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Orange paint, green promises, and Oxford’s climate conundrum

Oxford has fulfilled its 2020 divestment commitments. But some activists see hypocrisy, as it continues to hold millions of pounds in indirect investments.
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University developments and Oxford’s common ground

With the University having outlined a plan to work with the community, its ability to preserve Common Ground will be a test its commitment.
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Helping the homeless: volunteering or voyeurism?

In Milan, people sleep on the streets where Europe's elites shop and dine. Is photographing the homeless valuable or inherently intrusive?
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Sextigation 2025: Top one percent of shaggers do 15% of all shagging

How much sex do Oxford students have? How true are the stereotypes – which colleges get the most action, do students really date for marriage?
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Netflix and Scroll: Sound Familiar?

All findings are taken from the 31 responses to a survey that was released early Hilary Vac 2023. Before I begin on my journey, exploring...

The Perfect Tory? Rishi Sunak’s tutors reveal his student persona

Breaking news: Sunak hasn’t changed much. It’s the late nineties, Lincoln College is awaiting the arrival of an earnest, economically and socially conservative PPEist....

The future of History documentaries and what does their decline mean for us? 

Television has become an endless stream of reality TV, drama and sport. These categories make up the top ten television programmes viewed in 2019,...

St Stephen’s House – an almost love letter to the PGCE “Party college”

At the age of about 12, I saw a priest smoking a cigarette around the back of a church and knew from the look...

Marginalia: an insight into the psychology of the Oxford Student

You’re sat in the Rad Cam. It’s week five of Michaelmas. You’re hunched over, squinting through the dim yellow light to make out the...

Oxford, a University of Activists? Myths and Realities

Activism is rife in Oxford, especially student activism. Everywhere you look, you can see signs of it. Picture this: it’s the weekend and Cornmarket Street...

The Hackathon to Cabinet: How the Oxford Union shapes Britain’s political culture

CW: sexual assault It's no secret to anyone who reads the news that British politics begins in the cloisters of Oxford (and, to a lesser...

Ukraine and Oxford on the anniversary of the invasion

Cherwell interviewed Oxford Ukrainian Scholars and refugee coordinators as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reached its one year anniversary. Friday 24th February 2023 marked a year...

“I was told that I need to better manage my time”: Living with endometriosis at Oxford

CW: suicide Underdiagnosed and understudied, endometriosis has long existed largely in the shadows. For one Oxford student who responded to our survey, this meant 15...

Opera funding cuts: What is the future of the art form?

Opera in the UK is in crisis. In the latest round of government funding allocated by The Arts Council England (ACE), many of the...

ChatGPT: The answer to your essay crisis?

ChatGPT. If you haven’t heard of it from some source yet, then I can only congratulate you. It is described as an ‘AI Advanced...

Hanging in there: The ‘Myrkl’ pill that might change the way Oxford drinks

Hangover anecdotes tend to interest their teller more than their audience. So, I’ll let you read some triumphant exceptions to the rule written by...

Pathology and Privilege: The inherent ‘Britishness’ of our political scandals

Nadhim Zahawi’s slippery handling of his tax affairs represents another droplet in an ocean of dishonour. It emerged last week that the former Conservative...

It’s time to get angry about the explosive impact of fragile masculinity

On the 11th of January, Alex Davies-Jones made a speech in the House of Commons about the "crisis" unfurling in secondary schools across the...

The apolitical alternative

Political disengagement among the younger generation is neither apathy nor ignorance, it is a highly complex product of a post-political, hyper-normalised age of absurdity,...

Cherwell 2023 ‘Sextigation’: St Peter’s Top Shaggers, Univ least happy with sex lives 

https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/12639027/ Almost exactly a year ago, Cherwell published its first ‘Sextigation’. Now, after multiple weeks of data collection and over 400 responses, Cherwell’s sex survey...

The ugly truth about pretty privilege

CW: Eating disorders, racism, body dysmorphia, references to sexual violence. Before I begin, I’d like to say thank you to all students that interacted with...

Preying on Oxford’s (cyber) insecurities

Harry is an MPP candidate at the Blavatnik School of Government. Prior to starting at Oxford, she worked as a senior cyber security consultant...

Oxford and Empire: An “uncomfortable” history

Oxford life is tied to tradition. From reciting Latin at the start of formal hall to donning gowns for prelims and finals, our university’s...

100 days on: I’ll give you a choice.

December 26th marks 100 days since the beginning of protests in Iran, sparked by the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini, because of a loosely...
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