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Romanes Lecture – Mishal Hussain on ‘Empire, Identity and the Search for Reason’

by Dhillon Lalji October 18, 2025October 18, 2025
"For me, one of the most difficult things about exams is that normality goes out the window. Lessons, lectures, and tutorials that defined my week for the first two terms of Oxford life here have now become a series of scattergun revision classes." Image from Wikimedia Commons by Prosa, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilustrando_a_neurodiversidade.png
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Exam Stress: Not Just A Stereotype

by Dhillon Lalji June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
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Oxford Union: Members Debate Colonialism in Africa and Internal Rules Reforms

by Dhillon Lalji May 31, 2025May 31, 2025
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Oxford Union: ‘This House Believes the Right to Die is a Human Right’

by Nithusha Sathyendran and Dhillon Lalji May 24, 2025May 24, 2025
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Unmasking My Friendships: Not Just A Stereotype

by Dhillon Lalji May 22, 2025May 21, 2025
Illustrated photo of the side profiles of various people showing their brains. Metaphor for diversity amongst people.
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‘One size does not fit all’: Not Just A Stereotype

by Dhillon Lalji May 10, 2025May 11, 2025

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Not too rarely, I’m asked the question, “What do you want to do with your degree?” As any humanities student at Oxford knows, there is…

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