Saturday, April 26, 2025

Opinion

Why are students so financially illiterate?

Ask a typical Oxford student about their academic course, and they’ll happily ramble about the things they’ve learnt in great, riveting depth. Ask them instead about their intended career...

College chapels in progressive Oxford: A surprising remnant?

News abounds of the imminent death of the Church of England. Unable to find...

Be more grateful

This term has been by far the hardest of my degree. Having chosen a...

Protect the organ scholarship, protect Oxford’s traditions

Should the organ scholarship be abolished? At the time of writing, 23 of the...

On the lash: Drunken Dumbo’s

The drinks industry is screwing us over. Here's why.

Political issues a step too far for OUSU?

Two sides of the debate on the Student Union's role in politics

Interview: John Redwood

Joe Shapiro has a rather difficult conversation with the Conservative politician and Magdalen graduate

Protecting the weak

Baroness Cumberlege talks to Joe Shapiro about her attempts to reform the Catholic Church

In defence of defiance

Students from the Bodleian sit-in hunted by the proctors have reason to feel betrayed

Authentic Independence?

The disputed declaration of independence by Kosovo

Self-righteous Selfishness

That OUSU should not take political positions

Turl Street Shame

If you’d visited Turl street last Friday

Free: Evangelical Instrusion?

A debate about the Christian Union's recent outreach mission

Jonathan Dimbleby and the future of the BBC

Journalist Jonathan Dimbleby discusses his vision for the BBC with Victoria Morrison

Students’ Best Interests

Inexcusable failings in welfare have been exposed at certain Oxford colleges

Cash for Legislation

Politics Professor Christopher Hood talks us through the shady Westminster dealings

5 Minute Tute: Guantanamo Bay

Professor Goodwin-Gill explains the controversy and future of Guantanamo Bay

Freedom’s Call

David Barclay calls for religious re-evaluation

A self-destructive enterprise

The relaunched Oxford Gossip forum risks damage to friendships

In Praise of the Protest

It is a pleasant surprise to see Oxford students risking Proctors' censure

Self Defence or Criminal Killing?

A discussion of the issues surrounding the current conflict in Gaza

The Price of an Oxford Education

Oxford admissions: coached to perfection?

Don’t Reward Distinctions

The injustice of material rewards

Proctors: Beneath the Gowns

Dr Brian Gasser, Clerk to the Proctors, reveals who they are what they do...

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