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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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Erdoğan is humiliating Turkey on the international stage as well as gradually dismantling democracy at home

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Jess Phillips: If Trump can be president, I can be leader of Labour

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Torpids, trashings, and other traditions

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Oxfess provides an uncomfortable window into Oxford’s mental health struggles

Naomi Packer exposes the pressures of an elite institution on our mental health, and what we can do to help those suffering the most

Labour ought not to disown Blair

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Beware the Russians under the bed

Genuine concern with Putin’s interference in foreign elections is justified, but hysterical overreaction helps no one

A future made with 3D printing

Ryan Sephton outlines the innovative technology that will revolutionise both industry and everyday life.

Reject the Tory attempt to build a surveillance state

Michael Shao on why the government's call for new powers should be rejected

5 minute tute: Professor Joseph Conlon strings together string theory

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Coming to the rescue: Scientists use magnetic sperm to combat cancer

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Trump’s first 100 days have been a succession of failure and fear

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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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