Charlie studied History & Politics at the The University of Oxford, graduating with a first class degree and the Blake Prize for History. He then gained an MPhil with Distinction in Modern British and European History, from the University of Oxford, with a thesis on the conservative critics of neoliberalism in 1970s and 1980s Britain. He is now a PhD student of History at Yale University, specialising in modern European political and intellectual History.

Dave holds a PhD in Platonic Philosophy from Royal Holloway, University of London, for which he was awarded the College Crosslands Scholarship. Prior to his doctoral studies, Dave read Classics and Philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin before coming to England to pursue an MA in Classical Reception at University College, London. He is currently a teaching fellow in Philosophy at Royal Holloway and in 2020 won the College Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Emma graduated from Jesus College, University of Cambridge with a degree in Law. Her academic interests lie in a wide range of areas including commercial law, international law and public law. Her undergraduate dissertation was on the constitutional role of the courts in judicial review cases. She is currently studying for a Masters alongside her LPC and is writing a paper on proposed reforms to planning law.

Faisal is currently in his fourth year of studying Medicine at King’s College, London, having graduated last year with a first class Honours in Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology. He recently presented his work on kidney rejection biomarkers at the European Society of Transplantation congress in Barcelona, for which he also received the Carrel Club prize.

Harvinder received the Rose Scholarship to study Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, graduating with a first-class degree in Biomedical Engineering. As part of his project, he worked on the development of a new diagnostic platform to detect biomarkers indicative of pre-term birth. He received the Peter Medawar prize for his case study on Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, which was presented to leading experts in the field, and is currently completing his medical degree.

Heer is currently in his fifth year of Medical school at University College, London, having completed a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Over the last two years his main concentration has been within the field of Oncology. He recently presented research on ‘Prognostic Factors in Neuroendocrine Tumours’ at the annual ENETs conference in Barcelona.

Julia has an MSc degree in the Social Science of the Internet from the University of Oxford and a first class undergraduate degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. She is interested in efforts to create norms for cyber conflicts, and she will be pursuing this interest in a DPhil in Cybersecurity and International Politics at the University of Oxford this year.

Katharina completed her BA in International Relations at the University of Essex with first class honours and then gained an MPhil in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is currently working towards her PhD in Political Economy at the University of Geneva, focussing on the changing role played by Governments in the allocation of financial capital. 

Leah studied English Language and Literature at Hertford College, Oxford. She gained a Distinction for her Masters in Early Modern Literature at KCL, and is currently working on her AHRC-funded DPhil at Balliol College Oxford in metaphors of saintly intercession after the Reformation in literature. She has worked as a research assistant at Lambeth Palace Library, and for the Donne Variorum.

Matthew received his MA(Hons) in Philosophy from the University of St Andrews before studying an accelerated degree in Law at St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge. Matthew holds multiple scholarships from both Cambridge and St Andrews, alongside Lord Brougham, Hardwicke and Lord Denning Scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn. He is currently preparing for a career at the Bar.

Naomi holds a cum laude Honours degree in Liberal arts, focusing on International Relations and Modern History from University College Utrecht and an MLitt. in International Political Theory from the University of St. Andrews. She is currently finishing up the third year of her PhD in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research examines the relationship between nonlinear time and conceptions of self, through the work of 19th and 20th century continental philosophers.

Nicole completed BA in History at the University of Zagreb in Croatia graduating with a distinction and a first-class honour. A year later she completed an MPhil in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge with a thesis entitled: Internationalism and the Women’s League of Health and Beauty in interwar Britain. She has recently been awarded the ESRC studentship for her PhD project on ‘Transnational history of interwar Yugoslavia: between nationalism and internationalism’.

Priya is currently in her fifth year of studying medicine at Imperial College London. Last year she graduated with a First Class Honours in Medical Sciences with Endocrinology, in which she carried out a research project studying potential risk factors for pituitary dysfunction in patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. Her interests lie in Paediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

Rhianna has completed her third year of medicine at University College, London. This year she has embarked on an intercalated BSc in Paediatrics and Child Health, for which she carried out a research project on the topical issue of digitalising the NHS.

Ruchika has completed her final year in Dentistry at the University of Glasgow. She has special interests in oral medicine and has spent time observing in Carolina’s Medical Centre USA. As part of her outside interests she has always enjoyed taking time to volunteer in a variety of different projects, and is currently involved with the universities society for the homeless.

Russell recently completed a PhD in Theoretical Physics at Royal Holloway, where his research focused on the Astrophysics and Particle Theory of dark matter. He has published several papers looking at how dark matter could seep into the Universe via the decays of relics from the Big Bang, and whether there could be numerous dark matter ‘elements’, and how we could find them.

Thariq is currently in his fourth year studying Dentistry at King’s College London, having previously graduated with a BSc in Medical Physiology at the University of Leicester. He has a particular interest in the surgical aspect of dentistry and has previously worked with Oral & Maxillofacial Surgical teams at University College London Hospital.

Tim studied for his Master’s degree in physics at New College, University of Oxford specialising in theoretical and atmospheric physics, accompanied by an experimental project in geophysical fluid dynamics. He will be going on to study an MRes+PhD at the University of Cambridge in Computational methods for Materials Science.

Will graduated from Wadham College, University of Oxford with a degree in Mathematics, where he particularly enjoyed studying Pure Mathematics. He then went on to study a Masters in Philosophy at University College London, completing the course with distinction. Will is currently studying for a PhD in Computer Science and Medical Imaging at UCL, working towards using Machine Learning to predict and interpret MRI data.

Will received his doctorate in politics from Balliol College, University of Oxford. He is a lecturer at the School of Politics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research interests include refugee policy, the politics of African diasporas, and state-building. He also holds a first class BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Balliol College, University of Oxford.