Former Pembroke College lecturer Peter J King has been sentenced to seven months in jail and given a sexual harm prevention order to last ten years.
Month: March 2020
The Dil Internship Project: Interview with Mustafaen Kamal
Mustafaen Kamal has been rather busy, even by the standards of the average Oxford student. During his second undergraduate degree, he founded the Dil Internship Project, aimed at changing perspectives of Pakistan, and reversing the ongoing ‘brain drain’ of young Pakistanis and members of the diaspora. Kamal and the Project work to extend narratives beyond Read More…
University over-ruled its own committee for grad application fee hike
New evidence has emerged which shows that Oxford University ignored the recommendations of its own committee when it raised the fee to apply for postgraduate courses in 2016. The revelation comes as Congregation, the University’s Governing Body, votes on whether to abolish the fee. Postal votes are being accepted until Wednesday. In 2016, the University Read More…
A jury rejected Rotunno’s recycled rape myths – but have we?
Donna Rotunno has represented over 40 male defendants in sex crime trials, most famously Harvey Weinstein. Having only lost twice, she has been described as a ‘legal Rottweiler’ by The Guardian. The countless interviews she has given since she was hired, most notably for the NYT podcast ‘The Daily’, provide a clear illustration of how she sees Read More…
Nevis Ensemble: music for everyone, everywhere
Nevis Ensemble was founded in 2018 on the premise of bringing music to everyone, everywhere. In less than two years, the award-winning, headline-hitting Scottish orchestra has brought music to care homes and community centres, to prisons and beaches, to the outer reaches of the highlands and even to the summit of Ben Nevis itself. My Read More…
Wime Reviews: “… it was all a dream.”
“Isolation presses the bottle back into my arms and I sip again, this time with one of those curly straws that are impossible to wash. That nostalgic bubbling starts, a polyphonic outcry of Bordeaux against blue-tinted plastic. But still the wine yields no hidden layer. No yoke.”
Wanderlust on Hold
“On the day I was supposed to be rushing to Heathrow, I was now in an even more intense race against the clock, attempting to recover as much money as I could”
Optimism and activism: Oxford’s uplifting response to coronavirus
In times of crisis and no imminent conclusion, perhaps all we can do is look for good news. An overview of some of the initiatives aiming to make life a little easier offers a more positive outlook.
The Student Budget vs COVID-19
COVID-19 has taken a financial hit on everyone. Chloé Agar offers her personal perspective how the outbreak is affecting postgraduate researchers in particular.
Subverting Stereotypes: Travelling in Colombia
“while Colombia still exports 80% of the world’s cocaine, suggesting that Pablo Escobar’s violent legacy is yet to be defeated, there is so much more to this South American wonderland than the coca leaf…”