Oxford's biggest student newspaper, produced by and for members of the University of Oxford, since 1991.
Image description: A full English breakfast with fried duck eggs, sausage, white and black pudding, bacon, mushrooms, baked beans, toast, and tomato. Perhaps the most quintessentially English thing an American could possibly experience during their time abroad in Great Britain has got to be characterized by one’s first encounter with the world-renowned classic British breakfast. […]
Continue Reading
Image description: A glass of teh tarik, kaya toast, and half-boiled eggs. If you find yourself in Oxford long enough, you’re bound to meet or eventually befriend a Singaporean. They do happen to be everywhere within this city, with accents and vocabulary uniquely recognisable that you’ve probably picked up some lahs or aiyos yourself, along the […]
Continue Reading
Image Description: a picture of Hertford’s Bridge of Sighs with the caption “Editorial Team Applications Open for Hilary 2022!” superimposed on it. Being part of the Oxford Student Editorial Team is a chance to really have an impact on the university experience, and be part of a talented, diverse, and inspired group of people. […]
Continue Reading
Image description: people standing in front of a Korean food store at nighttime Nostalgia isn’t something that hits right after you’ve had an eye-opening experience. I feel that it didn’t hit me at all when I first arrived at Oxford from Korea. I was just excited to start a new life at a university I’ve […]
Continue Reading
Image Description: the words “Application extended!. Join our senior editorial team. Applications open until 11:59PM on Wednesday, 8 December.” against an image of the Bridge of Sighs. Applications to join the Senior Editorial team and Creative team of the Oxford Student have been extended until midnight on Wednesday, the 8th of December! If you would […]
Continue Reading
Image Description: the words “Apply now to join our Senior Editorial and Creative Team! Apply through the online form. Open until 5th December at 11:59 pm” against a background image of the Radcliffe Camera. Applications to join the Senior Editorial team and Creative team of the Oxford Student are now open! If you would like […]
Continue Reading
Image description: several people holding glasses of red wine Is it weird to go wine tasting on a random Thursday halfway through term? Yes. But as someone who likes drinking wine and had little else to do on a Thursday except get started on next week’s reading, I decided to try it. Disclaimer: I’d never […]
Continue Reading
Image description: a sliced loaf cake next to some butter and milk Friends are wonderful things to have in life, for several obvious reasons I won’t bother going into. Over time, you start to share things with them – memories, secrets, and maybe even clothes. However, perhaps a lesser known, but arguably equally important, benefit […]
Continue Reading
Image description: a bowl of fried rice I’ve always been a passionate cook, loving planning meals and serving them to friends and family. However, during my gap year I moved to Málaga in the south of Spain to work and found myself living alone for the first time. All of a sudden, cooking wasn’t just […]
Continue Reading
Image description: a coffee mug on top of a tablecloth in the sunlight A good coffee is something like alchemy — people in the industry obsess over incremental adjustments in roasting, dosage, grind size, extraction rate, and a myriad of other factors which dramatically change the drinking experience. I’ve had coffees that tasted like blueberry […]
Continue Reading
Image description: a food market stall, filled with various fruits I’ve always been a relatively picky eater, although I eat a lot. I’m perfectly happy to eat the same meal every day – in fact I did, all the way through secondary school. That chicken and bacon pasta slathered in mayonnaise still haunts my dreams. […]
Continue Reading
Image description: the Royal Blenheim, a pub in Oxford With my new found authority as a finalist and a long standing love of pubs, I felt that the start of my third year was an appropriate time to impart my carefully-curated-pub-related wisdom. So if your fresher’s flu is on the mend but you can’t quite […]
Continue Reading
Image description: a kitchen counter Coming to Oxford has been a terrible recipe metaphor: a sponge of excitement, iced with anticipation and topped with a sprinkling of anxiety. I am a cook by nature, enjoying the process, the time spent chopping, dicing, grating. I enjoy the monotony, the ability to lose myself in simple processes […]
Continue Reading
Image description: a pasta dish at Bella Italia Bella Italia is situated in the heart of Oxford’s “Italian District” – flanked by Franco Manca, Ask Italian, and Zizzi just a bit further down the road, it might not always stand out as an obvious choice for your pizza fix. Except now, I have a great […]
Continue Reading
Image description: two bowls of soup People who know me know that I am obsessed with soup, and for good reason. Soup is one of the least stressful meals to cook, with very low effort on your part. It may seem like a time-consuming process, but once all the ingredients hit the pot, you can […]
Continue Reading
Image description: The Oxford Student logo on a dark blue background with text Do you fancy yourself as an Agony Aunt, a recipe creating connoisseur or a political commentator? Pitch a column to us and shoot your shot at a weekly place in our newspaper in print and online! All ideas are welcome and no […]
Continue Reading
Image description: Prawn paste chicken There are many things that can be improved by sitting in a sealed jar for an extended period of time, in particular fermented shrimp paste. Uncooked, it can be intensely fishy, savoury, salty, and pungent. It is a prominent ingredient in several Southeast Asian cuisines, with many regional variations, taking […]
Continue Reading
Image description: White text on blue background asking for Creative Team applications: Illustrators, digital designers, and photographers Applications to join the Creative Team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be an artistic contributor in Michaelmas, now is your chance to apply! Click here for our application form All applications […]
Continue Reading
Image Description: the words “Apply to be an Oxstu Editor. Apply through the online form. Open until 2nd July at 6pm.” on a plain blue background. Applications to join the Editorial team of the Oxford Student are now open. If you would like to be a Section Editor or Deputy Section Editor in Michaelmas, now […]
Continue Reading