Opinion

What does Pride mean to you? A reflection on identity

I was so excited to connect with the rest of the group through our shared enthusiasm and experiences. Eagerly, I contacted many other queer friends to join. Their responses would soon shock me.

Balanced by whose standards? Challenging the Pinsker Centre’s Israel policy trips

On 6th June, The Telegraph published an article outlining the abuse and criticism faced by Ben Ashworth, over his visit to Israel. The article describes the trip as “a fact-finding trip to better understand the Gaza conflict”. A closer examination of the trip itinerary, however, tells a different story.

The Oxford Union was never about free speech

A private members’ club audacious enough to promote itself as the “last bastion of...

Oxford’s prestigious reputation deserves scrutiny

I was very close to rejecting Oxford for Exeter. While this is not why...

Scholars’ gowns are imposing and divisive. They must go

Tilda Agace, Isobel Cockburn, and Taisie Tsikas argue for exams without visual symbols of division and superiority ahead of an OUSU poll this week

Bernie Sanders, the hero we need but don’t deserve

The former presidential candidate is popular not because he is a populist, but because he addresses the real economic and social issues voters care about

The internet rules international relations

Katherine Pye outlines the influence of the internet revolution on global politics.

Controlling your emotions

Suzan Asya Yavuz outlines how to harness your ‘Emotional Intelligence’ to attain a clearer mind and halt procrastination.

The scout system at Oxford must be scrapped

Michael Shao argues that scouts, paid a pittance and often treated quite badly, remove any sense of privacy and adult independence at university

Playing God since 10,000 BCE

It is time to come to terms with our ability to manipulate nature.

Fighting for the right to life at Oxford

Co-President of Oxford Students For Life Ben Conroy discusses the pro-life movement at Oxford and the misconceptions it faces

Confronting products of the subconscious

An anonymous author takes us on a journey through their dreams and the impact they have on their daily life

Politicising terror in an attack on Muslims is morally bankrupt

Claire Heseltine argues that redundant soundbytes relying on sweeping bigotry only create greater alienation and radicalisation

Profile: Laurie Penny

Journalist and author Laurie Penny assures SJ Novak that the future may not be all doom and gloom after all

How should you vote on the 8th of June?

The heads of Oxford University Conservative Association, Labour Club, and Liberal Democrats put their case for who Oxford students should support

An interview with Armando Iannucci

Benn and John chat Purple Turtle, Tucker, and time travel with The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci

Polemic, platitudes, and empty rhetoric

Bernie Sanders’ book launch at the Sheldonian left Cat Bean doubtful of the ability of populists to create meaningful political change

Does Oxford create a class of its own?

Eimer McAuley discusses class at Oxford and debunks the myth that we are all the same when we graduate

The UK education system needs to evolve

Mark Roper argues that an understanding of evolution is vital to modern society, and that schools must adapt to reflect this.

Race to the Red Planet

From NASA to SpaceX, Matthew Nicholson outlines why we want to go to Mars, and who is going to take us there.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the slime of Turkey

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

Facebook’s fight against fake news is only a starting point

Leading up to the general election, Facebook’s positive action is at once concerning and desperately needed

The future of medical diagnosis is now

Ellie Blake explains how genes, proteins, and iPhones are shaping the way we tackle disease

CRISPR-Cas9 to the rescue

By editing our genomes the technology derived from bacteria is primed to cut cancer and hammer HIV, says Dan Simonsen

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