Adam Agowun

Explaining French secularism: what is laïcité?

Muslim countries around the world have been in uproar at Emmanuel Macron’s response to some caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH. On 6 October 2020, Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher in Paris showed a copy of the now infamous cartoons that provoked a terrorist attack on the offices...
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Posted Dec. 17, 2020

My goals for the next academic year

With the new academic year ahead, there's never been a better time to set goals for yourself and your studies. Adam Agowun, Noah Keate and Lucy Martin share their goals for the next academic year.
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Posted Oct. 1, 2020

The new GCSE modifications undervalue English Literature

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Ofqual, the exams authority, has announced that GCSE students will be able to drop subject areas in English literature and history exams next year. As an English and French student at university, you can understand why this might concern and upset me, without any...
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Posted Aug. 16, 2020

Why do we travel?

Why do we travel? To be honest, no idea. Perhaps as a status symbol: my mind goes instantly to travel being one of the staples of Instagram influencers. Many trips with friends are spent taking pictures that are worthy of going on the ‘Gram. Or maybe because, like me, you’re...
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Posted Jul. 20, 2020