Tuesday 26th August 2025

Opinion

The Encaenia is PR without the public (or anyone else)

Wholesale reform is the last thing Encaenia needs. If only people knew what it is, it would be a well-suited PR exercise for a modern Oxford.

This is how we combat the crusade against universities

It’s easy to think of an arts degree as a fruitless pleasure. But education and academic study are intrinsically valuable.

From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

If you think this is a win for one side over the other in relation to Israel’s war on Gaza, be careful what you wish for.

Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from...

From oddity to absurdity

Taco Prins highlights the misgivings of the House of Lords

Beating the dopers: do whatever it takes to win

Harry Gosling argues that lifetime bans are the only way to beat the cheats

Scholar, campaigner, South African: Ntokozo Qwabe

Oxford law graduate, black rights campaigner and proud South African graduates

Debate: Is Jeremy Corbyn the Best Choice For Labour?

As the Labour Leadership Campaign steps up, we ask whether Jeremy Corbyn really is the man for the job

Architects of Oligarchy

Freddie Hopkinson asks whether we are celebrating the wrong sort of architecture for our cities

The rebels of Amman

Emmeline Skinner Cassidy talks to some of Amman's residents about what it is like to be gay in Jordan

It’s our BBC, not theirs

Daniel Minister suggests that the government's attitude towards the BBC is largely ideological

The scandal of the Cross

Joshua Caminiti reflects on the significance of the Pope's recent behaviour on tour in Bolivia

Maintaining privilege?

Jacob Williams argues that students should support Osborne's scrapping of the maintenance grant

Let’s be positive about Pride

Patrick Oisin Mulholland considers the future of the Pride Movement in light of recent events

What next for the Greek people?

A series of short interviews reveal how the latest crisis is affecting the ordinary people of Greece

OxStew: Cambridge Historian inspired by erotic fiction

The Historian's new book takes inspiration from E.L. James in examining the Third Reich from Hitler's perspective

The injustice of this country’s deportation policy

James Elliott on why our current system is failing

Why it’s nonsense to say that education should be free

Jan Nedvídek argues that 'free' education is impractical

Why Oxford should free 5th Week

Stephanie Kelley discusses the importance of Oxford becoming more flexible in its demands on students

Debate: Do Oxford students take themselves too seriously?

Tom Foxton and Tom Robinson debate whether Oxford students need to lighten up a little

Rhodes must fall, here and now

Brian Kwoba argues that colonialism is prevalent in Oxford

Oxstew: Union to replace elections with Big Brother

'Turning what is already a farce into popular entertainment was an irresistible corporate opportunity for us'

The International Student: politics in the Netherlands

Taco Prins gives an insight into contemporary Dutch politics

Interview: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Ryan Bradley discusses the writer Lewis Carroll and his muse with the author of The Story of Alice

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