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...

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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Time for the tables to turn

The dominance of league tables over the perception and attitude of our schools is damaging and in need of reform, argues Amelia Peterson

The Ever-Extending Span of the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Christmas and Oxmas both come early

Don’t have a go at the Lib Dems

'To attack only Clegg loses sight of what the other parties have done'

5 minute tute: The AV referendum

Robert Rogers and Rhodri Walters are Clerks at the Table in the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively, and authors of 'How Parliament Works'.

The week that was: Ireland’s EU bailout

What happened? Top o' de mornin' to ya! Vaguely racist japery aside, the Irish are in trouble. This presents problems for national stereotyping. Normally we...

Cherwell’s 90th Guest contributions

Two ex Cherwell Editors celebrate Cherwell's ripe old age

No Skinner off his nose

Daryl Lim talks to Quentin Skinner about intellectual pundits, Hitchens and why Oxford is just better.

A response from RAG

Oxford RAG is doing well, and will do better

Watching the detectives

David Gilbertson QPM is a former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and author of 'The Strange Death of Constable George Dixon: Why the Police Have Stopped Policing'

We don’t need no…

Robin McGhee delivers some radical ideas on spending cuts

The week that was: The London Demo

It’s the students what won it

'Sensationalist tabloid coverage can’t cut our education campaign'

F**king the government with a small g

Oliver Moody is happy to meet Michael Crick, political editor of Newsnight and BBC's hitman hack

5 Minute Tute: Benjamin Britten

Simon Whalley, Fellow in Music at Keble and Britten specialist, discusses why Benjamin Britten is such a titan of twentieth-century British classical music composers.

5 Minute Tute: Japanese Politics

Dr. Ian Neary, University Lecturer in Japanese Politics, explains some things that you might need to know.

Channel tunnel vision

Chantal Hughes studied PPE at Oxford and now works for the European Commission Press Service. She explains why bright graduates should consider Europe.