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Cut the job chat

It’s Michaelmas term of my final year. The days are short, my patience even shorter, and every conversation seems to circle back to the same dreaded question: “What are...
Opinion Oliver Smith -

The inevitability of Noodle Bridge

In a controversial move, Christ Church College has been granted approval for the construction...
Opinion Devon Darley -

Lessons from the Cambridge Union

I went to Cambridge a few weeks ago, and attended a Cambridge Union debate...
Opinion Laurence Cooke -

Unfortunately, the Union Matters

Within a decade of being founded, the Oxford Union was already doing its best...
Opinion Alex Prvulovich -

Divestment will take more than a review board

As reported by Cherwell last week, the Ethical Investment Representations Review Subcommittee (EIRRS) is...
Opinion Archie Johnston -
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Cut the job chat

It’s Michaelmas term of my final year. The days are short, my patience even shorter, and every conversation seems to circle back to the...

The inevitability of Noodle Bridge

In a controversial move, Christ Church College has been granted approval for the construction of a new footbridge crossing the A40. But what makes...

Lessons from the Cambridge Union

I went to Cambridge a few weeks ago, and attended a Cambridge Union debate on whether feminism and religion were compatible. I should warn...

Unfortunately, the Union Matters

Within a decade of being founded, the Oxford Union was already doing its best to tear itself apart – complete with a faux-epic of...

Divestment will take more than a review board

As reported by Cherwell last week, the Ethical Investment Representations Review Subcommittee (EIRRS) is conducting a review of the University’s current investment policy. The...

The gaps in Oxford’s political societies

The alignments of our nation are changing, and the failure of student politics at Oxford to keep up is nothing less than a dereliction...

Screw the Scrooges, students deserve to have fun

Having survived 5th week Blues (didn’t hear any Louis Armstrong), students can now look toward the end of Michaelmas. The days get shorter, the...

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...

A case for the EDI training I forgot about

With everything Freshers' week has to offer, the University's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) trainings risk being overwhelmed. Even so, they should be welcomed. The...

The Oxford Union: How to break the rules

How does one successfully get away with breaking the rules? The Oxford Union’s recent antics provide an elegant solution: sack everybody who could get...

The myth of woke universities

In June 2023, the Conservatives created a new director of freedom of speech at the Office for Students. This innovation spoke to the success...

A lacklustre budget for the young

For a budget involving tax rises worth £40bn, it’s pretty damning that Labour’s Autumn Budget can still be branded a ‘non-event’. However, this label...

Student support just isn’t good enough

As the air cools and college puffers become essential the darker days seem to match the mood. Week 5 of the Oxford cycle looms,...

Leave us alone, Donald

Electing a President in the United States is a global event. Why, though, is it so important? In the US, this election will significantly...

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