Thursday 5th 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?

Milking it: why dairy production matters

Freddie Hopkinson explores the effect of the abolition of EU dairy quotas - will the UK be caught out?

The Sound and the Fury

Jack Hampton gives a first-hand account of the EDL march in Oxford over the Easter weekend

Sex, Drugs, and Taboo

Millie McLuskie questions the legality of prostitution and drugs after her trip to Amsterdam.

Nip Slip

Alice Townson on the highs and lows of liberating the nipple.

The Greek bailout: following the money

As the deadline for Greece's debt repayment approaches, Stephanie Stafford asks where the money went

Seven spivs a’ spinning

Hannah Foxton asks whether last night's leaders' debate was a game-changer or channel-changer

The paradox of a boringly exciting election

Harry Gosling argues that we should ignore this election’s false pretence of tedium and embrace its more interesting aspects

Finland: putting the final touches on a radical curriculum

Sara Semic discusses the radical education policies Finland has pursued and whether this model can provide a good template for the UK

Kanye not? The racism behind Glastonbury petition

Luke Barratt explores the reasons behind a popular petition against Kanye West’s recently announced Glastonbury booking

The double standards of the Left

The 'Oxford radical Left' are hypocritical and fighting to preserve freedom of speech only when it suits, Jan Nedvidek argues

Israeli Election results spell disaster for peace

Sebastian Fox explains why the result of the Israeli election earlier this week has thrown up further obstacles to a settlement between Israel and Palestine

Clarkson and the cultural split

Ruth Hayhow argues that the public's reaction to Jeremy Clarkson's suspension is indicative of a wider cultural split

Palestine has history on its side

In his weekly column, James Elliot argues that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has to make a breakthrough

OxStew: School outreach programme for Oxford University

In our weekly satire, Fergus Fungus talks about a new secondary school 'outreach' programme with Oxford University

We must end our love affair with the tutorial system

Alexander Rankine argues that the tutorial system is too expensive, ineffective and anachronistic

Debate: Should you keep who you vote for private?

Tom Robinson and Tom Carter debate whether you should have to justify your vote when talking to others

The Campaign: Oxford Students’ Disability Community

Tris Smith on why there is still work to be done when it comes to disabilities

Interview: Denis Goldberg

Isabelle Monteiro talks to Denis Goldberg about South African and Israeli apartheid

Run, run as fast as you can

Tom Robinson criticises the latest development in plans for televised leadership debates in the run up to May's general election

The University should not neglect OxHub

In response to this week's story on OxHub's funding problems, Makena Löhr argues that, despite what the University says, the Hub provides a much valued and much needed service

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