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Olympic Games 2008 Rodrigo Ideus, an Economics student at Royal Holloway, has had his first taste of Olympic success coming 4th in the Men's Single Sculls Final E for his home country of Colombia. Photograph: MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images
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Creative Writing graduate shortlisted for prestigious Forward Poetry Prize
7 August 2008
Baby lab studies early infant behaviour
23 July 2008
Founder writer receives £500 journalism award
Nick Teasdale, an English Literature student who has just graduated from the College, is now the proud receiver of the prestigious Mary Macpherson Prize.... [continued]
Francis Wheen awarded honorary scholarship
An alumnus of the College and notable journalist, Francis Wheen has had a very successful career in journalism and it has now been formally recognised by the awarding of an honorary scholarship on Wednesday 16 July.... [continued]
Union holds its annual Laurels Awards ceremony
Thursday 29 May saw the Union's annual Laurels ceremony intended to reward union volunteers for outstanding effort and achievement. The focus rests heavily on those who have made a real difference to the Union and its members.... [continued]
A Year in Hong Kong
The best year you spend at university, could actually be the one you spend away from it; at least, that’s what I think shall be the case for me. If there was just one thing I could say to the First Years this September, it would be to look out for Royal Holloway’s Study Abroad Program. It offers exchange placements to places as wide-ranging as Australia, Canada, America and Japan. For someone who didn’t feel a full-out gap year before university was right for them, this is a brilliant compromise... [continued]
Hollowegian reaches final in Beijing
Rodrigo Ideus, an Economics student at Royal Holloway, has had his first taste of Olympic success coming 4th in the Men's Single Sculls Final E for his home country of Colombia. This final was his third race in Beijing with him coming 5th in Heat 6 on 9 August and 2nd in Semifinal E/F on 11 August.... [continued]
'Ed'ventures at the Fringe - day two
The only criticism I would ever venture to level at the Edinburgh Fringe festival is that there is quite simply too much on offer, undeterred, we ventured to see as much of the range as we could. On the opening day proper of our ‘Ed’venture our attentions were directed at the ‘Only Fools and Actors’ production of ‘Flush’ on at the Annexe. This intrepid band of RoHo students who formed an independent theatre company, having been denied funding for their project by the SURUL, have achieved great s... [continued]
Devastation, devastation, devastation - John Denham finally admits the obvious
At long last John Denham, the Universities Secretary has admitted that Labour's policy on trying to get the majority of the British population to go to university is not a very good strategy. In fact, it's utterly ludicrous.... [continued]
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