Thursday 10th July 2025

Opinion

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...

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

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

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

It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

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

Interview: The Last Lib Dem MEP

Cherwell caught up with Catherine Bearder, the Liberal Democrats' lone surviving MEP, shortly after they were wiped out across Britain at the European elections on 22 May

University’s harassment policy reforms can only be good news

The updated policy should be celebrated, and has long been neccesary in the fight against sexual violence at university

Interview: Baroness Lawrence

Alice King speaks to campaigner and Labour peer Doreen Lawrence on racism, education and family history.

Debate: Is Oxford’s collegiate system needless and outdated?

Tom Carter and April Peake consider the purpose of the collegiate system within the University

Men need to stop thinking of women as rewards

Rachel Jones questions the culture of entitlement after the Isla Vista shooting

JCR Reps are split over fines

As part of this week's C+ investigation, Jessica Hao spoke to JCR representatives about the issue of fines

"No student really considers drinking a crime"

As part of the C+ investigation into fines around the University, one student retells a story of injustice

The Campaign: Skin Deep

Anu Henriques talks about discussions of race in Oxford- and why we need to have them

#BringBackOurGirls: Is digital activism effective?

Rachel Dobbs asks just how much digital activism really achieves after #BringBackOurGirls trended internationally

The Campaign: No HeterOx**

No HeterOx** is a new zine in Oxford, giving a platform to the discussion of queer and trans* issues

Debate: Is college marriage a successful institution?

Evy Cavalla and Tom Carter argue the purpose of college marriage.

Interview: Devaki Jain

Helen Thomas speaks to leading feminist Devaki Jain about the rise of Indian feminism, economics, and her friendship with Alice Walker

We’re All Terrible

Nick Hilton looks at the fallout of the NUS Referendum rigging scandal

Debate: Should Britain leave the EU?

Tom Posa and Eleanor Newis debate the pros and cons of leaving the European Union

Women in media: Does the industry work against them?

40 years since the beginning of co-educational colleges in Oxford, Kate Tuohy discusses the challenges faced by women in the media

The Campaign: Fashion Relief

Fashion Relief uses the power of students to raise money to tackle poverty and inequality in the UK, and to change the face of fashion.

Interview: Malcolm Rifkind

Niamh McIntyre talks to Conservative MP for Kensington and chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Malcolm Rifkind

Interview: Luke Harding

Evy Cavalla talks Vladimir Putin and Edward Snowden with Guardian journalist Luke Harding

Local Lib Dems aren’t in the Coalition

Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Brett argues that voters should judge the Liberal Democrats in the upcoming local elections on their contribution to Oxford life, not to the Coalition

Why Oxford needs a loony candidate

Jessica Hao spoke to prospective local councillor the Mad Hatter about his electoral ambitions

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