Friday 13th February 2026

Opinion

Oxford is making you childish

With rooms cleaned, meals made, and jobs banned, Oxford students fail to experience true independence. Is it any wonder we're so childish?

Is lifetime membership a perk or a problem?

I couldn’t help but notice the sea of grey-haired, geriatric, white, men (mostly), who somehow still had the right to vote at the Oxford Union.

AI applications will quietly revive nepo hiring

When AI makes it impossible to tell what is real, recruiters will return to what (or who) they know. Is this a new age of nepotism?

In defence of the internship spreadsheet

It’s easy to criticise “internship culture”, with its nerves and competition, but it’s worth asking why it’s so contagious.

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...

Fighting the Recession

Dr Bowdler talks us through the current economic downturn

Papal Controversy and Media Misquotes

What the Pope said, didn't say and should have said

Interview: Robert Guest

Robert Guest, Economist Washington Correspondent, on his experiences covering Obama and expectations for the future.

Interview: Kieran Oberman

Kieran Oberman argues for unlimited migration worldwide.

Brown’s Moral Imperative

Brown walks away as the Congo destroys itself

Fight for justice

Gil Won Ok's story of WWII sex slavery and her quest for an apology

Five-minute tute: Is crime rising?

Your guide to whether the public's fears about crime are justified

Interview: Peter Tatchell

Examining the ideology behind the activist's Middle East agenda

5 Minute Tute: The right to die

Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics Professor Julian Savulescu argues for a change in the law.

Organ Honesty

Donating organs - where does the trust lie?

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