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Oriental Studies Faculty to change name
"The name change better reflects the faculty’s ‘diversity of academic activity’ "
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King Charles becomes Visitor of three Oxford colleges
King Charles III has become the official Visitor of Christ Church, Oriel College and University College, following his formal accession to the throne on 10th September 2022. Until her death on 8th September,...
Supermarkets could introduce ‘green labels’ after Oxford research
Plant-based foods faired better than meat alternatives with vegan sausages shown to have an impact 90% lower than that of their pork counterparts.
Entire cohort of medics forced to resit exam after alleged cheating
Medical students entering their sixth and final year have learned they will all have to resit one of their exams after the Proctors Office was alerted to allegations that some students had cheated. All marks from the examination have been wiped, as the integrity of the examination was called into question
Liz Truss promises Oxbridge admissions shakeup
Liz Truss, frontrunner in the race for Conservative Party leadership, has suggested she will reform the Oxbridge admissions system to give all top students a chance for a place.
As part of a six-point...
Features
£3.50 meal deals, a cost-of-living crisis, and the same old story.
£3. The sacred Tesco meal deal. The bargain every Oxford student knows about. The...
The life-sucking vampire: exams and the logic of capitalism
Elena Rotzokou makes the case against exams as a mode of assessment, pointing towards their arbitrariness as well as the negative impacts of their all-or-nothing nature. Rotzokou claims that the unhealthy logic of exams cannot be disentangled from capitalist and neoliberal thinking.
Culture
Muse ‘Will of The People’ Review : My expectations were low, and yet…
"Well done to the boys for trying to write about such a serious subject. I just wish the music didn’t sound like it belongs on Scooby Doo."
Flora’s Fringe Guide
I went up to Fringe in the first week and saw as much as I possibly in order to recommend to you lot what’s worth seeing and what’s not, so please read on for my top recs!
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Profiles
Does “power makes all the difference”?
Sudhir Hazareesingh is a tutor in international relations (IR)...
“Colorful Queer & Bright”: Jasper Soloff Reflects on His Creative Style
Jasper Soloff isn’t afraid to call Hollywood out on...
Music as Ammunition: Ukrainian Bandurists Give Tradition New Life in Their Concert Series
Julia Kogut-Kalynyuk and Kateryna Trachuk escaped the shelling of...
Wilde at heart: In Conversation with members of the Lincoln Drama Society
It’s practically a cliché to say that with such...
Life
Oxford in the summer
"Oxford in the summer is truly a unique experience because there are the same dreaming spires without the dreamers."
Creation, Not Art: At the Table with Ethaney Lee of @tenderherbs
CW : mention of disordered eating, body dysmorphia
Ethaney Lee...
Conundrums of an ungenerous oversharer
"It’s telling that we call them ‘stories’. The word ‘story’ says it all. Because it’s true, it is a story. No one really knows why you’re telling it, and neither do you, but you tell it anyway."
Does “power makes all the difference”?
Sudhir Hazareesingh is a tutor in international relations (IR)...
