‘We’ve just got to push the reset button’: Lord Peter Mandelson on Labour, Europe and Modern Communications
‘We’ve just got to push the reset button’: Lord Peter Mandelson on Labour, Europe and Modern Communications
“It’s clear that Governments need to govern, that people want them to govern, and that they need to make these important decisions.” – In Conversation with George Monbiot
Comment·2nd November 2018Nice Guy and the less obvious abuse that our society misses Anonymous Image Credit: PxHere Warning: this article contains explicit discussion of rape, abuse and gaslighting. I want to start by saying that...Read More
Comment·9th November 2018Fifth Week Blues can be tough – but they’re a chance to come together Katie Knight Image credit: Pexels Whether you are a fresher or a battle-worn fourth-year, you may have heard whisperings of an event on...Read More
Comment·10th November 2018Debate: Was the Union right to platform Alice Weidel? Kit O'Loughlin & James Evans Image credit: Facebook Weidel’s cancellation is a missed opportunity – Kit O’Loughlin Harold Macmillan once called the Oxford Union “the last bastion...Read More
Comment·16th November 2018The media’s scrutiny surrounding Oxbridge has gone too far Emilia Jane Image Credit: Wikipedia. Earlier this term, The Daily Mail published an article headlining ‘Bottom’s up! Oxford University students dance in...Read More
Comment·27th November 2018Elmer Cotton Sports closing its Turl Street store is a local tragedy Julian Manieson Image Credit: Facebook Oxford is losing a piece of its history. The story is being covered in local news, but...Read More
Comment·12th December 2018We can’t rely on universities to solve their accessibility problems Rebecca Brimble Image credit: Wikipedia (CC-BY-2.0) The Sutton Trust recently published a report which has since made waves on social media. The report...Read More
Comment·26th January 2019The Socialist Workers Party and Stand Up to Racism are no friends of the Left Morgan Jones At the protest against Marion Maréchal-Le Pen’s Oxford Union talk last Tuesday, protestors shouted anti-police slogans at rather impassive lines...Read More
Comment·11th February 2019New colleges for state school students would be a disaster Bianca Vimercati-Sanseverino We’re all familiar with the usual discourse surrounding Oxbridge and state school admissions – Oxford needs to tackle its access...Read More
Culture·25th March 2019In opposition to stash Morgan Jones I am not the fashion police. I am not even the fashion civil service. I am, at the very best,...Read More
Comment·7th April 2019In defence of stash Roy Celaire As a wearer and lover of stash, I thought I would respond to an article, published by the OxStu, in which...Read More
Comment·2nd November 2018“We fought Nicaragua, and we won” – a tale of victory for Oxford activism Morgan Jones Image Credit: Wikipedia. Until relatively recently, my knowledge of Nicaragua was largely limited to what I’d managed to glean from...Read More
Features·9th November 2018A manifesto for anti-racism Guo-Sheng Liu Image Credit: Flicker Guo-Sheng Liu was formerly co-chair of the SU LGBTQ+ Campaign, BME Representative of the LGBTQ+ Society, LGBTQ+...Read More
Comment·10th November 2018St. Anthony’s HalloQueen and the Perils of Cross-Dressing Chang Che Image credit: Facebook The 2012 Facebook event description of the St. Anthony’s annual HalloQueen bop read: “HalloQueen, the rules are...Read More
Comment·23rd November 2018It’s high time we opened Oxford’s libraries to the public Josh Krook Image credit: neiljs (Flickr) In the last two years, over 100 public libraries across the UK have been forced to...Read More
Comment·11th December 2018Being estranged in Oxford: we have more work to do Anonymous Image Credit: 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
University/Local Issues·9th January 2019Oxford desperately needs to rethink Collections Meg Howells Barely a day went by over the Christmas vacation when there wasn’t an Oxfess agonising over collections, asking whether they...Read More
CommentUniversity/Local Issues·2nd February 2019Opening up women-only scholarships undermines the fight for equality Meg Howells Image Description: four female students from Lady Margaret Hall. Last year, the Joanna Randall MacIver junior research fellowship, which was...Read More
National Issues·3rd March 2019The Vagrancy Act is a blight on the homeless and must be repealed Meg Howells William Wilberforce once said, “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you...Read More
University/Local Issues·1st April 2019Oxford City Council flies the Oxford Living Wage flag Úna Yates As of 1st April, the City Council has increased the Oxford Living wage to £10.02 an hour. The Oxford Living...Read More