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Merton updates welfare provisions despite lack of student consultation

Merton College has overhauled its welfare programme this academic year, reducing the hours of Junior Deans for Welfare, discontinuing the Associate Chaplain’s book club, and replacing the famous “welfare doughnuts” with welfare cookies. Students at the College have expressed...
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Student voices must be heard

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Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future. It’s about time we were treated as such.

Embracing AI undermines academia

By facilitating copious AI usage, the University fails to deliver on its centuries-long tradition of encouraging original thought. 
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Let’s critique what protesters do, not who they are

I may not agree with all of their tactics, but I am grateful for those who make sure that our University is on the right side of history.
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Outreach shouldn’t stop at Hadrian’s Wall

In a Britain that claims to be a “United” Kingdom, having only two-dozen Scottish state schoolers at its best university does much to foster division.
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It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

Alexandre Guilloteau -
To combine all the factors that might influence someone’s decision-making into an aggregate score obscures as much as it illuminates.  

Features

What’s in a name? The donors written on Oxford’s streets

Lilly Law -
Walking down Broad Street can sometimes resemble a school register. It would, admittedly, be...

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‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation with Cherwell, director Joshua Robey’s...
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Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time - and she’s dying.” Your Funeral is the debut play of new company Pharaoh Productions. It...
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“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR DUTY.” It is this (somewhat incomplete) motto of the Post Office setting that captures in...
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Lifestyle

TLDR: Literacy in the digital age

Beatrix Arnold -
No one reads these days. If it’s longer than an Instagram caption, it’s not...

Sport

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

Natalie Tan -
In March I twice came...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

John Frame -
Many people would consider offshore...

The elusive magic of club cricket

Charlie Towle -
As summer draws to a...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

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Thousands took to the streets...

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