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Patrick Macfarlane

Russell Group unis still excluding poorer students

The Russell Group of universities, which includes Oxford, is not doing enough to address applicants' financial situations, an NUS study finds.

Getting ready for the Varsity Match

OURFC Coach Steve Hill gives his thoughts on the upcoming match.

Interview: Peter Tatchell

Examining the ideology behind the activist's Middle East agenda

Restaurant Review: Jamie’s Italian

Oliver's new pad in Oxford. Is it as pukka as we'd hoped?

Thesps hoard play profits

Unaccountable companies kept money intended for reinvestment.

Interview: Tom Phillips

Britain's Ambassador to Israel is reinvigorating the peace process

Donation drives ‘losing money’

Patrick Macfarlane investigates ineffective college fundraising techniques.

Uncovered: the real housing crisis

Patrick Macfarlane investigates properties infested, falling apart and plagued by poor maintenance.

Students abuse travel grants

Drugs, clubs and sex on the beach: the real destination of educational travel grants

Field trip price causes upset

Price of “massive piss-up” geography trip to Crete varied between colleges.

Student forced out of Iran

The security services hound a modern linguist out of the country after he associates with dissidents.