Saturday 23rd May 2026

Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured out where I study. To my regret. For every now and then, I’ll be confronted...

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles...

Oxford is not to blame for alienated international students

JY Hoh responds to Cheriel Neo's article 'We need to rethink the treatment of international students'

What’s on your mind?

Anthony Maskell asks what the real reason is for updating our Facebook status.

It’s time to stop the marketisation of our universities

The Tutor View: John Parringon, Fellow in Physiological Sciences at Worcester, argues that recent changes to higher education are making univerisities increasingly market-orientated

Interview: Victoria Coren Mitchell

Holly Whiston talks poker, panel games and Observer columns with Only Connect's Victoria Coren Mitchell

Debate: Does student activism need reinvigorating?

Following the creation of the Oxford Activist Network, Conor Dinan and Nick Mutch discuss whether students politics is in need of change

How cuts to access funds will affect students

Andrew Smith, Labour MP for Oxford East, explains how proposed cuts to the Students Opportunities Fund will affect students adversely

Review: Christ Church Picture Gallery

Edward Lewis finds the gallery to be a peaceful artistic retreat full of renaissance masters

We need to rethink the treatment of international students

Cheriel Neo explains why we need to re-examine the treatment of international students in Oxford

The Student View: Online dating

Alice King tells us why it's time for students to embrace online dating

Interview: Mark Littlewood

Robert Walmsley discusses liberty and the state with Mark Littlewood

Debate: Should you give directly to the homeless?

With Oxford's homeless population among the UK's highest, Louee Dessent-Jackson and Nick Mutch discuss what we can do.

Interview: Jack Gleeson

Nick Hilton talks fame, philosophy and PhDs with Game of Thrones star Jack Gleeson

Drugs investigation: the case for legalisation

Matt Broomfield argues that the socioeconomic reasons for legalisation cannot be ignored

Just because they’re right…

...doesn’t mean that they aren’t alright

Was Mark Duggan wrongfully killed?

Following the jury's verdict of 'lawful killing', James Elliot and Billy Beswick discuss whether further investigation is required

Interview: Iain Dale

Robert Walmsley talks politics and presenting with blogger Iain Dale

Tom Mendelsohn on drinking societies and the media

The online student editor of The Independent discusses the relationship between the press and Oxford’s drinking societies

Drinking societies: a class distinction

Teddy Hall student Nusa Bartol-Bibb considers the flaunting of privilege in drinking societies

Question and answer with Regent’s Rabbits

C+ discusses Regent's Rabbits, a female drinking society at Regent's Park, with Queen Bunny Beth Hibbert and Princess Bunny Henna Shah

Drinking societies – a relic of Oxford?

Following last term’s drinking society controversies, C+ investigates the role drinking societies play in Oxford today

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