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The opaque charity funding St Anne’s new scholarship

Cherwell has conducted an investigation into the charity which jointly administers the Tikvah scholarship with St Anne's College. The income of the charity, Leg-Up Charity for Kids (LUCK), dwarfs its expenditure. Cherwell can also reveal that there is no...
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There’s nothing wrong with a regional accent

Chloe Pomfret -
Accent bias remains deeply embedded in academic institutions, where a hierarchy of accent prestige continues to shape perceptions.

What Britain needs is meritocratic elitism

Want to tackle the issue of social mobility? Look to primary and secondary education, not Oxford University
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International student levies won’t level up higher education

International students, who already pay triple what their domestic peers do, are being treated as convenient cash cows.
Zahara Agarwal -

Oriel’s Rhodes exhibition is not enough

The exhibition's portrayal of Rhodes’ actions and the Rhodes Must Fall movement are trivialising and disrespectful.
Ti-Jean Martin -

Distance does make the heart grow fonder

Poppy Littler-Jennings -
Three months into my year studying abroad, I am reminded why I chose Oxford University in the first place.

Features

15-minutes of fame: the legacy of Oxford’s 15-minute city protests

Eden Smith -
Oxford City Council approved their Local Plan to make Oxford a 15-minute city on 14th September 2022. In response, conspiracy theorists organised a mass protest. With some of the new traffic regulations now in place, it’s time for a deep dive into the conspiracist movement and its sunset legacy in Oxford. 

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Culture

‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

Beatrix Arnold -
In a small, black-painted room on the top floor of a pub in Islington, known as The Hope Theatre, Madame La Mort was staged for the public for the first time.
Books

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize 

This Christmas vac, I made up my mind to get out of my reading slump using the Booker Prize shortlist, revealing toxic masculinity as a key theme.
Charlie Bailey -
Culture

In defence of the theatrical release

If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.
Nora Miles -
Art

Falling out of Louvre

In spite of recent events, the expected heightened security was nowhere evident.
Beatrix Arnold -

Lifestyle

The ick factor

Ava Lifton -
Not all icks are created equal, and of course, they shouldn't be treated as such. Either way, they undeniably speak volumes about the person you're with.

Sport

50 years of women’s cross-country Varsity

Alice Rubli -
The 50th anniversary of women’s...

The inescapable exhaustion of the tennis season 

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
The fatigue is inescapable as...

Inside the little-known world of Oxford’s real tennis club

Natalie Tan -
Real tennis? What, as opposed...

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
I am a tennis aficionado....

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