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Lord Hague: “Oxford made a huge difference to my own life. I believe in helping other people have the same transformative experience.”
https://youtu.be/emJnKTlaTMo
Lord William Hague is certain that we are headed for a “decade of change” and is convinced that he is the person to steer the University of Oxford through it. He is keen to place Oxford at the centre of the next technological explosion, to continue growing access to the University, and has many thoughts on the financial situation of the UK higher education sector. In our conversation in the Oscar Wilde Room at his old college, Magdalen, he...
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Culture
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Life
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