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The WLM event at Ruskin College on 22nd February 2020 was a great success. 50 years of the Women’s Liberation Movement was commemorated by lively discussions between our panel of feminist luminaries and a passionate and inspired audience. Reeta Chakrabarti deftly chaired the debates surrounding the topics of “50 years on – how far have we come?” and “What does the current political c...

Ruskin Tutor Dr Gayle Lonergan was invited to the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna on 23 January to speak on the theme of Religion and Revolution with fellow academic Clemena Antonova. They discussed the tradition of religious philosophy alongside the political history of the early years of the Bolshevik Party, as both religion and politics responded to the crisis of modernisation in ea...

FE teaching at Ruskin College is set to be revolutionised with the introduction of new cutting-edge software that will greatly enhance the learning experience for Ruskin students.    The new software, developed by award-winning company Century, will significantly improve the way Ruskin tutors will be able to deliver the curriculum to students on English, Maths and IT courses. The...

Lateefah, a recent graduate of Ruskin’s hugely successful Access to HE Nursing programme, is celebrating being offered a sought-after place at Oxford Brookes University to study Adult Nursing. She joins her fellow graduates of this flagship Access programme who have taken up key university and apprenticeship places across the UK. She visited her tutor, Sally Mercer, in college on Tuesday to...

An outstanding Ruskin student has been awarded a coveted Oxford Brookes University Community Scholarship. Malachi, an Access to HE Social Science student, will go on to join a journalism degree programme at Brookes in September. The Oxford Brookes University Community Scholarship rewards students who have taken part in community engagement, either within their school or college or local c...

Ruskin received a glowing assessment for its provision of support services to students, following a Matrix Standard inspection. The Matrix Standard assesses and measures information, advice and guidance services, which support students in their choice of career, learning, work and life goals. The inspection looked at all aspects of college activity and spoke to a wide range of people durin...

Ruskin Health and Social Care students, together with the Ruskin Students' Union, held an open meeting to attempt to tackle the issue of homelessness in Oxford in the Ruskin Room at Exeter College. The aim of the meeting was to enable people to come together and voice their opinions on the issue, to discuss strategies to address the worsening homelessness situation, and to work towards finding s...

To mark International Women’s Day, Ruskin Tutor Monica Mottin joined four other inspirational women speaking about their activism and experiences surrounding their fight to secure the living wage for all workers in Oxford. Monica, Tutor on our flagship MA in Global Labour and Social Change, joined Shaista Aziz, Michelle Codrington-Rogers, Dana Mills and Amantha Edmead, on the stage at the Ox...

To celebrate LGBT History Month, Ruskin was delighted to welcome the Chair of Oxford Pride, Debbie Brixey, to talk to students and staff. She gave a stimulating talk about the history of Oxford Pride and its plans for the future. She entertained with anecdotes about parades she has experienced across the world and answered a wide range of questions from the audience. This year’...

We were delighted to kick off our 120th birthday year with a memorable evening of talks, culminating in a stirring keynote speech from the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Frances O’Grady. On the same day that witnessed the college’s historic inaugural meeting in the town hall 120 years ago, we were delighted to welcome friends and colleagues from today’s Trade Union and L...