Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Alexander Rankine

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We must end our love affair with the tutorial system

Alexander Rankine argues that the tutorial system is too expensive, ineffective and anachronistic

How OUSU Council is failing to hold OUSU to account

Alexander Rankine examines the failure of OUSU Council to provide a meaningful democratic connection between students and OUSU

Why I am a confirmed donkey-sceptic

Alexander Rankine's satirical look at the menace of donkey sanctuaries

Review: ‘The Emperor’s Tomb’ by Joseph Roth

Alexander Rankine admires Roth's raw, unpolished, new novel

Oxford student in noodle internet sensation

Barney Parker at Corpus Christi has achieved internet fame in Korea after a friend photographed him eating spicy noodles

Debate: Can your tutor also be your friend?

Alexander Rankine and Anna Cooban weight up whether socialising with your tutor is really a good idea or not.

Oxford Maladies

Alexander Rankine's compendium of illnesses and ailments exclusive to our good university

Grappling with Grayling

Alexander Rankine talks to A. C. Grayling about some of his stronger opinions on God and The Guardian

Handing down know-how is key to society longevity

University societies must invest in experience and expertise in order to survive and function.

Good News Out of Africa

There’s more to the continent than safaris and war

Here’s why you should all join your college choir

It's not just the religion - the music is pretty good too

The hypocrisy of Griffin-gate

The Union should not defend the right to free speech one week and withdraw it the next

Press vultures: the media’s troubling response to tragedy

Alexander Rankine laments the media's often confused, insensitive and hypocritical response to tragedy, as showcased by the reaction to the death of an innocent nurse

Can you tell me where the University is?

It is not only the tourists for whom the university is elusive

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