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In this installation of our Student Spotlight series, Guy Dabby-Joory interviews James Onona, the president of the Oxford Jewish society. What is Oxford JSoc? Oxford JSoc is the Oxford University Jewish Society, and in my opinion it’s the best society at Oxford (although I may be slightly biased!). How did you get involved with the JSoc? […]
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Image description: Jeremy Corbyn and Adam Roble sitting on chairs in the Oxford Union’s chamber. Guy Dabby-Joory reports on Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance at the Oxford Union, and The Oxford Student’s subsequent interview with the former Labour leader. On the afternoon of 20th May, Jeremy Corbyn MP, the former Leader of the Opposition, came to speak […]
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Image Description: A turquoise and white banner with the words “Student Union Election 2021: Meet the Candidates” overlaid over a black and white image of the Radcliffe Camera. In the run up to the SU President By-Election, the Oxford Student has put together a series of interviews with the candidates to find out more about them and […]
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Image Description: A turquoise and white banner with the words “Student Union Election 2021: Meet the Candidates” overlaid over a black and white image of the Radcliffe Camera. In the run up to the SU President By-Election, the Oxford Student has put together a series of interviews with the candidates to find out more about them […]
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Image Description: A turquoise and white banner with the words “Student Union Election 2021: Meet the Candidates” overlaid over a black and white image of the Radcliffe Camera. In the run up to the SU President By-Election, the Oxford Student has put together a series of interviews with the candidates to find out more about them […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Siân Berry against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Siân Berry: Alumni Series’ This week’s alumni is Siân Berry, a former Materials Science student at Trinity College who went on to become politically active within the Green Party. Since 2018 she has been co-leader of […]
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Image description: the text ‘Oxford University Liberal Democrats est 1913’ against a background photo of students socialising with an orange tinted overlay and the Student Spotlight logo As a mini series within the ongoing Student Spotlight series, we will be interviewing three student political societies: Oxford University Conservative Association, Oxford University Labour Club and Oxford […]
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Image description: the text The Oxford Revue with amber lines against a dark blue background and the Student Spotlight logo We spoke to the Oxford Revue, the University’s long running and well established comedy group about the projects its members are working on, its esteemed alumni and the struggles of performing virtual stand up comedy. […]
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Image description: the text Oxford University Conservative Association against a dark blue background and the Student Spotlight logo As a mini series within the ongoing Student Spotlight series, we will be interviewing three student political societies: Oxford University Conservative Association, Oxford University Labour Club and Oxford University Liberal Democrats. To start off with, we spoke […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Amelia Fletcher against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Amelia Fletcher: Alumni Series’ This week’s alumni has had a double career of sorts. In one world, she is a respected economist: former chief economist at the Office of Fair Trading and now Deputy Director at […]
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Image Description: a headshot of Grace Blakeley against the backdrop of a drawing of Oxford’s skyline and the text ‘Grace Blakeley: Alumni Series’ To start off our Alumni series, I was very excited to speak to Grace Blakeley, a former PPE student at my own college, St Peter’s. A prominent figure on the left in […]
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Image description: the letters TSHA against a white background with the words Turl Street Homeless Action by the side The Oxford Student spoke to Bethan Adams, the president of Turl Street Homeless Action, about the organisation’s work in helping the rough sleeper population around Oxford. What is Turl Street Homeless Action, and why is it […]
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Image Description: Serene Singh wearing a red floor-length dress and a silver crown on her head; around her shoulder is a sash with the title ‘National All-American Miss’, and in her right arm she is holding a bouquet of white flowers. To end our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series, our final fantastic interviewee is Serene […]
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Image Description: Isabel Adomakoh Young wearing a pale green hat and baby blue shirt. Isabel Adomakoh Young joins our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series this week. An inspiring writer, actress and activist, a lot of her interests blossomed at the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate studying English. From there she has had her own […]
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Image description: Alexis McGivern smiling, wearing a green scarf and a black shirt In our final week of Michaelmas Term, our ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Alexis McGivern, an aspiring conservationist and 1 + 1 MBA student at the University of Oxford. Her passion for climate change has taken her to the International Union for Conservation […]
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Image Description: Kuli Kohli performing at the British Museum, 2019. Forming part of our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series is poet and creative writer, Kuli Kohli. I first came across her in a recent BBC article which described her story about the challenges that she has faced as a disabled woman and how her poetry […]
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Image Description: Matt Emmerson standing in front of a desert landscape This week our ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Matt Emmerson, a third-year medical student at Lincoln College. Alongside working hard in his studies, Matt has played an active role in his College and in the wider University. Formerly Lincoln JCR’s sports representative and a Lincoln […]
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Image Description: Professor Patricia Daley smiling, wearing a purple shirt To commemorate Black History Month and beyond, the Profile editors of the Oxford Student have been interviewing Black academics and students this to explore their personal experiences and learn about the important work that they do at the University of Oxford and beyond. Join us […]
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Image Description: Penny Ehrhardt This week’s ‘Student Spotlight’ series features Penny Ehrhardt, a Public Policy Consultant and a DPhil student in Law at the University of Oxford. Last year, Penny was shortlisted for the Vice Chancellor’s Diversity Awards for being an inspiring champion and role model. While preparing my interview questions for her, I quickly […]
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