Tuesday 21st October 2025

Opinion

Dear summer school snobs, please pipe down

You might not like it, but in an era of rising financial pressures for the university sector, summer schools are not just harmless – they are essential.

Embracing AI undermines academia

By facilitating copious AI usage, the University fails to deliver on its centuries-long tradition of encouraging original thought. 

Let’s critique what protesters do, not who they are

I may not agree with all of their tactics, but I am grateful for those who make sure that our University is on the right side of history.

Outreach shouldn’t stop at Hadrian’s Wall

In a Britain that claims to be a “United” Kingdom, having only two-dozen Scottish state schoolers at its best university does much to foster division.

Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Two-State Solution

Middle Eastern specialist Dr. Eugene Rogan explains the Hamas-ive problem and how he thinks it should be resolved.

Britain’s stupid? Try America.

Sukhendu Dev is US Visiting fellow at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford University.

The Real Hurt Locker

Reporter Hugh Pope tells Jessica Kelly why the Middle East has Been Laden with biased press

C-Pain Ffpitz

He's gazing at her, smiling. Why is his right hand under the table?

‘Where are all these eastern-Europeans coming from?’ ‘Brookes?’

Cherwell's gonzo columnist flails about in the quagmire of his own willful ignorance

Don’t try to spin anti-semitism

The Oxford Community should know better than to defend hate speech

George Alagiah: Six in the City

The BBC News front man talks to Joseph King about going from front line reporter to Nice Guy presenter

Be ambitious, but not boring

Oxford students go on to do amazing things. But don't worry about that yet.

A Big Fat Greek Crisis

Despoina Potari gives the inside story on Greece's debt and legitimation crisis

‘Coming Out’

Henry Carr explains why he went red for Oxford

In Defence of Religion

Is bad-mouthing religion an infringement of liberty?

Nakba Day

Remembering Palestinian history

Now that’s what I call an essay crisis

I thought writing essays for a pay-per-order website would plug my career gap. I was wrong

It’s time to bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles

Oxford is too cliquey. Let's break down some barriers.

The results of the election are in, so why are we still waiting for the verdict on fees?

We need to know the parties' higher education policies to make an informed choice

5 Minute Tute: Human Evolution

Prof Peter Mitchell explains the wonders of our ancestry

A Lot to Bragg About

When it comes to talking to Melvyn Bragg, Joseph King isn't sure who's doing the interviewing

The Wrongs of Politics and Our Right to Vote

Daily Mail former political editor David Seymour talks to Joseph King about his book Why Vote?

Forget the red top. Next Thursday, we’re going yellow

Dr Steve Goddard is the clear choice for Oxford East

Everybody’s at it and nobody’s judging. Try something new today

Without wanting to sound too like the opening of an underprepared essay, what does it mean to be 'gay'? We're not going to get...

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