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Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from the centre to more perilous waters? Recently, Brasenose students were threatened with £150 fines from the...

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The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Isaac Asimov’s fantastic short story ‘The Last Question’ has always struck me as vaguely...

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Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

For linguists and lawyers heading across the Channel in third year, an idyllic continental adventure is not the whole picture

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It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

Tourists are as much a feature of life as a student at this University...

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The mess at the heart of higher education

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Starkey should be challenged, not condemned

While David Starkey's comments on Newsnight were misguided, the hysterical reaction to them serves only to drive discussion about race underground and stop concerns being openly addressed, argues Oliver Park

Forgotten reforms to education

Samuel Talalay looks at the coalition's policies on secondary education which have largely slipped under the radar after the furore over university reforms

The difference between riot and wrong

At a point in time where people have a lot to be angry about, Alistair Smout mourns the English rioting's lack of purpose and direction

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Opinion

Trashing rules save face, not students

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

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