Saturday, April 5, 2025

Opinion

Protect the organ scholarship, protect Oxford’s traditions

Should the organ scholarship be abolished? At the time of writing, 23 of the 43 colleges in Oxford offer organ awards. These consist in a mixture of funding, housing...

What Tate’s case tells us about student sexual violence

The Tate brothers “have each other’s backs” and concerns about a culture of impunity are echoed here in Oxford.

Tutorials are the antidote to declining public speaking skills

We struggle in an era where much of our most important communication takes place in writing

Obama: worthy Nobel laureate?

Was Obama's Nobel peace prize merited?

5 Minute Tute: Matriculation

A look at the bizarre world of Oxford ceremony

The man to the left

The General Secretary of the Fabian Society talks politics, pluralism and principles

Guest Column: The EU is too big to ignore

The Director of Global Vision explains just how central the EU is

Old dog, new tricks?

The Conservative Association's latest incarnation hasn't yet proven that it is committed to changing its character

Should we get our say?

Assessing the merits, or otherwise, of a referendum.

Racism Doesn’t Merit Reward

The Tories have made a dire mistake in affiliating with the Conservative Association. We need to see that OCA has changed.

Quentin Letts: "All men are not equal"

Guest Columnist: Daily Mail political sketchwriter and theatre critic Quentin Letts argues in favour of elitism

Interview: Mr No Opinion

Sathnam Sanghera tells Dhatri Navanayagam why multiculturalism, among other things, failed

5 Minute Tute: Explosive Secrets

Dr Philip Robins considers the revelation of Iran's hidden nuclear plant

Obama wants CHANGE! $10 to be precise…

Tom Newell bemoans the cavalier American attitude towards taking our money.

Gap Year: Friend or Foe?

Why taking a gap year does more harm than good.

Let the BNP appear on Question Time

Why it's better to defeat the BNP through debate rather than by suppressing their right to free speech.

The British Airports Authority must die

The BAA has you in its clutches. We can end the madness!

Education: The failure to measure success

How to promote competition in examinations and alleviate disparity in the education system

Britain and Obama’s Healthcare Package

Why the American healthcare debate says more about Britain

The Middle East: Why we need to understand both sides of the question

We cannot evaluate the Middle East problem without understanding both the Israeli and Palestinian standpoints.

Miliband defends government’s climate change policy

Ed Milliband talks about the closure of wind turbine manufacturing plant and why we shouldn't fly less.

5 Minute Tute: Polling Tehran

An examination of the potential impact of the Iranian Presidential elections

5 Minute Tute: The US Supreme Court

Tom Lubbock, Lecturer in Politics at Brasenose and St Anne's colleges explains the significance of the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee

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