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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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Hunt should keep his opinions to himself

Hannah Timmis lambasts the new Health Secretary's attack on abortion

Party Conferences – Pointless?

Izzy Westbury and Patrick Kennedy debate whether party conferences still matter

Interview: Natalie Bennett

Eleanor Bley Griffiths speaks to Natalie Bennett about power, policy and stealing Lib Dem voters

The Week That Wasn’t – Freshers Week

Cherwell Comment gives a wholly inaccurate account of Freshers Week

Sides of the Scandal

Our take on other takes of the Pleb-gate scandal

Fighting for the Tory Right

Graham Brady MP, Chairman of the '22, talks to Tom Beardsworth about grammar schools, Europe and No.10

Were you convinced by Nick Clegg’s apology? Take our survey

Take our survey on whether Clegg's apology redeemed or damned him in the eyes of Oxford Student

Another stab in the EBacc

Sarika Sharma asks why the government insists on capping the aspirations of Britain's young people

A national embralessment

Ben Deaner asks why Brits are throwing a tantrum about tits.

To every wannabe politician: get out there and volunteer

Xin Fan steps out of the bubble, volunteering at the Olympics, and urges politicians to do the same.

Running for President? It’s the same everywhere…

An ex-Union President takes a look at the similarities between running for the Union...and running to be President of the United States

Britain, Great?

Sarika Sharma on the need for a dose of horrible history.

Fake sofas and subfusc chic: the Oxford brand

Patrick Kennedy wonders if the Oxford brand has just gone a bit too far

How Community Organising is Reclaiming Politics

Jonathan Goddard explains why community organising has become the politics of the 99%

Could you become a UK citizen?

Mo Farah's Olympic success highlights the idiocy of government immigration policy

Young, Bright and Full of Shite

Ben Deaner colourfully considers the Beeb's attempt to needle Oxford Tories

Kids in Suits

Eleanor Bley Griffiths deplores the infantilisation of power

‘Life is short. Have an affair’

Tom Beardsworth looks into the murky business of adultery

Interview: James Delingpole

Right-wing author and journalist James Delingpole talks to Tom Beardsworth about the burden of always being right

Foreign interventionism doesn’t deserve its bad rep

Tom Beardsworth defends the doctrine of foreign humanitarian intervention against its most recent critics
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