Author: Amber Tallon

Last week, the OxStu published an article on the varied quality of Outreach / Access work taking place across the University, and it is true that more needs to be done generally, and particularly at some colleges, to improve how Oxford is seen by potential students. This is especially important at the moment with articles […]

Laverne Cox’s front cover of TIME magazine as a trans woman of colour will surely go down in history as one of the most ground breaking and revolutionary media events of the past decade. Whilst the ‘equal’ marriage legislation recently enacted purposefully rejected provisions for trans people and Stonewall continue to ignore and ridicule their […]

The link between Elliott Rodger’s massacre and the gang-rapes in Uttar Pradesh has not been considered. A subtle cultural sensationalism permeated Western reports on the latter; Indian newspapers, too busy focussing on the political upheaval or perhaps immured to the horror, simply ignored them. Remove the colour of the assailants’ skin, throw away their weapons, […]

Read the other half of ‘The Conversation’ on Scottish independence here I am not a nationalist. I am neither a British nor a Scottish nationalist. I merely believe that independence is the best way to create a fairer, more socially conscious, more democratic society in Scotland. Thus, as a Yes voter, I don’t view myself […]

The Scottish independence debate is often distracted from being about the future of Scotland and the UK to being about a number of different issues. So first of all: what the debate should not be about. It is not about who loves Scotland the most. No one seeing the number of pictures of Scottish mountains […]

“You look very sane for a Finalist.” The sound of these words a few weeks ago did not fill me with the reassurance that their speaker probably anticipated. They sparked a chain of fear in my relatively composed Finalist’s brain. Should I look less sane? I’m evidently not working enough yet to have lost the […]

This article is a response to Nathan Akehurst’s article “It’s not just the Union President we should have no confidence in, it’s the Union“, published 29th May The decision by the Union on Thursday evening to not put the motion of no confidence in President Ben Sullivan to the house is one that should be […]

I’m not a typical Tory. I’m an engineering student from a working class immigrant family and I was raised to work hard, aim high and look out for the people in my community. Basically, I was raised to be a do-er rather than a faff-er. That’s why I spend my spare time organising access and […]

Thursday’s European and City Council elections are hugely important to Oxford students and I hope there will be a high turnout.  There are important issues at stake in both the EU and here in Oxford, and I hope students will consider these carefully rather than treating the elections as a referendum on Westminster, whatever your […]

Hi, I’m Aled, a second year law student at Corpus Christi, and I’m running to be Labour Council in Holywell ward, and for me there are a number of reasons why you should vote Labour in the upcoming elections on May the 22nd. Being a student at Oxford is great, but Oxford is a city […]

Although the Green Party – of which I’m a hugely proud member – draws together people from a vast range of issues – feminism, animal rights, ecology, social justice, gay rights, nuclear disarmament to name a few – we all have one thing in common: we will fight tooth and nail for the vulnerable, the […]

Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, will arrive tomorrow (20 May 2014) in Oxford to speak on ‘Britain’s Place in the EU’. In response, the Oxford Activist Network (OAN) has organized a demonstration against Clegg (rally begins at the Taylorian at 2:45pm). The OAN statement on the protest aptly summarizes […]

The arrival of The Union Term Card is always something I look forward to and I remember regularly checking in the months before arriving in freshers’ week for the speakers to be announced online. Three terms on though, and this excitement has been supressed by a feeling of severe disheartenment. As I look through the […]

Representation and activism is how you improve students’ lives, whether at a college, university or national level. Oxford students come together in their common rooms to win low rent rises and proper welfare provision within their college. We work together as OUSU to win the right to resit Prelims and ensure that you don’t lose […]

The referendum question is, of course, a personal one. It’s individuals who vote and it’s individuals who’ll see the results. But the issue runs deeper, too. Because it isn’t you and I, as students, who are affiliated to the thing. It is OUSU, our student union. OUSU, who are this year spending £500 on a […]

Should one venture into the Oxford Union this term, one is likely to encounter plenty of free and democratic discussion, debate, and speech. Esteemed politicians, scientists, and academics will describe their work, thoughts, and ambitions. Students and MPs will formally debate some of the most pressing social and political issues of our day. Books will […]