Dear Oxford Hub member,

Term is racing by, but there are still plenty of interesting events and opportunities arriving in my inbox.

Upcoming highlights:

• The Oxford Hub Series event this week is hosted by Christian Aid and takes a look at the human cost of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.
• Keep Saturday 31st free for fun in the sun at the Oxford Hub Garden Party - our termly social where we bring the whole of Oxford's charitable together. Krispy Kremes, Giant Twister and Mr Whippy ice cream will be on offer, as well as the presence of all of Oxford lovely charity people. Full details later in the week.
• The Pick of the Environment and Development Studies events this week look especially interesting.
• Don't miss out on applying for one of the many interesting committee positions on offer. Look out as well next Sunday for Oxford Hub and OxFID committee positions, as well as more internship opportunities for the summer.

Finally, there's no news summary this week I'm afraid, as Natasha is away. But there is a Call to Action to give you something to do about tackling problems in the fashion industry's supply chain. Also, if you're considering making a donation to the Burma-Myanmar appeal, consider the below recommendation we've had through from a Burmese student.

Have a good week,

Adam

Contents

1. Oxford Hub Series - CHRISTIAN AID: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, THE HUMAN COST OF CONFLICT
2. Call to Action: SWEATSHOP LABOUR
3. Myanmar-Burma appeal
4. Jacari Committee Needs YOU!
5. OxFizz - FOCUS GROUP AND INTERNSHIPS
6. Hands Up for Darfur is NOW RECRUITING!
7. People and Planet: JOBS
8. Pick of Oxford Environment and Development Studies Events: IPCC; OIL AND POLITICS; UK vs THE EU
9. Oxford Students for Liberty: BATTLE OF THE ALLITERATIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS
10. Roots and Shoots: DR JANE GOODALL - REASON FOR HOPE
11. U8 - AFRICA FORUM: DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND NGOS
12. Do you think that migration controls should be abolished immediately?
13. PUBLIC LECTURE ON 'RACE AND THE MEDIA' BY YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN
14. Confronting Gender Disparities Across Cultures
15. Oxford Peace Research Trust: MILITARY INVOLVMENT IN RESEARCH AT UK UNIVERSITIES

1. Oxford Hub Series - CHRISTIAN AID: ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, THE HUMAN COST OF CONFLICT

Wednesday 5th Week (21st May), 8pm, Magdalen Auditorium

The media is awash with stories about the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Whether it is hopeful news about peace negotiations or horror stories about violence this is one of the most comprehensively covered conflicts in the world. And yet we very rarely hear the stories of the human cost of the Occupation.

Nigel Varndell of Christian Aid's Advocacy and Policy Group for the Palestinians and Israel will explain what life is like ordinary Palestinians under occupation and what Christian Aid is doing to help.

2. Call to Action: SWEATSHOP LABOUR

Following People and Planet's speaker event last week discussing ethics in the fashion industry, as well as previous communications and actions, the Oxford group has been invited to a meeting with members of Topshop - this is real progress, so thank you for your support.

• To get involved with People and Planet, come along to a meeting (Fridays, JCR Annexe, Oriel). You can email ruth.simister@ccc.ox.ac.uk for more info.

• For further information and ideas about the Redress Fashion Campaign, visit http://peopleandplanet.org/redressfashion

• For more information about the Ethical Trading Initiative, visit http://www.ethicaltrade.org/

• To take action - there is a current campaign targetting shoe manufacturers who use homeworkers - and learn more about Homeworkers Worldwide, visit www.homeworkersww.org.uk or email info@homeworkersww.org.uk

3. Myanmar-Burma appeal

Myanmar-Burma Emergency Aid Network

This organisation does not use the money for marketing or wages, the team is 100% voluntary and is operating now. These are burmese or Burmese-English students who ACTUALLY work with local Burmese networks on the ground. To find detailed reports of where the money is going please see the website:

www.burmarelief.org

4. Jacari Committee Needs YOU!

The window for applications to the Jacari committee has been extended to midnight 6th June - this is a great opportunity to get involved in a student charity next year, as well as pick up some fantastic experience and have a lot of fun. Jacari matches up children who have English as an additional language with volunteers who give them private tuition on a weekly basis - this has an enormous impact on children's language skills and confidence in the classroom and gives students the opportunity to interact with the Oxford beyond the university. Next year will be very exciting for Jacari - for the first time we will have a full-time staff member, a recent graduate and Jacari Committee veteran, and this means there's real scope to expand and develop the charity. Committee members will be responsible for coming up with innovate and creative ideas to promote Jacari, raise funds and expand the volunteer base, as well as for putting on events teaching workshops and seminars. The roles on offer are detailed in the attachment - please submit a CV with relevant experience and motivation for applying (no more than 1 A4 side) to president@jacari.org, and leave some time free on Sunday 8th June for a short interview. Don't miss out on the opportunity to do something amazing next year!

