Monday 16th February 2026

Opinion

Oxford is making you childish

With rooms cleaned, meals made, and jobs banned, Oxford students fail to experience true independence. Is it any wonder we're so childish?

Is lifetime membership a perk or a problem?

I couldn’t help but notice the sea of grey-haired, geriatric, white, men (mostly), who somehow still had the right to vote at the Oxford Union.

AI applications will quietly revive nepo hiring

When AI makes it impossible to tell what is real, recruiters will return to what (or who) they know. Is this a new age of nepotism?

In defence of the internship spreadsheet

It’s easy to criticise “internship culture”, with its nerves and competition, but it’s worth asking why it’s so contagious.

Clamping down on legal protest

The student who was arrested for throwing water to a tree protestor speaks about the issues raised by his actions.

OUSU election: meet the candidates

Cherwell grills the four OUSU presidential candidates on their stance on crucial student issues

Bush’s last stand

Why we should see past Obamamania and take the last-minute actions of the Bush administration seriously

A Round of Applause for the Bullingdon Club

How Oxford's most presitigious drinking society does some good. Maybe.

Uniting the Nations

The head of the UN Association Sam Daws explains it's role.

Five Minute Tute: President Obama

Politics lecturer Scot Peterson tells us what to expect from the 44th US President.

Why we need Gender Equality Week

The Co-Secretary for OxWiP (Oxford Women in Politics) argues for awareness.

Chambers: The Running Man

We speak to controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers about his colourful career

5 Minute Tute: The Electoral College

History lecturer Dr. Nichola Clayton explains the US electoral system

Palin for feminism?

Can the Republican VP candidate represent a feminism of the right?

Inside Darfur

We talk to Paddy Drain, a Médecins Sans Frontières nurse back from Darfur.

5 Minute Tute: ANC in crisis

Professor William Beinart explains the crisis in the African National Congress

Financial Turmoil: Growth good? Growth bad?

Is the country experiencing happiness or growth?

Club nights to be proud of

In defence of PULSE

What OUSU needs

With the OUSU Presidential election just weeks away, Peter Morcos looks at its future

In defence of OUCA chauvinism

Why OUCA's controversial poster isn't that bad - from a non-Tory

Interview: Johann Hari

The Independent columnist on Iraq, climate change and blogs

5 Minute Tute – The EU Crunch

America's not alone: we look at the bailouts across the Continent

Changing the Union

Why the Oxford Union Society needs a new image

Taking the pulse of student politics

The OUSU president on why our studen union matters

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