Monday 3rd November 2025

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Oxford scholarship director tied to Russian shell companies

The University of Oxford prides itself on high ethical and reputational standards for its donors and funding. The list of scholarships offered at the University is long and comprehensive, but how transparent is it who the people behind them...
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Opinion

We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

Laurence Cooke -
Media frenzies targeting our University and its students distract from the real issues facing higher education.

Dear summer school snobs, please pipe down

You might not like it, but in an era of rising financial pressures for the university sector, summer schools are not just harmless – they are essential.
Barbara Dolgova -

Embracing AI undermines academia

By facilitating copious AI usage, the University fails to deliver on its centuries-long tradition of encouraging original thought. 
Emily Henson -

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.
Billy Arber -

Student voices must be heard

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

Features

Study influencers and Oxford: Rose-tinted computer screens

Angelina Wu -
Searching ‘Oxford’ on YouTube brings up what you might expect. One thumbnail invites the...

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Profiles

Culture

Culture

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Antonia Rogers -
Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.
Art

Look up! Statues and gargoyles in Oxford

Walking around Oxford you often feel like you’re part of the city’s tourist attraction. The long walk up to the Radcliffe Camera entrance, pushing the heavy door to enter...
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Books

Plaques and Peripheries: The Search for Oxford’s Women Writers

Every morning on my way to college, I pass through the cobblestoned, crowded St Mary’s Passage, overhearing stories of Oxford’s most famous literary duo, C.S Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien....
Aditi Upmanyu -
Culture

‘Extremely funny and emotionally intense’: ‘Your Funeral’ at the Burton Taylor Studio

Your Funeral is Pharaoh Productions’ debut play written by Nick Samuel, about the last conversation that ex-partners Anna (Rebecca Harper) and Jeff (Matt Sheldon) have after Anna’s terminal leukaemia...
Charlie Bailey -

Lifestyle

Grilling the Parsonage: Oxford’s ‘best’ restaurant?

Benjamin Naylor -
Sometimes you want more than just a meal, to celebrate a birthday, an anniversary,...

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

Natalie Tan -
Thousands took to the streets...

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