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Image description: bridge graffiti reading “GIVE PEAS A CHANCE” For some, it might be a slightly unorthodox way of recognising the NHS and fighting back against the social disruption which has descended upon the country. But the graffiti message on an M25 bridge close to my motorway exit reading “Thank you NHS” is a big […]
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In 1918, at the close of World War I, the first known cases of a deadly disease were recorded in the USA. It would go on to kill many more than the preceding war had done – more, in fact, than the next world war would too. The virus had actually been circulating amongst soldiers […]
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Image description: Róisín McCallion Róisín McCallion is the VP Welfare and Equal Opportunities at the Oxford Student Union where she works following the completion of her undergraduate degree in French and German at Merton. Róisín’s name has been hauled through national newspapers recently due to her involvement in passing the motion to promote BSL applause […]
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The first Student Council meeting of the academic year, yesterday, passed the motion to mandate the Sabbatical Officers to encourage the use of British Sign Language (BSL) clapping, otherwise known as ‘silent jazz hands’ at Student Council meetings and other official SU events. The motion was presented to Council last year by Ellie Macdonald (former […]
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