With the cancellation of A-level exams and the ongoing lockdown that continues to mandate social distancing rules, the coronavirus pandemic has made this one of the strangest periods in history to have an offer from Oxford. With all the nervousness, excitement, and chaos that is ensuing, we asked 18 University of Oxford offer-holders to share Read More…
“Do all of our passions and causes that we care about even matter during a pandemic? Should I even be talking about them right now? I do think it’s important to be hammering on about the causes you care about in an appropriate way.”
“It’s genuinely the mission to come to Oxford, make this big difference, especially on the environment with a long tradition that’s never changed.”
“Can I tell you a little story?”- What Martin Barber’s career in humanitarian work has to teach us about a global response to Coronavirus
Maeve Flaherty relays her experiences returning home from a locked down Peru—another view of the lives disrupted by the COVID-19 crisis
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…
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…
Isobel and Steve discuss the ‘Oxbridge experience’, political correctness in comedy and the virtues of sniffing milk.
Walking into the Christian Life Centre in Cowley, I really didn’t know what to expect when attending a rally for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the MP for Tooting who is running to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. As soon as I walk in, I see Rosena, dotting amongst Labour members, talking to local councillors Read More…
Recent research carried out by the UK housing and homeless charity, Shelter, shows that the number of homeless people is rising in the UK. They define someone as homeless if they are sleeping rough and if they are living in temporary accommodations, like a shelter or hostel. As of December 2019, they found that 280,000 Read More…