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Government plans to construct ‘forest cities’ between Oxford and Cambridge

Government officials have confirmed plans to construct “forest cities” within a new national forest stretching between Oxford and Cambridge. The announcement is part of the government’s broader ambition to create an “Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor” that connects the university towns and...
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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.

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.
Laurence Cooke -

Student voices must be heard

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

It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

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

The Vice-Chancellor’s oration lacks a story

Finlo Cowley -
Professor Tracey's attempt to not ruffle any feathers produced a speech full of contradictions.

Features

How to build a ball

Mair Andrews -
Students have started reaching...

Study influencers and Oxford: Rose-tinted computer screens

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

Lilly Law -
Walking down Broad Street...

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

Anish Vedantham -
As political and financial pressures mount across American higher education , a quiet migration...

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Culture

‘Undeniably and uniformly exceptional’: Uncle Vanya Reviewed

It is a privilege to attend the most anticipated production of the term, and even more so when that it is a triumph. As a piece of student theatre...
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Culture

“You will kill my children!”: ‘A View from the Bridge’ reviewed

The stellar cast of Labyrinth Productions’ A View from the Bridge delivered a layered, spellbindingly emotional interpretation of a classic. Director Rosie Morgan-Males told Cherwell that she was inspired...
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Books

The caring individual: John le Carré at the Weston

At the back of the Weston Library, in a small room off to one side, a stunning wealth of material is laid out in neatly organised cabinets and containers....
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Lifestyle

Girlhood will not save you

Lilly Law -
I spent a good deal of time last summer trying to work out why...

Sport

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
I am a tennis aficionado....

The BBC’s dying sports coverage is hurting Britain

Charlie Towle -
The President’s Challenge – the...

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...

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