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    May 12

    THE TERMCARD IS HERE! Take a look at what the Oxford Union has in store for you for the rest of the term! ⚡️

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  2. Aug 3

    Big News! The Oxford Union is partnering with to accelerate our net-zero journey by measuring our baseline carbon footprint and committing to reduce our emissions in line with 1.5°C of global warming.

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  3. Jun 16

    Are you coming to the end of your time in Oxford, or have already graduated? If you joined the Union with your “.ac.uk” email address, this will expire when you leave Oxford. Sign up to our Alumni Mailing List here:

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  4. Jun 6

    Here is the new Oxford Union Accessible Pass Policy! 👏🏼 We would like to encourage disabled members to apply now for adaptations so they are in place for Michaelmas 2021:

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  5. Jun 4

    Writer on the inspiration behind his hit show Line of Duty: ‘there’s a lot of medical dramas - there are more police dramas; but all of it felt like the drama of reassurance - diligent policemen getting the baddies’

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  6. Jun 4

    Award winning writer on the realism of his writing: ‘Its hard to quantify, In think drama is one thing reality is another… there is such a limit on the degree of authenticity you can achieve through artifice.’

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  7. Jun 2

    Miranda Kane - - ‘I want more sex workers to tell their story to get rid of the stereotype that they are either rich or exploited abuse victims. The majority are just women who are trying to pay their rent.’

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  8. Jun 2

    Helena Croft of on sex work - 'How do we make this safe? Wherever there is an exchange of money, there is an imbalance of power.'

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  9. Jun 2

    Laura Watson on the situation of sex workers in the UK – ‘These women have to choose between working on their own and facing increased danger, or working for someone else and face increased criminalisation.’

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  10. May 31

    Sir Vince Cable: ‘ A key influence on modern economic thinking were people like Milton Friedman who made the case for free market economics and neo-liberalism.’

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  11. May 31

    Sir Vince Cable on his new book Money and Power: ‘I think it’s broadly true in almost every area, that is is actually politicians who make economic policy that is very important to understand.’

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  12. May 31

    If you still haven't filled out the Accessibility Survey, please do so until Wednesday! 😊 The aim is to get feedback from members as to how inclusive they find the Union, and what the Union should be doing to make it more accessible.

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  13. May 28

    Eva Schloss MBE on her experience at Auschwitz: ‘We were told, this is where you will stay as long as you live. It won’t be long anyway.’

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  14. May 28

    Eva Schloss MBE on arriving at Auschwitz: ‘My father took me by the hands and looked at me with such love and respect and said ‘God will look after you now’.

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  15. May 28

    Eva Schloss MBE on noticing the changes at the start of the war: ‘For Jewish people, life was going to become very difficult.’

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  16. May 26

    Share your experiences at the Union by filling out the survey below! The aim is to get feedback from members as to how inclusive they find the Union, and what the Union should be doing to make it more accessible.

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  17. May 24

    The Right Honorable Lord Heseltine on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher: ‘Where Margaret is to be blamed is with her European Policy. She was wrong about that, and we will pay a heavy price for the Brexit agenda’.

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  18. May 24

    The Right Honourable Lord Heseltine on going into a career in politics: ‘Do something that makes you look forward to a Monday morning’.

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  19. May 24

    The Right Honourable Lord Heseltine on his career: ‘I’ve never made it a secret, I would have liked to have been Prime Minister’.

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  20. May 20

    Thanks for tuning in to tonight's debate folks. :)

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  21. May 20

    'If you look at the state of globalisation, or immigration, these issues can be much better within the European Union' - Gabrielle Bischoff MEP

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