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Wednesday 27th August 2025
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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.
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Billy Arber
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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.
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Morien Robertson
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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.
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Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy
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Trashing rules save face, not students
Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from...
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Chloe Smith
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Homelessness: a tragic and misunderstood reality
Luke Ames Blackaby considers the damaging misperceptions surrounding the homeless in Oxford.
Debate: Is Cuntry Living bad for feminism?
Louisa Manning and Niamh McIntyre debate the value of Oxford’s most influential feminist space
Interview: Vernon Bogdanor
David Cameron’s former tutor talks politics with Tom Carter
Life after the election: the birth of a new politics?
Harry Gosling argues that this election has fundamentally altered the nature of the political game.
Results: Cherwell General Election Survey
A C + poll puts Labour ahead by 7 points, though Conservatives lead in Oxford West & Abingdon
Why should Oxford students vote for your party?
Cherwell Investigations asks Oxford’s student political societies to defend their parties’ records and why they deserve your vote
Oxford East: no longer a Labour stronghold
Tom Barrie assesses the make-up of traditionally Labour Oxford East
General Election: What does the expert say?
Stephen Fisher, an Oxford Associate Professor of Political Sociology, looks at the key trends in this election
Has the Tories’ electoral mastermind delivered the goods?
Omar Rana considers whether Lynton Crosby has managed to work his magic for the Conservatives
Debate: Is it fair that Oxbridge has multiple teams on
Patrick Oisin Mulholland and Sara Semic debate whether Oxbridge should be allowed multiple teams on university challenge
The International Student
Marcello Nascimento gives an insight into the drama of contemporary Brazilian politics
Interviewing a robed warrior: Dinah Rose QC
Tom Foxton talks Prince Charles and cuts with the leading human rights barrister.
Migrant deaths should not be used as political capital
Amaka Opara argues that the accusations levelled at David Cameron by Ed Miliband were unacceptable
Oxford West and Abingdon: a key marginal?
Luke Barratt discusses whether Oxford West and Abingdon is as close as the candidates claim and gives a in-depth profile of the candidates running
A retort to ‘Sex, Drugs, and Taboo’
Will Brown criticises Millie McLuskie's article on prostitution in the Netherlands.
The West’s anti-Russia media campaign
Eliza Melkonyan on bias against Russia in the UK media
Interview: Jonathan Powell
Tom Carter talks politics and diplomacy with Jonathan Powell, Blair’s No. 10 Chief of Staff
Debate: Does the Boat Race reflect badly on Oxford?
Hannah Foxton and Ruth Hayhow debate what kind of image of Oxford the boat race projects
John Thornhill on politics at the Financial Times
Harry Gosling discusses the General Election and more with the FT’s Deputy Editor
The Conservatives and dubious economic narratives
Luke Ames Blackaby examines the Tories’ claim that austerity was the right course for the economy
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