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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...

The Vinted paradox: Consuming our way out of overconsumption

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

Can students still afford to choose?

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

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?

Despite both sides’ interests, the Coalition is fragmenting

Ben Rosenbaum explains what we should read into the most recent Coalition bust-up

The Clegg-Cameron conundrum

Ben Deaner takes a sardonic swipe at the current Clegg-Cameron malaise

New undergraduate support is timely and right

James Burt explains why the new package of undergraduate support is both fair and sensible

Why the Moritz-Heyman donation is a philanthropic waste

Tom Beardsworth explains his exasperation at the ill-conceived Moritz-Heyman Scholarship

After Equal Marriage, what next for the LGBTQ movement?

Simone Webb explains why the movement must remain restless in the years ahead

The environment: compromise and dilution

Patrick Kennedy laments the failure of Rio+20 to save the climate

Smoking marijuana: the key to political success?

Izzy Westbury examines why politicians are increasingly eager to admit to smoking the weed

Interview: Hazel Blears

Hazel Blears MP talks to Tom Beardsworth about the murky world of internships

Is Oxford selling out?

Cherwell debates whether it's time to cap big donations

Debate: Are we excited about the Olympics?

Ben Deaner and Barney White clash over whether London's multi-billion pound sport orgy will live up to expectations

5 Minute Tute: Money in politics

Dr Adam Humphreys talks about what money can buy you in British and American politics

The danger of slow news days

Joseph D'Urso debates Keble JCR's recent spell in the national press

Sides of the story – the Diamond Jubilee

This week, Cherwell takes a look at others' take on the Diamond Jubilee

Interview: Stephen Glover

Hannah Timmis talks to the founder of The Independent about the death of the Indie dream

5 Minute Tute: Quantum Physics

Professor Simon Saunders sheds some light on the mysterious world of quantum physics

The UK and Europe – born to lose

Ben Deaner on what Eurovision can tell us about the UK and Europe

Sides of the story – the Baroness Warsi scandal

This week, Cherwell takes a look at others' take on the Baroness Warsi scandal

No Minister – miss 69%

Tom Beardsworth looks at how the Queen has achieved such widespread appeal

Interview – Martti Ahtisaari

Cherwell speaks to the Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker and former Finnish President

Syria: the tipping point

Izzy Westbury gives an overview of the escalating and increasingly bloody Syrian crisis

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