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Conference of Common Rooms ‘unequivocally’ condemns Nathan Cofnas’ invitation 

The Oxford Student Union (SU) and the Conference of Common Rooms (CCR) have released a statement that “unequivocally condemns” the Oxon Universities’ Reform Society’s (OURS) invitation to Nathan Cofnas. Cofnas, a self-described “race realist”, is due to speak at...
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Do Oxford’s admissions statistics tell the full story?

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In June, the University of Oxford published its Annual Admissions Statistics Report, an extensive document detailing the domicile, nation and region, disadvantage, school type,...

Debate chamber: Are Oxford’s political party societies fit for purpose?

Oxford’s political party societies have a dual reputation. On one side of the coin, many boast long-standing histories and influential alumni, from Clement Attlee to David Cameron. Flip to the tail end, and you find a termly reality of boisterous drinking socials and inconclusive debates that are, in the words of Cherwell’s Stanley Smith, “more fixated with personality than party”. But does this reputation really disrupt the confines of what these political party societies are made for?
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Unity is the antidote

At a recent march in Oxford against the far right, one speaker’s words really struck a chord with me: “We need unity irrespective of...
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In defence of consent training

CW: sexual violence It is often well-intentioned, stereotypically ‘progressive’ people who argue against the need for Freshers’ Week consent training, or at least find it...
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Allow term to change you

Elizabeth Millett -
It is well known that pride comes before a fall – an excessive assurance in one’s own invulnerability is a likely recipe for disaster....

Features

The Oxford students Britain turned away

Stanley Arlidge and Mair Andrews -
Over the past seven months, some of Oxford’s offer holders have been hoping for their luck to change. They met the academic requirements and demonstrated sufficient intellectual rigour. What led them to fail the test was, instead, the passports they held.

What the UK can learn from threats to Canadian student journalism

Emma Heagney -
The perseverance of The Concordian and The Tribune in the face of Bill C-18 demonstrates just how impactful institutional support can be, not least for allowing these student journalists to believe that their work is worth fighting for.

Oxford’s obsession with being busy is pretty performative, right?

Finbar Dinnen -
At Oxford, it seems like we get used to talking about our lives as nothing more than a summary of the things we’ve accomplished lately, or at least are just about to. The longer your list, the better you must be doing, because to be busy is to be making the absolute most of your time here – and who doesn’t want to be doing that?

Forced unveilings in academic spaces worldwide are why I wear my hijab at Oxford.

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -
“If they tell me to take it off, I won’t do that, and I...

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Culture

One f**king thing after another: ‘The History Boys’, revisited

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Grab your motorcycle helmet. Sharpen...
Art

What are you looking at? A reflection on the Ashmolean’s Aphrodite exhibition 

The woman crouches, nude. A gauzy blue curtain hangs where she hides her chest; behind it I can just see the other artefacts. She isn’t looking at me. Over...
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Books

The midterms and the YA novel: Impossibly happy endings

Given its intense media coverage and everything that seems to be on the line, I feel as though I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2026 US midterm elections for weeks, months – maybe years.
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Books

How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...
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Lifestyle

Burning the candle at both ends: Diwali in Oxford

Priya Burrow -
The question, perhaps, is not whether Oxford makes time for tradition, but which traditions have the privilege of being considered part of ordinary life.

Sport

Han Willhoft-King’s journey from Manchester City to Oxford 

Guy Silver and Noah Grass -
Willhoft-King is now studying Law at Brasenose College, after walking away from Manchester City’s academy and the prospect of working under the likes of Pep Guardiola.

Sport Spotlight: Robin Munday

Freddie Lewis-Hedley -
When I sit down to interview second-year Ancient and Modern History student Robin Munday, he happens to be wearing his Swiss Glacier Pistol Club fleece.

A sport inspired by Harry Potter has come into its own

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
It isn’t often that fiction becomes reality. But that is exactly what has happened to Quidditch, now named Quadball.

The insidious advertising of women in sport

Ava Doherty -
All advertising sells a dream, Mad Men style: the aftershave, the sports car. Here the dream is sport itself, betting on it, and the opportunities it gives you.