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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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Media coverage of immigration ‘overwhelmingly negative’

A recent Oxford University study finds 'illegal' and 'failed' to be the words most linked with immigration in the British press

Interview: Hadley Freeman – How to be Awesome

Sadie Levy Gale talks brazilians, Feminism and Daily Mail bashing with Hadley Freeman

Interview: Rory Stewart

Rachel Savage talks to Rory Stewart MP about politics at home and abroad

My first death threat

Anna Leszkiewicz recalls her recent experience of recieving bomb threats online

Interview: Katie Hopkins

Matt Broomfield speaks to outrage-inducing TV commentator Katie Hopkins about social mobility and 'the shortcut system'.

Let’s not spoil all the fun: A response to Marc Pacitti

Tom Perrin responds to Marc Pacitti's republican piece on the birth of Prince George.

Unto Us is Born a Son

Marc Pacitti argues the republican case against the monarchy.

Malala Yousafzai: 16-year-old takes on the Taliban

Alexandra Sutton examines how Yousafzai’s stand against the Taliban highlights the plight of millions of uneducated women

Should Tommy Robinson speak at the Union?

Joe Miles argues that if UAF really wants to stop fascism, they must let Tommy Robinson speak

A good week for US liberty?

Joe Miles evaluates whether the DOMA ruling has done enough for personal liberties in the US, in the same week as the Snowden affair escalates

The perils of Linking In

Tom Beardsworth examines how the professional networking site exposes the worst of us

Bubble Vision: House of Lords

Nick Hilton considers whether Oxford is complicit in the preservation of this stained glass ceiling

The Oxford Union must be fixed

Jack Davies reflects on how recent scandal at the Oxford Union detracts from all the good that it does

Interview: Sister Helen Prejean

Tom Perrin and Molly Gurdon talk to the Catholic social justice campaigner and inspiration for the film 'Dead Man Walking' - Sister Helen Prejean.

The importance of liberty of conscience

Nathan Pinkoski, Presient of the Catholic Newman Society, argues against a compulsory JCR contraception levy

The Cherwell Profile – Garry Kasparov

Cherwell talks to Garry Kasparov, the Russian opposition politician best known as one of the greatest chess players of all time

We must tackle alienation in those vulnerable to extremism

Joe Miles discusses the recent claims of an Imama in Oxford that it was British foreign policy that led to the atrocity in Woolwich.

Hip Hop is still a mantle for misogyny

Flora MacInnes examines the deeply misogynistic nature of hip hop music and questions how it continues to find mainstream acceptance.

Should a JCR be a political body?

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin and Alexander Rankine go head to head.

Interview: Rowan Williams

Nicholas Mutch talks Good Books with Rowan Williams
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