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@BJP4India
Thanks for your interest in our tracker, which simply records the number and strictness of government policies. The related stringency index should not be interpreted as measuring the appropriateness or effectiveness of a country’s response - there are no 'marks' as such.
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Our alumna Soledad is running for president in Paraguay! 🤗🇵🇾
"I need to be better prepared in order to better serve my country," she said in 2019 when we asked why she had chosen the Master of Public Policy at Oxford.
Good luck
@solenu
!
Les pido que me acompañen en la construcción de un mejor Paraguay para todos💪🏼🇵🇾 . ¡Si queremos un país diferente, tenemos que apostar por el cambio!
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Alumna
@solenu
is Paraguay's FIRST EVER woman vice-presidential candidate 🇵🇾💫 But this is just one of the steps in the journey to bring about political transformation in her country
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2023
#WomenInPolitics
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✨ Six years ago today (11 May 2016): the official opening of our building by HRH The Duke of Cambridge.
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We've just launched the first-ever
#COVID19
government response tracker. It records and compares govt policies in response to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide
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@thomasnhale
@KateForbesMSP
.
@SyedSaddiq
is one of Asia's youngest ministers and he works with the oldest prime minister in the world. Is he 'the token young person' and how can we normalise young leadership?
#COCG2019
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.
@SyedSaddiq
on including and engaging young people in politics - from our Challenges of Government conference (watch the full highlights video )
#COGC2019
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We are very pleased to hear that our visiting professor
@MthuliNcube
has just been appointed minister of finance in Zimbabwe.
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We're delighted to host
@ChelseaClinton
and
@devisridhar
for their book launch: Governing
#globalhealth
. 11 May 6pm
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Joining the School in September, or thinking about applying for the MPP or doctorate next year? From former Paraguayan minister
@solenu
to world chess champion Yifan, our student experiences offer a snapshot of life in Oxford:
#publicpolicy
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MPP alumna
@solenu
has been officially elected as the vice-presidential candidate for the Coalition for a New Paraguay 🇵🇾 Sole will stand as the first ever woman VP candidate in Paraguay's history in the general elections this April 💫
Find out more:
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The endlessly inspiring
@AK_Wisniewska
is running for office in Poland's parliamentary elections in October 🇵🇱
Aleksandra turns to politics after 8 years spent supporting victims of devastating armed conflicts by serving on and leading humanitarian missions 👏
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We are delighted to welcome
@MaxCRoser
as our new Professor of Practice in Global Data Analytics! Max is the founder and director of
@OurWorldInData
and Director of the
@oxmartinschool
Programme on Global Development (1/2)
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"Even if you are a minister or a CEO you can always learn something new.” At just 31, Soledad Nuñez became a minister in the government of Paraguay. So why did she decide to study for our MPP at Oxford?
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Pakistan cast its votes in an election which has surprised many - its planning and turnout as well as the outcome.
Join leaders from all the main parties as we explore expectations, realities, and the path forward.
🗓️ Thur 22 Feb 10:15 ⬇️
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We’re delighted to announce that we have been awarded a £30m grant to lead a What Works Hub for Global Education📚📝
Over 6 years the Hub will bring together academics, NGOs and government partners to directly transform learning outcomes for millions of children ⬇️🧵 1/5
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Incredible work from our DPhil student Utkarsh whose petition for legal recognition of same-sex marriage was heard this week by India's Supreme Court🌈👏
That’s a wrap from the petitioners! We’re standing on the shoulders of giants who’ve tirelessly & thanklessly fought for decades. Whatever the outcome, several reasons to celebrate even the filing of these cases & open debate on marriage equality in India today! 🌈
@AnanyaKotia
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"Oxford is a complicated place; it is both very diverse in some ways, and not at all in others" - an interview with our very own Dapo Akande (
@ELAC_Oxford
) who recently became the first black professor to be honoured with a portrait at
@SPC_Oxford
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To close out
#PrideMonth
we're highlighting our DPhil student
@utkarsh__saxena
, a lawyer and economist who, together with his partner, submitted a petition for marriage equality to the Supreme Court of India 🇮🇳🏳️🌈Read his full profile to find out more👇
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As of today, we have TWO alumni in the
#Panama
National Assembly! Congratulations to
@EdisonBroce
and
@gabrielsilva8_7
: they both ran as independent candidates and were elected in their constituencies. Muchas felicidades a ambos diputados! 🙌
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"I was a very argumentative kid and it seemed a good idea to study law at university." 🎓 A light-hearted and impressive profile of our prof Dapo Akande, recently elected to the International Law Commission.