5. OxFizz - FOCUS GROUP AND INTERNSHIPS

OXFIZZ FOCUS GROUP:
OxFizz is looking for feedback on how it can improve! Join us for drinks on Tuesday of 6th Week, May 27th, for drinks and nibbles at 5.30, Merton MCR for an informal discussion. All those who attend can then claim a free
Silver Level CV interview, worth £15! Please email victoria@oxfizz.org to RSVP, as numbers are limited.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH OXFIZZ

"OxFizz is social entrepreneurship at its best; a sustainable and replicable business model designed to meet specific needs in the community" David Verey CBE, Chairman, The Art Fund

About OxFizz
OxFizz is a pioneering, innovative and completely unique social enterprise. Set up in 2007 by three recent Oxford graduates, OxFizz provides professional mock career interviews for students. Profits are channelled to a charity of
the interviewers choice.

Achievements
In our first year we have:
- Raised almost £1,000 for charities
- Won Oxford round of Procter & Gambles Dragons Lair competition for innovative student-run organisations
- Secured free office space at the Said Business School and Oxford University Careers Service - Recruited over 20 interviewers from companies including Deloitte, Lehman Brothers, Unilever, KPMG
- Won national exposure, and gained supporters including the Chairman of Blackstone and the CEO of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations

Internship programme
We are recruiting for a committee of volunteer student interns (non-finalists) to help us run OxFizz. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone with a real interest in the charity sector/social enterprise. Interns run OxFizz and
receive top quality training/seminars, as well as Summer Placement opportunities at other charities we partner with (including UnLtd and Earthwatch).

Positions available
Chief Executive, Secretary, Finance Officer, Publicity Officer, Recruitment & Training Manager. Please contact internships@oxfizz.org for more details on these positions.

To apply
Check out our blog at www.oxfizz.org/blog/index.php for more information. Deadline is Thursday 22nd May, with short interviews on 25th and 26th May.

6. Hands Up for Darfur is NOW RECRUITING!

After an extremely successful year organising a critical and interactive ‘Question Time’ Darfur debate at Magdalen Auditorium and the Hands Up Fashion Show at the Oxford Town Hall Hands Up for Darfur is now RECRUITING! There’s a number of positions on offer for next year within marketing, events, sponsorship… and we’re looking for enthusiastic and engaging people to continue our work of raising AWARENESS and FUNDS for aid agencies in Darfur. We want to focus more on awareness of the conflict next year and already have some exciting new fundraising ideas ……

If you’re interested in being part of our dynamic and innovative team please email: president@handsupfordarfur.co.uk with a brief paragraph of your previous experience and what area you would like to get involved in. Please also include your year and subject.

7. People and Planet: JOBS

Come and work in our vibrant, challenging, friendly and lively office in Oxford. We're recruiting a Fundraiser, an Outreach Officer and for our 11-month Internships.

Full details and all you need to apply at http://peopleandplanet.org/careers/

Fund-raising Officer £21,474 Oxford

Applications by 27 May
Interviews w/c 2 June

Join the fund-raising team that enables our award-winning campaigns on poverty, human rights and the environment.

Outreach Officer £21,474 Oxford

Applications by 27 May
Interviews 5 or 6 June

People & Planet aims to inspire and support the next generation of active global citizens. It is vital that we seek to engage diverse students from across the UK population with global social and environmental issues.

Internships £11,050 Oxford

Applications by 27 May
Interviews weeks commencing 9 & 16 June

People & Planet is offering 8 year-long paid Internships to start in August 2008.

Our Internships are respected throughout the NGO and charity sectors as a great way to gain the skills and experience you need for a career in charity work or campaigning.

8. Pick of Oxford Environment and Development Studies Events: IPCC; OIL AND POLITICS; UK vs THE EU

This feature takes the pick of the weekly listings sent out by the Environmental Change Institute. Hopefully we’ll be able to have their listings up on our website soon, but in the meantime please see http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/oxfordenv/index.php for full details.

