Orla is in her second year studying History at the University of Oxford. Having won the national Debating Matters championship with the Graveney School team in 2012, Orla now participates in the organisation’s alumni scheme for mentoring younger students. She is particularly interested in languages, literature and politics and is currently Women’s Officer of the Oxford University Labour Club.
What's the point of the social sciences?
"I have been doing the Battle of Ideas for a couple of years, but never before have I felt so heartened and so alive as the day ended. The spectacle of so many fascinating minds, none too proud to agree, none too modern to disagree, all at work on the most important questions of this rocky period: it's enough to make you believe there's hope for the species, yet."
Zoe Williams, columnist, Guardian; author, What Not to Expect When You're Expecting
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