Opinion

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.
Opinion Ti-Jean Martin -
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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

Porn & Policy at Teddy Hall

In his weekly column, James Elliott reflects how Teddy Hall JCR's decision to scrap its honorary member, Jenna Jameson, shows how Oxford politics can become sanitised and fake

Debate: Are crewdates an outdated Oxford institution?

Alistair Sterling and Harry Gosling ask whether crewdates have become a thorn in the side of 'progressive' Oxford

Student apathy should be blamed for OUSU’s malaise

Zachary Spiro argues that if all you do is complain about OUSU then you too are part of the problem

OxStew: Unless conscious, college choice does not matter

In our weekly satire, it seems that it really doesn't matter which college you apply to, unless you are a fully conscious human being

The Campaign: Oxford Climate Society

Karolina Kalinowski, President of Oxford Climate Society, talks about using creativity to move climate change up the political agenda

Interview: Reni Eddo-Lodge

Mary Reader talks to Reni Eddo-Lodge about equality and liberation

Let’s stop the stigmatisation of self-harm

In response to Cherwell publishing a much altered version of an article he wrote without his consent, Giles Neal gives his thoughts on self-harm

Interview: Tim Harford

Economist Tim Harford tells Harry Gosling how to see into the future

The Campaign: Whose University?

Charlotte Cooper Beglin talks about 'Whose University?', a new campaign which is trying to highlight ways Oxford University is failing to put its students first

Interview: Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Allison d'Ambrosia talks to the journalist Myriam Francois-Cerrah about Muslim women in the feminist movement

OxStew: Union members deny ‘We <3 Marine’ sign shows support

In our weekly satire, controversy hits the Union as a giant sign with the words 'We <3 Marine' was waved as Marine Le Pen entered the chamber
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