Page 7 - Future Leaders 2018-2019

2018-19

A MESSAGE FROM OUR SECONDARY SPONSOR
OXFORD UNIVERSITY

e are very proud to continue sponsoring Future Leaders magazine, now in its 10th
edition. We are committed to working with outstanding African and African Caribbean
W students, and hope that many of you will be inspired to apply to Oxford.
You may have seen recent stories in the press about diversity at Oxford, and our numbers of
students with African and Caribbean heritage. We know we have more work to do to make Oxford
more diverse and more inclusive, and we have plans in place to increase the pace of change. We
hope that you will be a part of that change, so please do consider applying to study at Oxford.
The headlines hide some truths about Oxford that you may not know.
For example, 18% of the undergraduates who started at Oxford last year were BAME (Black,
Asian or Minority Ethnic), in line with the population of young people in this country. Also,
Oxford University works with many different organisations, including Future Leaders and Target
Oxbridge, to encourage more students to apply, especially students from groups that are under-
represented at Oxford.
We offer a range of events to help you find out more about our university, both in Oxford and
around the country. These outreach events include student conferences across the UK, school
and college visits, and open days, as well as our UNIQ programme of free residentials which we
are expanding with 500 extra places in 2019. Please see our website or get in touch to find out
more.
We are also very proud to work closely with our African and Caribbean Society on their Annual
Access Conference. The society describes itself as ‘a symbol of family, of culture, of success and
most importantly of opportunity. It is made up of black students like us who have made it to
Oxford. We love it here but we don’t want it to stop with us. We want the change to continue,
and to see Oxford keep getting more diverse.’ You can find out more, and read advice from ACS
students, on pages 56 and 57 of this magazine.
You can also read about the University of Oxford students who are among this year’s
100 Future Leaders in the student profiles on pages 8-49. Look out for Serena Arthur, Hope Oloye,
Esther Agbolade,Theophina Gabriel, Oluwatoni Adejuyigbe, Ephraim Conteh, Georgina Ramsay,
Boma George, Jenny-Aimée Nzabandora, Ope Oreyemi, Serge-Raymond Nzabandora, Taiwo Ava
Oyebola and Varaidzo Kativhu.
Congratulations to all this year’s 100 Future Leaders. I look forward to seeing more top
students with African and Caribbean heritage at Oxford, and in future editions of this magazine.

Dr Samina Khan
Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach
Oxford University