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How hot is too hot to learn?
Heatwaves in the UK are becoming increasingly common. Dr Laurence Wainwright spoke to teaching magazine TES about what that means for learning.
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Reimagining the Ocean: The Living System at the Centre of Enterprise
MSc student Camila Llinás Restrepo writes about the ocean’s role in society and business, portraying the ocean as a living system that supports global ecological, economic, and social stability.
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The scorching May heatwaves are here to stay. And Northern Europe is totally unprepared
During the UK's scorching May heatwave, Dr Laurence Wainwright warned The Independent's readers that the UK will "perhaps be the worst impacted by the predicted hot, long summer ahead. The country, everything from its cities to air-con-less offices and homes through to train tracks that buckle in the heat and oft-heat-overwhelmed health system, simply isn’t designed for hot weather."
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Scientists blame climate change for the UK heatwave – and say 35°C in spring is 'absolutely astonishing'
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Dr Laurence Wainwright revealed just how hot the UK could get if climate change isn't curbed.
"Overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that human-induced climate change is already, and will continue to, result in the UK getting hotter... Scientific modelling predicts that by 2070, summer temperatures in the UK will be on average 5°C hotter than today," he said.
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“Get stuff done!”: Alexandria Procter is an MSc student on an entrepreneurial mission
Alexandria Procter was a succesful entrepreneur before she enrolled on the Oxford Smith School MSc, having founded her own company at just 22. Here, she discusses her journey as founder, experience on the programme and ambitions for the future.
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Schools in a warming India: Rethinking heat readiness beyond emergency response
MSc candidate and lawyer Ashima Gulati explores the impacts of India's warming climate on the country's schools and the policy interventions that could mitigate them.
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Oxford Smith School alum’s Journey from student to Venture Founder
During her time on the Smith School MSc, Hannah Sassi focused her dissertation on locally-led climate change adaptation – researching how communities in Kenya and South Africa responded to existential climate risks in ways that were deeply contextual and place-based.
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Oxford School of Geography & the Environment tops 2026 QS World University Rankings
This is the sixteenth consecutive year that the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) has achieved this recognition. The University of Oxford also secured first place in three other subjects, making it the UK university with the most courses ranked top in the world.
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Why Is Extreme Heat a Mental Health Emergency?
Dr Laurence Wainwright comments on the mental health risks of extreme heat and climate change in Medscape.