Wednesday 25th March 2026

Opinion

‘Studentification’ is hollowing out Oxford

When redevelopment becomes synonymous with displacement, we must ask what kind of city is being constructed alongside the University.

We need summer re-sits

Desmond Weisenberg discusses the impact of Oxford's lack of summer re-sits

Course culling is a threat to us all

Education is valuable for its own sake, Rampant course culls are the result of wrongly boiling it down to economic value.

Oxford’s poverty porn addiction

It exists in the overly sympathetic sighs of ‘solidarity’, the overexaggeration of comparatively minor and mundane inconveniences

The new Westgate Centre is a failure for social housing

To not acknowledge our responsibility to this city is to become complicit in the social cleansing of Oxford, writes Simon Neumaier

The collegiate system is in need of change

The vice chancellor's proposals to increase Oxford centralisation are both innocuous and sensible, writes Daniel Kodsi

Questions alone don’t tell the story of an Oxford interview

In the wake of Oxford publishing an insight into its interviews, Roddy Jackson warns that the process will not be demystified by headline-grabbing questions

Exeter would be right to ban smoking, and other colleges should follow

Everyone has the right to clean and fresh air in their home, writes Emily Patterson

The freshers’ ‘slave auction’ wasn’t just ill-judged banter. It goes deeper

Saying "they can't take a joke" suggests that slavery can be a joke

Forget sensationalism, Lammy should focus on social inequality

When it comes to shameful admissions statistics and Lammy's baseless claims, the blame does not just fall on Oxford, writes Arya Tandon

David Lammy: “You cannot describe Oxford as an inclusive environment”

Labour MP David Lammy tells Will Dry why he’s taking on Oxford’s “exclusive” application process, and how students should help

Is there a way out of this crisis for the Catalan people?

Don't believe the half-truths and empty rhetoric on both sides, warns Jorge López Llorente

Smokers need freedom, not permission

Smokers are more considerate to others than often thought, and want nothing more than to be left alone, according to Ethan Croft

The college system defines the Oxford experience – it must remain in place

Maxim Parr-Reid argues that a college was his first and only way to make sense of Oxford

Louise Richardson: “Do I think Oxford will be number one in 50 years’ time? No.”

Interview: Oxford vice chancellor Louise Richardson tells Will Dry that she won’t let tussles with media silence her on free speech

Prohibition kills. Why no progress on drugs policy?

Drugs policy is failing society’s most vulnerable, writes Joshua Harvey

The Harvey Weinstein scandal has shone the spotlight on Hollywood’s institutional sexism

The disgraced film producer should mark a turning point in the film industry, writes Shivani Ananth

Don’t separate black history from British shame

Naomi Packer argues that Black History Month should serve as a reminder of Britain's sordid past

May’s racial disparity audit is a token gesture of little substance

The government's audit does little more than affirm what we already know about racial inequality in the UK, writes Michael O'Connor

Despite a media storm, Balliol JCR remains united

The proposers of a motion to prevent the banning of religious societies at future Balliol freshers' fairs claim the JCR has resisted division

The Las Vegas shooter was no lone wolf – he was a white terrorist

Jessica Smith argues that if America is to start taking gun control seriously, it must first rectify double standards in its justice system

No, saving Cellar was not a true victory for people power

Saving Cellar was an important victory, writes Fred Dimbleby, but pointless divisions are stopping students from uniting to fight for more significant causes

Saving Cellar was a true victory for people power

Joe Baverstock-Poppy argues that the reversal on closing Cellar has taught us something about the impact our student voices can have

Step aside, ‘Tory Lite’: it’s time for ‘Diet Labour’

Adam John Ellison argues that the Tory conference showed that Theresa May's uninspired incompetence will be her downfall

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