Trevelyan's SCR, or Senior Common Room, is a community for staff, academics, alumni, and various friends of the College. The SCR host regular dinners and events and sit on the high table during College formals. The SCR are encouraged to integrate with the wider College community as much as possible, offering guidance, giving careers talks, and providing mentorship.
Professor Anoush Ehteshami
Professor Anoush Ehteshami has had a long association with the College, dating back to the year of his appointment at Durham in 1993. Soon after his appointment he became directly involved with the launch of the Sir William Luce Fellowship which was established in the College in the mid-1990s and continues to this day. Anoush has been a member of the SCR for much of this period and has immensely enjoyed his many interactions with the College. He is Professor of International Relations, holder of the al-Sabah Cahir in International Relations and Director of the al-Sabah Programme in the School of Government and International Affairs.
Mr Martyn Berry
Martyn graduated from Warwick in 1975 following this he was seconded to London University for a research fellowship. He studied for postgraduate qualifications in management and business administration with the Open University before setting up a company providing advice on financial strategic management.
Martyn has been a member of the SCR for several years and he was also a tutor at Trevelyan College for some time.
Mrs Kayleann Hoye
Kayleann has worked at Trevelyan College since October 2020. In March 2021 she was appointed College Administration Coordinator and secretary to the College Principal. She thoroughly enjoys being involved in student life and enhancing student experience, while delighted to be elected secretary of the SCR.
Mrs Janice Ware
Janice has worked at Trevelyan College for 30 years, and is currently the Operations Manager. As SCR Treasurer she manages the SCR bank account and signatory arrangements, and processes payments on behalf of the senior common room.
Mr Nick Gilboy
Nick was elected as SCR Events Officer in April 2024. He is here to find interesting, novel, challenging, thought-provoking and, above all, fun events throughout the university terms for our SCR members. Keep your eyes peeled for the details as and when they are sent out and please do share with him any ideas you may have.
Professor Adekunle Adeyeye
Adekunle graduated with First Class Honors from the University of IIorin, Nigeria in 1990. He obtained his MPhil in Microelectronics Engineering and Semiconductor Physics; PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1993 and 1996 respectively.
Adekunle was the founding Master of Ridge View Residential College and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore, where he has worked from May 2000 to January 2020. He has conducted pioneering research work in the field of nanomagnetism and magnonics. He has won many awards including being named one of the top 100 young innovators in the world by TR100, an award-winning MIT magazine on technology. In 2013 he was selected Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Magnetics Society Distinguished Lecturer. Adekunle is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology
Dr Martin Brader
Martin joined Trevelyan College as Vice-Principal in October 2021. As Vice-Principal, Martin supports the Principal with the management of the College and implementation of the College’s strategy. At Trevelyan, he has responsibility for student enrichment and works alongside student leaders and groups to develop opportunities across the wider student experience. He is an ex-officio member of the SCR Committee in his role as Vice-Principal. Martin completed a BSc, MSc and PhD in the Department of Geography, Durham University.
Trevelyan College Senior Common Room and in partnership with the al-Sabah Programme’ launched a major new Lecture Series called 'The Global Dynamics Lecture Series' in 2023/2024.
Over the last two years around half the world’s population has had the opportunity to participate in a series of national, local, provincial, presidential and parliamentary elections. While some, Russia for example, have been little more than show elections, and while in some others countries elections have not changed the political landscape of the country concerned, Türkiye and Iran for example, in many others national elections have proved to be decisive, indeed consequential. But the coverage of these important elections have been patchy and insufficient to provide interested parties with an in-depth understanding of the electoral process, an explanation of the outcome of these elections, and their meaning in domestic and foreign policy terms. The Trevelyan College’s new season of Global Dynamics Lecture Series, hosted by the College’s Senior Common Room and in partnership with the al-Sabah Programme, intends to address this apparent gap by focusing on elections in five important cases of the United States, the United Kingdom, EU elections, India, and Mexico in 2024, each ‘historic’ in its own right.
All lectures are free to attend and all are welcome, booking is advised.
29 October 2024 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
We will be welcoming the country’s most authoritative commentator and expert on British electoral politics to kick off our series with an in-depth investigation of July 2024’s UK general election. This lecture will be particularly important in helping us to arrive at a deeper understanding of the electoral process in the case of the UK and thus help us understand the policy implications of Labour’s sweeping victory and its impact on the political system and on our lives.
3 December 2024 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
Europe has been in electoral turmoil for some time, but elections since 2023/4 have arguably been far more consequential than expected. In this session we will be hosting Dr Lorimer, who is an authority on populism and elections in Europe, to discuss the Right in Europe and how influential these forces may be in shaping the continent’s political landscape.
4 February 2025 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
Of all the elections taking place around the world these days, perhaps the US one has attracted most attention, and also concern, depending on one’s point of view. Well, we have been through the election and witnessed what transpired on 5th November 2024 and have had time to digest its outcome and America’s and the world’s response to it. But we need to know more. So, in this session we will learning from one of Europe’s greatest commentators on the US, Professor Lucas, who will be analysing the results of the election and its domestic and foreign policy implications.
4 March 2025 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
India is said to be the world’s largest democracy, but we in the UK know little about its electoral process, let alone the political dynamics of the country in which religion, ethnicity and ideology continue to play such an important part. In this lecture a closer observer of India, Dr Nag, will explore the implications of Modi’s re-election in 2024 and what his trimmed majority will mean for India and for foreign relations.
6 May 2025 at 17:30, Dowrick Suite, Trevelyan College
We in this country rarely pay sufficient attention to the process of political change in Latin America and sadly Mexico tends to be ignored by virtually all of our mainstream media. Last year’s presidential election has drawn some attention because of the candidates’ gender arguably, but there is so much more in political and policy terms to the recent election, which needs to be brought to the attention of our commentaries. So, in this session one of the country’s best regarded authorities on Mexican politics, Dr Aguilar, will focus our minds on the changes in motion in that important Latin American country.
For further information please contact trevelyan.explore@durham.ac.uk
The Senior Common Room Committee arrange an annual summer barbeque for members to get together and socialise. This years barbeque will take place on Monday 10 June 2024.
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