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Tutorials and the art of the blag

Oxford is a unique place to study at an undergraduate level. Its centuries-long history of elitism, pomposity and academic excellence separate it from the other Russell Group universities. However,...

Why you should be political

Many of us have been told that the only political thing we must always...

Far-right populism spreads to Portugal

The Portuguese elections in March delivered not only a resounding rejection of the corruption-riddled...

Not all made equal: Why your college really matters

Students need a more ambitious package of measures that would lead the central university to force colleges to help each other out where necessary. Until then, as the gap between endowments grows, the ‘Oxbridge experience’ will mean increasingly different things for different students. The college system should be a strength of Oxbridge, not its weakness.

Why the SU failed (and how we’ll fix it)

"Now, just over a year after my election, the SU has announced its Transformation Plan, which has two simple aims: to resolve the systemic issues and unleash the SU’s potential."

Not-So-Golden Brown?

The PM still has a chance to make good on his time in office

South America’s Cash Crop

Where student drug-of-choice cocaine comes from

Interview: Tom Phillips

Britain's Ambassador to Israel is reinvigorating the peace process

Interview: Joseph Nye

The West's future is brighter than pundits think

A Candle in the Wind

Does protest really make a difference?

Dawkins, Einstein, and God

Scientists are wilfully misquoted in the fight against God-bashing

A Bad Week

Creating human-animal hybrid embryos opens a Pandora's box

No strings attached

A more considered approach to aid for Burma

Ethical equity

Sara-Christine Gemson tries to reconcile corporate profits and corporate promises

Douglas Hurd

Thatcher's former Foreign Secretary talks to Rhian Harris about the Tories then and now

A grave injustice

Richard Rawlings questions the 'pornography of poverty'

Another Cuban revolution?

The softly-softly approach to revolutionary reform

Miracle cures or quack medicine?

Rhian Harris argues that we are wasting our money on homeopathy

King of the Commons

Rhian Harris talks to Oona King

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