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...

Opinion Elizabeth Millett -

What are children really learning from their screens?

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

Opinion Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

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

Opinion Leo Jones -

I became more at home when I left home

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

Opinion Neville Lai -

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Beyond the Bubble…

Jacob Williams discusses current affairs outside of Oxford

Why isn’t politics taught in schools? The answer is politics

Emma Hewitt asks why politics isn’t taught in schools and whether there is a political agenda behind this.

Has the UK’s attitude to drugs changed?

With Nigella Lawson's return to our screens soon after the revelation of her drug-taking, Alice King asks whether the UK's outlook on drugs has been changing in recent years.

Interview: Owen Jones

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin talks Labour, the Left, and the Living Wage with commentator Owen Jones

Turing’s pardon was not the right solution

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin discusses the Government's decision to pardon codebreaker Alan Turing

Don’t wish me a Happy New Year

Max Long critcises the concept of New Year's Eve celebrations

Artistic expression needs to be defended

Vandana Venkatesh contends artistic expression needs to be defended against increasing self-censorship, as provocative art is needed to challenge and stimulate debate in society.

Interview: Peter Tomka

Robert Macquarie talks to the President of the International Court of Justice about the future of international dispute resolution

Our approach to abortion and disability is contradictory

Josh Peppiatt discusses the contradictory ethical traditions witnessed in UK hospitals which ensure that the lives of some unborn, disabled babies are saved and others aborted

The arrogance of L J Trup’s victory should be condemned

Now that the dust has settled, George Gillett considers what the surprise winner's victory will really mean for students

Are Oxford terms too short?

Michaelmas has come to an end so Will Railton puts it to Robert Walmsley that eight is enough.

#copsoffcampus: Don’t target police officers

Protests should address structural issues within the police force rather than target officers themselves, argues Max Long

The internet needs to stop resembling the Wild West

Conor Dinan argues that NSA spying and intrusions of privacy from internet companies are two sides of the same coin and that the rights of individuals need to be better protected online.

Telling the truth about Nelson Mandela

Nick Mutch attempts to show the darker, more complicated and far more human side of Nelson Mandela.

Mandela’s legacy: how should students respond?

Billy Beswick argues students should not be satisfied with the social and political victories of the 20th century - we should use Mandela’s example as an inspiration to start addressing the injustices of our own times.