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Reading political autobiographies, so you don’t have to
Publishing a book has long been a trend for those leaving government in the UK. Memoirs and autobiographies are naturally intriguing, offering us the promise of a peek behind...
Night porters: Student safety jeopardised at University College
Your college matters. It can define everything – from the state of your accommodation...
Tutorials and the art of the blag
Oxford is a unique place to study at an undergraduate level. Its centuries-long history...
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...
The fire that still burns: the political relevance of ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ and its message of human continuity
"Humans have been fighting metaphorical, and sometimes literal, fires for decades"
Veering east? What Slovakia’s election means for Europe and the world
The recent Slovak election has sent European leaders scrambling to shore up support for Ukraine after a pro-Russia party emerged victorious on Saturday 30th...
Waking up to Russell Brand’s ‘razzle-dazzle’ misogyny
"it’s all delivered with a cheeky smile and a knowing wink, to the tune of laughter and whoops from his audience"
Long-term decisions for a brighter future? Must’ve missed that…
"...students beginning their studies in September won’t know how their university has chosen to allocate its funding until August at the very earliest."
Doppelgangers, thrifting, and cereal
"Somewhere along the way though, our identities got mixed in with the breakfast cereal."
The Conservative path to victory in 2024
"How do the Conservatives intend to fight a campaign that current polling and smart money say they’re almost guaranteed to lose?"
Trump, the American left, and political ‘Voldemorts’
"talking about Trump only added to his power and creating endless discourse about him gifted him a status and political validity he did not deserve"
£27,000 for a library card?
'I love Oxford, but I love it predominantly for reasons other than the education'
Sunak’s rollback on climate and the economy
The unanimous agreement of industry is striking: while they might normally be reluctant to directly criticise government policy, the automotive industry has been almost unified in its dismay.
What the RAAC crisis tells us about the state of British education
When the Department for Education declared its concern over buildings constructed with unsafe concrete on 1st September, more than 150 schools were forced to...
Four Year PhD Scholars Programme at The Radcliffe Department of Medicine
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The Radcliffe Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford is a large, multi-disciplinary department, which aims to tackle some of the world’s biggest health...
The Queen’s Death: To Mourn Without Love
"I would like to weigh in, a year on, as the child of immigrants from within the British Empire, with some thoughts on inheritance, Britishness, and what it means to mourn."
The geopolitics of speech at the University
"Speech is not simply something that everyone has innate equal access to; it is both a right and a resource that can be controlled and bordered."
Why British politics hates the young
Time and time again, the interests of a youthful many have been neglected in favour of an elderly few. What the young need more than anything else is a growing economy; but for the old economic growth is difficult and disturbing
