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Image Description: a duck standing on a rock in front of a body of water. Some of us at the Oxford Student have long suspected the presence of a mysterious force pulling strings and watching our every move from the shadows. While it has been commonly suspected that birds are government agents, investigations have tended […]
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Image description: Dr Stella Nyanzi stands and smiles while holding up a copy of her two books. At the time of my interview with Dr Nyanzi back in March, she informed me that she was currently in Kenya, having sought asylum after fleeing her hometown, Kampala, Uganda, after the January 2021 elections. In 2017, she […]
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Image description: (1) A close-up of Professor Dan Hicks and (2) his book The Brutish Museums I learnt to love History through my frequent trips to the museum with my late grandmother as a naïve, but enthusiastic five-year-old. The national museum in Kuala Lumpur, where I grew up in, did […]
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Image description: portrait of General David Petraeus Content warnings: Discussion of warfare, violence, conflict, and terrorist attacks. Dan Harrison interviews General David H. Petraeus, getting his take on the West’s involvement in Afghanistan and the challenges it poses to the UK’s global role. General Petraeus is an intriguing character. He lives a relentless life, where […]
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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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The latest alumni interview is with Vashti Bunyan, who studied at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford during the 1960s. The singer-songwriter has had a decidedly unique career – disenchanted by the lack of commercial success achieved by her debut album Just Another Diamond Day after its release in 1970, Bunyan abandoned music. Over the […]
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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: Logo of view of the Oxford Radcam and surrounding monuments reading ‘Alumni Series’ The Oxford Student profile Section is proud to announce our Oxford Alumni series! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Oxford Student we are talking to a series of alumni as they reflect on their university days and what they’ve […]
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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: Ella Daish standing in front of a mural of a turtle As our ‘Womxn on the Move’ series continues, I was lucky enough to interview Ella Daish, a pioneering environmentalist whose activism has led to the removal of plastic in menstrual hygiene products across various supermarkets and manufacturers. Last year she was recognised […]
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Image Description: Photograph of creative director Sachini Imbuldeniya, producer of ‘You Clap for Me Now’. Irrespective of the various, imposed-isolation activities Britons attempt to distract themselves with during the pandemic, one initiative encourages a weekly harmonious act of appreciation: every Thursday, at 8pm, we are all invited to ‘Clap for our Carers’. The campaign, earnestly […]
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Four Oxford students have set up a page dedicated to sharing the quarantine stories of students from around the university. Posting on Facebook and Instagram under the name OxQuarantine the accounts ask people to send in a 200-300 word description of their isolation experience along with a photo of themselves or something related to what […]
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Image description: Rosie Sourbut canvassing in the constituency Studying English in the year above me at Somerville College, I have been good friends with Rosie Sourbut since first year — and have followed her as she ardently campaigns for the issues which she is most passionate about. At only twenty-one years old, Rosie recently became […]
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Labour Assembly Member Mark Drakeford is known for his unassuming style of leadership. I was, I confess, taken aback slightly by Drakeford’s candour: particularly gutsy was his open indifference towards Oxbridge (especially as the Welsh Government has put improving access firmly on the agenda, through programmes like the Seren Network). My overall impression, however, was […]
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