@UKILCCampaign
@UniofOxford
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of
@JaninaDill
as the inaugural Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security.
Please join us in welcoming Professor Dill to the School!
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A very quiet Saturday in Oxford. Our building is looking as beautiful as ever, but it’s missing its people 💙
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Congrats to
@JoWolffBSG
for being the recipient of the 2021 Miladin Životić Award for Critical Engagement. The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade (
@IFDT_Beograd
) confers the award in memory of Serbian philosopher Životić.
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Now more than ever, governments worldwide need to make policy decisions based on facts, rather than opinion or instinct. Our new Evidence in Public Policy puts the science of evaluating policy into practice and is delivered entirely online.
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Our MPP class of 2021 and our DPhil class of 2021
🎓💫🎉
Admissions are open until 7 January 2022 if you would like to study or research public policy in Oxford next year 👉
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Congrats to our alumna Yifan Hou: she's become the youngest ever full professor at Shenzhen University, China. At 26, she's four-time women's world chess champion and currently the highest rated female player in the world ♟️♖♘♛
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We've loved seeing the variety of speakers and participants at
#COGC2019
across generations and continents (including our MPP alumni
@solenu
,
@marianschreier
and more!)
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The sunset from our terrace, a few minutes ago ✨
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Well done to Soledad and all our MPP students for completing their exams! 🎓📚
Chau exámenes!!! Así de feliz estoy!! Filosofía Política, Economía, Ciencias Políticas, Leyes... ✔
"Si no puedes volar, corre.
Si no puedes correr, camina.
Si no puedes caminar, gatea.
Pero hagas lo que hagas, sigue moviéndote hacia adelante"
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🆕 Anchoring accountability for mass atrocities: new report exploring the permanent support needed to fulfil UN investigative mandates.
✍️
@FDalessandra
,
@SaretaAshraph
,
@kjosutherland
, Amb. Stephen Rapp
@ELAC_Oxford
📒
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Tomorrow (30 July): join us online to discuss the politics of vaccines with
@ChelseaClinton
,
@jarottingen
,
@doctorsoumya
,
@rvenkayya
. Moderated by
@MayaJTudor
. From 2pm (UK time)
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"Seeing that another British Muslim woman was doing the Oxford MPP made me realise I could. That speaks to the power and importance of diversity and representation."
@monam94
received the Duke of Cambridge Scholarship for her commitment to public service
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‘I didn’t call Trump back and it’s one of the best decisions I ever made' says
@PreetBharara
. We made this real story into an award-winning case study for our MPP.
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"From Poverty to Prosperity", the University of Oxford's 1st massive open online course (
#MOOC
) on economic development led by Paul Collier, is back in a new self-paced version. It's still free and available to everyone.
@edXOnline
Here's a taste:
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On
#WorldBookDay
, here's our own
@JoWolffBSG
with the 4th edition of his Introduction to Political Philosophy. A classic for beginners to the field, it's on more university reading lists than you can shake a stick at.
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Looking forward to welcoming you Iván (and the MPP class of 2021)! ☀️
Thank you
@CheveningFCDO
and
@UKinPanama
for being
#ChosenForChevening
and getting the opportunity to study at
@UniofOxford
a Master in Public Policy in
@BlavatnikSchool
.
I am truly honored to join the prestigious Chevening community, and continue my work in public service 🇬🇧
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🎉Congratulations to Keir on becoming the UK's youngest MP🎉
Keir joins many of our alumni around the world who have been elected to represent their communities 👏🌍
It is the privilege of my life to be elected as the Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty.
Together we have made history and delivered a fresh start for our community.
Now, it is time for a fresh start for Britain.
