Friday 6th 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?

Profile: Ghetts

Niamh McIntyre talks grime and disillusion with musician Ghetts

Interview: North Korea expert Brian Myers

Brian Myers, Associate Professor of International Studies at Dongseo University in South Korea, believes that the West has not quite come to terms with...

How the NUS works and how to get involved

James Elliott explains how the NUS works and how to get involved

NUS affiliation: the pros and cons

Eleanor Sharman and Tom Rutland debate whether or not to keep Oxford's NUS affiliation

We must demand that race continue to be taken seriously

As part of Cherwell's investigation into race and ethnicity, Anuradha Henriques says Oxford is lacking in spaces to discuss racial identity

Racism is a constant presence in people’s lives

Anne Meeker, co-chair of CRAE, discusses the findings of their Race Survey, as part of Cherwell's race and ethnicity investigation

All minority groups are not the same

Raphael Mokades argues that we must reevaluate our approach to 'BME', as part of this week's investigation into race and ethnicity

It is time to erad­icate the problem of racism

As part of Cherwell's investigation into race and ethnicity, Chiara Giovanni discusses the issues surrounding race in Oxford

Debate: Is Britain more sexist than other cultures?

The UN Special Rapporteur for Violence Against Women recently said that the UK had the worst 'in your face' sexist culture of any she'd given. Niamh McIntyre and Radhika Seth debate whether this characterization is fair

Academics should speak plain English

Tom Carter argues that if the humanities wish to stay relevant they need to get rid of complex jargon and concentrate on being accessible

Warpaint vs. Beyoncé

Recent comments from members of Warpaint reveal deeeper issues within the music industry, says Luke Barratt

Lads magazines have not disappeared, they’ve just moved

April Peake tells us that the closing of lads magazines is not a victory for women when considered next to the rise of internet pornography

Interview: Sunny Hundal

Robert Walmsley talks diversity in the media and blogging with Sunny Hundal

The changing nature of war correspondence

Rachel Dobbs discusses how the media has unfairly treated freelance reporters who risk their lives to report the news

Interview: Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell talks Iraq, good journalism and why he hated Cambridge with Nick Mutch

Debate: Can UKIP now be viewed as a respectable party?

Nick Mutch and Alice King discuss the respectability of the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party

Could Bitcoin be the basis for a financial revolution?

Niamh McIntyre discusses the economic phenomenon of Bitcoin, why it exists and what its future may bring

Is UK employment really on the road to recovery?

Niamh McIntyre argues that the sunny picture painted by the recent employment statistics are a cover up for a darker reality

A Response to Dear Harvard

Gina Price argues that Oxford does not neglect survivors of sexual violence

An Open Letter to Andrew Smith MP

Alice Nutting criticises the MP for Oxford East's decision to support the welfare cap in Parliament

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