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Nancy Pelosi is, to borrow one of President Trump’s phrases, the definition of ‘high energy’. A seasoned fund-raiser and congressional veteran, the House Minority Leader knows just how much she has done for the Democratic Party. Even deep in the enemy territory of a recent Fox news interview, Pelosi was coolly assured of her own […]
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Neo, 47, is one of the most recognisable faces in Oxford. With his characteristic beard and Akubra-style hat, he can usually be found busking on Cornmarket Street. Having been involved in various campaigns, Neo has come to represent Oxford’s growing homeless community. In an interview with The Oxford Student, Neo and I discussed the various […]
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Harriet Harman is one of the most prominent political figures in recent history. A pioneer of women’s rights and representation, Harman entered Parliament as a pregnant thirty-two-year-old at a time when 97% of MPs in the House of Commons were men. After serving in various shadow and cabinet positions, including as the first-ever Minister for […]
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From its very name, Student Action for Refugees (STAR) makes its objectives very clear – that of the empowerment and mobilisation of young people in local communities across the UK to address one of the most pressing crises in the world today: the refugee crisis. By hosting various volunteering, campaigning, and educational events – here […]
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Image credit: John Cairns/Blavatnik School of Government I recall sitting in my economic development course as an undergraduate. Paul Collier’s acclaimed bestseller, The Bottom Billion, was a classic on our reading lists. Fast forward a year later, I am sitting opposite him in his office at the glass-walled Blavatnik School of Government for an exclusive interview […]
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The Oxford Imps have been a fixture of the Oxford art scene since 2004, putting on a new performance each week at the Wheatsheaf on Oxford’s High Street, as well as a show each year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Profile caught up with performers Dan Squire (DS) and Megan Morgan (MM) – who also […]
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Will Hutton, journalist and the current Principal of Hertford College, has had a long and dynamic career. Beginning in investment banking, Hutton’s life took a dramatic turn when he moved into journalism. From here he made his name as a prominent economist working for the BBC’s Newsnight, as editor-in-chief of The Observer, and as director […]
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Anneliese Dodds is the Labour MP for Oxford East, which encompasses most of the Oxford colleges, as well as Oxford city centre and Oxford Brookes. She has served in this capacity for almost one year, being part of the group of MPs swept into Westminster during the 2017 snap General Election after her Labour predecessor, […]
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The Oxford African and Caribbean Society (ACS) has undoubtedly become one of Oxford’s most prolific and vital student-run organisations. Just this April, ACS won The Tab x Bloomberg’s BAME Society of the Year award – a mere nod to the sheer gravity of what all the society has accomplished. The society hosts everything from industry […]
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Love it or hate it, Oxlove and Oxfess are at the heart of Oxford’s student culture. Since the creation of Oxlove in 2017, followed later that year by the creation of Oxfess, the pages have grown in popularity to become the envy of similar university pages across the country, surpassing even Crushbridge, the Cambridge equivalent […]
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Nick Clegg’s rise to power was meteoric, if unexpected. After being a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for five years, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam in 2015. Within just two years he had been elected as leader of his political party, the Liberal Democrats. Little did he […]
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Launched as a collaborative effort between Hertford, Pembroke, and Wolfson in 2015, Tri-Innovate is an initiative which aims to encourage graduate and undergraduate students to try their hand an entrepreneurship. Teams must develop an innovative commercial or social enterprise and pitch their idea to a panel of judges with £8,000 on offer for the winners. […]
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The 2018 Oxford City Council elections are coming up on 3rd May, which will see the election of a new councillor in each of the city’s 14 wards. We sat down with three Oxford University students running for council, to speak to them about their candidacy, their aims, and their experiences so far in the […]
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