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Aaand... here come the official photos for our MPP class of 2019. Welcome! 🌎🎓📚 Find out more about them:
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It's a proud day -
@UniofOxford
ranked world's best university for the third year running
@timeshighered
🏆🥇🎆
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As we look towards the next ten years of teaching at the Blavatnik School, we are thrilled that Professor
@thomasnhale
has been appointed as Director of the Master of Public Policy, taking over the reins from Karthik Rammana 👇
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Thinking about applying for our MPP or DPhil in Public Policy, but concerned about funding? This year’s MPP students received the highest ever number of scholarships, and all four DPhil students who joined us in October have received full funding 🏆
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Capitalism: What has gone wrong, what needs to change and how can it be fixed? The second webinar hosted by Paul Collier and Colin Mayer with
@OxrepJournal
.
📅 Join online: Fri 16 April, 2pm with
@anatadmati
and Raghuram Rajan
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News: Our dean
@NgaireWoods
has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (
@americanacad
) as an International Honorary Member. Congratulations from all of us at the Blavatnik School!
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✨Welcome MPP class of 2021 🥳 141 students from 48 different countries are joining us in Oxford from this week 🌏
🎓We're super excited to be having in person teaching again, and we're proud that 83% of students in this year's class are receiving full or partial funding 🏆
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Our student
@M_S_Beg
comments in
@timesofindia
on recent government policy in India instructing public universities and institutions to seek approval before hosting international online forums on Kashmir
India's Min. of Education has directed centrally funded Unis to seek permission for any online discussion on Kashmir. Attached are some excerpts from my conversation with
@timesofindia
on how imposition of absolutist policies compromises academic freedom-
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Congratulations to our MPP students who (narrowly) won another annual student-led MPP/MBA debate, this year on the motion: "This house believes the best and brightest talent should work in the public sector." 👏
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As
#Nigeria
prepares for the 2023 general polls, our Nigerian MPP students are encouraging every eligible voter to participate in the electoral process and go out and vote
@avowoseni
@taiwomise
@elyssa01
@lamide_odanye
@Bisiadenipekun
@ayodeleawi
#Election
#VoteNigeria
#Democracy
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The
#VaccinEquity
Dashboard shows that poor countries may not achieve pre-COVID-19 levels of growth until 2024. We've partnered with
@UNDP
@WHO
to include data from our COVID-19 government response tracker.
All data is freely available 👉
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We are all looking forward to our new MPP students starting tomorrow! Here is our front of house team, Anda and Anne, who will be welcoming the students with their best smile! 😊
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ICYM: Governing
#globalhealth
, a discussion with
@ChelseaClinton
,
@devisridhar
and our dean Ngaire Woods
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Our MPP student (and former Paraguay minister)
@solenu
was at
@wef
Annual Meeting of New Champions in Dalian, China where she spoke in the panel discussion 'Cities of Tomorrow' on urban development 🏙️
#YoungGlobalLeaders
#wef
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Huge congrats to our
@EmilyJonesBSG
for her Divisional Teaching Award (Early Careers Stream) within Oxford University's social sciences division 👏
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#Estonia
🇪🇪 civil service is best at digital. See all the others in our new
#incise
index with
@instituteforgov
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NEXT WEEK:
@KyotoPrizeOx
9-10 May +
@ChelseaClinton
&
@devisridhar
11 May
#globalhealth
#philosophy
#robotics
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“Suppression of information and criticism of government is not only dangerous for India but it is putting people around the world at risk” says MPP student
@M_S_Beg
, whose tweets are amongst those removed
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🇺🇦 What are the global geopolitical implications of Russia's invasion of
#Ukraine
? Join
@NgaireWoods
,
@DapoAkandeLaw
, Tom Simpson and Harold Koh for a panel discussion.
📅 Online and in person: Tue 1 March, 17:00GMT
Register 👉
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💰 Inequality in retirement:
@JoWolffBSG
argues that "the divide is real, reinforced by patterns of inheritance, and exerts itself particularly in the difference between a comfortable and a struggling retirement." (via
@philosophersmag
)
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New blog: The
#OxfordVaccine
looks well placed to work in the world's poorest and most isolated places, says
@HSlim_Oxford
. Now the challenge is ensuring a "pro-poor" roll-out.
