Opinion

International students enrich, not endanger, our universities

The first line of the “About” page on the University of Oxford’s website makes a claim for the institution’s central focus on internationalism: “Oxford is a world-leading centre of...

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Beauty without a purpose: Nature and the Oxford mind

Our recent spell of sunshine has offered a welcome opportunity to rediscover the natural...

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Journalism: A ‘dying’ art

In Palestine, journalism is no longer just a profession. It is a final act of defiance with life and death stakes.

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Making the new SU work: Why we’re running for student trustee

Oxford students deserve a Student Union that truly represents them. Yet according to the...

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Rt Hon Dominic Grieve KC has served as Shadow Home Secretary and Attorney General for England and Wales. Being Chancellor of the University of Oxford is...

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We’re on the second-to-last train back from London. It’s a rammed carriage that hums with the noise of the tracks and snatches of conversation,...

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This summer’s protests have pushed university free speech policies to their breaking point. Scenes of police being deployed at scale on college campuses across...

Unmask the shady investors

The University of Oxford’s new science and innovation district, set to open next calendar year, is a joint venture between the University and Legal...

Oxford can win on both free speech and EDI

Author note: Professor Tim Soutphommasane is the University’s Chief Diversity Officer, and was the Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2013-2018. Summers in Britain are increasingly...

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“Where are you living this year?” For some, this question brings back memories of scrambling to organise tenancies and coordinate renting plans. The panic of...

The Oxford-Cambridge Arc is too good an opportunity to ignore

Now is not a good time to be a nimby. With the return of compulsory housebuilding targets, it is the new government’s ambition to...

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This article is an updated version of a piece in the W0 print. Irene Tracey is used to doing uncontroversial good. She has dedicated...

We need boldness on Brexit

Each time I hear that Labour has dismissed yet another offer from EU states to establish reciprocal freedom of movement deals for young people,...

The relativity of joy in the US election

If there’s one word that Tim Walz emphasised on his first day as Kamala Harris’ running mate, it was “joy”. Since his selection, support...

Shifting gears on affirmative action

Affirmative action in America is gone, but the change in data so far doesn’t show clear racial balancing. Unlike Oxford, the American admissions system...

A glass-half-full perspective on alcohol

The sun rises in the east, all men are mortal, and students drink. Such is life, and Oxford is no exception. University life is...

The BBC: historic failures and future irrelevance

The BBC is no stranger to scandal. From its MI5-assisted vetting of political ‘subversives’ to its contentious relationship with the Thatcher government, the broadcaster’s...

How Oxford defeated fascists the first time

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Riots and resentment: How racist elites exploit working class rage

We are living through history. As we saw in the 1980s and 2011, race riots have once again ambushed our high streets and our towns. Vulgar chants about...

Tories trounced, but are young people really represented?

There is much to be concerned about for those who see themselves as progressives.The Greens will want to build on their results, having come second in 39 seats, but as of now seem consigned to the fringes of parliament.

Macron is right to take on the far-right, even if he loses

"The popularity of the far-right represents a failure of moderate governance, and politicians need to take responsibility for that by charting a new path forward"

Trump’s sentence may do more harm than good

If we truly want to have the best chance at avoiding a second Trump term and maintaining a functional rule of law, it would be prudent to stop focusing on the New York case and instead focus on actual political issues, or even the other cases against the former president.

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Opinion

International students enrich, not endanger, our universities

Beauty without a purpose: Nature and the Oxford mind

Journalism: A ‘dying’ art

Making the new SU work: Why we’re running for student trustee

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