Fortress mentality has gone too far
If we'd ever had a morsel of faith in the UK immigration system, there is no doubt that it has now been completely decimated. When almost an entire party of student leaders from Africa are unable to gain entry into Britain due to their countries of origin, one really questions whether all sense has evaporated from the office of the High Commissioner. The tour, due to be led by Ogunlana Olundare, was aimed at promoting awareness of educational problems in the Third World - something that is at the heart of many of the political and social problems that 'enlightened' Western observers are quick to criticise. It is therefore a cruel irony that our own government has structures so rigid and non-sensical that they hamper clearly legitimate attempts to increase understanding of other nations....
Editorial: Unity at the back of the class, please
The revelation this week that the University's Conference of Colleges is due to discuss the long-awaited 'stint reform' to teaching in Oxford brings both an opportunity and a threat to The Oxford Student's campaign to save the tutorial. It is more proof that this is an issue on which we need to act, however it is also the beginning of a process that will surely mark the erosion of the tutorial's position at the head of Oxford teaching....
