Opinion

Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

According to the University of Oxford’s admissions data, in 2024, 14.5% of students admitted were from the most socio-economically deprived areas in the UK. Many students at the University...

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We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem

Gossiping is an innately human pastime, existing long before our generation, and a beloved...

Opinion Freya Robson -

When I met Peter Mandelson

In October 2024, during the Oxford Chancellor election, one of my responsibilities as Deputy Editor of Profiles at Cherwell was to interview Peter (then Lord) Mandelson, who was among the five frontrunners contesting the election.

Opinion Hassan Akram -

There really is no smoke without fire

Preoccupation with one’s appearance is to be expected when starting at University. New wardrobes...

Opinion Leo Jones -

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5 Minute Tute: The Brazilian election

Professor Timothy Power, Director of the Oxford University Latin American Centre, explains the mechanics behind the Brazilian presidential election.

Protestors? Pah

Tea, history and football are three things that Britain is world-renowned for. As I sat doing some history in Brasenose Library last Thursday, it...

Obama can’t breathe easy

'As an independent, it's obvious this is a pivotal election' says Alyssa Grossbard

Where the hell is our student union?

Jason Keen argues that it's time for the OUSU sabbatical officers to get off the bench and into the game

Latin should be available to all

Chris Pelling, Regius Professor of Greek, explains how he taught a group of disadvantaged pupils the language of Cicero

Niall Ferguson: The history boy

The Harvard history don talks to Robin McGhee about education, the next Starkey and World War One

The week that was: attacks on students

What happened? Three Oxford students were mugged last week in what appear to be arbitrary and unrelated attacks. While there were two stabbings in...

5 minute tute: Supercomputers

Mike Payne, Professor of Computational Physics at the University of Cambridge, explains the science behind the latest uber-powerful computer processors.

Why humanity needs the humanities

Universities should think before condemning the humanities

Not quite so straight forward

'Most people are open-minded, but homophobia still exists in Oxford', says Annis Stead

Christian, but not Puritan

'Just because I'm a Christian JCR President, I don't impose my values on others'

I back Browne

I must speak honestly when I say that almost every comment on the Browne review from OUSU or the Cherwell has been based upon...

The week that was: The Browne Review

What happened, what the papers said, what now

I was Miliband’s dogsbody

Alex Harvey, second-year St John's historian, reveals all on working for Ed Miliband's Labour leadership campaign

Zephaniah: rasta against the machine

The man who refused an OBE talks to Joseph King about Britain, South Africa, and everything in between

5 Minute Tute: The US Midterms

Dr. Zim Nwokora discusses the US 'midterm' elections on November 2. He is a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Queensland.

View from the (Cam)bridge: week two

Our tab discovers her inner pikey, and shows you how you could make your millions

The Clothing of a Connecticut Yankee in Oxford

At brief moments in time, the world gets curious about American preppies, and on occasion Oxford students might notice the phenomenon

Unfair on rich, poor and middle alike

India Lenon believes that there will be no winners if these proposals are made into law

‘Wannabe a journalist? Then blog’

The Wannabe Hacks are the authors of wannabehacks.co.uk and former student journalists

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Opinion

Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem

When I met Peter Mandelson

There really is no smoke without fire

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