Michael Shao
The scout system at Oxford must be scrapped
Michael Shao argues that scouts, paid a pittance and often treated quite badly, remove any sense of privacy and adult independence at university
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the slime of Turkey
Erdoğan is humiliating Turkey on the international stage as well as gradually dismantling democracy at home
Oxford University is a risky investment
Michael Shao debates whether he would add the University of Oxford to his hypothetical portfolio of investments
Reject the Tory attempt to build a surveillance state
Michael Shao on why the government's call for new powers should be rejected
Oxford lawyers, quit your degrees. Now.
Michael Shao argues that software systems, developments in machine learning, and artificial intelligence will soon render lawyers obsolete
One thing I’d change about Oxford… academic freedom
Michael Shao wishes that there was a little more choice in papers beyond one's chosen subject
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Chanel Métiers d’Art: the star-spangled update Lagerfeld needed
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Poetry in motion: the nature of lyrics
Should lyrics be given the same respect as poetry?
