Opinion

Josephine Pepper talks to Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Advisor for Government and former Director of the Wellcome Trust

Sophie Burdge discusses the repercussions of increased societal and school pressures to go to university

Poet Wendy Cope on teaching, parodies, and writing what we are all thinking

Maxim Parr-Reid and Tilly Nevin debate whether Oxford University fosters a sense of community

Keir Mather mourns the constant attacks upon Oxford and advises its students to be proud of the University

Ruth Mastenbrœk, entrepreneur, scientist, and former president of the British Society of Perfumers, talks to Annie Yu about her international career in cosmetic science, her inspirations, and having a “good nose”

Miriam Nemmaoui accosts a teary-eyed audience member emerging from the Burton Taylor Studio, after the final showing of STOP

Theresa May’s sacking of Michael Gove as Justice Minister was an indefensible blunder, says Matt Roller

Charlie Atkins and Harry Gosling discuss the impacts of Trump in Oxford, and the student response to the president's first days in office

Louis McEvoy argues that LGBTQ+ rights in America will be under attack, but perhaps not from Trump

Julia Routledge says that Trump’s abortion measure will weaken women’s rights and that the UK must intervene

Julia Routledge speaks with Frank Gardner about bullets, banking, and the BBC

Maddie Hooper on the suggestion that viruses have evolved to hit men harder than women

Leaders of the movement cite the underrepresentation of non-European thinkers and the contributions of Oriental and African philosophies within European intellectual history as the primary justification for systemic reforms.

If colleges and departments are to foster meaningful growth and relationships, they need to accommodate all different backgrounds—ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic included. What I’ve so far seen as a graduate student suggests there remains much to be done.

To be clear, there is no sanction for violence that aims directly at undermining the legitimacy of the state, and protesters who eagerly vandalise the storefronts that are the livelihoods of normal people should not be free from justice. But failing to engage directly with the arguments of authoritarian alt-right about how to handle riots permits the ascendancy of genuine extremists

Tony Campbell reflects on Emmanuel Macron’s attempt to host a “gathering” in his bid for the French presidency

Theo Davies-Lewis and Felix Pope debate whether the Obama administration was ultimately successful

Verity Bligh wishes that Oxford’s weather was a little less dreary

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