Opinion

Oxford’s deathtrap – the semi-pedestrianised nightmare

To take a stroll down the quaint New College Lane, to bask in the beauty of a summertime stroll along the canal, to ponder (or procrastinate) your upcoming tutorial...
Opinion Oscar Whittle -

LinkedIn is a Faustian bargain

There are some truths about the world which are both obvious and yet rarely...
Opinion Lloyd Doré-Green -

New Mods: An infantilising step away from the fundamentals

Oxford has long played an important role in the world of classical academia. Feeney,...
Opinion A Classics Student -

Cliques, columns and committees: How insecurity fuels Oxford’s societies

For many freshers arriving at this University, the biggest question playing on their mind...
Opinion Oscar Whittle -
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The week that was: Phil Woolas scandal

Winning a marginal by messy means doesn't always pay

What the mid-terms really mean

Why the political climate isn't as good for the Republicans as many seem to believe.

Women still the second sex

Alice Thomas, History finalist at Wadham, explains why the coalition needs to think big in Gender Equality week.

Tom Bradby: the next Nick Robinson

The 'anti-activist' talks to James Weston about living dangerously and the guilt of generation Clegg

The week that was: Anti-Browne Protests

What happened? Thursday. The High Street. Quietly bustling with tourists. Brasenose and Univites work solidly beneath the towering spires of All Soul's. Suddenly (it was...

5 Minute Tute: The Brazilian election

Professor Timothy Power, Director of the Oxford University Latin American Centre, explains the mechanics behind the Brazilian presidential election.

Protestors? Pah

Tea, history and football are three things that Britain is world-renowned for. As I sat doing some history in Brasenose Library last Thursday, it...

Obama can’t breathe easy

'As an independent, it's obvious this is a pivotal election' says Alyssa Grossbard

Where the hell is our student union?

Jason Keen argues that it's time for the OUSU sabbatical officers to get off the bench and into the game

Latin should be available to all

Chris Pelling, Regius Professor of Greek, explains how he taught a group of disadvantaged pupils the language of Cicero

Niall Ferguson: The history boy

The Harvard history don talks to Robin McGhee about education, the next Starkey and World War One

The week that was: attacks on students

What happened? Three Oxford students were mugged last week in what appear to be arbitrary and unrelated attacks. While there were two stabbings in...

5 minute tute: Supercomputers

Mike Payne, Professor of Computational Physics at the University of Cambridge, explains the science behind the latest uber-powerful computer processors.

Why humanity needs the humanities

Universities should think before condemning the humanities

Not quite so straight forward

'Most people are open-minded, but homophobia still exists in Oxford', says Annis Stead

Christian, but not Puritan

'Just because I'm a Christian JCR President, I don't impose my values on others'

I back Browne

I must speak honestly when I say that almost every comment on the Browne review from OUSU or the Cherwell has been based upon...

The week that was: The Browne Review

What happened, what the papers said, what now

I was Miliband’s dogsbody

Alex Harvey, second-year St John's historian, reveals all on working for Ed Miliband's Labour leadership campaign

Zephaniah: rasta against the machine

The man who refused an OBE talks to Joseph King about Britain, South Africa, and everything in between
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