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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.
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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
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