Kavya Chowdhry 16/07/2020 Kavya Chowdhry 16/07/2020

Keeping Close in a Socially Distant World - The Annual Leadership Forum

The WHT Annual Leadership Forum was held online this year owing to Covid-19 restrictions, but the scholars made sure that they shared their insights, recollections and witty banter.

Upamanyu Ghose 16/07/2020 Upamanyu Ghose 16/07/2020

The Journey of an Idea - Smart Light Therapy with Solis

A smart light box integrated with its own mobile app that allows tracking of light therapy sessions and suggests activities to improve mood and mental health.

Arlette Nyembo 02/07/2020 Arlette Nyembo 02/07/2020

Lockdown Journal - Solidarity in Times of Struggle

My friends, old and new, have played a pivotal role in my mental well-being and motivation; I wouldn’t have gotten better without them.

Keith Mundangepfupfu 03/06/2020 Keith Mundangepfupfu 03/06/2020

Spreading The Gift of Zimbabwean Literature

This idea came about as Geraldine and I were having one of our Quaracatch up calls, and we started talking about how many children were now at home and possibly not going to be back in school for a year or so.

Minah Faiz Rashad 14/05/2020 Minah Faiz Rashad 14/05/2020

Lockdown Journal - We Are not in the Same Boat

The world has seen over 4 million COVID-19 cases and close to 300,000 deaths related to the disease. Yet, some people are still saying that we are all in the same boat. We are not. We are going through an unprecedented time in our lives where each one of us is facing unique problems and our lived realities and needs differ from one another.

Yeukai Mudzi 04/05/2020 Yeukai Mudzi 04/05/2020

Lockdown Journal - Unexpected Break in Johannesburg

Where to even start and what to even share amidst the many thoughts whirling through my mind?! I was rereading the few blog posts I wrote at the beginning of my Oxford journey — I’m so glad I wrote and I’m sorry I didn’t manage to become consistent in posting blogs. But here we are today

Usuta Kavari 29/04/2020 Usuta Kavari 29/04/2020

Lockdown Journal - A Time to Read

While the brave new world of a digital term holds its promise, there is something about sitting in one of the oldest libraries in Europe, surrounded by new and ancient texts and the brightest minds in the world, that I miss dearly.

Naman Ahluwalia 24/04/2020 Naman Ahluwalia 24/04/2020

Lockdown Journal - Reflections from India

I hurriedly booked flight tickets, packed my bags in a rush and sayed goodbye to my friends in Oxford, not knowing when we would be back. I wished I had more time, to see the Radcliffe Camera or to visit my favourite coffee shop one last time, however I was already on my flight to Delhi (one of the last) before I realised.

Alan Clarke 09/04/2020 Alan Clarke 09/04/2020

Ditchley Foundation conference: Security in Africa in a changing world

It was an incredibly exciting and thought provoking experience for both of us and we hope that this post encourages others to consider the impediments to security in their own countries and regions.

Bhanu Naga 06/04/2020 Bhanu Naga 06/04/2020

Seeds of Resilience Against a Global Pandemic

About a month ago, the Government of Maharashtra, with whom we had been working before I came to Oxford, reached out asking for ways we could collaborate to build solutions to record, trace, track, monitor, and visualize incidents related to the outbreak.

Tania Risco Ruiz 03/04/2020 Tania Risco Ruiz 03/04/2020

Observing COP25 Chile Madrid, Where Climate Change Policies Are Wrangled

When she said "We need to give a human face to climate action", the Minister of Environment reminded me what was missing in the political debate about the climate crisis; the shared acknowledgement that human lives are at stake.

Margozata Slowinska 19/03/2020 Margozata Slowinska 19/03/2020

Awakening The Entrepreneur Within Me

I wouldn’t have been able to stand on the Forum stage without WHT’s support. The scholarship programme pushed me out of my comfort zone to materialise this business idea and provided me with invaluable support by connecting me to previous scholars and experts in the start-up arena.

Pablo Marzocca 27/02/2020 Pablo Marzocca 27/02/2020

Debating Can Bridge the Divisions Among Us

We would benefit from having a more serious and respectful discussion about the difficult topics that divide us. And we should start by accepting that if some issue is effectively generating a divide in society, hearing both sides respectfully may be a good start. The key to debating is in listening as much as it is in speaking.

Julia Dias Carneiro 17/12/2019 Julia Dias Carneiro 17/12/2019

When Presentation Becomes a Quest for Personal Truth: A Retreat at the Cumberland Lodge

Former WHT scholars always looked dreamy when telling us about the days at the Cumberland Lodge. “It’s really special”, they’d recall. When our bus drove through the bare trees of Windsor Great Park, on a sunny winter morning, we were quickly ushered into the lodge’s old Victorian library to find out why.