Thursday 5th March 2026

Opinion

We need summer re-sits

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

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.
Opinion Ti-Jean Martin -

Oxford’s poverty porn addiction

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

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?
Opinion Finlo Cowley -
Latest

"Medical leave often feels like a punishment"

Molly Rogers discusses the work of Balliol JCR’s Suspended Status Group

"It was as if they’d forgotten I existed"

A Teddy Hall student describes her intermission experience

Investigation: Student intermission

C+ finds a disparity between different students' experiences of the process, with evidence of students' trust being broken, and colleges treating mental health problems as disciplinary ones

Did you clap Le Pen’s speech?

In his weekly column, James Elliott looks back at the questions surrounding the Oxford Union's decision to invite Marine Le Pen to speak

Debate: Should we have televised leadership debates?

Given widespread demands to include minority parties in this year’s pre-election TV debates, Lucjan Kaliniecki and Harry Gosling discuss whether we should have televised leadership debates at all

We should stop the social media ‘pay-day witch-hunt’

Jack Evans argues that the student social media campaign against Andrew Hamilton's salary is reactionary

Interview: Xavier Rolet

Tom Robinson talks to Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) about the role of finance and the future of capitalism

Oxstew: Oxford death toll of 500 in battle for free speech

In our weekly satire, 500 students have been killed in the blood-bath on Turl Street that kicked off after a free speech debate

The Campaign: Giving What We Can

Henry Phipps on why giving money to charities can increase personal happiness, and why it is important to give to the most effective charities

Interview: Richard Evans

Tom Robinson talks to historian Richard Evans about Oxford, being an expert witness in Irving v. Lipstadt, and the purpose of history

The uphill battle to register student voters

Oxford City Councillor Tom Hayes explains how new voter registration laws affect students in Oxford

The new counter-terrorism bill is a threat to free speech

In his weekly column, James Elliott warns that the new counter-terrorism bill will infringe our liberty

Debate: should faith be kept private?

In light of Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union's 'Uncover Oxford' week, we ask whether faith should be kept private

David vs Goliath: can Syriza change the status quo?

Harry Gosling considers whether the electoral mandate of Syriza will give them an economic mandate for change

Interview: Paris Lees

Niamh McIntyre talks to Paris Lees about transgender activism and class identity

The Campaign: Cuntry Living

Niamh McIntyre explains why people should get involved in Cuntry Living and intersectional feminism

Interview: Sama Dizayee

Mary Reader talks to Sama Dizayee about media bias, the power of writing and the future of Iraq

OxStew: Residents demand removal of ‘spires’ blocking view

In our weekly satire, local residents demand the removal of 'spires' blocking views of the Oxford city skyline

Are some lives really more significant than others?

Amaka Opara looks at the difference in media coverage between the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris and recent Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, asking why some incidents garner so much more attention than others

"Be prepared to argue"

Jonathon Turnbull looks into the case of a student who successfully reduced a £400 cleaning bill to £35
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