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Booking needs binning

A leftover COVID system is stymying the freedom and spontaneity students need. Colleges should give it up and let us choose. In 2020, as the world hurtled towards COVID, Oxford...

A case for the EDI training I forgot about

With everything Freshers' week has to offer, the University's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)...

The Oxford Union: How to break the rules

How does one successfully get away with breaking the rules? The Oxford Union’s recent...

Are ‘woke’ universities a thing of the past?

In June 2023, the Conservatives created a new director of freedom of speech at...

A lacklustre budget for the young

For a budget involving tax rises worth £40bn, it’s pretty damning that Labour’s Autumn...

A National Treasure

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will be familiar with Captain Tom Moore, a 100-year-old who has raised over £30m for NHS Charities...

The Ultimate Face off: Vine or TikTok?

Forever in Our Hearts, The Legacy of Vine by Lizzie Harvey Like it or not, Vine’s legacy is undeniable. Despite shutting down in 2016, its online cultural...

Opinion – Why the use of police horses needs to stop

Vera Nibbs’ 104th birthday was charmingly marked by a special visit from mounted officers. She was allegedly thrilled by Norfolk’s placid and beautiful police...

Opinion – Britain’s education system must break its silence

TW: Racism During the six months I spent in Australia in Year 9 I learnt more about the history of imperialism, the atrocities committed...

From me to you: Jewish solidarity with BLM

CW: Discrimination, Antisemitism, Racial Abuse It is no secret that the United Kingdom has a widespread problem with systemic racism. The protests of the last...

“Your English is so Good!” and Other Racist Microaggressions

TW: Racism Upon descending at Oxford railway station with my dad at the start of Freshers’ Week and waiting almost fifteen minutes in the queue...

Weird flex, but ok

We are being consumed by a materialistic world. We strive for fleeting and futile wealth instead of focusing on what really matters. At least, this seems...

Feeling (Un)attractive in Brown Skin – a personal account

TW: Racism The protests in the US spurred on by repeated institutional injustices against black bodies have opened up numerous conversations about race across the globe....

Stop Hiding, Oxford: why the university should not have delayed its access report

In a ridiculous but not unsurprising turn of events, Oxford University has delayed its annual access report. The reasoning for delaying the report was given...

South Asians and the BLM movement: Standing up for Fellow POC

TW: Racism As a POC (British Indian), I have had my fair share of racist comments. Luckily for me, most of them have been pretty...

The Right to Breathe & The Suffocation of Black Lives

"I can’t breathe." These were the chilling final words of George Floyd, spoken with Derek Chauvin’s knee pressed to his neck. Despite George Floyd becoming...

Opinion – The Tautology Of Police Brutality: What Is Really At Stake

There is a lot of noise surrounding the unlawful murder of George Floyd and the murders of countless George Floyds, Ahmaud Arberys, and Breonna...

Prague’s Telling Tale of Tourism Under Coronavirus

Walking through the streets of Prague, Janek Rubeš1 points out to the camera how his hometown has adapted to the pandemic. Red lines 2 metres apart have been painted on the cobbled...

Silence is complicit, but so is inaction: Why JCRs and British institutions must act now

On Sunday 31st May, we brought a motion to Christ Church JCR to donate £720 to the Black Visions Collective, Reclaim the Block, and...

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