The word equinox comes from the Latin words for “equal night”—aequus (equal) and nox (night). It’s one of only two points in the year when day and night are equal in length (the other being the autumn equinox). And it’s the first day of spring. The equinox marks a point…
Natalie Davis - Founder, The Wellbeing Generation31 March 2022
The event focus was on how the transition to net-zero will be financed, and the role diversity and natural capital will play in delivering a sustainable future. The UN Secretary-general kicked off the meeting and his main topic was keeping the 1.5 alive. The 1.5-degree goal, to quote ‘is in…
Oxford HR31 March 2022
Humanitarians always had the difficult mission to face highly sensitive and urgent issues directly affecting populations, doing no harm. Over the last decades, the HPD nexus has been confronted by even more complex and intricate challenges whilst facing critics on the efficiency of international aid and having to adapt to…
Virginie MARTINS de NOBREGA1 March 2022
Let's face it, looking back at the last couple of years requires a fortitude of character and strength of mind that would test the most ardent diarist. So I thought, instead, it would be more interesting to look forwards and think about what 2022 might have in store for Oxford…
David Lale28 January 2022
We - Erik van Weert, Hannah Nesmith-Beck and Susanne Skoruppa - spent a morning with some 25 members of the current cohort of Radboud University’s AMID programme – the Advanced Master’s in International Development, directed by Sara Kinsbergen, a specialist on aid architecture and member of the Dutch Government Committee…
Erik van Weert29 November 2021
It was with a little trepidation and a lot of excitement that the Oxford HR team attended AIDEX 2021 in Brussels in November. Due to the pandemic, this would be the first in person event we had been at for over three years and in a sector like ours, where…
Suzie Mills29 November 2021
Social inequalities are all around us: poverty and financial strain, racism, sexism, bullying based on sexual orientation, homelessness, and social exclusion due to disability or age, to name just a handful. Yet discussion on the causes of mental health problems often focuses on individual factors. Rarely does public discourse acknowledge…
Natalie Davis - Founder, The Wellbeing Generation6 October 2021