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Category: Opinion

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Lost for Words: Storytelling As The Solution To Oracy?

by Laurence Britton November 19, 2025November 18, 2025
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Record-Breaking Interfaith Dinner Serves a Feast of Unity

by Sol White November 17, 2025November 15, 2025
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The Relevancy of A Languages Degree in The Age of AI Translation. 

by Imogen Forrest November 14, 2025November 11, 2025
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The Reality of Studying Languages at Oxford

by Sophie Harrison November 6, 2025November 11, 2025
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Freshers Shouldn’t Take All the Blame for Freshers’ Flu

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
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What Do You Want To Do With Your Language Degree?

by Matilde Ambrosio October 26, 2025October 25, 2025
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Is Reading Still Relevant? 

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) June 12, 2025June 12, 2025
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The Peace Dividend is over

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The Inability to Read for Leisure Disease

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) June 9, 2025June 9, 2025

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