Seeking disability support at university
"For those students looking for advice on a situation or who would like to meet students from across the university, you should look into joining DisCam."
The fairest of them all? Hollywood’s problem with visually represented villainy
We know that we ought to validate and cherish visible difference. Why is cinema struggling so much to catch on?
In Conversation with George Robinson
Series three of Sex Education cannot come soon enough.
The hit show had over forty million households tune in to its first season, and I...
ADHD among the dreaming spires
CW: Contains descriptions of addiction.
"It’s like jenga. I build a tower, I gradually remove blocks, and then BAM! I collapse."
IK reflects on their experiences as an Oxford student with ADHD.
The revolutionary empathy of Sound of Metal
The legendary critic Roger Ebert described film as a machine for building empathy. No other medium has the power to allow the viewer to...
Oxford University releases welfare and support figures
CW: Mental health, rape, sexual assault
The University of
Oxford has published its statistics for Student Welfare and Support Services in
the 2018-19 academic year.
The report shows...
Living with a Chronic Illness at University
There are loads of forms before you arrive at Oxford. Room agreements and library contracts to fill in, induction timetables to flick through and...
Time to tilt the lens – why is the fashion industry ignoring disability?
Part 1 of a two-part series
With crammed shops, an almost complete absence of disabled people on catwalks and a lack of inclusive products, the...
Wheelchair user criticises Christ Church over meadow accessibility
A wheelchair user has criticised the lack of disabled access to Christ Church Meadow after he was unable to leave through a turnstile gate onto Rose Lane.
Oxford’s accessibility crisis
With University departments failing to comply with disabilities policy, Cherwell speaks to the students the Oxford system is forgetting
Disabled characters must no longer be the villains
The representation of disfigurement needs to continue in a way that will do members of the disabled community justice
