The Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences has recently announced a new International Advisory Board (IAB) to provide independent advice and international perspectives to support the Department’s Strategy 2025-2030.

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Timothée Chalamet appointed Visiting Professor of the Arts

The French-American actor Timothée Chalamet has been appointed Visiting Professor of...

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Opinion

I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

Morwenna Stinchcombe - 30th March 2026

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading...

We need summer re-sits

Desmond Weisenberg discusses the impact of Oxford's lack of summer re-sits

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Course culling is a threat to us all

Education is valuable for its own sake, Rampant course culls are the result of wrongly boiling it down to economic value.

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Oxford’s poverty porn addiction

It exists in the overly sympathetic sighs of ‘solidarity’, the overexaggeration of comparatively minor and mundane inconveniences

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The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning

Morien Robertson - 2nd April 2026

Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.

CalSoc misses the ‘Reel’ point

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‘Studentification’ is hollowing out Oxford

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Features

The independent cinema battling Oriel College to stay open

Beatrix Arnold and Stanley Smith - 19th March 2026

With the threat of an unrenewed lease from Oriel College, the Ultimate Picture Palace is appealing to the community at large for support.

War within earshot: A year abroad in Jordan

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The essay and its long history in Oxford

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Who Owns Net Zero? Climate Action in a Collegiate University

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Bridging the gap? Oxford’s fight against wealth inequality

Leo Jones -

Bridging the gap? Oxford’s fight against wealth inequality

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Remembering Jaipal Singh Munda, an Adivasi pioneer

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‘Having sex with University Challenge on in the background’: The Sextigation 2026

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Profiles

‘My aim is to make everyone equally unhappy’: Catherine Royle on Somerville, the Foreign Office, and the importance of pragmatism

Samuel Drew - 12th April 2026

‘There’s a difference between impartiality and neutrality’: Lewis Goodall on politics, podcasting, and the prime minister

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Professor Lee White: ‘I’d rather face Boko Haram terrorists than climate negotiations’

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Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Evelyn Lambert - 23rd March 2026

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin,...

Culture

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

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Culture

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

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Books

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

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