‘Peace isn’t just the absence of war’: Smajo Bešo OBE, Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust Founder and Chair
‘Peace isn’t just the absence of war’: Smajo Bešo OBE, Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust Founder and Chair
“My problem when I was at Oxford was I tried way too hard and I was constantly trying to work and I just burned out spectacularly”
Another small step for man: Are the aims behind NASA’s plans to send astronauts back to the moon purely scientific?
Comment·1st November 2015UK and China too close for comfort Rachel Dunne Despite attempts to define Chinese President Xi JinPing’s recent visit to Britain by his eating fish and chips, drinking beer...Read More
Comment·17th March 2020Remote teaching and assessment will leave some students disadvantaged Sam Edwards “At this stage, I can confirm that we anticipate that most or all teaching and assessment next term will take...Read More
Comment·20th February 2014Recreational drugs: the student’s moral blind spot? Max Leak This year, the case in favour of legalising cannabis may strengthen significantly. The South American nation of Uruguay, and two...Read More
Science and Technology·11th May 2020Volunteering during COVID-19 – the work of Vennture William Roberts COVID-19 poses a unique challenge to the lives of all people, but the effect on each individual is not the...Read More
Comment·16th February 2019The government’s bungled handling of Nissan is shameful Thomas Laver Recently the UK government offered Nissan up to ÂŁ80m to remain in the UK and continue to produce vehicles in...Read More
Comment·16th February 2014No belief is beyond satire – and it’s time the UK’s student unions learnt that Dòmhnall Iain Dòmhnallach The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a fictional deity cooked up in the mid-2000s to mock the teaching of Intelligent Design...Read More
Comment·11th December 2018Being estranged in Oxford: we have more work to do Anonymous Image Credit:Â Jiahui Huang (CC-BY-SA-2.0) For those of us without a home to go back to over the vac, Oxford can...Read More
Comment·31st January 2014Sherlock tells us all some Holmes truths Connor Warden AÂ Â few years ago, an online survey found that approximately a fifth of the participants believed that Sherlock Holmes was a...Read More
Comment·1st May 2017The triggering of Article 50: what comes next? Antonia Craven It seems that Prime Minister May is seeking to soften the blow of a ‘hard Brexit’. Long before the letter...Read More
Comment·17th September 2013Oxford’s Shark Tales enters shark-infested waters? Laura Kennedy Another summer, another round of training contract applications. Such is the beauty of life for an Oxford law student. No...Read More
Comment·20th February 2015A victory for the common man? Sid Venkataramakrishnan When the Aam Aadmi – Common Man’s – Party first stepped in to politics, you’d have been tempted to laugh...Read More
University/Local Issues·24th May 2020Pembroke College Helps Deliver Over 15,000 Free Meals Bobby Taylor Oxford City Council, in partnership with Pembroke College, has provided over 15,000 free meals to Oxford’s homeless population since the...Read More
Comment·7th November 2017Jared O’Mara: sexism, the Labour Party, and the gauging of true repentance Katrina Gaffney When I saw that Jared O’Mara had been suspended from the Labour party I felt a rush of relief. My...Read More
Comment·29th November 2021In Defence of The BBC Will Neill Image Description: Laura Kuenssberg talks to Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey The BBC is under siege. This...Read More
Comment·15th November 2021The one constant in British politics: Corruption Dan Harrison Image description: Houses of Parliament and Big Ben Since the Brexit referendum British politics has become more volatile. Increasingly, it...Read More
Comment·16th September 2016Change Britain means Change Britain? Chris Allnutt A new cross-party campaign called Change Britain is being launched this week. On their website, on a page marked “Brexit Means Brexit”,...Read More
Comment·21st October 2020Suspending Alleged Sexual Predators – a reasonable request? Margot Harvey Image description: A grey circle on a yellow background, with the words ‘Never acceptable’ in white in the middle of...Read More
Comment·22nd November 2019In opposition to crewdates Una Yates Look, I’m not one to paint with a broad brush stoke, and I know that not all crew dates are...Read More
Comment·27th January 2021Column: are lockdowns effective? Clara Morissey and Dan Harrison Image Description: an Oxford skyline with cartoon images of the vaccine and the virus. Our Comment Columnists, Clara Morrissey and...Read More