BARONESS GILLIAN SHEPHARD OF NORTHWOLD (ST HILDA'S, 1958)

Baroness Shephard of Northwold

BARONESS SHEPHARD OF NORTHWOLD (ST HILDA'S, 1958)

Baroness Gillian Shephard discusses the implications of Brexit and what the future might hold

Published: 15 July 2016

 

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Recorded only days after the EU referendum, this wide-ranging interview focuses on uncertainty in British politics and the transformative nature of an Oxford education.

Baroness Gillian Shephard – a Remain voter – discusses the implications of Brexit and what the future might hold, as well as her own political career at the heart of John Major’s Conservative government in the 1990s.

An alumna of St Hilda’s College, where she read French and Latin, Gillian emphasises how studying at Oxford changed her life by broadening her horizons after her upbringing in rural Norfolk. She also praises Oxford University’s outreach work, and the Alumni Weekend – an event she knows well from her position as the outgoing chair of the Alumni Board.

 

Interviewer: Guy Collender
Music: Setuniman from www.freesound.org