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Author Archives: Laura van Heijnsbergen

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Rishi Sunak Takes up Position at Oxford

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End-of-year Appointments to the Lords Include Some Controversial Figures

by Laura van Heijnsbergen January 25, 2025February 9, 2025
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Outside OX1 Week 6: Conflict in Ukraine, Tension in Baku, an election in Sri Lanka and protests erupt in New Zealand

by Laura van Heijnsbergen, Eric Balonwu, Katarina Harrison-Gaze and Nick Marshall November 21, 2024December 29, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 5 – Tuition fee increases, the Archbishop of Canterbury resigns and Mauritian prime minister suffers landslide defeat

by Laura van Heijnsbergen, Katarina Harrison-Gaze and Nick Marshall November 15, 2024December 29, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 4 -Trump’s comeback, Israel bans UN agency, Germany’s government in crisis, floods hits Spain and Glaswegian comedian dies

by Eric Balonwu, Jack Stone, Katarina Harrison-Gaze, Laura van Heijnsbergen and Nick Marshall November 7, 2024December 29, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 3 – An update on the US presidential campaign, a new UK Budget, the Commonwealth summit and a alleged assassination attempt on the Bolivian President

by Eric Balonwu, Laura van Heijnsbergen, Katarina Harrison-Gaze and Nick Marshall November 1, 2024May 29, 2025

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