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Oxford students queue outside for 48 hours to secure accomodation

Students from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University queued for over 48 hours this week to secure housing for the next academic year. The agency, Finders Keepers, released 40 properties for three or four occupants at 9am...
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What Britain needs is meritocratic elitism

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Want to tackle the issue of social mobility? Look to primary and secondary education, not Oxford University

The Vice-Chancellor’s oration lacks a story

Professor Tracey's attempt to not ruffle any feathers produced a speech full of contradictions.
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Take it from me, there are worse things than Oxford

If you feel things are tough for you at Oxford, try to hold on to the little moments that remind you how lucky you are to be here.
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Statute XI is about power, not protection

The changes to the University's student disciplinary policy do more harm than good.
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International student levies won’t level up higher education

Zahara Agarwal -
International students, who already pay triple what their domestic peers do, are being treated as convenient cash cows.

Features

An offer is only half the story: The challenges facing college outreach

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Microsoft Forms and student satisfaction polls mark our email inboxes each year as the...

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Culture

Can movie violence ever be fun?

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“Because it's so much fun,...
Books

What I discovered when I started reading French books

My most hated subject at school was French. I mean, I hated every subject – the only thing I remember liking in all my years at school was the...
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Art

Oxford Art Society: discovering local talent on St Giles’

On a grey, rain-soaked afternoon in September, St John’s Kendrew Barn Gallery offers a quiet beacon away from busy St Giles’. The mix of warm light and colour provides...
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Culture

‘An evening of refined fun’: ‘An Ideal Husband’ reviewed

An Ideal Husband is a guaranteed evening of refined fun. Carfax Productions’ take on Wilde’s classic play is charming and does the text’s wittiness justice. But don’t be deceived...
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Lifestyle

‘Designed to be deleted’: The unHinged world of online dating

Beatrix Arnold -
I’d been warned about the dating scene at Oxford. There’s something about self-entitlement that...

Sport

Inside the little-known world of Oxford’s real tennis club

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Real tennis? What, as opposed...

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

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I am a tennis aficionado....

The BBC’s dying sports coverage is hurting Britain

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The President’s Challenge – the...

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

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In March I twice came...

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