continue her studies elsewhere. Then, at her parents’ home one evening, Jael found herself watching a video someone had lent them—Patterns of Evidence: Investigating […]
Pandemic ordinands
As they sought to complete a discernment process during the lockdown, many of our new students made the decision to join Trinity’s community without ever being able to visit in person. Last winter, Annabel Stott and her husband, Matt, scheduled visits to five theological colleges as part of her discernment process with the Church of […]
Bringing together East and West
Mark Nam (Trinity 2020) and his wife, Kayi, designed a special stole to symbolise Mark’s ordination journey in the Church of England. One of Trinity’s leavers, Mark Nam, was ordained deacon in Bristol Cathedral this autumn and is set to become one of the first British-born Chinese priests in the Church of England. To commemorate […]
Theology, fantasy, and The Last Dragon Rider
Trinity student Luke Aylen has written a series of three older children/young adult fantasy adventure novels, the third of which (The Last Dragon Rider) comes out today. Here he discusses the book, fantasy literature, and theology. Q: Can you tell us a little about yourself? A: I’m often known as a serial-hobbyist and all-round creative. […]
At college with an invisible disability
Student Pastoral and Wellness Team Disability Rep ordinand Sasha Braun shares her experience of living and studying at college with an invisible disability. Arriving at college for Welcome Week in 2017, I walked into the dining room to hear a sea of people. Blurred faces and sounds of greeting were what I remember hitting me […]
Giving a night a week to learn more about God
Having tried my hardest to give up RE GCSE at school I never would have predicted I’d end up studying theology, ministry and mission at university level, but God had other plans.