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WEBCameron Samuel Keys. For two weeks in September, 25 Palestinian medical students from the West Bank and Gaza swapped their usual lives for an intensive training course in Oxford. For the second year running, the OxPal summer school has arranged for a cohort of medical students from Palestine to fly to Oxford and facilitated “a crash course on ...
The problem with feminism – The Oxford Student
WEBOct 24, 2020 · The narrative surrounding feminism is dripping with horror stories of so-called ‘feminazis’ wishing for a world free of men and mockeries of a line of women waiting to jump on the opportunity to wrongly accuse unsuspecting men. As ridiculous as these stereotypes are, tabloids are all too eager to push feminism into the forefront for all the ...
Book Review: ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway
WEBNov 10, 2019 · Hemingway published ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ in 1952, and it was to be his last major work. It is easy to see the parallels between the old man in the novel, called Santiago, and Hemingway. Santiago suffers from bad luck in his old age despite being a great fisher in his youth. Hemingway had been trying to reclaim the literary success of ...
In Conversation: Alex J. O’Connor, Cosmic Skeptic
WEBJan 18, 2020 · Image Description: Alex J. O’Connor Alex J. O’Connor is the founder of the Cosmic Skeptic YouTube channel, podcast and blog, and his work is dedicated to the open discussion of philosophy and religion. He is an experienced public speaker, debater, and interviewer, and has over 300,000 YouTube subscribers. He also finds time to study at the University of Oxford. You are known for your ...
The Case For and Against Abolishing the Monarchy
WEBMay 13, 2023 · The Case For the Abolition of the Monarchy – Leon Wheeler. When Charles I was beheaded in 1649, a fundamental tenet in his belief, and in the belief of his supporters, as to why he should be King was the view that the English monarch was divinely appointed by God. Ultimately, when the monarchy was restored in 1688, the exposition of the ...
Rustication: restart the clock – The Oxford Student
WEBFeb 12, 2015 · Rustication: restart the clock. George JL. Rustication in the past was invariably a form of punishment. Today, the meaning has crept past purely disciplinary boundaries. Official statutes still have it as punitive measure, but colloquially it refers to any period of suspension from College, University or both. Suspension talk now tends to …
Should song lyrics be considered poetry? – The Oxford Student
WEBJan 27, 2014 · Harry Chancellor: The song lyric relies on its musical backdrop. In this sense it is distinct from what is conventionally termed ‘poetry’, as the strength of a poem is conveyed through words alone. Nevertheless, I believe similarities between song and poem can be drawn. Both rely on being spoken aloud; on rhythm, flow and scansion.
Debate: Private schools shouldn’t be abolished - The Oxford Student
WEBOct 15, 2019 · Debate: Private schools shouldn’t be abolished. For many on the left, private education is indisputably negative. Without question, the existence of private schools contradicts social justice. They afford some children access to better education by virtue of their parent’s income, bastions of privilege that work to perpetuate social inequality.
Kevin McCarthy debates US interventionism at the Union
WEBOct 29, 2023 · On the 28th of October, the Oxford Union hosted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the debate “This House Believes US Interventionism Has Done More Harm Than Good”. McCarthy is a Republican politician, who served as speaker of the House of Representatives from January 2023 October 2023. He was voted out on the 3rd of October, just a few ...
Debate: Private schools should be abolished - The Oxford Student
WEBOct 15, 2019 · The abolition of private schools would not only be levelling the playing field, but would provide poorer students with a fundamental level of education that they have a right to, yet whom are priced out from it under the current education system. Around 40% of students at Oxford are from private schools, in comparison to the general population ...