Opinion

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?

The price of political hypocrisy

How the fight against child trafficking harms those it seeks to protect

5 Minute Tute – Greek Debt Crisis

Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of Economics and Fellow of Merton College, discusses Greece's economic crisis and what the EU can to do fix it

Sides of the story – eurozone crisis

Cherwell picks apart British coverage of the eurozone crisis

Debate: do we really need OUSU?

Martha Mackenzie and Phillip Saville battle it out over whether affiliating with OUSU is actually worth it for college JCRs

Out of the ivory tower

Sebastian Leape argues that universities need to refocus on teaching

How to lose friends and educate people

Toby Young talks about reinventing state schools, and his left-wing father

No Minister – Banning the ASBO

Phillip Saville argues that the government is out of touch with inner city youths

Cherwell Cartoon: Trinity 2012 Week 5

The Eurozone crisis according to Max Mulvany

Cherwell Cartoon: Trinity 2012 Week 4

Max Mulvany draws on the local and London mayoral elections for inspiration

Cherwell Cartoon: Trinity 2012 Week 6

Our resident cartoonist's take on the Facebook flame wars that have engulfed Oxford's LGBTSoc

An odd kind of freedom

Andrew Irwin picks apart Ron Paul's populist brand of libertarianism.

Greece on the edge

Zachary Tate looks at the possibility of a Greek exit from the Eurozone

Dream of the machines

Tom Gardner argues that technology is going to change the relationship between power and the people

5 Minute Tute: The Mexican drug war

Tom Wainwright assesses the current state of Mexico's battle with the cartels

Against discrimination in representation

Georgia Mizen on why the position of LGBTQ rep should be open to all

Sides of the Story – The Queen’s Speech

This week, Cherwell takes a look at the Queen's opening of Parliament

Interview: His Excellency Abdullahi Al Azreg

Sebastian Leape talks to the ambassador of Sudan about life on the wrong side of the USA

5 Minute Tute: Politics and the Media

Steven Hewlett talks about the impact of the Levenson inquiry on British politics

Sides of the Story – Pornography

This week, Cherwell takes a look at the British debate on how to keep porn away from kids

Interview – Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson talks to Tom Beardsworth about everything but New Labour

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