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Arrests made at Defend Our Juries protest

At least eleven activists were arrested on suspicion of Section 13 of the Terrorism Act at a protest in Oxford this afternoon, which criticised the UK government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group. The protest, which...
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This is Oxford’s real free speech problem

Stanley Smith -
The Vice-Chancellor's Sheldonian Series reveals a university that does not want to listen to what its students have to say.

We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

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

Student voices must be heard

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

It’s time we stopped fussing over university rankings

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

The Vice-Chancellor’s oration lacks a story

Finlo Cowley -
Professor Tracey's attempt to not ruffle any feathers produced a speech full of contradictions.

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How to build a ball

Mair Andrews -
Students have started reaching...

Study influencers and Oxford: Rose-tinted computer screens

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

Lilly Law -
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Across the Atlantic: American academics are finding a new home at Oxford

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As political and financial pressures mount across American higher education , a quiet migration...

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Culture

GCSE drama nostalgia: ‘The Detention’ Review

Elyce Croker -
The Detention provided its fair...
Culture

The power of the playlist

"These ten precious songs ... will become a time capsule"
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Art

Ceilings, wives, and love letters to the city: The Pre Raphaelites in Oxford

It was in 1857, not long after the construction of the Oxford Union, that its architect, Benjamin Woodward, was visited by his close friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It was...
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Books

The lying life of authors: John le Carré and authorial double-lives

“I’m not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked in the secret world.” This was said by the famous author John le Carré, who...
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Lifestyle

Quod review

Beatrix Arnold -
A landmark of the High Street, Quod boasts an opulent facade, its name reminding...

Sport

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

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

The BBC’s dying sports coverage is hurting Britain

Charlie Towle -
The President’s Challenge – the...

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...

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