Remembering heavyweight champion Joe Louis, and how society treats its sports heroes
Times change, but the pillar upon which society places its sporting heroes remains the same.
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Royal Holloway is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities, with 19 academic departments spanning the arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, management and economics.
The university is ranked 17th in the UK, 47th in Europe, and 118th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2014. This ranks Royal Holloway, or the College as it is known, in the top 1% of all higher education institutions worldwide.
The most recent REF confirmed that Royal Holloway sits within the top 25 per cent of universities in the UK for research which is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
In the 2015 National Student Survey (NSS) survey, Royal Holloway achieved an overall satisfaction rate of 89%, 3% above the national average, making it top among the University of London institutions and the larger universities in London.
Royal Holloway offers a genuine community experience, one that inspires individuals to succeed. Its 135 acre campus is located in Egham, 40 minutes by train from central London. The Egham campus was established by Thomas Holloway, a Victorian entrepreneur, philanthropist and social reformer. He was also responsible for building the College’s Grade 1 listed Founder’s Building.
Royal Holloway College was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria, and became a member the University of London in 1900. It merged with Bedford College in 1985 to become Royal Holloway, University of London.
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'We all have harmony in this area, and these people try to divide us, but we tell them that "we will not let you do that".'
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However, the global climate regime should survive without the United States.
How the Conservatives stole the British Indian vote from Labour
Jeremy Corbyn fails to appeal to this key demographic for a number of important reasons.
Why collaboration could help the Niger Delta overcome its difficulties
Nigeria needs a collaborative approach involving voluntary partnerships between the state, an international development agency, the business sector and civil society to solve its problems.
Tamsin Greig’s gender-bending performance in Twelfth Night will go down in history
The really remarkable thing about Greig’s Malvolia is not that she is a woman. It is that Greig has completely re-conceived Shakespeare’s character.
The view that ‘419’ makes Nigeria a global cybercrime player is misplaced
Nigeria’s cybercrime has been rated the third worst in the world primarily for ‘419’ fraud occurrences but the term encompasses a wide range of crimes, some more common in western nations.
CIA hacking Q&A: can your TV spy on you and is your phone listening in?
The latest WikiLeaks revelation shows how far the CIA can take its cyber attacks.
Patriot’s Day: a bizarre and suspect portrayal of the Boston bombings
It is difficult not to see the film as a vanity project for Wahlberg.
Inside the British Asian Brexit vote – and why it contains a few surprises
Pre-referendum polling suggested South Asian voters were quite pro-Remain, but more recent data tells another story.
Parkour is now officially a sport – here’s to jumping for joy
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Fidel Castro: immortalised in photographs
Castro realised early on in his revolution just how powerful a tool photography could be.
Rogue One: the latest Star Wars film fuels resistance and protest
The latest Star Wars films stirs up topical themes of resistance, empowerment and activism in the face of large-scale injustices.
The post-truth era of Trump is just what Nietzsche predicted
Are we all doomed to never agree on what is or isn't true?
How Brexit and Trump will affect James Bond
Do these tumultuous times also mean the end of Bond as we know it?
Trump’s race problem could hand the Democrats a generation of voters
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Emma Rice’s successor at the Globe must have the same commitment to cross-gender casting
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Why eyewitnesses give false evidence – and how we can stop them
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PhD Researcher, New Political Communications Unit, Royal Holloway
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Work, Royal Holloway
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Senior Research Fellow in Neuroeconomics, Royal Holloway
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Professor in Psychology, Royal Holloway
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Reader in Mathematical Geology, Royal Holloway
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Lecturer in Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway
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Lecturer in Film and Television, Royal Holloway
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Senior Lecturer Marketing & Strategy, Royal Holloway
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Royal Holloway
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway
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Teaching Fellow, Royal Holloway
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Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Royal Holloway
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Professor of Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway
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Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway
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Senior Lecturer Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway