By Rachel Wheatley, postgraduate student at University College The bumblebee – seemingly innocuous as it is – has recently found itself at the centre of a substantial media hype in the U.S. The ‘rusty-patched’ bumblebee has decreased in population by a staggering 90% in the past 20 years, and as of January the 11th 2017, […]
by Matthew Whearty, Lincoln College The southernmost railway station worldwide lies on the island of Tierra del Fuego, off the southern tip of South America. The trainline connects a small Argentine South Atlantic port with the island’s National Park. Yet this sophisticated network is somewhat of an anomaly within the vast continent, which despite its […]
Can Policy Beat Sexism? It is sad to think that even in the 21st Century, there are some who believe there is a clash between men and women. The reality is less divisive but equally important: it is the conflict of misogyny, rape culture, and antiquated ‘masculinity’, against the modern world and concepts of decency […]
Editor’s Note: This guest post was authored by two medical students at University College London In the UK, healthcare is considered a basic human right and there is a social duty to ensure its provision. In the UK, the correlative obligation to provide healthcare is achieved through the National Health Service (NHS). So the […]
Housing in the UK today is in a ‘critical situation’. According to a UN report, homes in Britain are no longer affordable, or adequate for large sections of the population. Homelessness in Oxford is at the most serious and troubling end of the problem, but the shortage of homes also affects different people in less severe […]
The developed world has been taking big steps towards integrating evidence and policymaking, but the global south has a lot to do if it wants to catch up. Four years ago, the Hindu Nationalist organization Shiksha Bachao Andolan (literally translated as the Save Education Campaign) decided that Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History […]
Honor Fitzgerald examines how Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong was given a second chance on death row, and what the case could mean for justice, sentencing, and poverty In 2007, Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong, at the age of nineteen was arrested for trafficking 47.27g of Heroin. As a naive and vulnerable fourteen year old […]
Michael Gove’s defence of Britain in World War I The Education Minister’s article in The Daily Mail at the start of this month makes for a good read, but it quickly becomes a worrying attempt to spruce up imperial legends for a PR trick. As the article progresses, the focus increasingly slides from the bravery of […]
Abigail Burman examines how our built environments can make cycling more inclusive In the last few years, cycling has edged its way into the mainstream. Many major cities, including London, now have bikeshare programs and new bike companies are springing up and growing. However, the number of people cycling is still lower than most policymakers […]
The UK could be in line for a big minimum wage rise. We ask if legal increases are good policy, and if so, are they enough? Right now in the UK, in-work poverty outstrips poverty in households without work. In other words, most people in poverty are already taking home a wage, it just isn’t […]
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