Wednesday 4th March 2026

Opinion

We need summer re-sits

Desmond Weisenberg discusses the impact of Oxford's lack of summer re-sits

Course culling is a threat to us all

Education is valuable for its own sake, Rampant course culls are the result of wrongly boiling it down to economic value.

Oxford’s poverty porn addiction

It exists in the overly sympathetic sighs of ‘solidarity’, the overexaggeration of comparatively minor and mundane inconveniences

Oxford is making you childish

With rooms cleaned, meals made, and jobs banned, Oxford students fail to experience true independence. Is it any wonder we're so childish?

No-media safe-spaces are self-defeating

Iona Tarbet questions the rationality of 'no-media safe-spaces' in light of events in Missouri

Thinking about mental health

Eden Tanner on Oxford's mental health crisis

Interview: Shirin Gerami

Emmeline Skinner Cassidy discusses the importance of love and hope with the first female Iranian triathlete

Thinking about wastage

Mags Chilaev argues that Oxford students should think more about how they can reduce wastage

The OxStew: PM criticises OUSU’s financial strategy

David Cameron tells OUSU to explore more 'creative' money-saving solutions

Profile: Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon talks character progression, storytelling and pop culture

Debate: Is OUSU a waste of our precious resources?

Daniel Sutton and Nick Cooper discuss the usefulness of our student union

Why Rhodes’ statue must stand

Faraz Shibli argues for a more nuanced approach to Cecil Rhodes and his legacy in Oxford University

The death of a green and pleasant land

Ruari Clark reflects on the damage done to Great Britain by the Great War

The OxStew: Oxford rowers start #MeatPledge in bid for gains

Reaction is mixed as #MeatPledge seeks to rival OUSU's campaign

The OxStew: OUP declares itself institutionally naive

Crowds protest outside the Oxford University Press as news emerges of its flawed definition of Crimea

Climate Connections: the Oxford Climate Forum 2015

Nick Harvey argues that climate change is more relevant than ever

The International Student: Accents and Politics in Singapore

So Phia Ong discusses the meaning of English accents in Singapore

Interview: Peter W. Galbraith

Marc-Andrea Fiorina discusses problems in the Middle East with the former diplomat

Profile: Len McCluskey

Ellen Milligan meets the leader of Britain’s largest trade union, Len McCluskey

The Cult of the MacBook

David Lawton argues that the omnipresence of the MacBook reflects the privileged nature of Oxford University

Our crisis of home ownership

Freddie Hopkinson assesses government attempts to resolve the affordable housing crisis

Debate: Should we remember the fifth of November?

Neha Shah and Daniel Minister discuss the popular villainy of Guy Fawkes

The International Student: welcoming China with open arms

Robbie Qiu argues that the visit of President Xi Jinping to the UK should be viewed positively by the British media

Interview: Jacob-Rees Mogg

Rory Fraser talks filibuster, rebellion and Jeremy Corbyn with the eccentric Tory MP

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