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Where We're Heading www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk Trinity Term 2011 Volume 23 No 3 OXFORD TODAY THE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 22 | SIR ANDREW MOTION | PHILIP PULLMAN SAVING THE ARTS IN BRITAIN 32 | GOODBYE MUBARAK YEAR OF THE FACEBOOK REVOLUTIONS? 35 | EDWARD BURNE-JONES ROMANTIC TO THE POINT OF MODERNISM 38 | PG WODEHOUSE LANGUAGE AS PLAYTHING WHERE WE’RE HEADING James Martin interprets our century OXFORD TODAY EDITOR:;iI`Z_Xi[Cf]k_flj\ DEPUTY ART EDITOR:DXibD`kZ_\cc HEAD OF PUBLICATIONS AND WEB OFFICE: 8ee\9ilee\i$<cc`j PRODUCTION EDITOR:Fc`m`XDfi[jc\p SUB EDITOR:<c`qXY\k_KXk_Xd PICTURE EDITOR:AfXeeXBXp DESIGN DIRECTOR:;pcXe:_Xeefe EDITORIAL ENQUIRIES:AXe\k8m`jfe AL;><J GlYc`Z8]]X`ij;`i\ZkfiXk\ Tel:'(/-,)/',+, IF9 Fax:'(/-,).'(./ # ALUMNI ENQUIRIES, <JJ@FEJ INCLUDING CHANGE OF ADDRESS::cX`i\CXib`e PJ 8clde`F]ÔZ\ F9 Tel:'(/-,-((-(' 1A @D8>< Le`m\ij`kpf]Fo]fi[#Le`m\ij`kpF]ÔZ\j# <I M N\cc`e^kfeJhlXi\#Fo]fi[FO()A; :F Trinity Term 2011 ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES: DXi`\Cfe^jkX]] =lkli\Gclj#9\Xl]fik:flik#*'Dfedflk_Jki\\k#9Xk_98()9N Tel:'()),/))/+0 Fo]fi[Kf[Xp`jglYc`j_\[`eDXiZ_#Ale\Xe[FZkfY\i%@k`j]i\\kfFo]fi[ ^iX[lXk\jXe[]i`\e[jf]k_\Le`m\ij`kp%@k`jXcjfXmX`cXYc\fejlYjZi`gk`fe%=fi ]lik_\i`e]fidXk`feXe[kfjlYjZi`Y\#ZfekXZkAXe\k8m`jfej\\[\kX`cjXYfm\ % K_\:_XeZ\ccfi#DXjk\ijXe[JZ_fcXijf]k_\Le`m\ij`kpf]Fo]fi[% K_\fg`e`fej\ogi\jj\[`eFo]fi[Kf[XpXi\k_fj\f]k_\Zfeki`Ylkfij#Xe[ Welcome Xi\efke\Z\jjXi`cpj_Xi\[Ypk_\Le`m\ij`kpf]Fo]fi[%8[m\ik`j\d\ekjXi\ ZXi\]lccpm\kk\[#Ylkk_\Le`m\ij`kpZXekXb\efi\jgfej`Y`c`kp]fik_\d% The future of the world and EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: 8cle8e[\ijfe# 8lk_fiXe[aflieXc`jk a University under attack 8ee\9ilee\i$<cc`j# ?\X[f]GlYc`ZXk`fejXe[N\YF]ÔZ\#Le`m\ij`kpf]Fo]fi[ Gif]\jjfi;Xm`[:cXip# The past few months have seen the University attacked by the ruling Gi\j`[\ek#DX^[Xc\e:fcc\^\#Fo]fi[ coalition. 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Link to the App store at Xe[k_\Le`m\ij`kpf]Fo]fi[%Gi`ek\[Yp?\X[c\p9ifk_\ij#8j_]fi[#B\ek% www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk K_\k\okgXg\i`ek_`jdX^Xq`e\`jZ_cfi`e\ ]i\\%K_\gXg\idXel]XZkli\iXe[=lkli\ For your chance to win an iPad 2, complete our reader survey at GlYc`j_`e^_Xm\Y\\e`e[\g\e[\ekcp Z\ik`Ô\[`eXZZfi[XeZ\n`k_k_\ilc\jf] www.surveymonkey.com/s/oxfordtodaytrinity k_\=fi\jkJk\nXi[j_`g:fleZ`c% www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk | [email protected] | twitter.com/oxfordalumni MY OXFORD Stephanie OXFORD Cook Trinity Term K_\Fcpdg`Z 2011 g\ekXk_cfe^fc[ d\[Xcc`jki\ZXccj ]fe[d\dfi`\j TODAY f]_\i[XpjXjX In this issue… C`eZfcejZ_fcXi 50 Oxonian 6 Letters 8 University news 10 New heads of house 13 S cience findings J E 14 New appointments J<JJ@F 9P 15 Photography competition F E#A F 17 Alumni news O @ EE @ M 18 Student spotlight < #B <J 20 Oxonians at large > ; 9AL F Features #I @J I9 F 22 For art’s sake &: Professor Andrew Motion and Philip M@@ M& @ 26 Pullman assess the future of the arts 8M ? 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We reserve the right to edit them to meet space constraints; the best way to avoid this is to keep letters to 200 Letters or fewer words. Unless you request otherwise, Your correspondence letters may also appear on our website. Brave new world? I have been following the debate over In response to… post-secondary education funding in the UK, and in particular, the Oxford defence of the undergraduate tutorial OT 23.1: ‘First among equals’ system. My experience of the Oxford tutorial system was nothing special. Gfc`k`ZXcXkkXZbXe[g\ijfeXckflZ_%%% I was never intellectually stretched, rarely challenged. I had to work much @]fle[k_\m\ip`e]fidXk`m\ gX`e]lccp`ife`Z`ek_\Zfek\okf] :fe^iXklcXk`fejfepfli harder, and in a more focused way, Xik`Zc\XYflkFo]fi[gi`d\ k_\\]]\Zk`m\gi`mXk`jXk`fef] j\c\Zk`fef]c\kk\ij`ek_\?`cXip once I arrived in Canada as a young d`e`jk\ijÊ=`ijkXdfe^\hlXcjË _`^_\i\[lZXk`fe%K_ifl^_k_\ \[`k`fe#XYflkk_\:Xd\ife graduate student. 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