Opinion

We need summer re-sits

Desmond Weisenberg discusses the impact of Oxford's lack of summer re-sits

Opinion Desmond Weisenberg -

Course culling is a threat to us all

Education is valuable for its own sake, Rampant course culls are the result of wrongly boiling it down to economic value.

Opinion Ti-Jean Martin -

Oxford’s poverty porn addiction

It exists in the overly sympathetic sighs of ‘solidarity’, the overexaggeration of comparatively minor and mundane inconveniences

Opinion Leo Jones -

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?

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One thing I’d change about Oxford… Drinking culture

Maxim Parr-Reid criticises the drinking culture in Oxford

Scotland: time for take two

Scotland’s future success depends on its remaining in the UK, not the EU

May’s government: the first 100 days

May’s opening act avoids the issues which started the show

Profile: Ann Widdecombe

The former shadow home secretary and Conservative Party stalwart on public notoriety, current events, and Brexit

How rational are we?

Johanne Nedergård uses science and logic to show that humans are not as rigorous as we might like to think we are

Interview: Paul Smith

The Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History discusses evolution and the importance of the Museum

Student mental health-care shows how the national crisis ought to be approached

The struggle against the national mental health crisis is one that students must join

Interview: Dame Anne Glover

"Politicians are still reluctant to acknowledge the [scientific] evidence when it doesn’t suit their philosophy and everybody loses when that happens."

Historic Mistake: Art History consigned to the past

Preserving the humanities is vital to future prosperity

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Cars

This week Alex Oscroft explores the idea of banning cars in Oxford

Trump’s trump card: a twisted tale

Trumpism may lose the battle, but it has already won the war

Should subfusc remain mandatory in Oxford?

Daniel Villar argues in favour of subfusc as a distinctive feature of Oxford, whereas Tess Leyland interprets it as a sign of the university's self-importance