Sunday 21st September 2025

Opinion

Stop sneering at the staycation

If so much is available within the UK, what justification is there for an Oxford student to travel across the world?

The Encaenia is PR without the public (or anyone else)

Wholesale reform is the last thing Encaenia needs. If only people knew what it is, it would be a well-suited PR exercise for a modern Oxford.

This is how we combat the crusade against universities

It’s easy to think of an arts degree as a fruitless pleasure. But education and academic study are intrinsically valuable.

From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

If you think this is a win for one side over the other in relation to Israel’s war on Gaza, be careful what you wish for.

An ‘atheist church’ is not a contradiction

Leo Mercer argues for the importance of building an Atheist community

My Online Double

Rebecca Fairbank on the perils of an online doppelgänger

The encroachment of the English language – good or bad?

Leonie Hentrup discusses the benefits of linguistic integration in Europe.

What it’s like to be a disabled graduate student

Kellogg graduate research student Dr Amy Price praises the University’s provision for her disabilities

Disability is more diverse than wheelchairs

In response Cherwell's investigation into disabilities in Oxford, OUSU Disabilities Officer Will Neaverson considers what is being done to support disabled students.

Autism is not an obstacle to enjoying Oxford

Teddy Hall finalist Chris Pike reflects on life in Oxford as an autistic student

OUSU Elections: Policies and Politics

Cherwell's election analyst considers the different policy and politics on display in the three slates

How to reclaim OUSU

OUSU Presidential candidate Nathan Akehurst discusses the problems, and solutions, of the university's maligned student union

OUSU Elections: First glance analysis

Cherwell's OUSU analyst takes a look at the way things currently stand in the race to OUSU

Helen Clark: Politics and Development

Nicholas Mutch interviews the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, about her new role in international development

Is Oxford doing enough to combat sexual violence?

Responding to Cherwell's latest investigation, Robert Walmsley and Will Railton debate whether Oxford is doing enough to tackle sexual violence.

The power of vote spoiling

Jacob Cassani argues that vote spoiling is a more powerful act than not voting at all

‘Agony Lad’ and the perpetuation of lad culture

Katharine Bardsley laments the reinforcement of laddishness in the OxStu's Agony Lad feature

Diaoyu Islands: a tipping point?

A first-hand account of anti-Japanese rioting in Beijing and what it could mean for Sino-Japanese relations

Laura Bates: Why we still need Feminism

Harriet Smith-Hughes talks to Laura Bates about the Everyday Sexism Project

True Love Waits?

Jack Chisnall on the perils of maintaining school relationships at University.

Debate: Should Universities Fingerprint Foreign Students?

Jack Chisnall and Robert Walmsley debate the ethics of monitoring the attendance of international students in lectures.

The Sun: Distorted statistics and dangerous stigmas

George Gillett believes that the media misrepresent and misinform on matters of mental health

Profile: PD James

Nick Hilton gets advice on achieving, aging and Auden from legendary crime novelist PD James

Why I’ve decided to go Back to School

Rachel Pickering gives the lowdown on a new campaign helping to mentor younger pupils

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