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Follow the Money Tour – by Uncomfortable Oxford™

Name: Follow the Money Tour – by Uncomfortable Oxford™
Brand: Wonderplan
Rating: 5.0 (7 reviews)

★★★★★ 5.0 (7 reviews)

1h 30m

About This Experience

Can money ever be 'clean'?

This tour highlights the University of Oxford’s relationship with contentious sources of revenue.

Learn about historic and modern wealth distribution networks within the University and engage with conversations of wealth inequality in a city experiencing a housing crisis. We ask why billionaires keep investing in the historic university, how massive philanthropic donations should be handled, and what effects such income streams have on academic freedom and political neutrality.

All our tours are led by university researchers who have completed our official Uncomfortable Oxford training programme. Our guides combine expert knowledge and performance, ensuring each tour is a fun and educational experience.

Tour recommended for teens age 14 and older.

Tour Itinerary

15 min

Starts outside the Said Business School. Learn about Wafiq Said and controversies surrounding his large donations to the University.

15 min

Enjoy a lovely green space while discussing the on-going Oxford housing crisis

15 min

Learn about Lord Nuffield and tensions over his memory in the city.

15 min

Pause to admire the beautiful Romanesque library named after the controversial Sackler family.

15 min

Enter a peaceful garden that was the former site of the Oxford Workhouse.

15 min

Finish beside two sites that have been funded by controversial billionaires: The Blavatnik School of Government, and the soon-to-be Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.