Victoria N Bateman is a British feminist economist and academic, specialising in economic history.
21 Facts About Victoria Bateman
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Victoria Bateman is a fellow in economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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Victoria Bateman is Director of Studies for the Economics Tripos at Gonville and Caius College.
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Victoria Bateman then studied for A-levels at Oldham Sixth Form College where she was President of the Student Union.
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Victoria Bateman read economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and went on to receive master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford.
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Victoria Bateman's research focuses on economic history, including the role of markets in economic development, and the role of women's rights and freedoms in stimulating economic growth.
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Victoria Bateman is well known for her public protests against Brexit and in favour of women's rights, occasionally appearing naked.
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Victoria Bateman's father worked in the sheet metal industry, installing ductwork; her mother worked for the same company in the payroll department.
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Victoria Bateman's mother worked several jobs, and the family struggled to pay its debts.
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Victoria Bateman's parents divorced when she was 14 years old, and their economic straits worsened.
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Victoria Bateman's sisters dropped out of school, and one became pregnant as a teenager.
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In 2014, Victoria Bateman commissioned and posed nude for a life-size portrait by Anthony Connolly, which subsequently appeared in the Mall Galleries.
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In June 2018, Victoria Bateman attended the Gonville and Caius College end of term supervisor dinner wearing a see through body suit, with the words "my body my choice" written on her body.
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In July 2018, Victoria Bateman posted a video on Twitter in which she appeared naked and discussed inequality in economics.
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Victoria Bateman is a frequent critic of Brexit, arguing that "Brexit leaves Britain naked", and that leaving the EU would hurt low-income families, damage British scientific research, would reduce trade and investment, and would place freedom for the nation state ahead of freedom for the individual.
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Victoria Bateman had the words "Brexit leaves Britain naked" written across her torso.
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On 14 January 2019, Victoria Bateman delivered an hour-long lecture against Brexit at the Cambridge Junction while naked, then asked the audience to sign her body as a petition.
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Victoria Bateman was invited to appear on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, in which she stripped naked.
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Victoria Bateman similarly appeared naked at the March 2018 meeting of the Royal Economic Society.
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Victoria Bateman has written regular economics commentary for Unherd, Bloomberg View and CapX, has contributed articles to The Guardian, Times Higher Education, The Conversation and The Telegraph and has appeared on a number of BBC Radio 4 programmes.
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Victoria Bateman is married to James Victoria Bateman, who works for an asset management company.