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In defence of consent training

CW: sexual violence It is often well-intentioned, stereotypically ‘progressive’ people who argue against the need for Freshers’ Week consent training, or at least find it obsolete. This includes even those...
Opinion Madeline Gillett -

The Vinted paradox: Consuming our way out of overconsumption

There are few pleasures quite like finding a jumper that sells for £70 new...
Opinion Agatha Crowther -

Can students still afford to choose?

There’s much about the experience of studying at Oxford that makes it truly unique...
Opinion Vanisha Karna -

I no longer want to be an astronaut

Just last week, OpenAI dropped 372 papers covering various well-known unsolved problems in mathematics and computer science. As someone in the unfortunate position of soon applying for a PhD in maths, it seems to be harder than ever to get one’s foot in the door. How can I, a bright-eyed but inexperienced undergraduate, compete with thousands of machines trawling through the sum of all human knowledge in parallel?
Opinion Zoë McGuire -
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OUSU hosts free HIV testings

OUSU and the LGBTQ Campaign are holding free Sexual Health and HIV testing sessions this week as part of National HIV testing week

Interview: Eric Pickles

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government talks politics, privatisation and public services with Rowan Borchers

Homo Hop? Say What?

Thomas White laments the homophobia endemic in rap music.

The disturbing side of quizzing by Somerville’s Captain

Michael Davies from University Challenge writes about the more perverse aspects of quizzing

Gail Trimble reminisces on her University Challenge fame

Five years on, Patrick Beardmore catches up with the Trinity Fellow and Tutor

Control of online content does not mean censorship

Penelope Cartwright argues that greater control over the material posted on sites like Facebook is necessary

Atheist Churches: A Response to a Response

Harry Kind and Peter Blenkharn respond to Josh Peppiatt's dismissal of the Atheist Church movement.

Provision for disabled students is woefully inconsistent

Aine Jackson gives her account of the difficulties faced as a hard hearing student at Oxford

Images of Oxford past and present

Oxford has released pictures of the university and its students through the years

Computer runs Wolfson bar

Student at Wolfson develops software to manage the college bar

Corpus offer benefits to encourage committee applications

JCR committee members are granted free formal hall in an attempt to increase numbers applying for committee positions

Police attempt to spy on Cambridge students

Police try to infiltrate Cambridge political societies.

Oxford admissions boss shuns "thick and rich"

Oxford Head of Admissions says that the university only wants “the bright ones”

Bizarre motions at Pembroke JCR

Pembroke motions introducing FIFA penalty rules to its football team and to give funds to a tanning society

Just a joke? Louis Trup is battering OUSU machine politics

It may all be mad, but the effectiveness of Trup's online campaign shows how old-style OUSU campaigning has fallen behind

OUSU Elections: Live Blog!

Cherwell brings you its coverage of the 2013 OUSU elections from the heart of Oxford's political circus

Exploitative Unpaid Internships Must End

Helen Walker believes that unpaid internships are exploiting those unable to work for free

OUSU Elections: Campaigns so far

The day before polls open, Cherwell's election analyst considers where each of the slates currently stand

Why I’m voting for Jane4Change

Editor Nick Hilton discusses his reasons for voting for Jane Cahill and her slate in the 2013 OUSU elections

Why we should learn to love Oxford’s architectural failures

Tom Carter defends the less beautiful buildings of Oxford's colleges.
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