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Reflections from the 2019 Scholar Trip to China

In Susan Sontag’s story “Project for a Trip to China,” when the narrator is invited by the Chinese Government on a trip to the country, she is consumed by the prospect of her long-cherished aspiration coming to life. “I am interested in wisdom. I am interested in walls,” Sontag writes, “China [sic is] famous for both.” Like the narrator in Sontag’s story, I have always been fascinated by China. Neighbouring India, the country where home is for me, China has, in recent years, captured the world’s imagination like no other country.

Rhodes Scholar Trip to Palestine 2019: a Feature Length Blog

The second-ever cohort of Rhodes Eden Palestine Fellows arrived in Jerusalem on 17 March 2019 to begin our week-long trip through Israel and Palestine. As part of our effort to translate this Fellowship into meaningful action and understanding on behalf of the people of Palestine, we have documented our experiences with a blog post that outlines each day of our journey, conveying what we have seen, heard, learned and shared to all of you.

Do You Buy Into The ‘Myth’?

Theranos, Fyre Festival, ‘STAP’ stem cells – intriguing, horrifying, outrageous scandals in business, entertainment, and academia. So outrageous with so many complicit individuals that we can’t help but wonder how they could have happened at all. How did they dupe us?

Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar Keynote

Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, speaks on 'The role of academia in promoting health for all' at the 4th Rhodes Healthcare Forum.