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Author Archives: Ben Blackburn

Ben Blackburn is Managing Director at The Oxford Blue and a third-year Philosophy, Politics and Economics student at St Catherine's college.

Posted inThe Oxford Blue Freshers' Guide 2022

Freshers’ Guide 2022

by Lucy Heywood, Leyla Baxman, Ben Blackburn, Guy Ward-Jackson, Amy Ellis Winter, Elisabetta Molteni, Elspeth Knight, Evie Craggs, Frances Dowle, Gioia Grafin Von Donhoff, Hannah-Sarah Selig, Rosie Somers, Sophie Mackenzie, Thomas Britton and Thomas Evans September 17, 2022September 19, 2022
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What it Means to be an Independent Student Newspaper

by Ben Blackburn July 29, 2022July 29, 2022
Posted inOxford News

Meet the Senior Leadership Team

by Ben Blackburn June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
Posted inFeatured

A Word From The Editors

by Guy Ward-Jackson, Lucy Heywood and Ben Blackburn June 20, 2022June 20, 2022
Posted inCulture

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! An Audible Legacy

by Ben Blackburn February 3, 2022February 3, 2022
Posted inLifestyle

The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021

by Joseph Geldman, Chen Chen, Amelie Bhaluani, Fariha Uddin, Gloria Morey, Ellee Su, Zahra Grieve, Riana Modi, Jessica Steadman, Hetta Johnson and Ben Blackburn September 17, 2021February 11, 2022
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Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: Professor Alan Smithers on Exam Results and Grade Inflation

by Ben Blackburn September 6, 2021December 27, 2021
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Phil and Dom Kwok on entrepreneurship, education and EasyA

by Ben Blackburn July 31, 2021December 27, 2021
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The Practical Value of Radical Ideologies

by Ben Blackburn April 7, 2021April 8, 2021
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Coronavirus testing with Dr. Lennard Lee

by Ben Blackburn January 28, 2021December 27, 2021

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