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Crown Estate acquires 221-acre site for development in south Oxford

The Crown Estate, the property company that manages the British monarchy’s lands and holdings, announced last Tuesday that it had acquired a 221-acre site next to the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, about 25 kilometres south of Oxford. The...
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Student voices must be heard

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Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future. It’s about time we were treated as such.

Embracing AI undermines academia

By facilitating copious AI usage, the University fails to deliver on its centuries-long tradition of encouraging original thought. 
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Let’s critique what protesters do, not who they are

I may not agree with all of their tactics, but I am grateful for those who make sure that our University is on the right side of history.
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Outreach shouldn’t stop at Hadrian’s Wall

In a Britain that claims to be a “United” Kingdom, having only two-dozen Scottish state schoolers at its best university does much to foster division.
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It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

Alexandre Guilloteau -
To combine all the factors that might influence someone’s decision-making into an aggregate score obscures as much as it illuminates.  

Features

What’s in a name? The donors written on Oxford’s streets

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Walking down Broad Street can sometimes resemble a school register. It would, admittedly, be...

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‘Extremely funny and emotionally intense’: ‘Your Funeral’ at the Burton Taylor Studio

Your Funeral is Pharaoh Productions’ debut play written by Nick Samuel, about the last conversation that ex-partners Anna (Rebecca Harper) and Jeff (Matt Sheldon) have after Anna’s terminal leukaemia...
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Review: Hill and Harmer’s A Life in Song – the strange world of Lieder

"poetry told across language through performance and music"
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‘Fright’s Out!’ at the Ultimate Picture Palace: ‘Dracula’s Daughter’

To call Dracula’s Daughter (1936) campy would be an understatement. In many ways it felt like a ridiculous version of Cat People (1942). At one point, examining the body...
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Lifestyle

TLDR: Literacy in the digital age

Beatrix Arnold -
No one reads these days. If it’s longer than an Instagram caption, it’s not...

Sport

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

Natalie Tan -
In March I twice came...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

John Frame -
Many people would consider offshore...

The elusive magic of club cricket

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As summer draws to a...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

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Thousands took to the streets...

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