Opinion

Politics must not serve as a barrier to education

As this article goes to print, Oxford University is missing two of its offer-holders. In a haunting echo of the trials faced by approximately 78 Palestinian students last academic...

University rankings can be misleading

When I came very close to rejecting Oxford for the University of Exeter, a...

A year abroad for all

There is something liberating about being somewhere where nobody knows your name, your college, or your subject. While abroad, I am no longer simply an Oxford student navigating the same routines of term-time life; I am an outsider, and, most importantly, a beginner again. The world suddenly feels much bigger than the few square miles I had grown accustomed to calling home.

The quiet guilt of upward social mobility at Oxford

Freshers’ formal. The first black-tie event I attended at Oxford. The golden glow of...

Balancing the spirit level

The book that made equality the new political battleground.

Stop callin’, I don’t wanna vote anymore

The phones are ringing off the hook for primary election season in the US

An encounter with Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's UK ambassador talks foreign policy with Vignesh Ashok

OUCA disgrace

"Just when they promise they've changed, they go and do it again"

Big dogs are a big mistake

Is it better to be tutored by someone who literally wrote the book?

Clubbing is the bane of my life

Stop ruining it for those who want to drown their sorrows in peace

Eliot to Eliot: My Life In Poems

Duncker is a British novelist and academic. She studied English and German at St. Hugh's College, Oxford.

More wilful ignorance from our gonzo columnist.

'"Just pull your willy out and stick it in there," she instructed'

My Euro-vision

Financial security for the Eurozone: 500 bn Euros. Hosting Eurovision: Priceless.

Who is David Cameron?

The enlightening comparison between Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' and our new PM

The Acceleration of the Universe

Expand your mind as award winning astrophysicist Prof. Brian Schmidt explains the secrets of the universe.

We Need a Unisex Union

"Myth: The only way for a woman to win is to sleep her way to the top".

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Whingers, serial whingers, and trolls take heed

Eagleton: The Dawkins Delusion

Terry Eagleton tells Rhian Petty why the Oxford Professor's atheism is just plain laziness.

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

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