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This is how we combat the crusade against universities

Elite college students can’t read. The university wage premium has significantly declined. The young are unable to fulfil the requirements of an intensive academic degree, and even if they...

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From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

I do not support Palestine Action. No one can after midnight on Saturday the...

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Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from...

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The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Isaac Asimov’s fantastic short story ‘The Last Question’ has always struck me as vaguely...

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Cartoon: ‘Have a restful vac!’

The Easter vac, anticipated

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

Unhappy feet? Uni on thin ice over welfare penguins

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

Labour must do more for student renters

Ending 'no fault' evictions should be just the start

Cartoon: ‘The people’s Chancellor’

Hague enjoys scrolling on Oxfess and watching Saltburn

In defence of Oxford’s ugliest architecture

We should consider what brutalism represents

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.

‘Expolwed!’: The Oxford Union’s lazy use of AI

A betrayal of the Union’s supposed commitment to free speech, a failure of both imagination and principle.

Representation requires participation: A call to action from the SU

Engage with us, hold us accountable, and see what student representation at its best can achieve.

Why we don’t care about the Student Union controversy

We don’t care about the Student Union, and we have no incentive to.

The fate of the humanities in a digital world

The real problem is that sceptics don’t understand what humanities scholars do.

Cartoon: ‘Rishi returns’

Rishi Sunak returns to teach at Oxford.

Our intellectual self-indulgence is killing social progress

Those who access a world-class education have a special imperative to act.

Handwriting is a necessary skill and a dying art

Seeing the writing of some of my undergraduate friends, I’d rather hold my pen than hold my breath!

Reply: Tutoring can be a force for good

A refusal to engage with the potential of tutoring amounts to prioritising ethical intuition over improving lives.

Don’t let the chatbots win

Using AI to write an essay is embarrassing. There's almost always an element of deception involved.

Cartoon: ‘Ticking time bomb’

A response to the rise of Reform UK across campuses.

How far has Oxford come since the millennium?

An Oxonian is prime minister, the University’s chancellor is a baron, and our financing is still amoral at best.

If private schools were abolished, everyone would win

Attending a state comp gives you a greater sense of perspective.

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Opinion

This is how we combat the crusade against universities

From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

Trashing rules save face, not students

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

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