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Oxford junior doctors take part in nationwide strike

Resident doctors working at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH), including the John Radcliffe Hospital, have joined the British Medical Association’s (BMA) national strike. The walk out concludes today, after lasting for five days. The BMA, a professional organisation and trade union...
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Oriel’s Rhodes exhibition is not enough

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The exhibition's portrayal of Rhodes’ actions and the Rhodes Must Fall movement are trivialising and disrespectful.

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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We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

Media frenzies targeting our University and its students distract from the real issues facing higher education.
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Student voices must be heard

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future. It’s about time we were treated as such.
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This is Oxford’s real free speech problem

Stanley Smith -
The Vice-Chancellor's Sheldonian Series reveals a university that does not want to listen to what its students have to say.

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Across the Atlantic: American academics are finding a new home at Oxford

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Culture

GCSE drama nostalgia: ‘The Detention’ Review

Elyce Croker -
The Detention provided its fair...
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The power of the playlist

"These ten precious songs ... will become a time capsule"
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Art

Ceilings, wives, and love letters to the city: The Pre Raphaelites in Oxford

It was in 1857, not long after the construction of the Oxford Union, that its architect, Benjamin Woodward, was visited by his close friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It was...
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Books

The lying life of authors: John le Carré and authorial double-lives

“I’m not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked in the secret world.” This was said by the famous author John le Carré, who...
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Lifestyle

Quod review

Beatrix Arnold -
A landmark of the High Street, Quod boasts an opulent facade, its name reminding...

Sport

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...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

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Many people would consider offshore...

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