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Statute XI is about power, not protection

The changes to the University's student disciplinary policy do more harm than good.

Opinion Sahana Narayan -

We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

Media frenzies targeting our University and its students distract from the real issues facing higher education.

Opinion Laurence Cooke -

Student voices must be heard

Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future. It’s about time we were treated as such.

Opinion Conor Walsh -

It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

To combine all the factors that might influence someone’s decision-making into an aggregate score obscures as much as it illuminates.

Opinion Alexandre Guilloteau -

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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

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Penguins should never be a prize for completing a Bodleian Libraries survey

Oxford now has the right approach to animal testing

The current position of involving animal testing in research, but not teaching, is best

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In defence of Oxford’s ugliest architecture

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Abolishing tuition fees would be a middle class cash grab

Such a move would imperil the quality of British universities, do little to make university more affordable, and be socially unjust.

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Opinion

Statute XI is about power, not protection

We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

Student voices must be heard

It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

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