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Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from the centre to more perilous waters? Recently, Brasenose students were threatened with £150 fines from the...

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The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Isaac Asimov’s fantastic short story ‘The Last Question’ has always struck me as vaguely...

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Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

For linguists and lawyers heading across the Channel in third year, an idyllic continental adventure is not the whole picture

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It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

Tourists are as much a feature of life as a student at this University...

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Opinion

Trashing rules save face, not students

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

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