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...

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What are children really learning from their screens?

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

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The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

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

Opinion Leo Jones -

I became more at home when I left home

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

Opinion Neville Lai -

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Oxford’s college drinking dilemma

Across Britain, students are drinking less and things are looking healthier. But something is going wrong in our colleges. Recent reports suggest the 2012 rise...

One thing I’d change about Oxford: coffee-free libraries

Whilst the awe-inspiring architecture of Oxford’s libraries is something nobody would wish to distance themselves from, their distracting influence on everyone’s work is beautifully...

To fight anti-Semitism, vote #YestoNUS

Rivka Micklethwaite argues that leaving the NUS is not conducive to tackling anti-Semitism

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Reading weeks

What would you change? This week, Tilly Nevin argues that a reading week would give us time to actually appreciate Oxford

Vaping on the NHS: should it go up in smoke?

Alec Fullerton thinks the benefits of vaping are debatable and that public money could be better spent elsewhere

Unheard Oxford: Neal Marjoram, member of the Pembroke maintenance team

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Sophie Dowle talks to Neal Marjoram about fixing boilers and keeping students content

What new admissions data actually means for access

Charles McGrath, Pembroke Access Officer, argues that Oxford must do more if it is to stop failing disadvantaged students

If OUSU wants to be taken seriously, it should let us see what its up to

Stopping Cherwell from filming in Council is closing the door on student politics

Sir John Vickers on capital buffers and why they matter

Daniel Kodsi talks to the economist and Warden of All Souls about the need for the BoE to push for more stringent regulation

What the Scottish elections mean for the whole UK

Charles Clegg explains that last week’s results in Scotland reveal the extent of the damage Labour has sustained following its leftward lurch

How dare Oxford let common sense get in the way of moral outrage?

Daniel Kodsi argues that it is perfectly reasonable for the University to accept donations from the Qatari government

Why we should say #YesToNUS

At this year’s NUS Conference, Malia Bouattia was elected as NUS President. She was elected to lead a strong, united student movement; one that...

Unheard Oxford: Will Barker, assistant manager at the Duke of Cambridge

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Dan Sutton talks to the assistant manager at the Duke of Cambridge about big bills and espresso martinis

Britain should not give up on its collapsing steel industry

Harry Macpherson argues the ailing sector deserves the same help the banking industry had in 2008

OxPolicy and admissions: a review

Ben Evans attended the most recent OxPolicy event and found much to be admired about student attitudes to access

Interview: Tobias Jones

Alex Walker talk to the author and journalist about the ideas behind his woodland refuge away from today’s shallow cosmopolitanism

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Coffee shops

What would you change? This week in our new feature Amber Bal attacks the coffee outlets capitalising on our crippling need for extra energy

The NUS beyond the conference

Student campaigns, in Oxford and beyond, are now fighting a political context which attacks those struggling the most. They cannot fight it alone. I...

Interview: Alister McGrath

“I was a student at Wadham, and I was drawn there partly because it had reputation for being a really Marxist place in those...

Satireangst: why even comedians need protection from the powerful

Germany’s relationship with freedom of expression has long been a problematic one. The Nazi period followed by the GDR impressed the importance of it...

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Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

What are children really learning from their screens?

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

I became more at home when I left home

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