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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...
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Can students still afford to choose?

There’s much about the experience of studying at Oxford that makes it truly unique...
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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?
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Desert Storm? The War on Terror in Mali

Jumping in to combat the war on terror in Mali may hold more problems for Cameron and co. than they at first suspected.

Interview: Jeffrey Gettleman

Jonathan Epstein talks to the New York Times's man in East Africa

The upside of private schools

Tom Perrin argues that rather than lashing out at private schools we should make them more accessible

The hypocrisy of Griffin-gate

The Union should not defend the right to free speech one week and withdraw it the next

5 Minute Tute: The Italian Election

David Hine, Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church and a university lecturer, fills us in on the impending Italian election

America’s War of Independence from Guns

Cautious optimism about the Obama administration’s revolutionary new plans for gun control.

The Feminist Question

Julie Burchill’s transphobic rant highlights deeper problems with populist feminist debate

Leveson’s Lieutenant

Robert Jay QC talks media moguls, ties and the value of evidence

Riots and reelection: 2013’s challenge to the ANC

Luke Samuel considers the challenges this year is likely to pose for South Africa's ruling party, and concludes that the ANC desperately needs to listen to and re-engage with an increasingly apathetic public.

5 Minute Tute: Geology

Jonathan Westbury, a Development and Exploration Geologist, tutors Cherwell on geology

A zombie generation

Iona McLaren suggests that a spot o' Frisbee may not go amiss for a generation weened on telly and games consoles

The feminist question

Harriet Smith Hughes argues that Julie Burchill's transphobic rant highlights some of the broader problems facing modern feminism

Comprehensive welfare must end

Tom Perrin argues that means testing is the way forward for winter fuel allowance and child benefit

The Politics of Privilege

An interview with Lord Strathclyde, who resigned from Cabinet on Monday.

Comprehensive Welfare Must End

Means testing is the only sensible way forward for winter fuel allowance and child benefit.

We must end the ‘Cult of Masculinity’.

Gayatri Parthasarathy argues that misogynist cultural attitudes are to blame for the shockingly high levels of sexual assault.

It’s time to burst the Oxford bubble.

Rebecca Fairbank urges us to stop wilfully ignoring the world around us.

2012: An Alternative Look

Cherwell says goodbye to 2012 with a satirical rundown of the past year's events

It’s beginning to look a lot like Armageddon

Max McGenity sees our prophesied deaths as the perfect opportunity to sort our lives out

One Nation under Miliband

Tom Perrin notes that it has taken a Labour politician to recognise that ‘One Nation’ is the only way forward for Britain
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