To date, more than two dozen people and entities have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering in the ongoing investigation. As such, the past twenty years of footballing bureaucracy – and the football that has emerged from it – has an excoriating asterisk next to it in the record books.
Day: 16 August 2020
Global Snapshots: Coronavirus Weekly Updates
Starting on the 16th of August, The Oxford Blue’s Global Affairs team will be bringing you bite-sized weekly worldwide updates on the virus. This week’s update summarises significant regional headlines from Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and North America. Africa As of the 14th of August, there are over 1 million confirmed cases in Africa. Across Read More…
Everyday Economics: Dating and the Commons
If coordination were possible, an agreement between all users to send fewer and higher-quality messages would generate the greatest benefit to the dating pool as a whole. That’s not to discourage some of the most disastrously bizarre Tinder messages, which have provided hours of entertainment to users and meme pages across the globe.
In or out? Oxford colleges split over A-Levels admissions policy
“It’s the morally right thing to do.” These were the words of Worcester College Admissions tutor, Professor Laura Ashe, speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. The college was the first to announce that they would respect all offers made to students, irrespective of whether they had been downgraded by the A-Levels algorithm which has Read More…
Anglonormativity: How the study of languages can make us more tolerant
Alessandro Giacommetto writes about how studying languages may turn the tide on intolerance.
Desert Island Picks: Meet the Opinions Team!
The members of the Opinions team introduce themselves with a book, some music, an article, and a discussion for their stint on a desert island.
Inside out
Anonymous writes about suspension and living with mental illness at Oxford.