Past Events

The photos taken at our weekly events can be found here. We are also filming some events, which will be uploaded on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2JK3Mcd/

Wednesday 23rd May: Mary Hockaday

Mary Hockaday, the current Controller of the BBC World Service English, came to talk to the society about investing in investigative reporting, attacks on journalists and how to combat fake news.

Wednesday 16th May: Ed Williams

Ed Williams, CEO of Edelman in the UK and Ireland, visited the society to discuss the future of journalism as he sees it.

Wednesday 9th May: Simon Lewis

Simon Lewis is the former Communications Secretary to the Queen and PM Gordon Brown.

Mr Lewis also has experience in the private sector and is credited for reinventing the Queen's image after the death of Princess Diana.

Wednesday 2nd May: Dara Nasr, Twitter UK's Managing Director

Dara Nasr discussed the use of data following the recent Russian bots and the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandals. During the event, news broke that Cambridge Analytica were filing for insolvency proceedings and closing down.

Launch Event: Jon Snow in conversation with Alan Rusbridger

On Wednesday 27th April, we held our launch event at Lady Margaret Hall. Jon Snow, esteemed presenter of Channel 4 News, spoke to Alan Rusbridger, ex-Editor of The Guardian and Senior Member of OUMS. Video will be available shortly on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2JK3Mcd