Rishi Sunak to take up jobs at Oxford and Stanford
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Rishi Sunak is set to return to his former universities as he takes up two new jobs in the UK and America. The former prime minister announced on Tuesday he would be joining Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government as a member of its World Leaders Circle, as well as taking up a visiting fellowship at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in California.
Mr Sunak, who studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford before earning a master of business administration degree at Stanford, said he was “delighted” to be joining the two institutions. He said: “Both Blavatnik and Hoover do superb work on how we can rise to the economic and security challenges we face and seize the technological opportunities of our time.
“I have huge affection for both Oxford and Stanford. I was fortunate enough to study at both, they shaped my life and career, and I look forward to contributing to their world-leading research in the months and years ahead.”. The positions are Mr Sunak’s first since returning to the backbenches last year, where he remains the MP for Richmond and Northallerton, in North Yorkshire.
In accepting roles at major universities, he has followed two of his predecessors in Number 10. Sir Tony Blair taught a course at Yale University shortly after leaving Downing Street, while Gordon Brown became a “distinguished leader in residence” at New York University.
Lord William Hague, chancellor of Oxford University and one of Mr Sunak’s predecessors as Conservative leader, said the former prime minister’s experience and “deep understanding of the challenges facing governments today” would be “a huge asset”.
