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Friday 3rd April 2026
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I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.
In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading week’. I have always held...
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Morwenna Stinchcombe
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The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning
Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.
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Morien Robertson
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CalSoc misses the ‘Reel’ point
During my first week in Oxford, I stumbled upon a Scottish third year in...
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Anonymous Scottish Student
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‘Studentification’ is hollowing out Oxford
When redevelopment becomes synonymous with displacement, we must ask what kind of city is being constructed alongside the University.
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Leo Jones
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Death Row in Pakistan
An open letter to Bilawal Bhutto.
5 Minute Tute: May Day
Marc Kidson takes us through the origins and traditions of the festival
The State Debate
Cherwell asks if private education should be abolished.
Reclaiming the Human Rights Agenda
A forum against Racism gone astray
The Biggest Gamble in History?
Food for thought on elections in the world's largest democracy
Corporate Decapitation
Theo Brainin takes a look at our nation's overindulgence of collective responsibility.
Interview: Vince Cable
Vince Cable talks to Helen Smith on student politics, ballroom dancing and why it's time for Brown to go.
Five minute tute: Ending the M.A.D.ness
Director of the Non-proliferation Education Centre Henry Sokoloski talks through the latest developments in nuclear non-proliferation
Race is a laughing matter – so why are we still constrained by colour?
Sophie Duker and Ravi Thambapillai discuss the impact of race in Oxford.
Jade Goody: End of an Era
When we mourn Jade Goody we are not just mourning her, but the end of our spend-fast, instant-celebrity culture
Let Fred Goodwin keep his money
We'll be forfeitting our democratic principles if we don't.
What’s wrong with being good?
A rather unnecessarily large number of people
Tuition fees: take some responsibility, students
Chris Patten’s argument for a sliding scale
Cityboy and the City life
Columnist Geraint Anderson, the undercover scourge of London bankers, talks to Victoria Morrison
Five Minute Tute: All Souls
George Molyneaux, Graduate student at all Souls, takes us through life in the ivory tower
On the lash: Drunken Dumbo’s
The drinks industry is screwing us over. Here's why.
Political issues a step too far for OUSU?
Two sides of the debate on the Student Union's role in politics
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
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