Opinion

Oxford’s exams need an update

In a matter of days, I will face 15 hours of handwritten exams. I will wear a gown that has never truly fitted, because it was made to fit...

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Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured...

Opinion Elizabeth Millett -

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

Opinion Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

Opinion Leo Jones -

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This House Believes… This Government Has Been A Disaster

Proposition - Eleanor Ruxton, Keble College The last election was, for many, the political equivalent of being stuck between a rock and a hard place. Those...

Endangered Languages – The Loss of Human Identity

‘Linguistic diversity is beautiful’. In the face of a globalised economy, George Newton tells us the importance of keeping endangered languages alive and what you can do to help.

The Unacknowledged Oppression of the Welsh language

The PR department of chocolate bar company Snickers recently made headlines for an ill-judged Twitter thread likening the Welsh language to “someone sitting on a keyboard”....

Oxford Forgets Its Duty of Care

These are difficult times, unprecedent times. I’m sure that as little as a week ago few of us would have imagined that we would...

A Bleak Night from a Student’s View

Ben Gray discusses the impact of the University's coronavirus strategy on mental health.

This House Believes Sex is Good…But Success is Better

Proposition - David Tritsch In a place where much of our lives seem to revolve around collection marks, internship applications, and the praise...

There’s Lots Left to do in Oxford’s Battle with Sexism

This Sunday it is International Women’s Day. Around the world people will be marking the occasion with marches and parties in support of women’s rights and...

In Conversation with Amber Rudd: How Oxford’s Feminist Spaces Exclude Black women

With International Women’s Day falling this Sunday, several student societies in Oxford organised events with the intention of celebrating women’s achievements, including the UNWomen Oxford Student Society...

Towards a Contested Convention?

Almost every election cycle, pundits fret over the possibility of a contested convention as soon as primary races get heated. Now, however, more than...

You’ve Got Mail: The Joys of Letter-Writing

My friends often say that I write paragraphs. This may seem self-evident: newspaper articles are generally composed of several linked paragraphs, and this is no exception. But...

Is Britain Ready for the Coronavirus?

Since this article was written, it has emerged that the first British person has tragically died from the disease in Japan. Fears of the...

This House Believes…The Government’s VISA Changes Will Be Bad For Britain’s Economy

Proposition - George Beglan The Government recently announced plans to change how the UK’s VISA system works. The chief impact of this will be...

(Physical) Money Makes the World Go Round

The words “cash” and “money” are interchangeable, but in an age of invisible systems that do anything (and just about everything) for you, surely using tangible money...

“I’m not trying to be a political martyr”: In Conversation with MP Clive Lewis

The current Labour leadership candidates surely have to answer the question of why, in December of last year, the party suffered its worst electoral...

The hidden hurt of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

There’s a bizarre feud brewing this week. Jameela Jamil – Tahani on The Good Place – has been accused of having Munchausen Syndrome (a disorder where...

Opinion | Nevada Caucuses: Lessons Learned

RESULTS (87,55% of precincts reporting): Sanders 47,1%; Biden 20,1%; Buttigieg 13,6%; Warren 9,7%; Steyer 4,7%; Klobuchar 3,9%. Mr. Sanders won a decisive victory in the...

Debate: Has Macron Lost Control?

Proposition - George Beglan The Macron Government, led by the youngest President in the history of the Fifth Republic, has lost all control of...

Brits And The Yemen: Wilful Ignorance?

The British middle-classes are walking idly by, whilst from pretty Menwith Hill, the people of Yemen are being bombed. At the innocent age of twelve,...

In Defence of the Middleman

The recent rise of political polarisation in the West, and the corresponding growth of populist movements of all ideological persuasions, has been widely discussed in recent years....

HS2 Shows the Tories Don’t Know the North

The question of how the Conservatives would keep their new Northern voters has troubles allies and critics alike. For Labour, it seemed that if Johnson decided...

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Oxford’s exams need an update

Oxford is not an aesthetic

What are children really learning from their screens?

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

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