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HRH The Duke of Cambridge will officially open our new building today.
@KensingtonRoyal
@RoyalFamily
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We're kicking off our
#SummerProjectSpotlight
series with
@JamaNoor
, who's working with the UN Economic Commission for Africa on economic development 📈💫
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We’re so proud to hear that Dapo Akande, professor of international law at the School, has been elected to the International Law Commission! Congratulations from all of us 🎉🎉🎉
I am thrilled, humbled & deeply honoured to have been elected to the International Law Commission. My profound thanks & gratitude to those who supported my campaign. I look forward to working with states and other members to strengthen, codify & develop international law. - DA
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"The power of education extends beyond the development of skills we need for economic success. It can contribute to nation-building and reconciliation.”
Nelson Mandela was "delighted" about the establishment of our School back in 2010. We remember him today on
#MandelaDay2019
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When we say our MPP students learn from each other, we really mean it! Yesterday, student
@babuahamed
was surprised to hear that the good digital governance example used by his professor in class was one that Babu himself pioneered as a civil servant in Andhra Pradesh, India 🙌😮
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🎂Today marks 1 year since we launched the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker!
Tracker in a nutshell:
🌎180+ countries
📊sub-national data for 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇧🇷🇨🇦
💉vaccine & protection of elderly people policies recently added
🦸powered by 400+ volunteers 🗣️who speak 88 languages
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Another alumna shaping public life in her country: congrats Yelyzaveta (Lisa) Yasko, MPP class of 2016, who's been elected as a member of parliament in
#Ukraine
#UkraineElections
👏👏👏 (here's a memory from the first day of the MPP)
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If you are committed to improving government and public service, join us in Oxford to study for the Master of Public Policy. Admissions are open now for 2019 entry! 📚 🎓 Full video and info
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🆕COVID-19 vaccine inequity is undermining 🌍economic recovery 💉 We've joined forces with
@UNDP
@WHO
for the Global Dashboard on
#VaccinEquity
which breaks down the long-term impacts of the pandemic & reveals the socio-economic costs of vaccine inequity
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Keep your eyes peeled - the Evidence in Public Policy course will be open for registration very soon!
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We are so proud of our members of staff Anne and Anda who won Best Support Staff in the
@OxfordStudents
Teaching Awards. Fully deserved!
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On
#HolocaustMemorialDay
we're delighted to launch a new programme of research - headed by
@JoWolffBSG
and in partnership with the Alfred Landecker Foundation - aimed at investigating the persecution and protection of minorities in the UK and Europe.
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A warm welcome to the new
@BlavatnikSchool
MPP students! 🎉👏 They join us from 50 countries, from Kenya and Morocco, to Afghanistan and Malaysia. Find out more about them here:
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Huge congratulations to prof Stefan Dercon who's been appointed CMG for services to economics and international development. He currently leads
@p4pcommission
&
@Oxford_CSAE
, and was chief economist at
@DFID_UK
until last year
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The new Evidence in Public Policy is an intensive, 8-week course which puts the science of evaluating policy into practice; it is delivered entirely ONLINE so that everyone around the world can benefit from Oxford’s excellence in teaching. Enrolment is open now for 1 May start!
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We're very excited to welcome a new neighbour, the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities: a home for
@UniofOxford
humanities and a new institute of AI ethics in which philosophers will engage with computer scientists, legal and public policy scholars like ours 👏
Introducing the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities 🎭 Our largest gift since the Renaissance will enable a full cross-disciplinary and state-of-the-art academic, exhibition and performance space for staff, students and the general public:
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Watch the inspiring keynote that
@JenniferMusisi
from Kampala Capital City Authority
@KCCAED
gave at
#COGC2018
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Why should we turn to
#philosophy
to solve the current political crisis? It helps people to listen to others, be humble and use arguments that are rigorous, says Nussbaum. And praises our MPP for including philosophy in the programme.