We also list the pick of the week’s seminars from QEH, The Department for International Development. For more see www.oxfordhub.org/node/80

Monday 5th Week (19 May), 5pm, Department of International Development, Mansfield Road, Seminar Room 2

"Climate change and sustainable development" Professor Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair of the Nobel Prize-sharing Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Wednesday 5th Week (21 May), 5pm, Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Rd

"Oil and Politics in Africa"

Dr Ricardo Soares de Oliveira, Oxford

Organiser: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies: Geopolitics of Energy

Thursday 5th Week (22 May), 5.30pm, OUCE Lecture Theatre, South Parks Road

"Renewables in the UK: why we are so far behind the rest of the EU" Professor Dave Elliott, Professor of Technology Policy, The Open University

9. Oxford Students for Liberty: BATTLE OF THE ALLITERATIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS

TONIGHT at 8.30pm in the Union R&R (Rum and Rights) will be taking on P&P (Port and Policy).

The motion being discussed will be:

"This house believes that a stronger state is not the answer to terrorism in Britain"

Is increasing the power of state necessary to ensure our safety and future liberty? Or will it simply erode our values without making us any safer? And even if it does make us safer, would it be worth it?

Is there a balance that can be struck between the two? By undermining our own liberty in the name of security are we in fact just making a mockery of our own ideology and making the job of the terrorist easier? Or is a short-term restriction on liberty the only way to ensure that we do not become subject to tyranny in the long term?

And what of non-state actors? Is centralising power in the state actually discouraging British subjects from doing their bit by taking away their rights and with them their responsibilities?

So come along and support us civil libertarians and have a little bit of port along the way! The event will be held in the Union - no membership needed to come along though!

10. Roots and Shoots: DR JANE GOODALL - REASON FOR HOPE

Monday 5th week (19th May), 4pm, The Natural History Museum

Renowned scientist and inspiring environmentalist, Dr. Dame Jane Goodall, will be visiting Oxford University to speak about her current work with Roots & Shoots and the Jane Goodall Institute, as well as provide her thoughtful insights and optimistic message of hope regarding the future of our planet and the human species. The
talk will be followed by a book signing.

11. U8 - AFRICA FORUM: DEVELOPMENT THEORY AND NGOS

Monday 5th Week (19 May), 8:00-9:00pm, Seminar Room, Corpus Christi College

Africa Forum is a series of informal seminars, convened to give students an easy, low-commitment, introduction to issues of Development in Africa. The forums are led by masters students, in an atmosphere of armchair-learning with chocolate cake, to sharpen our young minds. This week's discussion:

Development Theory and NGOs in Africa

The event begins with an introduction to development theory and issues, followed by a short presentation on fresh graduate research on African NGO relations with Western counter-parts, before we open up the floor to questions, discussion and chat, really.
Places are limited, so to book your place for the first forum, or just receive further information, follow this link - http://www.oxfordhub.org/u8/

The speaker, Kofi Hope, is completing a masters in African Studies. His thesis drew upon primary research on an African NGO, Women for Change.

12. Do you think that migration controls should be abolished immediately?

Thursday, Week 5 (22 May), 5-6:30 pm, Balliol College, Russell Room

Would you like to both study and bring an end to barriers to free movement?

If so, please come to a planning meeting for what may with your participation become the Oxford University New Abolitionist Society.

Contact: socl0111@herald.ox.ac.uk

13. PUBLIC LECTURE ON 'RACE AND THE MEDIA' BY YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN

Wednesday, May 28, 5.30pm, followed by drinks, Vernon Harcourt Room, St Hilda's College

Noted journalist-broadcaster-author Yasmin Alibhai-Brown will deliver a public lecture on 'Race and the Media'.

The event is open to all. Enquiries may be directed to raheel.dhattiwala@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk

14. Confronting Gender Disparities Across Cultures

Tuesday 5th Week (20th May), 7.30pm, Danson Room, Trinity College

Professor Judith Okely speaks about women's rights and cultural relativism, and draws on an analysis of a variety of different cultures, gypsies, Australian aboriginees, English traveler gypsies, and her own experiences of our culture - Oxford in the 1960s.

15. Oxford Peace Research Trust: MILITARY INVOLVMENT IN RESEARCH AT UK UNIVERSITIES

Tuesday 6th Week (27th May), 7.45pm at Oxford Friends Meeting house, 43 St Giles

Oxford Peace Research Trust are hosting a talk by Martha Beale, Education and Campaigns Officer at the Fellowship of Reconciliation entitled “Military involvement in research at UK universities”.

All welcome, Free admission.

For more details please contact the OPRT on 01865 516 695/ 01869 320 959/office@oprt.org.

www.oxfordhub.org