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The Vinted paradox: Consuming our way out of overconsumption

There are few pleasures quite like finding a jumper that sells for £70 new listed for £14, “worn twice” by someone in Leeds. It is cheaper, potentially more individual,...
Opinion Agatha Crowther -

Can students still afford to choose?

There’s much about the experience of studying at Oxford that makes it truly unique...
Opinion Vanisha Karna -

I no longer want to be an astronaut

Just last week, OpenAI dropped 372 papers covering various well-known unsolved problems in mathematics and computer science. As someone in the unfortunate position of soon applying for a PhD in maths, it seems to be harder than ever to get one’s foot in the door. How can I, a bright-eyed but inexperienced undergraduate, compete with thousands of machines trawling through the sum of all human knowledge in parallel?
Opinion Zoë McGuire -

Politics must not serve as a barrier to education

As this article goes to print, Oxford University is missing two of its offer-holders. In a haunting echo of the trials faced by approximately 78 Palestinian students last academic year, several of whom held places at Oxford, two Sudanese doctors are unable to begin master’s courses at the University this October. This comes after the High Court dismissed their legal challenge to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s ‘emergency brake’ visa policy, which also affects applicants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, and Myanmar.
Opinion Ti-Jean Martin -
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A late bloomer

Daniel Kodsi weighs up the merits of the former Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, and what he could bring to the table as president.

The OxStew: Cellar isn’t working

Queues form for Michaelmas 2020 events at The Cellar

Unheard Oxford: Hassan Elouhabi, kebab restauranteur

Another view on the dreaming spires. Top of the food chain, Hassan - 'the Legend of Hassan's Kebab Van' - has been serving customers since 1996.

Debate: ‘Can the NHS be resuscitated by new reforms?’

Two medics debate the merits of the ‘Five Year Forward View’, the latest attempt to deliver NHS services on a more cost-effective basis.

Profile: Louise Richardson

Tom Hall talks free speech and fossil fuels with newly appointed University Vice-Chancellor, Louise Richardson

Lessons from history: France and nuclear weapons (1996)

Jack Schofield considers the end to French nuclear testing in its overseas territory French Polynesia

Three months on in the city of light

Izzy Savage talks to Parisians in the areas recovering from the November attacks

RMFO: Let’s not forget the lessons of our debate

Whatever happens with Oriel's judgment on RMFO we shouldn't ignore what we have learned

Where now for Rhodes Must Fall?

Faraz Shibli reflects on what Oriel's decision might mean for RMF

Is this the end for Rhodes Must Fall?

Can the Oxford based movement survive Oriel's sudden and controversial announcement

Debate: ‘Should Donald Trump be refused entry to the UK?’

Controversial, far right and the Republican frontruner. This man may well be the next US President. Shahryah Iravani and Alexander Curtis consider the rights and wrongs of keeping him from our shores

Centrism: holding the middle ground

Neil Suchak assesses the election prospects of left and right wing populist movements on both sides of the Atlantic

Lessons from history: the first Labour government (1924)

On the anniversary of the first Labour government, Tilly Nevin takes pause for reflection to consider the political journey of the current Opposition. (1924)

2016 in technology: what will be the next big thing?

Philip Pope predicts the exciting changes in the world of technology that this year will bring.

Stepping in where the government won’t

Rose Venin and Amelia Cooper examine the relationship between the British state and the work of civil society organisations in meeting the refugee crisis

Is it time for a united Cyprus?

Ebere Nweze writes on the growing hope of reunification.

Profile: Sara Khan

Patrick Mulholland talks empowerment and empathy with Muslim women's activist Sara Khan

Unheard Oxford: Dr Nicholas Waghorn, philosophy tutor

Another view on the dreaming spires. This week, Tim Bonvoisin talks to Dr Nicholas Waghorn, philosophy tutor at St Benet's Hall and Regent's Park

Interview: Terry Eagleton

Barnaby Raine interviews the Marxist academic on secularism, class and Cecil Rhodes; topics that are inextricably bound to his view on faith and revolution.

Oxford Pink Week: legacy and awareness

The fight against breast cancer comes to Oxford in second week
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