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🎉Congratulations to our postdoc researcher
@deusse
on the publication of 'Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World'! The book looks at opportunities for development through a just transition to climate-resilient economies in Africa 🌍
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New ONLINE event: we'll discuss policies for sustainable economic recovery after COVID-19 with
@Martin_M_Guzman
(Minister of Economy of Argentina),
@carmenmreinhart
(World Bank),
@GitaGopinath
(IMF) and our dean
@NgaireWoods
as chair. Tue 7 July, 6pm BST
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New student profile: Stephanie Ifayemi is this year's Duke of Cambridge scholarship, which is awarded each year to a future British leader with outstanding potential. She plan to use the MPP to further her career in international development.
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“Education is the most powerful tool we can use to change the world” - Nelson Mandela
#MandelaDay
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🎉Congratulations to our faculty member Clare Leaver who has been awarded the title of Professor of Economics and Public Policy by
@UniofOxford
👏
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Join the 3rd Philosophy, Disability and Social Change conference
#PhiDisSocCh3
to hear from 20 disabled philosophers + their allies on approaches to critical philosophical work on disability (part of
@alfredlandecker
programme).
📅 6-9 December 📍 Online
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Today is the day - ADMISSIONS ARE OPEN for our MPP and DPhil! Come and study public policy in Oxford in 2019 - all the info on how to apply is on our website
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Congratulations to
@EleanorCarter
(
@ukgolab
) for being awarded a
@UKRI_News
Future Leaders Fellowship worth up to £1.2m. She'll investigate how govt can better manage public services outsourcing 👏👏👏
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Breaking: our very own
@kateorkin
(speaking below) just won the
@ESRC
award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact! Her work with the South African government, based on evidence from her research, helped 28.5m people and saved 5.5m from extreme poverty.
@UniofOxford
@NgaireWoods
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How do we address challenges that outlast generations? Prof
@thomasnhale
explains the concept of
#LongProblems
: from remaking political institutions to representing future generations, discover Tom’s new book, out today in the US
@PrincetonUPress
:
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HUGE congrats to our DPhil student Juan David - soon to be another DPhil alumnus - who's passed his 'viva' examination today! 🎓
Amazing four years at
@BlavatnikSchool
@UniofOxford
studying public policy.
Thanks to my supervisors
@dsanco
& Paul Collier for their support and collaboration along the way.
👨🎓🍾 Now it's time to celebrate!
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First up:
#COGC2019
keynote conversation with
@SyedSaddiq
, Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports, and
@KateForbesMSP
, Scotland's Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy.
@ymnraf
, ex Minister of Youth and Sports in Yemen, also joining via video.
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Our prof Dapo Akande is the UK candidate for the United Nations International Law Commission. We’ll follow the campaign up until the election in November, but if you want more frequent and direct insights, head over to
@UKILCCampaign
!
Follow
@UKILCCampaign
for updates on the campaign of Professor Dapo Akande, UK candidate for the
@UN
International Law Commission.
#DapoAkandeForILC
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We rarely do
#FridayFun
posts, but we had to share this: an uninvited guest to our alumni event. Thanks for your help,
@RSPCA_official
!
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If the majority of warnings [from the IDF] contain errors or are unclear to the point that civilians can't understand them then, says BSG's
@JaninaDill
, "these warnings do not fulfil the proper function they have under international humanitarian law". Read the full article ⬇️
The IDF has an obligation to issue advanced warnings of attacks when civilians are likely to be harmed. It has issued many such warnings in Gaza. But we analysed the system they put in place to do this and found it riddled with inconsistencies and errors.
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Our MPP alum and former Political Leadership Scholar Keir Mather will stand as the Labour candidate in the Selby and Ainsty by-election in July🎉💫
If you want to run for office, whatever your party, the Political Leadership Scholarship could be for you – here's why 🧵(1/4)
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Our
#COVID19
government response tracker records and compares govt policies in response to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide - now with data from 100 countries🌎
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"Every country can get ahead of this curve" said
@thomasnhale
on
@SkyNews
earlier. Governments need to follow evidence-based policy and adapt to what works and what doesn't work in real time. See our Oxford
#COVID19
government response tracker here:
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How have governments responded to
#coronavirus
?
Our Oxford
#COVID19
government response tracker records government actions across the world on 11 indicators (covers 77 countries so far - we're working on more)
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