Lara McCarthy

University of Oxford

Ranked number one in the world in the 2023 Times Higher Education World Rankings, we are at the forefront of the full range of academic disciplines, including medical sciences; mathematical, physical and life sciences; humanities; and social sciences. As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, we have long traditions of scholarship, but we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities: we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, with more than 130 companies created to date. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Find out more about what makes Oxford so special at www.ox.ac.uk. We're all about encouraging conversation, but we have some house rules. Content we will remove: * Spam: any type of sales, buying or selling, or self-promotion, legal or illegal, will be removed. * Links: to prevent the spread of misinformation, spam, malware, or potentially inappropriate content, comments featuring a link to another site will be removed, regardless of the URL included. * Problem comments: any type of repeated comment, explicit comment, unrelated comment, or misleading comment will be deleted and users may be banned. If an accusation has been made and a name used this will be hidden, and could result in legal repercussions if the person or entity named decides it is libellous. * Hate speech: racism, sexism (this includes leaving disrespectful or explicit comments to other users), religious discrimination, homophobia and trolling are all completely unacceptable to the University of Oxford. Users who engage in any of these activities will be banned. Please be: * Respectful of other people's opinions * Aware that your comments are public