CW: Detailed descriptions of eating disorders. At Oxford we socialise through college formals, balls, crew dates, welfare teas and so much more. For those of us who have a history of disordered eating, this can prove pretty anxiety-inducing. Not to mention, with the highly anticipated June 21st rapidly approaching and the social eating that will come with this, the pressure to get the perfect body is more extreme than ever.
Jaya Rana discusses the inefficiency of Oxford s support system for students with eating disorders
Does this look unpleasant ? Academic signed up by the National Trust to lecture us on the evils behind our most glorious estates says GARDENING has its roots in racial injustice
Professor of Post-Colonial Literature at University of Leicester, published work examining links between British countryside, racism, slavery and colonial past
Claimed cherished national pastime of gardening had roots in racial injustic
At the centre of the ‘culture war’ within National Trust after ‘outed’ many of the properties belonging for their links to slavery and Britain’s colonial past.
Woke National Trust academic tasked with reviewing colonial past intimidated by critics Academics working in the humanities have begun to be personally targeted. for some time now.
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Both the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, and Nigel Huddleston, parliamentary under-secretary for sport, heritage and tourism, have expressed reservations about the Trust s direction.
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The “woke” National Trust academic tasked with reviewing its links with colonialism claims she has been “intimidated” by critics.
Professor Corinne Fowler, an historian at the University of Leicester, has drawn comparisons between the vilification of academics, including herself, and attacks by climate-crisis deniers on scientists warning about global heating.