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Friday 8th August 2025
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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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Interview: John Redwood
Joe Shapiro has a rather difficult conversation with the Conservative politician and Magdalen graduate
Protecting the weak
Baroness Cumberlege talks to Joe Shapiro about her attempts to reform the Catholic Church
In defence of defiance
Students from the Bodleian sit-in hunted by the proctors have reason to feel betrayed
Authentic Independence?
The disputed declaration of independence by Kosovo
Self-righteous Selfishness
That OUSU should not take political positions
Turl Street Shame
If you’d visited Turl street last Friday
Free: Evangelical Instrusion?
A debate about the Christian Union's recent outreach mission
Jonathan Dimbleby and the future of the BBC
Journalist Jonathan Dimbleby discusses his vision for the BBC with Victoria Morrison
Students’ Best Interests
Inexcusable failings in welfare have been exposed at certain Oxford colleges
Cash for Legislation
Politics Professor Christopher Hood talks us through the shady Westminster dealings
5 Minute Tute: Guantanamo Bay
Professor Goodwin-Gill explains the controversy and future of Guantanamo Bay
Freedom’s Call
David Barclay calls for religious re-evaluation
A self-destructive enterprise
The relaunched Oxford Gossip forum risks damage to friendships
In Praise of the Protest
It is a pleasant surprise to see Oxford students risking Proctors' censure
Self Defence or Criminal Killing?
A discussion of the issues surrounding the current conflict in Gaza
The Price of an Oxford Education
Oxford admissions: coached to perfection?
Don’t Reward Distinctions
The injustice of material rewards
Proctors: Beneath the Gowns
Dr Brian Gasser, Clerk to the Proctors, reveals who they are what they do...
Fighting the Recession
Dr Bowdler talks us through the current economic downturn
Papal Controversy and Media Misquotes
What the Pope said, didn't say and should have said
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