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International student fees increased by 37% since 2022

Overseas student fees have increased more than 37% over the last three years, a Cherwell investigation has found. BA Biomedical Sciences and BA Psychology have seen the biggest increase at 69% and 67% respectively. But even those rises do...
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We must separate Church and University

Lilly Law -
Financially, culturally, and quasi-judicially, the Church of England remains part of the furniture in both the city and the University.

Oriel’s Rhodes exhibition is not enough

The exhibition's portrayal of Rhodes’ actions and the Rhodes Must Fall movement are trivialising and disrespectful.
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This is Oxford’s real free speech problem

The Vice-Chancellor's Sheldonian Series reveals a university that does not want to listen to what its students have to say.
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The Vice-Chancellor’s oration lacks a story

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

It’s time we woke up to the failures of the NUS

Archie Johnston -
The Cambridge SU's disaffiliation is a reminder that the National Union of Students is not fit for purpose

Features

Is the future of student protest set in stone? 

Lilly Law -
Niamh Lynch did not expect to attract international attention during Trinity term of her...

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Culture

Culture

The Magdalene Songs: Giving a singing voice to victims

★★★★★ Trigger warning: abuse Modern slavery, abuse, and human rights violations are not something you would usually expect to be tackled in an evening of classical music. Yet Deidre Brenner, pianist...
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Culture

‘Everything is constantly emotion’: An interview with the cast and crew of ‘Doctor Faustus’ 

Seabass Theatre has carved out a niche for itself producing original takes on canonical texts, most memorably last year’s plant-inspired Hamlet staged at the former Music Faculty. When discussing...
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Culture

Between performance and reality: ‘To What End?’ reviewed

To What End is a new meta-theatrical, absurdist play written by Billy Skiggs and Billy Hearld. It begins in what seems to be simplicity: a wartime song hums through...
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Lifestyle

It’s beginning to look a lot like Oxmas

Elizabeth Bourn -
I begin listening to Christmas soundtracks in September. I theorise decorations in October and,...

Sport

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....

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...

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