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The Encaenia is PR without the public (or anyone else)

Wholesale reform is the last thing Encaenia needs. If only people knew what it is, it would be a well-suited PR exercise for a modern Oxford.

Opinion Billy Arber -

This is how we combat the crusade against universities

It’s easy to think of an arts degree as a fruitless pleasure. But education and academic study are intrinsically valuable.

Opinion Morien Robertson -

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

If you think this is a win for one side over the other in relation to Israel’s war on Gaza, be careful what you wish for.

Opinion Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy -

Trashing rules save face, not students

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

Opinion Chloe Smith -

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Geographers must celebrate the diversity of their field

The recent display of portraits of the school’s decorated alumnae show that the subject is inescapably political.

No, Labour did not lose the local elections

The party should not be too disappointed about the result, but can’t be complacent

The disparity in college endowments is unjust

The differing levels of support create an environment of inequality

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

Oxford’s trashing clampdown is nothing short of garbage

Colleges share more similarities than differences

“We all go to the same lectures and many colleges share tutors"

Why the media is fixated with student life

Freelance and Guardian writer Dawn Foster says that the right wing media have an odd fixation with student life

Feminism must fight for the rights of all women

The struggle for trans womens’ rights must be part of feminists’ aim of universal equality

Colleges must get on board with gender neutral toilets

“A man and a woman using next door cubicles will be the norm"

The Union should not welcome Jordan Peterson

Different opinions are one thing, but Peterson is unworthy of an invitation

“Boredom is counter-revolutionary”

The only comparable manifestations of the desire for social change in political change have been deeply reactionary, with the rise of right-wing, populist leaders, like Trump and Le Pen.

Oxford owes students money over strikes

The University must be held accountable for lost teaching time for failing to resolve staff strikes

The rights and responsibilities of fighting ‘evil speeches’

We violate our liberties if we give way to censorship, but freedom should not entail letting hate speech go unchallenged

The simplification of our politics is a modern scourge

Simplistic, outraged rhetoric and a failure to focus on nuance prevents proper debate at a time when it is more important than ever

Oxbridge going private would say goodbye to diversity

Copying the American university structure will take improving access off the agenda and polarise students

The Union’s celebration of diversity hides our true divides

Technology is widening social gaps, writes Alexander Curtis

Gender equality is not purely monetary

We have seen businesses labelled sexist by pay gap data. But these statistics serve only to reinforce gender divides.

We must share the outrage of the Windrush generation

We must be willing to listen.

Racism amongst college porters must be dislodged

Exposed: 20 alleged accounts of porters profiling students of colour as they enter colleges

‘Racism amongst college porters must be dislodged’ Appendix

This week in Features Leanne Yau exposed widespread racial profiling of students of colour by porters employed by Oxford colleges. Accusations were received from...

Plagiarism is a modern malaise that must be avoided

We must ask Said students for explanations, says John Mainland

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Opinion

The Encaenia is PR without the public (or anyone else)

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

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