Chengkai Xie | No More PPE | Opposition (6/6) | Oxford Union

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PRESIDENT’S FAREWELL DEBATE
Said to be ‘the Oxford degree that runs Britain’, Philosophy, Politics and Economics has dominated politics, law, journalism, and business around the globe like no other degree. From the fifteen members of Cameron’s Government, to international figures like Australian PM Tony Abbott, Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, and Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi, does PPE train the leaders of tomorrow or represent an elitist club? On the belated 100th anniversary of this degree, we evaluate the many criticisms of PPE, and ask whether it remains relevant in the 21st Century.
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Speakers
1. James Ball: Journalist, author, and former Oxford PPEist. He has written for The Guardian, BuzzFeed, and The Washington Post, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with the Guardian US for reporting on NSA surveillance.
2. Andrew Graham: Political economist, former Master of Balliol College, and former Oxford PPEist. He was Economic Advisor to the Harold Wilson cabinet, and is currently Executive Chair of the Europaeum and a Senior Fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute.
3. Dr Rupa Huq MP: Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, elected 2015. She studied Social and Political Sciences with Law at Cambridge, and was formerly a senior sociology lecturer at Kingston University. She is a part-time DJ.
4. Bronwen Maddox: Director of the Institute for Government. Maddox is a former Foreign Editor of The Times newspaper.
5. Molly Mantle: Incoming President (HT22), PPE student at St Hugh’s College.
6. Chengkai Xie: Outgoing President (MT21), Brasenose College PPE graduate
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[@thejoyfrontier1540]

Congrats on your term, and God bless.

[@andile5945]

Well Spoken

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

I taught in Oxford Institute of Agricultural Economics for three years teaching Econometrics. I found out t hat those who are PPE graduates are totally unprepared for the Masters Degree course I used to teach. PPE is only good for the future journalists and politicians. It is not good for anyone who wants go for a Master's Degree and D.Phill.

[@youreoverthinkingitkid]

Do you think the skills you learn from PPE set you apart? I’ve heard someone claim it teaches you to identify the root of the problem, structure your thoughts, to break issues down to their bare components and present them clearly. Claimed to be the best analytical writers on topics of a general nature

[@probablyenzoh]

"PPE teaches us that it's ok to be wrong, so long as we can justify being wrong." ?????????????????????????????

[@wu1989]

so you basically can do anything

[@TomNook.]

Even when he's serious he sounds hilarious 😅

[@beaumont6541]

yeah he sounds forced. trying to use bombastic language where he can

[@arnmalikallah5447]

👑Congratulations👑 Best of luck! জীবনের প্রতিটি মুহূর্ত রঙিন হোক 🌈💖

[@schyllic]

Is he talking about masks ??

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

He is talking through a mask.