Opinion

The hypocrisy of Oxford academics invoking ‘academic freedom’ for Nathan Cofnas

Now, it cannot be clearer: ‘Academic freedom’ is only ever collectively invoked for those like Nathan Cofnas.
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The hypocrisy of aestheticised wilderness

We seem to have been locked in an eternal attempt at domination over nature for millennia. My recent trip to Thailand shifted this into clear focus: perhaps the attempt was never really about humans over nature.
Opinion Ava Doherty -

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.
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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.
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Unheard Oxford: Dr Francesca Galligan, curator of rare books

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Alex Walker talks to Dr Francesca Galligan, a curator of rare books at the Bod

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Collections

What would you change? This week in our new feature Louis McEvoy bemoans the cloud hanging over the start of everyone's term: collections

Can art be effective as a means of student protest?

Indispensably inspiring or never as useful as a physical presence? Simran Uppal and Richard Birch debate the strengths and weaknesses of art as a form of protest.

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“It's going to be a white presentation of these places they're trying to represent, full of stereotypes, which is erasing and gross." This was...

In defence of my NUS referendum motion: a response to Luke Barratt

David Klemperer responds to Luke Barratt’s criticism of his NUS referendum motion

Everything wrong with the NUS disaffiliation motion

In a real car-crash of a motion to OUSU Council, David Klemperer, one of Oxford’s NUS delegates and a member of the ‘Oh Well,...

A referendum on the NUS

Harry Samuels speaks to NUS' naivety, calling the organisation "patently unreformable"

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Daniel Kodsi argues that elite brick-and-morter universities will never quite fade away

Unheard Oxford: Laura Cracknell, Pembroke Librarian

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Sophie Dowle talks to Laura Cracknell, the Pembroke librarian

Interview: Khalid Abdel-Hadi

The founder of Jordan’s first LGBTQ+ magazine discusses the challenges facing the community

Do we wrongly hate hypocrisy?

Ben Evans questions the usefulness of our frequent charges of hypocrisy

Debate: ‘are Oxford degrees valued too highly?’

Just like any other university, or a hotbed of opportunity? Akshay Bilolikar and Alec Fullerton argue whether Oxford's pitfalls outweigh its benefits.

Rights? What rights? The way Europe treats refugees is wrong

Rose Vennin witnesses the powerlessness that pervades Greece’s ports and asks why we still respond to refugees with fear

Why CUSU should not end TCS’s print edition

It’s not every day that an Oxford student newspaper will defend a rival, let alone one written by our upstart cousins from that small,...
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