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Not all made equal: Why your college really matters
Students need a more ambitious package of measures that would lead the central university to force colleges to help each other out where necessary. Until then, as the gap between endowments grows, the ‘Oxbridge experience’ will mean increasingly different things for different students. The college system should be a strength of Oxbridge, not its weakness.
Why the SU failed (and how we’ll fix it)
"Now, just over a year after my election, the SU has announced its Transformation Plan, which has two simple aims: to resolve the systemic issues and unleash the SU’s potential."
Oppenheimer premieres in Japan: What took so long?
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had its very first screenings in Japanese cinemas on the 29th...
Navalny: Man, Symbol, Martyr
"The Kremlin claims Navalny suffered sudden death syndrome, but his body is still being held, making it impossible to investigate independently."
Oxford: A tale of two cities
"There are 2 worlds at knuckleheads, grappling over Oxford’s identity."
A survey a day keeps ignorance away
It is very easy to extrapolate from the ‘bubbles’ that we live in and assume that most of society thinks just like the people...
China in Africa: Trojan horse or friend in need? (And why the West should worry)
Yet whilst the West talks, China digs.
Bled dry: the financial plight of international students.
“Oxford is committed to ensuring that no one who is offered a place is unable to study here for financial reasons.” The financial anxieties...
On Saltburn, integrity and class
But Saltburn would have been very boring if Oliver had just been honest.
Weaponised incompetence, laziness, or narcissism? Fathers at Christmas
Another Christmas came and went, and with it, I got to witness the adult men around me get away with doing little to nothing....
Is the minority still the majority?
"Since the proportion of state school students at Oxford has risen, so has the number of screaming headlines in the national press"
The countdown To 2024: Abortion rights may be the Democrats saving grace
"In a week where Republicans tore chunks out of each other in a bruising primary debate, the clear frontrunner, Donald Trump, was in New York, battling to save his crumbling Manhattan Empire. "
An (Oxmas) gift-giving guide
"a gift should always have at least two of the following three qualities present (see what I did there)."
Suella Braverman – the trap for women (of colour) in politics
"After being unceremoniously sacked from her position, her divisive reign as one of the highest-ranking ministers in this country has come to an end."
Why We Might Not Beat Climate Change
"The only rational response to this two-headed paradox may be doomerism"
Just Stop Oil: help or hindrance?
"...one must consider the cause of these protests and the extent of the climate breakdown that we may soon be facing."
A laugh, stifled
"Comedy can help people make sense of everyday developments, and it can help in releasing tensions during tough times and suffering."
Decline and fall: How They Broke Britain by James O’Brien – review
"Today, in the wake of Brexit, Britain is once again broken – so argues commentator James O’Brien in his new book, How They Broke Britain."
The French left: its own worst enemy?
"To say that the French left has a political unity problem would be an understatement."
