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Freshers’ Guide 2011
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Te Union is ideally situated in the very heart o Oxord. You can ndus on St Michael’s Street, just o Cornmarket (Oxord’s main shoppingstreet).
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Contents
 Welcome 3History 4Speakers 5Photos 9Debates 11Library 13Facilities 14Entz 15Membership 17
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Founded in 1823 at a time when the ree exchange o ideas was a notion oreign to the restrictive university authorities,the Oxord Union is steeped in history. Early on it became the only place in Oxord or students to discuss political topics and controversial issues reely. W E Gladstone, later one o Britain’s greatest Prime Ministers, was a leading  gure in the Union’s early development. To this day it continues to work on its ounding principles o ree speechand open debate, and it is still run by its student members.
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Te Union has an illustrious collection o alumni. Fiveormer British Prime Ministers have been ocers o the Union: Gladstone, Salisbury, Asquith, Macmillanand Heath, as well as oreign political leaders includingBenazir Bhutto, ormer President o Pakistan andSolomon Bandaranaike, ormer Prime Minister o SriLanka. Numerous cabinet ministers across the politicalspectrum have held positions in the Union, includingBoris Johnson, ony Benn, Michael Foot, MichaelHeseltine, Jonathan Aitken, Ann Widdecombe, EdwinaCurrie and William Hague, to name but a ew. UnionFigures have also gone on to succeed in the worlds o literature and broadcasting, as demonstrated by DennisPotter, Robin Day, Brian Walden and Jerey Archerand ariq Ali.
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