Monday 25th May 2026

Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured out where I study. To my regret. For every now and then, I’ll be confronted...

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles...

Jeremy Corbyn: weak leadership and a middle-class fantasy

Toby Williams proposes that left-wing politics, both in Oxford and nationally, is drifting from pragmatic electability to idealist fantasy

Interview: Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Daniel Kodsi talks to the Chief Rabbi about crossing the line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism

One thing I’d change about Oxford… humanities vs sciences

Olga Iturri Tyler bemoans the chasm that separates the sciences from the humanities

Tom Brake: longest serving Lib Dem MP

Alex Walker sits down to talk with Lib Dem chief whip about his European background, human rights and the Conservatives

Panel discussion: the media and British politics

Daniel Sutton listens in on a gloomy forecast for the future of journalism from a panel of journalists

The Yes to NUS vote hides a real need for reform

Daniel Kodsi calls for the failure of the NUS referendum not to obfuscate the factors that made the vote necessary

Saying Yes to NUS ignores anti-Semitism

Aaron Simons argues that the NUS will fail to reform and that Yes to NUS has led a campaign that has let down Jewish students

One thing I’d change about Oxford: free the tortoises

Ben Evans imagines an Oxford where the noble college tortoise roams wild and free

Why we should be angrier about access

Rivka Shaw argues Oxford must introduce bold measures if it is to solve its access problems

Interview: Peter Lilley, Conservative MP and Brexiteer

Akshay Bilolikar discusses George Galloway, Scottish ancestry and the EU referendum with the veteran Tory MP

Unheard Oxford: The Rev’d Dr George Westhaver

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Alex Walker talks to George Westhaver, the Principal of Pusey House, about students, fellowship and faith

Danny Dorling: a better politics?

Ben Evans is heartened by Danny Dorling's overall vision of politics, but unimpressed by his specific analysis

Stand up and be counted: students should campaign to Bremain

It’s us young people that will be most affected by the results of this referendum

The NUS isn’t working – and it won’t anytime soon

Henrique Laitenberger argues that the NUS is structurally unable to provide the services students deserve

Brexit at the Blavatnik: debate review

Antonio Gottardello believes vibrant discussions on the EU are the key to making the referendum a positive event, regardless of the actual result

Debate: ‘does Oxford produce good British Prime Ministers?’

A training ground for outstanding national leaders or producer of the unrepresentative and out of touch? Ben Evans and Ellen Peirson-Hagger go head to head

Sophie in ’t Veld on faith groups, populists and smart integration

Daniel Sutton talks to the Dutch MEP about populist politicians and greater EU integration

Unheard Oxford: Megan Daffern, chaplain at Jesus

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Alex Walker talks to Megan Daffern about inter-faith work and college community

Oxford must say Yes to the NUS for the sake of access

Adam Kellett, OUSU’s Access and Admissions Officer, argues that disaffiliation would hit low income students and liberation groups hardest

Nick Clegg: Stronger in Europe

Nick Clegg arrived at the Blue Boar Lecture theatre slightly late. But he didn’t pause on arrival; wasting no time in delving into what...

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