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Sunday 17th August 2025
Oxford's oldest independent student newspaper, est. 1920
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The Encaenia is PR without the public (or anyone else)
Wholesale reform is the last thing Encaenia needs. If only people knew what it is, it would be a well-suited PR exercise for a modern Oxford.
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Billy Arber
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This is how we combat the crusade against universities
It’s easy to think of an arts degree as a fruitless pleasure. But education and academic study are intrinsically valuable.
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Morien Robertson
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From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban
If you think this is a win for one side over the other in relation to Israel’s war on Gaza, be careful what you wish for.
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Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy
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Trashing rules save face, not students
Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from...
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Chloe Smith
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Britain on the edge
Sebastian Leape argues that Cameron's EU veto has failed to protect Britain's interests
Cherwell pays tribute to Christopher Hitchens
Ben Kirby pays his respects to the courageous 'intellectual titan'
The delusion of democracy and demography
Adam Jordan argues that the revolutions secularists hoped for in the Arab Spring have failed
Tabloids dig their own grave
Jack Harris argues that Paul McMullan's defence of tabloid journalism at the Leveson Inquiry has only served to expose the cruelty of media invasiveness
No reasoning about the riots
Philip Saville looks back at the UK riots and argues that the media and politicians ignored the real reasons for them, to play on people's fears.
The fall of Rome
Amelia Jenne discusses the root of Italy's current financial crisis
5 Minute Tute – The CERN discovery
Dan Short takes us through the recent discovery of neutrinos 'travelling faster than light' at the CERN project
Bahrain’s Battle for Freedom
Leading figure in the Bahraini protest movement Maryam Al-Khawaja talks to Oliver Park
5 Minute Tute- The Eurozone Crisis
Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist, gives us the current European financial crisis in a nutshell
The continued importance of the Poppy Appeal
Oliver Park discusses the Poppy Appeal and what it means today
Welcome to the (very Tory) jungle
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Tory big dog Lord Heseltine talks to Robin McGhee
The scarcity of economic enterprise
We have to rely on a handful of experts to tackle 'the big other', according to Hugh Burns
Education is still worth fighting for
Sophie Jamieson argues that we should be supporting the latest London protests
No time to be complacent
In the build up to tomorrow's protest in London, Nathan Akehurst argues that cuts to university funding are ill-considered and detrimental to society
Justice or barbarism?
Sam Talalay discusses the consequences of Colonel Gaddafi's death
Lord Adonis: I’m a political animal
Andrew Adonis talks Westminster past, present and future to Christine Murray
5 Minute Tute – Nick Clegg
Chris Bowers, Lib Dem blogger, party candidate and author of Nick Clegg: The Biography discusses the leader's political trajectory
The need for free elections in DRC
The region's stability depends on a transparent and fair poll, according to Bill Townsend.
Putin Power
Amelia Jenne analyses Putin's lasting popularity in the polls
5 Minute Tute – The future of the newspaper
Andrew Mullins, MD of The Evening Standard, The Independent and i newspapers, discusses the changing face of the press
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